Yes, I have been away from the blog for over two years! It’s utterly shameful the lack of attention I have given to my blog. I’m going try and make it a goal to keep up to date on what I’ve been up to at least once a month. Who knows, if you all fall in love with what I have to say, maybe I’ll do it more often. I would really like to start talking about my favorite makeup and hair products and share with you what I’ve learned and the discoveries I’ve made along the way!
So for today, I’ll give you a review of the last two years so we can start posting the fun stuff! I just spent the last 16 months attending cosmetology school! Yes, I finally decided to get licensed. On May 24th I will take the last test required by the state and, fingers crossed, I will be officially recognized as a professional licensed cosmetologist! Whoop Whoop! 
Never in my life did I imagine this is the path I would walk down, but I’m so glad I did. I’ve grown very passionate about hair styling and am excited to see where the road will take me from here. There are so many people I would like to thank for their support and encouragement to me over the past 16 months, you know who you are. From the bottom of my heart, Thank You. Thank You SO much for being there for me, for helping me see the bigger picture, for motivating me with big challenges and competitions, for allowing me to stumble and falter but find my true strength, for understanding when I didn’t understand and for knowing that even though I didn’t think it was worth it at the time, it really was!
During my graduation ceremony, much to my shock, I was awarded certificates for Highest Overall Grade Average, Highest Attendance Percentage, Highest Retention of New Guests and Recognition for Outstanding Leadership in Makeup Specialty. While in school I participated in many fundraising events, the honors program (Phase II) and taught makeup classes. There definitely weren’t very many dull moments! One of the most exciting times during school was being able to participate in a few competitions. Myself along with various team mates were runner up in a color/cut competition on a mannequin, 1 of 8 finalists in the American Beauty Show’s Rising Start Student Competition and I even submitted work to NAHA in the Student Hairstylist category. Every project was a major learning experience and I had an amazing time working together with so many people to use my new found knowledge to create incredible masterpieces. lol, at least to me they were incredible! If school didn’t keep me busy enough, I decided to take extra classes like the James Ryder Makeup Courses and right out of school I became certified to do bonded hair extensions through Euro-SoCap using Tony Odisho extensions.
For the next couple of weeks I will continue to study for my final exam and after that will figure out what comes next. There’s a possibility I will work part time in a salon to sharpen my skills and also to work with the clients who have become dear to me through my time at school. I absolutely will be jumping back into the freelance world and have already had a few amazing shoots in the past two weeks. I’ll share more on that in posts to come.
Thank you to everyone who keeps up with the site and for checking in on me every now and then too! For those of you who I have worked with in the past, I look forward to working with you again very soon! To my family and friends, you are all rock stars with without everyone of you, I wouldn’t be where I am today.
Keep it Crazy, Keep it Pretty!
Lindsey
