Just so you know, I haven't explained this before. In every salon, or cosmetology school, there is a Dispensary. Usually, in the schools at least, there is a student or two, keeping the laundry going (since our school doesn't have enough towels, I bring my own). Also, other students aren't really supposed to be in there unless they're mixing color or something. I think looking at the color, counts, but Melissa just needs to get laid or something. The person in the Dispensary gets everything you need, besides color. I would have trusted the person in the Dispensary, if it wasn't Melissa.
Enough drama, sorry. The Dispensary is a decently tough task. You have to make sure people sign out the hair sprays and stuff, and keep things running smoothly. Also making sure the sink is clean of debris. It isn't that hard of a job, but it does keep you moving.
Back to what happened on Friday. I did my corn rows all day, until I started getting stuff together to do Daniel's hair, by the time i got all that situated, It was noon, and TIME FOR LUNCH! Which was awesome, because Sean was home :)
Brandon helped me out a lot with doing Daniel's hair. Going from what his hair was, to the Brad Pitt look, isn't easy. It's very time consuming. Janice "helped" too. Mainly because she didn't want to do her mannequin anymore, and it was Friday lol. She did a bit on his hair, got the products for us, and swept, which helped a TON. She's a really sweet girl, and shy. But I'm slowly getting her to talk and stuff. I was supposed to add her on Facebook, I just couldn't find her.
Daniel got a HUGE kick out of Brandon. He's a character, flaming homosexual, who hit's on EVERYONE. lol only in a joking way, if you try anything with him, he'd confidently show you his diamond rock on his finger. He is taken, and loves it. He also has an adorable adoptive daughter. She's his bf's biological daughter, but she might as well be blood with Brandon too.
Daniel ended up staying the night. We had chicken quesidillas, chips and salsa, shock top (a citrus beer, that you put oranges into. A lot like blue moon), and Daniel made some awesome home-made hot chocolate. He would have made brownies but we didn't have eggs, and never remembered to go to the store to get some. Even with out them it was awesome.
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We used a level 4 clipper guard on the bottom, a level 6 going up to the occipital bone and a bit above, and a 90 degree cut on top. Then, we pulled his hair through a cap and bleached a few strands all around, to give him highlights. We washed, and styled his hair. We touched up the back and a guy in class did his beard. I didn't take a picture of that, because It wasn't my work. Though you can kind of see it in the side picture.
Thankfully, the highlights turned out pretty natural, looking. It only took 10-15 minutes instead of half an hour. He wanted two lines of color going from his temple and following his head to his back hair line. We didn't have the color he wanted, and only in permanent. (You shouldn't bleach the hair and then put permanent color over. This is called double processing and the hair could fall out in your hands, when you wash it. 360 students are preferred not to do this, as it takes a good eye, skill, and lots of experience to make sure you do it correctly.) Daniel could have chosen a Demi or Semi color, but the colors usually fade, and not always evenly. I have Demi in my hair, red. My natural color is blonde, and recently my ends are blonde and my hair is more brown than red.
Daniel didn't like the styling gel we used at the school, so I gave him some styling stuff I had. It isn't as greasy or stiff. He isn't a big hair gel type, but hopefully this kind will go well with him. Besides the gel though, he loves his hair. I'm very happy it turned out well.
Timing. Daniel got to the school about 1:15. By 1:30 we were hard at work, and he was done by 4:15.
