Makeover Madness

About a month or two ago, a friend approached me at the gym. Angela Way, who is a local cosmetologist and gym buddy, wanted to treat me to a makeover at her salon, Apparenza Salon.  She was so inspired by my story and journey that she wanted me to have the Hollywood experience of getting a head to toe new look.  I put it off for a while, not expecting her generousity to come to fruition, and it seemed to good to be true.

Well a few days ago she had a cancellation and wanted to do my makeover before the New Year. I had NO idea what I was in store for.  I agreed to let her make all the decisions and just go with it.  I tend to over control my life and I knew this would be difficult for me but an awesome experience.  So I decided to let go and sit in the chair!

Before:

I have been growing my hair for a long time and had gotten to the point where I didn’t really care about it anymore.  If I can put it in a pony tail, I’m good.  I’ve never been a girly girl and find it easy to not care about things like hair and makeup.  She told me the colors she was thinking any why.  I said, “Sounds great!” and then she made the first cut.

I’m panicking a little at this point because my hair has been so long for so long but I go with it!  Now it’s time for color.  Wow.  I have only had my hair colored at the salon once or twice.  Some of you ladies put a lot of work into this!  I had no idea how much time was necessary!  I got two colors of highlights:

And then dye all over.  Not a speck of my old hair left!

At this point I’m excited for it to be done!  The whole process took four hours!  I couldn’t believe that Angela took four hours of her own time when she could have been doing other clients, to spend with me.  We talked about my journey and I was able to share a little with a few other clients in the salon.

The results! Before I post the picture, I first wanted to express my gratitude!  The work that Angela did was TOP NOTCH and to have ‘earned it’ with my incredible story is unbelievable.  I still can’t believe that this happened to me!  I now feel like a movie star and everyone should know who I am. I’m SUPER excited to go out for New Year’s Eve tonight in my tiny little dress and new super hot hair.

Thank you Angela for your work, dedication and generosity.  I promise to pay it forward ten-fold!  Also, thank you to Apparenza Salon here in Denver for the incredible afternoon.

***Of course I’m in my gym clothes because that’s how I feel the most Sexy!

I feel like I haven’t known what I look like for the last year.  Now I keep passing mirrors and have NO idea who that person is.  Again, no matter what I look like on the outside, I hope you can see how much I’ve changed on the inside because that is what really counts.

To the gym for a New Year’s Eve workout!

Tomorrow: New Year’s resolutions and pics of the tiny dress!