HairBoutique Blog

I have never been shy about sharing my hair color and hair care history, tips and techniques. Ask me about my weight, dress size or age…not so much. But hair color? I will spill the beans on my entire history starting back with my angst in 7th and 8th grade as my baby blonde hair slowly turned to mud.

Even worse, my cousin Mary Jo who started with the same natural baby blonde as me, only seemed to go blonder, as did the cutest girl in class - Susie Stimac. My very conservative mom wouldn’t let me even discuss chemical means to hold onto my blonde, so I did what most teen aged girls do - I snuck around behind her back and resorted to Sun In and a bunch of home grown recipes like lemon juice - which did nothing but dry out my tresses or turn them DayGlo orange.

By the time I was in college I had discovered the hair color aisles at the mass drug stores and became addicted to Nice N Easy from Clairol. Being very blonde was my dream and whether or not it helped me attract a lot of guys (I felt it did), I loved being uber blonde. I just felt better. Don’t ask me why - I just did.

Of course all that home hair color really did a number to my hair which started to break off in chunks in mid-20s. Everyone from mom to my guy-of-the-moment would tell me to stop coloring my hair but my Irish/German heritage makes me tres stubborn. (more…)

I am a huge fan of Entourage and am thrilled to read that Kevin Connelly is getting his own story line (good job Doug Ellin). In real life that would definitely happen. Members of the crew grow up and want to split away OR they turn to mush and get kicked out.

Recently I was hanging out in the waiting room of my Dallas haircolorist - Rose Zuniga (who rocks color like no one else I have been to). I was with my PA Lance who takes me a lot of places so I can answer phone calls and deal with business while he drives. There was an article in one of the magazines in the waiting room about the dynamics of business “crews” or “teams”. It was fascinating and while very obvious, I had never quite considered some of the points made about the inter workings of a crew. Lance definitely plays a big part in the crew and since he is my personal assistant it would strange if he wasn’t a key part.

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