Minx Boutique & Shag new salon party!!

The Shag crew, above

Molly and me next to a table of Taken jewelry

me and Misty, the owner of our salon

me, Naomi, Misty, and Lisa

Brothers in law Trevor and Brett, and Jesse and me

Kathy and me

Lisa, Whitney, the owner of Minx, me, and Jessica, the owner of Shag

me and Brett

As you know, my brother in law Brett is one of the stylists at Shag salon.  We all love everyone at that salon!  They finally outgrew their old location and moved to an amazing spot on Block St.  a little closer to Dickson.  They will be sharing their building with Minx Boutique from Little Rock!! Whitney Moseley is the owner, and she is fabulous.  Her store will be opening sometime in August, and I can't wait! At the grand opening, they also featured jewelry from Taken by Betsy Bradberry, which you can also find at Lola!  I had a great time at the grand opening of the salon! I just love local businesses!  Congratulations to everyone involved!

More Lovely Ladies!

Here are some more of my fabulous clients and their recent styles.  I am loving getting to show off some of my work!  Hope you enjoy!

xoxo, Taylor

Brittany is one of my girls who drives all the way from Russellville to get her hair done!  She is pretty blonde naturally, so we do several colors of blonde to give her hair dimension.

Laura is a natural redhead, but sometimes I put a gloss on it to darken it up a bit... she tends to go blonder naturally!  Her hair is VERY thick, so we do lots of layers so she can keep it long.  Gorgeous!

Susan has even thicker hair than Laura's!  She is also a natural redhead, but we brightened her up a lot for the summer with some very blonde highlights.  

Leslie just let me color her hair "bombshell blonde"... I think it turned out so pretty!

Alicia loves dimension, so we get to do some fun color on her.  The contrast of the lowlights to the blonde is so much fun!  Also love her sideswept fringe!

Brandy lets me do whatever I want to her hair- a hairdresser's dream!  We darkened it, took several inches off, and added a thick, straight down fringe.  I can't wait to see what we decide to do next time!  She rocks!

Sarah, Quyhn, Jenny, Tara, Holly!

Sarah has pretty blonde hair naturally, so we do some very light highlights to brighten her up.  We did a little braid across the front to try something different for her! I did the braid on the outside so it would look like a headband.

Here is Quynh and baby Liam (I haven't cut his hair yet, that is Boy Taylor's department!) Her hair has grown out a little here, but she has a fun cut so I had to post it.  Her hair used to be down to her waist!  

This is my fabulous cousin Jenny's hair!  We always get to do something fun... she is naturally light brown but we took her to a glossy dark brown and did a very layered bob!  The last hair cut was one length, so this was a big change!  She loved it!

The always FABulous Tara!  I wish I could claim that gorgeous color, but it is all natural!  I can claim the long layers, though!  She is so good about fixing it every day, so she is great advertisement for me! 

My friend Amy's daughter Holly, who just graduated from high school!  She also has color that is naturally gorgeous.  She wears her hair naturally curly about 99% of the time, so I gave her a cut that had long layers that blended in so it works straight or curly.

Here are some of the lovely ladies I have styled recently.  I have been a bad hair blogger, but I will try to do better!  I am always working on Stella's stuff, or relaxing after work!  We have been very busy at the shop... we have been doing our regular clientele, but we have also done a few fashion shows recently.  Dead Swanky was the only salon who did the hair for the LIVE UNITED Mason's Fashion Show, which was great!  Then, last week, Dead Swanky along with Studio 8 did all the hair for Rock The Runway!  It was at the Botanical Gardens.  I will try to get some pictures of both events to post.  Hope everyone has a great day! 

xoxo

Taylor

Some cute girls... including Stella!

This is Taylor cutting Marcy's bangs before dinner on Friday night... with his knife!  He really is a handy man!!

Molly B.

I had to put these pictures up of her little braid!

April M.

Laura H.

She is so fabulous! 

These are just some random pictures from the last week or so... I have some great clients who don't mind me taking their pictures :)  Taylor says I should upload a video of how I curl hair with a flat iron to show his clients.  What do you guys think?   Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!

Braids, Braids, Braids!

Kate Hudson 

Mary Kate Olsen and Blake Lively with tiny braids

Isla Fisher

Hayden Panettiere, Mary Kate Olsen, Sarah Jessica Parker

A great way to spice up the hairstyle you already have is to try adding a braid.  This works on almost any hair length.  It is also a great way to squeeze one more day out of your blowout!  If you are not too sure about the braids, first try out some tiny ones like Blake Lively's.  Start with a pencil-size section of hair about an inch or two away from your face in the part. lift away from the rest of the hair and braid.  Secure with a clear or rubber elastic.  This looks very cute when you pile the rest of your hair in a messy bun, too.  If you know how to french braid, try doing a braid across the front of your hair like Hayden Panettiere.  Start with a deep part, and section the hair from the hairline to about 1 and 1/2 inch away from hairline.  I prefer to braid "inside out" so you get a raised braid, almost like a cornrow.  Secure behind your ear with an elastic.  Sometimes it is easier to braid towel dried hair to keep it smooth.  Start with a light styling cream, do the braid, then let the rest of the hair air dry.  When it is dry, take a curling iron or flat iron and spiral some loose waves onto the top layer of your hair.  Don't worry about it being too perfect, a little messiness is a good thing.  And....  Voila!  Gorgeous, stylish hair with little effort!  

Dead Swanky!

Sarah R.

Kerastase products

Shu Uemura products

Dawn H.

Lee D.

Amy B.

Stacy W.

These are some hair styles from the last few days... as you can see, I love the long bobs and the long waves!  Also, I put some pictures of the salon up, along with some pictures of our amazing product lines... Kerastase and Shu Uemura.  They are amazing products.  Kerastase is all about healthy hair- we have a full line of treatments to repair anything from dandruff, to breakage, to volumizing!  These products really make a difference if your hair is damaged or dry.  Once you use them, you are usually hooked!  

Orlando Pita Master Styling Class

Allure Magazine, March 09

W Magazine shoot

Backstage at a runway show

Tanner, Misty, Lisa, me, and Deborah in Times Square

Some pics from the class...

Q & A with Orlando

Me and my hair idol!

In November of last year, we were invited New York City to a once-in-a-lifetime Master Styling Class with Orlando Pita.  He has always been an inspiration to me, so the chance to take a class with him was amazing!  The class was held at a salon called Butterfly Studio on 5th avenue.  It was a very small class, only about 20 people, from all over the country.  We got to sit down and ask him any questions we could think of, from hair tips to celebrity client gossip.  He was cracking us up with stories about Amy Winehouse being so messed up she could barely function (with some pretty ratty hairpieces) and trying to force him to go crazy with her bouffant (he didn't!), and how Gwyneth Paltrow would never let him cut her hair.  She would say, "Oh, I have to keep it long for the film I am working on" and then when he saw the movie, she wore a wig the whole time! (Iron Man, of course)  Obviously, she let him cut it and the rest is history!  He also talked about how T3 developed a special waving iron because of the way he started styling Madonna's hair.  After that, we got to see him demonstrate styles from the Giambattista Valli and Dior runways and then we got to replicate them on models with his one-on-one help.  It was the greatest experience!    I was so lucky to be a part of it, and I hope to have more experiences like that in the future.  I may not really do "runway" hair every day, but I learned some great tricks to use for making "real life" hair fabulous!