hey boys...

QUILTED JACKETS Check out these images of quilted jackets.  These down filled jackets are quite thin but can keep a lot of heat in.  They're warm, layer well, and look great!  Would you try one?  What do you think?

the fresh perspective...

Cold, colder, coldest.

We're practically flirting with her, trying not to let her win.  Trying not to let her win by wearing your light jacket or skipping out on a scarf/toque/gloves?  Pretending not to feel her when you go out first thing in the morning.  She's there, she's already waiting.

We play this game every year.  I know my part well.  It starts with denial.  I pretend she's not coming (I know she'll come, but I still play).  Then I say, "Not yet, I'm not ready for you yet.  Just wait!" (at this point, I know it's all for naught, but I still play).

Then before I know it, we're together and it feels like it'll never end.  It feels like an eternity when the snow falls and all the temperatures drop.  It feels so intense when you're standing there in her presence and you feel your warm parts slowly cooling off.  In that moment I feel the utmost respect for her and realize that she is very serious.

She is so serious she makes me reach for scarf/toque/gloves.  She makes we want to put on the thickest sweater and then curl into a blanket, next to a fire.  She makes we want to be close to others.  She makes me want hot, warm and comforting things.  She makes me love Christmas and winter wonderlands.

As much as we fight, we both need each other.  We need each other to play our parts properly.

That's the fresh perspective...

Wordless Wednesday

Lisa Boner... Was that bad?

Change. It. Up.

As a hairstylist of 14 years I have tried a boatload of hairstyles.  Can't say I color my hair too often, but I do change the style almost on a daily basis.  I was looking through my computer and found some photo booth images of my hairs from past times.

How often do you change your hair?  When you look at images of yourself from the past, is your hair the same?  Do you never change your color?  If you are a healthy human being, your hair will grow.  If that is for certain, then why don't we push ourselves a little more to give something new a chance?  You might surprise yourself and enjoy it.

Maybe you don't change your cut/color, you can at least change your style.  Right?  A little curling iron action or  a bobby-pin detail?  Maybe a scarf or headband?    Hopefully my hair montage will inspire you...maybe not....

Peace

the fresh perspective...

DIVERSION

A few days ago I saw a product we carry in the salon, at my local Shopper's Drug Mart! What?!  Well, many salon grade products end up in discount stores and random retail outlets.  It happens.  What now?  I preach about how great it is to purchase your products from local suppliers (like us) and unfortunately the prices are sometimes higher.  Supporting a private small business over a conglomerate can be quite expensive.

I can understand why someone would purchase their salon grade products at Winners, or even Shopper's because the price is so right!  I was at Superstore on the weekend and found that a liter of TRESemmé was $3.98!  You serious?!  We sell smaller bottles of shampoo that cost over $25! I feel like we can't compete with prices like that but we can at least hang our hats on the fact that we know what we sell is good for you and your hair.

If you can find that salon grade product at Winners or your local discount spot, what can anyone say?  Do what you need to do.  That's the fresh perspective...

Wordless Wednesday

Rose-gold watches?...Yes please.