The only thing that is constant… CHANGE!

considering an occupation change.

Yes , those of you who are my longtime 20+ year clients and friends read this correctly. It should not come as a surprise however I have been changing right before your eyes …for years! Let’s review…. I began styling hair at the prompting of my father when I was 17 yrs old.  30 yrs ago.

30.years.ago.

I have been many things along the way, stylist, business partner, Executive VP , Entrepreneur/ Salon Owner, Resale shop owner, Makeover Maven, Radio Personality, Volunteer trainer for American Cancer Society, Mom, partner, divorcee, crazy… better… married…. you get the picture.

It has been in the past few years that I wanted to challenge myself to learn something new. I have ask myself the question, ” what else would I be good at”? This does not always get a supportive response, usually when I am styling someone’s hair. The eyebrow goes up in fear!

Rest assured, I will do my best to keep you informed of my progress in this mission. My mission.

Afterall, it has been MY path all along, that has brought me to this place and I like it. Don’t get me wrong, I have had so much help and encouragement along the way I am awed when I think of it all… and it is the one thing that gets me through the unknown-s when I feel a bit “disconnected”. As I prepare this morning for my yoga Instrutors Training session, I am reminded that I have come a long way from living in my car in San Francisco, California. ( the car was a 1973 Toyota Carolla, which I SHARED with my then-partner and a dog.)  Back then(1983) I never imagined that would be my life. I grew up in a middle class family, went to a great public school, had a fairly average childhood and BAM through decisions I was COMPELLED to make, I found myself parked in the marina , looking at the Golden Gate Bridge from a not-so- romatic point of view.

Fast forward to 2011, I have an assignment to read the Bhagavad Gita and write a short essay about how it’s themes resonate with me…. well, this has opened a PANDORA’S BOX of old thoughts and memories. The decisons and actions(karma) of my young adulthood have had lasting impact on my life. In the Gita, Krishna says,”true yoga comes when we do not attatch any meaning to actions , ours or others’… they are just actions paying a cosmic karmic debt”.

I left my family of origin when I was 18 yrs old. Determined to be who I was (am) and afraid of losing the most important relationships of my life. For 29 yrs, these decisons have impacted my thinking whether consciuosly or not. As humans, we cannot help this cycle of “samsara”… but we can work to be liberated from it’s pain. I believe my next incarnation(in this lifetime) will be to ”create change” through the yogic experience… to help others to detach from the cycle of karmic debts, and find their Dharma, PURPOSE.

Through my work as a stylist I have helped women to see their outside potential, I now feel drawn to show what they are truly made of… light and love and endless transformations.

namaste

ocean front property!

The Maha Shakti Teacher’s Certification program ROCKS!

If you have been wondering where I have been…. Well, lets just say I have been IMMERSED in YOGA for the past few months!
I am training to teach what I have had the pleasure of learning over the last few years with my GURU LOO LOO!
I plan to start sharing more of my yogic experiences right here on this blog so get your asanas off the couch and start breathing with me!
Namaste

Yoga for your Dosha!

I just signed up for my first 200 hr Yoga instructors’ certification program! Yipee! I suggest before I graduate that you figure out what your “DOSHA” is…. yep, you’re gunna need to know if you want to take my classes… and you will be taking my classes.

http://doshaquiz.chopra.com/

“What’s your Dosha Baby”, by Lisa Coffey…

Namaste Yo-ghee-knee

Thrift Store Chic!

My name is Sherry, and I am a SHOPAHOLIC.

I love to shop. Really. It doesn’t matter where or for whom, in fact I sort of prefer to shop for others… I consider it a sport.

Yesterday at the “water-cooler” the girls and I were talking about fashion, shopping and expensive clothes… I mentioned I shopped at thrift stores and several of my gal-pals chimed in! It seems this is a quiet little habit that women don’t share on a regular basis. Many of us do poke around a Goodwill Store now and then. I speak only from my experience on this, but I enjoy the hunt! I have a couple of regular haunts that even when I go missing for a couple hours, my girlfriend knows where to find me I thought I’d share a bit… since I’ve already grabbed what I wanted…this week!

www.genesisshelter.org- this benefit store is growing and thank goodness cuz the other day I found some of the cutest summer dresses and skirts!  even the housewares are well-organized.

www.salvationarmy.org  this jumbo sized store has furniture, house wares, exercise equipment and CLOTHING galore! Wednesdays are half price clothing days and they are open till 9:00 pm for workin’ folk.

www.svdpthrift.org- Good for a quick dip to see what they have… different days of the week items are discounted! I have been known to find some great things here… and surprise, it’s 40% off day!

 

Beach style Do’s and DONT”S

Now that we have been in the throes of Spring Break Port Aransas style, I feel comfortable sharing these personal observations as both a warning and sincere advice for those who may be planning some beach, lake or vacation time where others might see you… a PUBLIC place .

1. Short shorts are meant for VERY thin and VERY young ladies who have no cellulite and a great tan. Period.

2. When wearing a bathing suit top sans cover-up, please be sure there is a) enough fabric to cover the breast and b) a underwire. Looking at partially concealed droopy boobs is unappetizing when others are trying to eat.

3. Men who wear the “gangsta holding up his pants” look… LOOK STUPID! Especially on the beach and especially when you are trying to play frisbee at the same time. Let’s face it, this is a ridiculous guy thing and it needs to go away…NOW!

4. Drinking in excess is NOT attractive. Ever.

5. Wear sunscreen… Leather is a material that goes on shoes not faces.

Now the Do’s

1. Do wear white shorts that cover the bum and can  flatter even the lightest tanned skin.

2. A TUNIC is a nice alternative to a t-shirt when going from beach or boat to a restaraunt. You will look put not thrown together instantly.

3. Bra top bathing suits and One piece swim are the most flattering styles for a busty girl. Buy a solid color and do a sarong wrap or just pull you linen pants right over . Voila… you are ready for your closeup!

4. Men in linen shorts, simple cargos (not military) or a pair of colorful trunks are easily made restaraunt ready by throwing on a fresh t-shirt or polo shirt. ( please leave the “I got ”leid”  in Maui) ” shirts that you wore in highschool home. It’s offensive on so many levels…mainly cuz we don’t care where you got laid).

5. DO RELAX! Read or just listen to the sounds of spring /summer. Birds, kids laughing and the beauty of having some time off from the usual routines. That’s really what this is all about anyway.

I got your back… is that a tatoo or did you get slimed by a jelly fish just above your crack?

Wish you were here!

Life’s short, wear a bikini!

Okay, okay, even Marilyn Monroe isn’t in one, but hey that was the style then!  One I think was pretty sexy and forgiving of our less than perfect bodies. I noticed as I walked on the beach yesterday that I had a new appreciation for a beautiful body… and I mean there were some beauties! More interesting to me though was my lack of envy. No really, I am so glad I have not obsessed over what I am going to wear on the beach this spring break… after oh, 30 yrs of being really stressed by that decision!

Most satisfying is the fact that the people around me in all of their beach attire and tanned-ness are as uninterested in me as I am in them… I am done wondering what others think about my thighs… or belly or … boobs! I kinda like them. Kinda. I am not totally recovered. But what I suggest to all of you who are embarking this week or weekend on bathing suit shopping is this …

Wear a bathing suit, in fact wear a bikini if you want to, no one cares. REALLY! Most people are thinking about you for 2 seconds and then “poof” they are back to their  favorite subject…THEMSELVES!!! ( me too by the way ;0) Seriously though, life is about enjoying the moment… let the kids worry about their bellies, and tan lines. You have come to a place where you can appreciate a beauty and yet not feel “less- than” just because you don’t look like a Sports Illustrated cover model.  The next time you sweat the dressing room in some poorly lit department store… remember what Nora Ephron said, “

“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini the entire time I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four.”

Enjoy your Spring Break… Happy First day of Spring Ladies!

Clean out that closet!

Now you’re thinking,”hey… I really need to flip my closet”, spring is here next week and I am still trudging around in these knee high boots and jeans…. This weekend I implore you to change it up!
But before you go shopping go into that closet and see what you already have… I almost bought the cutest pair of shoes the other day, DSW of course, and after debating on the expense, came home to find that I had THE EXACT SAME PAIR in my closet… Nude platforms with a straw-like bottom… duh!
The good news is I have pretty great taste and I would pick the same shoes again apparently… the bad news…
Maybe I have too many shoes if I can’t remember what I have???
You know what I am sayin’… Have fun, lighten up and get out of those leather boots already!
Ciao!

Collaborate to Educate!

I met this gal at a recent   American Cancer Society’s “Look Good, Feel Better” program that I facilitated and when she finished being my model, she ask if I would consider helping her create a video for women who gather informally on a social network to exchange experiences and challenges relating to cancer recovery… and I of course said YES! this is the 1st of several videos my New Best Friend Andika is creating for the website… join the group on facebook and stay in the loop!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7xIowzNMRA&hd=1

mailto:cancerpatientsupport@groups.facebook.com

No Lather= No Frizz!

 I have been doing a little experimenting lately… on myself of course!

 I was first introduced to Deva Curls’ NO POO product several years ago… It was ok, but just one more supposed fix for curly hair that we were still beating into submission with the flat-iron! I am an admitted skeptic when it comes to the newest, latest greatest products that claim to do everything including changing your whole life… but this may be it the one that renews my faith!!! I LOVE NO- POO!

It is so unlike other sulfate free products, it doesn’t lather at all… I know seems weird, but you really do get used to it… the shine and calm-texture of your curly/frizzy hair will sell you on the rest of the line to boot!

Do yourself a favor, if you have curly or frizzy hair, want to wear it natural or even just want to make your blow -out look smooth and feel like “salon finished hair”, try this shampoo… or should I say NO POO!

The most important part of your FACE…. the Eye brow!

Yes, I said EYEBROW!!! How can you possibly enhance the shape of your eye ( and I mean the one you have NOW, not 20 yrs ago) if you don’t bring it into frame? Easy 3 step process to make every face look perfect…

Eye Brow ABC's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Use your brow-brush or pencil to draw an imaginary line from the tip of your nose straight up and just above the tearduct… make a visible DOT.

B. Pivot the tool to the mid-iris area and make a DOT just above it at the brow bone.

C. Pivot the tool all the way over to the outside corner of your eye and just above this area, make a DOT.

Then, using a light touch,  from the inside to the outside…. CONNECT THE DOTS!

This is the ONLY way to create a brow that is as individual as you are. It frames your eye and also helps create a blue print for eyeshadow placement!!! Which, we can discuss tomorrow… now go, and GET YOUR BROWS ON!

The Makeover Maven