4/24/16: Lauren's 9th Birthday Party at Fresh Looks Salon

Lauren loves celebrating her birthday!  Of course she does, everyone does.  This year she decided to have a fun day of beauty with her friends.  We had her party at my cousin's salon Fresh Looks Salon in Tewksbury, MA and the girls had a blast!  I have been going there for years for my hair and I knew the girls would have so much fun.

They all had their hair done and it looked beautiful.  They were able to pick out a flower and have it put in their hair.  Curls were very popular.

Lauren had a rainbow theme as you can see by her dress.

She has so much hair.  Sheryl did an awesome job curling it and making it look gorgeous.  Fresh Looks Salon is a full service salon with hair cuts and color, makeup, nails, skin care, lash extensions, full body waxing and gorgeous special occasions hair styles.  In fact I had my whole bridal parties hair done there and they were beautifully done.

Look at how pretty!

Lauren's completed hair.

Then girls moved on to have their nails done.  They could have designs done and many had little flowers put on their nails.

Lauren did rainbow nails with each nail a different color.

We set up a little area to be a photo booth for the girls with lots of props to use.

Here are all the props they could use.  Of course they were rainbow.  The mustaches were the most popular.

The salon is very large so the girls had plenty of room to go from station to station and also have time to take pictures and eat pizza.

Lovely hair designs.

Even Evan and his friend had their hair done.

They each got their own nail polish from Fresh Looks Salon.  We added this to their goody bags.

Fresh Looks Salon also provided the flowers for their hair.  They could chose from all of these pretty colors.

Here they are having fun in the photo booth area.

They all had their makeup done.  They were able to pick what eye shadow they wanted.

Being silly!

 Then we had cake.  I made this rainbow cake.  Inside each layer was a rainbow color.

Here you can see the table setup.  There was plenty of room plus everything was all contained to one area so all the kids could check out what each other was doing.

Here you can see the inside of the cake.

I also made these super cute nail polishes.  These are totally edible!  They are made with marshmallows which I put frosting on and then rolled them in colorful sprinkles.  Then took a tootsie roll and put a toothpick in it and inserted it in to the top of the marshmallow to make it look like nail polish.  Super cute and super easy!

The girls had such a blast.  You can tell by the smiles on their faces.

What an awesome time!

The girls all couldn't wait to come back and have their hair done again!

Check out Fresh Looks Salon at 1830 Main Street, Tewksbury, MA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshLooksSalon/

Disclosure:  I was provided with a discount on my daughter's party.  As always all opinions are my own.

5/28/14: Makeover Reveal from Anthony David Salon

A few months ago I posted that I was a finalist for a makeover from the Anthony David Salon in Burlington, MA.  I am happy to report that I got it thanks to all of you who voted for me!  Out of 60 people 2 other lovely ladies and I were selected for a wonderful makeover.  I was extremely excited!  Being a Mom of two, part-time Project Manager, PTO President, volunteer judge for FTC FIRST Robotics competitions, and running a blog has made me forget about me for a while.

Photos credit to Kate Ackermann Photography

Not only did I have my hair colored, highlighted and cut but I was treated to much more.  First I went to Dr. Janiene Gresla DDS of Burlington who cleaned my teeth and gave me an hour Zoom Teeth Whitening treatment!  By looking at this picture you can see how white my teeth got!  It was amazing and so easy.  I just sat comfortably in a chair as she applied a gel on to my teeth and let the light stay on for intervals of 15 minutes.  Every 15 minutes the gel was wiped off and reapplied.  My teeth were a bit sensitive for about two days but after that they were fine.

Next I went to Eileen Fisher in Burlington to see Kathy Keady.  Three women helped find an outfit for me and provided everything from head to toe.  They were so wonderful there.  The store is located right in Wayside Commons and I can't say enough about how helpful they were.  Check out how beautiful this outfit is!  

It is a tank, skirt and overlay.  It is extremely comfortable and well made.  The skirt and tank are great staple pieces to mix and match with anything.  I also have a white jacket that looks cute with it.  The shoes are super comfortable too!

With my teeth whitened and outfit in hand I then went to the Anthony David Salon.  Right when you walk in it feels like a high end salon that you would experience on Newbury Street in Boston, but it is in the Suburbs and reasonably priced!

I had already been to the salon once where all of the hairdressers consulted on my hair and what they wanted to do.  The owner Anthony himself had the final say.

One thing in particular that I loved was the all-natural products they used for coloring my hair.  Usually my eyes are tearing up as I have an allergic reaction to the chemical-based coloring treatments I generally have. Anthony is also one of a few colorists in the country to use NaYo, a revolutionary yogurt-based, hair coloring system.  It is free of ammonia, PPD dyes and unpleasant aromas.  What a transformation.  

I love this picture that my son took of me.  He was my little paparazzi.

Not only did I get my hair done but I also got my eye brows waxed (a first for me), makeup applied, and fake eyelashes put on (another first for me).

What a difference it made in my eyes!

After all that Kate Ackermann Photography of Wilmington came in to take pictures of me.  She did such a wonderful job.  She is a Mom too so she understood my feeling of generally being behind the camera taking pictures of the kids and not being in front of the camera.

Here are my before and after photos!

Here is another before with my hair down.  I can always tell when it is getting too long as I tend to put it up in a clip all the time.

My kids were there for the big reveal at the salon to see what I looked like.  They loved it and said I looked so pretty.

A HUGE THANKS to Anthony Vitale for offering such a wonderful experience to me.  He and his staff at the Anthony David Salon were absolutely wonderful and made me feel like a Queen!  I could not be more pleased with the results and I am extremely thankful for being nominated and getting to have the experience of a lifetime.

Check them out online:  http://www.anthonydavidburlington.com/index.html

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/anthonydavidburlington

Twitter: @adburlington

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Dr. Janiene Gresla DDS: http://www.burlingtondental.com/

Kate Ackermann Photography: http://www.kateackermannphotography.com/

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Eileen Fisher:  http://www.eileenfisher.com/EileenFisher/collection.jsp

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Twitter: @EILEENFISHER

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Disclosure:  I was provided with my outfit from Eileen Fisher, Teeth Whitening from Dr. Janiene Gresla, Hair and Makeup from the Anthony David Salon, and photography from Kate Ackermann Photography.

9/5/09: Girls Day Out

Today I took Lauren for her 1st real haircut and for a Girls Day Out. We started at Snip-Its for a hair cut and then went to see the Barbie and the Three Musketeers. Daddy and Evan went to Home Depot and built a bean bag toss and then Evan followed Daddy around the yard as he mowed the grass on his truck.

Here is Lauren with her certificate of her first haircut.

Close up.

The before.
The during.
Chop, chop. They took about an inch off and made it all even.
Tada! Look at me with glitter in my hair and all pretty!
Here she is putting her hair in and card to get a toy. You can sort of see the purple glitter. I must say I was happy with it, many told me they are expensive but I pay $14 for Evan's haircuts at the barber, and Lauren's was $17.99 but I had a $3 coupon...so $14.99, not too bad.

And now off to the movie. I must say this Barbie movie was pretty good. They used the song I'm Unbelievable through the movie with different words. It was pretty funny. There were some amusing parts for the adults and Lauren liked dancing and saying 1 for all and all for 1. It was nice to see women as Musketeers even if they did use perfume to termporarily blind people. All the little girls in the theatre seemed to enjoy it and the cat in it even became a Musketeer and beat up on a dog. One little girl exclaimed on the way out that "it was the best Barbie movie ever".

Hugs for Barbie.