The other day I had the honor of being asked to do a motivational talk and be on the advisory board at Minuteman Tech. My Cosmetology teacher, who is now the head of the department, contacted me because I am one of their “success stories”. My “success” was helped immensely by the education and preparation that I had at Minuteman Tech and I accepted the position without hesitation.       A lot of parents are convinced...

Recently I’ve found that in this day and age of information right now at your fingertips, people are getting their knowledge from not just articles but from blogs.  Considering whatever article you are reading is just as much biased according to the direction of the particular publication as it is accurate.  So in that case, people are taking control and choosing the obviously opinionated version of whatever current event they are...

Welcome to the wonderful world of the online service industry!  I forgot how I first discovered the fact that I can learn how to do just about ANYTHING simply by punching the keywords into the search engine and BOOM- I’ve become an expert at something.  I think it may have started off with wanting to learn a makeup technique, maybe it was how to grill salmon, or was it how to properly tie my karate belt? (I like to think of myself as...

Well, it’s official: I’ve made it Ma… I got my first bad review!  Hopefully, this will be the only. But I’m afraid that the longer that I’m in business, there may be more and as my very wise sister said, “You can’t please everybody.” Let me just start off by saying it is ALL COMPLETELY UNTRUE!  Without going into detail, I know for a fact that we did everything we could and always do for a wonderful service and experience.  I...

Yes, we have all heard this expression before and no it doesn’t mean that you’re a big turkey (If that were the case then that would mean I would be a big Whoopie Pie).  All kidding aside, among all of the questions thrown at me in a day, one of the most popular ones that I’m asked at the salon is: “What foods/vitamins are best for healthy hair?” As for any part of the body, a diet rich in essential fatty acids, antioxidants and...

There is a growing trend in hair in these days and it’s not what you think.  Women are embracing gray as their color of choice and they will not be ignored is what I learned when I recently spoke at a Health and Wellness seminar for Emerson Hospital. “But wait- you’re a colorist, Wendy!”  Yes, that’s what I thought when I was asked to present. But after extensive investigation (I became quite the expert on gray hair), I learned some...