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Greasy to Gorgeous with Aveda! Waterless (and effortless) styling!

I feel like Aveda called me in the  nick of time.  Almost 3 weeks into a new cut and color and absolutely CLUELESS about styling a shorter ‘do.

Aveda celebrates Earth month in a BIG way.  They have all sorts of Earth month events (check here) to include special ‘salon’ days where proceeds are donated to charity, and a walk for water. There are also specially marked Aveda products that can be purchased.  In Canada, Aveda has teamed up with WaterCAN , an organization dedicated to providing sustainable water for underdeveloped countries.  In the spirit of Earth month and conserving water, I was invited to Aveda to learn about ‘water-less hair styles’ and believe me, I was all too happy to oblige.

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Adventures in styling with Aveda-Born to Style 2013!

I was fortunate enough to merely attend the last Born to Style competition at the Aveda institute in Toronto and it was a blast being in the midst of SO.MUCH.TALENT.

Aveda is once again calling all those talented, passionate individuals with a “flair for hair” to apply for their scholarship. This is an absolutely fantastic opportunity for someone who feels a “calling” to coiff everyone they see into perfection!

I know this means YOU so why don’t you check out the contest details here

 

Honestly, if you were BORN to style, then what could possibly be better than winning your tuition? Seriously? It’s the ultimate!

Aveda has definitely ‘upped the ante’ by offering extra incentives to ‘early bird’ entries-in the form of gift cards!

Winning your tuition could be as easy as these 3 steps:

1.  Make a video!  Create a video to show us why you are born BORN TO STYLE and why you’ve got the talent, passion and determination it takes to develop your hairstyling skills with the Aveda Institute Canada.

2. Upload and Share! Click on Enter Contest to upload your video. Share your Aveda Institute entry page with your network of family, friends, fans and followers. Get them to vote for your video. The entry with the most votes secures an automatic spot in the final Hair Showdown, so make sure to share your talent with the world!

3.  Hair Showdown! An esteemed panel of hair and beauty professionals will hand pick four aspiring hairstylists in each city as well one spot will be slotted for people’s choice to advance to the final round. These future hairdressers will participate in a live head-to-head competition and runway show putting together two complete looks in front of a panel of style experts and hairstyling heavy hitters. The winner in each city will be awarded a full scholarship to the Aveda Institute hair school!

There’s so much waiting for you at the Aveda Institute!

Entry details and more information can be found here!

OOTN-Company Christmas party

I do NOT normally post this kind of thing but wanted to share this with you….

Here is what I wore to my company Christmas party on Friday night:

Dress: Jacob, Shoes: Nine West, Jewelry: various but mostly items I have already had!

 

Hair: Dina for Aldo Salon, Toronto

Hair: Dina for Aldo Salon, Earrings: Suzy Shier

What a great night!

 

Mane Teeze Hair Perfume to the rescue-for all of your less than lovely hair situations!

I know the title is completely unappealing but hear me out….

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Everpure Evercream Cleansing Conditioner by L’Oréal!

I first read about this product on Nouveau Cheap’s blog and was interested in trying it.  The only other product similar (as far as I know) is wen, which is sold on infomercials/the shopping channel.  I only recently found about ‘no poo’ girls-my friend Jill is one of them (read her blog post here about her routine).

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Passion for hair? Born to style? Enter the Aveda Institute scholarship video contest!

Times like these make me wish I was a stylist!

If you love to do hair or have always dreamed of being a stylist-check this out!  Aveda Institute is offering 5 scholarships (one for each of their institutes across Canada) to aspiring and passionate new talent! Read on please-you’ll want to enter:

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3D MENSION- Brandon & Robb dye for Schwarzkopf!

So I have raved and raved about the ASK academy-and I have a hard time trusting my hair to anyone else as I firmly believe I will be a Schwarzkopf blonde FOREVER!

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L’Oréal Paris Canada Christmas Cocktails at c5

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again…..L’Oréal Paris Canada certainly knows how to have a good time!

I attended the L’Oréal Paris Canada (thank you Cowan & Company) cocktail party and had a blast!

My dress was standard cocktail-black and sparkly.  I decided to take it up a notch with my hair.

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Stylin’ at the Blush Pretty Hair workshop

One of the perks have having talented and creative people in your life is that they will often need a ‘canvas’ to work on.  In this case, the canvas was my hair…..

I have spoken of Blush Pretty workshops before and even guest posted on Alicia’s blog  about my Day to Night workshop!  To be clear, they are quite fantastic!

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New video! Because you missed my face sooooo much, didn’t you!

Here you are lovelies: