Balayge and Ombre ... what the ??

So, every time I go to the hairdressers in Townsville it's LOADS of fun... Seeing the great staff ... being pampered with a latte ... catching up on the latest trends in Vogue... In Style Magazine and Harpers Bazaar and leaving with a fab new hairdo!

Well, besides reading up on the latest Celebrity Gossip and fashion trends, THIS time I found out about 2 new hairstyles as well that still have me scratching my head.

First, you need some background ... Since it had been 3 months (yes ... 3 months !!) since my last visit, my roots were pretty ordinary as you can imagine.  I had been dying to get to the hairdressers to 'correct' my hideous tresses.  Quite offhandedly, the hairdresser told me not to worry,  and that people are actually PAYING to get that look ???  Excuse me ???

So then, HERE is what they call Balayage ... it's a technique whereby when the hair is 'coloured' it's swept with the colour vertically BUT, it's only on the FRONT of the hair so it creates a 'sunkissed' look  ... hmmm...  looks like re-growth to me ...

Erin Wasson shows off the Balayage hairstyle

or ... there's also Ombre ... which is slightly different.  It's basically gradual lightening of the hair strands ... dark roots to lighter on the ends ... definitely looks like re-growth to me !!!

Drew Barrymore trying out the Ombre look ... hmmm looks like my 'old "do" ' ...

I'm still not sure why someone would pay for that look ... MUST be showing my age ... oh well...
Have a great week - whatever your hair looks like !
xx

~  crowning glory ~

Erin Wasson - new venture ~ Low Luv Jewellery

~ one of the things i LOVE about getting a haircut is that I get to read magazines I would never get to read at home and catch up on everything going on in fashion, new trends and celebrity news!

I know, I know ...  very superficial, but a nice escape from reality for me ...  On my recent soujourn to the hairdresser I have found out that besides being beautiful, model Erin Wasson has now started designing a line of her own jewellry ~

the beautiful Erin Wasson

Have a look at her wonderful pieces ... from the Low Luv Jewelry name...

... here's just a few pieces I found ... click here to find just one store stocking her beautiful pieces

wearing her designs

~  inspirational women ~

collage fun...

i've been trying to work out how to make collages so my blog looks  a bit more 'professional' when I want to show off
1. my things
2. things I love or ...
3. other people's 'things' in general!  

... after a lot of time wasting... i have finally worked out a bit more on my Picasa programme ~  yay!!!


what do you think???   just some faves of mine from Pinterest...

... i need more practise ... but that can be more 'time wasting' fun later...

~ 'night ~