I HAVE COME TO AN AGE WHERE I REALIZE THE DAMAGE OF MY YOUTH HAS SPRUNG ALL OVER MY FACE LIKE A SCARLETT LETTER TO A WHORE. I see dark circles under my eyes, the literal baggage of a divorce that had I simply bought a land rover and kept my mouth shut, would have cost me less money and had better performance.  There is nothing youthful feeling about the solar system of acne that has sprung forth from the oil slick of what the nice people around me like to call a ‘glow.’  One should be able to tell where their face stops and their lip gloss starts.  Though I grew up in the polar opposite of the sunshine state my face is sprinkled with what apparently hormones and age illuminate as dark spots and freckles.  I am only 33.

In my early twenties I was promiscuous, finding myself laying on random tables monthly, trying to find anyone who may fill the void, but to no avail.  I still wandered aimlessly, stripped of my youthful self confidence and optimism.
Then, like any love story, she walked into my life when I least expected.  Having finally given up the search I was finally found.  I do not exaggerate when I say that upon meeting her a faint light encompassed her body, the subtle glow of an angel.  It probably was the reflection of the sun off the window at Starbucks, but I often tend to over exaggerate to make my points.  Words like ‘dermaplane’ ‘microderm’ and the like sprung forth from her mouth like a poem from a lover. I was already deeply infatuated with the idea of her, now I just had be allowed into her lair for the delivery of the much anticipated happy ending.

Shannin far surpassed what little expectation I had, having been around the block a time or two. After the recommended product regimen my dark circles have been erased from my face, I wake up in the morning and no longer frighten my pit bull. Having used the recommended acne products my face was void of pustules in literally 3 days. And the facial peel – oy vey! I have yet to do the recommended more advanced treatments, but this girl, I am telling you, can do no wrong.

(Plus, she is really, really pretty. Well, she did model in Milan.)

FROM A YOUNG AGE I HAVE HAD A GIRL CRUSH PROBLEM.  AS A YOUNGIN, IT WAS DEBBIE MAZAR.   Coincidentally before she got her start in acting she was a hair stylist.  Then I moved on to the girls at the MAC counter at Nordstrom. It was then that I discovered Wendy at the jewelery counter, who is now the owner of Tribe hair studio.  Let’s just say I have good taste.

Alexis was my latest obsession.  A girl with rockin hair is always a scene stealer.  I am delighted to now count her as one of my friends, partly just so I can hear her fabulous laugh on a regular basis.

She is an amazing photographer, there is absolutely no doubt about that.  But what I find even more endearing is her ability to instantly have her subjects ease up for the camera.  I have dragged my begrudging husband for pictures more times than he would prefer, but every time Alexis shows up his grumpy demeanor fades, and our pictures  turn out amazing.

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MOST PEOPLE HAVE A PRETTY INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HOW THEY GOT INTO THE HAIR INDUSTRY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS ONE IS A TOP 5 CONTENDER .  After receiving a degree in Psychology at PSU, Deanna Everson was relegated to working at Kitchen Kaboodle.  Sporting an inaccurate bang, she decided to pop into Phagan’s hair school, where she quickly realized these kids would make more money than she did with her degree.  Off to beauty school she went.

Deanna has a very strong and interesting business concept – she just opened her second space on NE Fremont, and is planning to have her trademark ’boutique’ location at every corner of Portland.  She calls them micro salons, and enjoys the idea of a client paying for 100% of the stylist’s time.  She feels it gives a better business perspective, and keeps clients tied to their stylists and not the salon.

‘I understand that to be a good hairstylist one has to become an artisan.  I am being commissioned by the client to create a work of art on their head under their guidelines.  I try my hardest not to spin it so I am doing what I want.  I want the client to leave with their hair vision.’  I would have to assume that even if Miss Everson made a mess of all of her clients’ hair that they would still come to her, as her personality draws you in, she is highly intelligent and funny.

She also has from time to time represented Sidlab, most recently having done it at the Sustainable Fashion Show, and believes Sidlab to be 100% better than Bumble and Bumble.  ’Sidlab is the Portland Hippy version of Bumble – parabin and sulfate free.  I am a Portland native hippy at heart, and I love coloring to show off a haircut, and natural hair.  And since I am a natural red head I seriously kick ass at long lasting red hair color.  No joke.  I would consider myself the best red hair color stylist ever.  Well, last week maybe.’

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