I Have the Messy Updo Down

This was done blindly in 60 seconds, 1 tiny clip and 4 bobby-pins.

Guess which hairstyle is about to come into vogue…
the messy updo BOOM
I’ll be accidentally in fashion

The blonde’s looking good these days eh (remember the urine-head times? Those were dark times)

Here’s Niki and I hard at work on ‘Illusion Head’ – a healthy, bright blonde approach Niki dreamed up.

Illusion Head – looks like bright blond hair,
but it’s actually a small amount of cleverly-placed highlights,
so the hair stays healthy

I’m oversimplyfying it, but look back on photos from the last couple months, when we really started to make progress.

Go too:

BrennenDemelo.com

416-301-1072

316 Adelaide Street West, Toronto

 

My New Haircut

We were on fire with jokes; it’d been months since we saw one other, there was snorting.  Iceland.

We’ve gotta be one of the oldest hairstylist/blogger duos by now, wait…. it was February 2008 we shook hands, hey Brennen that’s 5 years now NICE.

I’ll leave you with our first video, filmed at the beginning in ’08…… here:

(haven’t watched this in years and woah, this nonsense has been viewed almost 10,000 times)

These drawings are giant and hanging in the studio.

Fellow hairstylist Justin drew them, beautiful eh.

Go too.

BrennenDemelo.com

416 301 1072

Thanks for all the years of the best blonde, Brennen xo

(re: the title of this post – Remember that video?  It was one of the first viral videos; “Not now, Chief”)

 

That’s the Business Year of 2012 Complete

Hope you had a good ending, too.

Mine is below, plus I moved a mountain, right down to the wire on Friday. I like to think I finished with a little flourish.

I love how the world collectively shuts down each year like this.

I had a big Friday morning deadline, stood up from my laptop at 2am, then went for a cruise with fellow Autonet-er Russ.

He’d decided in case the world really did end, he wanted to be out driving.

Watch; it’s an automatic, too:

Ha! I’ve been pulling all-nighters for 2 weeks now, and this was a great ending to that.

Photobombing will never get old. Hi Shawna!

5 years I’ve been blogging Brennen,
& this may be his best blonde yet #B

Go too: Brennen Demelo Studio –  416 301 1072 – 316 Adelaide street West

I don’t miss my white blonde hair, but it took many months to be able to say that. Fellow platinums – it’s a bit of a shock, when you transition down in tone.

The Extravaganza is complete!  Both Prize Packs have been delivered to winners: Cara Eng, Toronto, and Glenn Morton, Kingston.  Congratulations!

I didn’t mean for it to get so big, it just kept working – $3,200 in prizes. That’s more than some national franchises, my little blog.

Thanks again PR companies, it was great working together this year.

I was very quiet this weekend, in recovery mode, slept in late today.

My overly-dramatic letter opener.

Did paperwork, Life Admin, light manual labour and no-brainer chores; I can see the floor again.

Of course I shred.

This is my face.

Now back to being quiet, TTYT

xo Keri

 

 

No More Curls from Olden Times

I asked Niki for a lesson.  Everytime I try, I look like, “ye ‘ole pioneer here, gonna churn some butter in these curls”.

A good (bad) example is here.

– don’t put hairspray on first, only after

– always curl away from the face

– make all curls go the same way, not alternating directions. This way, if one curl falls out, it can blend into the rest of the hair

– don’t clamp the ends of the hair between the iron, leave the ends out 1 inch or so; it will blend better

– twist the hair as it goes around the barrel

– whatever the diameter of your iron, your curl section should not be bigger than that. Otherwise, only the middle is curling

– put your finger on the thickest part of the curl. When your finger gets hot, release

– once released, pull on the curl by its end, so it’s not too tight

– run your fingers through, but only when it’s cool; otherwise you’re pulling the hair straight

– not the whole bang though, just a bend is enough. Leaving them straight is, aerobics instructor circa 1983.

Tada and hello from 2012

Go see Niki too –  Brennen Demelo Studio – 416 301 1072 – 316 Adelaide Street West, Toronto