Week 6 day 1

Friends, I am so sorry that I have been doing such an awful job at keeping up with this these last few days. The graduated bob is now complete. We tested on it Friday and I aced it with 100% again! We also took our written test on Friday and I did very well on that too. It is still a long way off, but I am getting more excited each day to be on the floor and able to put all of these awesome things that I'm learning into practice! 

Last night, we started color. It was mostly just theory which can be boring, but my teacher is awesome and keeps it from being that way. We played with frosting to learn about color correction (and then got to eat it!) and tonight we get to paint color wheels and learn some more. 

One of the best things so far about Tricoci is that we don't spend weeks or even days on theory before we get to all the hands on fun stuff! We may even start practical applications of color tonight! 

I also learned last night that the hair color you buy in the box at Walmart and such is full of fillers like tar. If you color your hair, please do it professionally. It may cost more, but you're putting so much crap in your hair with the box that its not worth the savings! If the cost is what keeps you from doing it, look at beauty schools in your area. For instance, most salons will charge $60 or more for a full application. Tricoci charges $35, if I'm not mistaken.

Week 5 day 1 (and all the days in between my last post)

I have had a crazy week! I sincerely apologize for not updating better, although they would've all been about two sentences long and not very informative.

Food wise: last night, I was really impressed with the impact that being more conscious of what I'm eating has made on me in such a short time. Last night, I forgot to bring my "dinner" with me to school. I considered ordering from jimmy john's or Tom and Jerry's (both sandwiches and wouldn't have been too horrible calorie wise), but I decided not to spend the money. At break time, I was hungry and went to go peer into the vending machine, waiting for something to strike my fancy. Well, not only did nothing strike my fancy, I also decided that I would like to see if there is such a thing as a fruit vending machine, and what it would take to get one for school. I ended up still getting the Gardettos that's on my log, but only becaus I was getting shaky with lack of food. And I even got ice cream yesterday without going crazy on the calories!

We have been working hard on the graduated bob. I learned how not to cut it (when you feel really sick and aren't concentrating), because then you cut "holes" where the layers don't line up properly because the bottom most layer is missing. I learned how to fix said holes. We've gone through the cut 3 times now and will do another tonight as well as the blow drying. 

Last night we also learned how to make some awesome advanced styling looks: the ric rac set and flat iron curls. I'm excited to try to use some of them on myself. Mostly the flat iron curls because the ric rac set turns into a 'fro.

Week 4 day 3

Last night we completed most of our first g-bob cut. Then I got to be a demo for how to cut it! Now I can be confident in knowing that I have a super cute hair cut. I just have to figure out how to style it myself.

In the interest of full disclosure, here's a big confession. I have never been really good at styling my own hair. I could do an updo and a killer ponytail, but other than that, I've always been a "just let it do its own thing" kinda girl. I am now begging my teacher to help me learn how to do my hair myself because as I was saying in my realization post, I can't very well walk into an appointment to do someone's hair with crazy unstyled hair. I'm very excited about my new cut and will share any self-styling tips I learn along the way.

Food wise, yesterday was pretty good. I blame staying up too late for me going slightly over my "allowance" but I'm not really concerned about it.

I am trying to encourage my kids to eat healthier as well. We have been horrible about offering fruits and veggies with every meal, and I intend to start. This morning we had fruit for breakfast and there may be some toast as well with a glass of milk.

Week 4 day 2

Yesterday was very emotional, but I chose to not let that affect my eating this time around.

We started working on the cut of the graduated bob last night. It's a lot more complicated, but a lot more fun! Pics soon to come.