eBay Sunday

eBay modeling at home... by yourself... is hectic and a little crazy. I like to just go fast to photograph the items so I can put them up before I lose interest. There was no time for make-up today, so sunglasses hide the most damning evidence of my bare face. Though the pale skin and lips lead you to believe how monotone I am, literally, here in the coldest, dreariest part of winter.

If you're interested... here's the link to all of the items.

After looking at my recent haircut, I found some errors and cut it more myself.

The other night at an art opening, a girl stopped to ask me who cuts my hair and I was like "Girl, we need to just do it ourselves." Because she also cut her own too. I guess it's pretty domestic to cut your own hair. We're all about DIY and doing stuff at home these days. Why not.














These overalls are the thing that I'm saddest about getting rid of.  They just do not fit me. My torso is too long. They're so precious, but now they're on the eBay chopping block.

They look pretty cute in this pic, but the straps are extended as fully as possible and they're up my butt. I've got so much butt.

Hair Mood Boards

I'm seeing a new hair person on Thursday. I'm sick of looking. I really want to settle down.  He sounds amazing and I really want things to work out between us. I want to have a lasting, productive relationship. I really want to establish a standing appointment. Having a standing hair appointment will be some grown-ass-lady stuff. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.

I've been creating mood board collages of my hair history. The good and the better.

Sure, it's vain, but it's also hard to create verbal illustrations of how you expect your hair to turn out. I recommend when you're having a good hair day that you photograph it. You don't have to share it with the internet, but save it somewhere you can refer to if you need to meet a new stylist.

I sometimes feel like a little psycho taking all these photos of my hair, but look, they're helpful. I'm really happy I've got this crazy-girl archive to mull back over and decide where to go from here.






Til then, I'm breathing deep and printing, printing, printing examples.

I bet I'm the only person who brings in example photos of myself.

Hair update: Growing a haystack

I haven't talked about my hair in a while. It's super long.
I had a bit of a trauma and I'm just getting over it, so now I can talk about it. I went to a new colorist and she put some dark brown streaks in my hair. I didn't cry, but I made her re-do it.

I don't know why in the world she thought it was OK to put dark streaks. Not OK.

This means it's crunchy-dry. I got these fiercest rehabilitator Kerastase, and it's recovering from the crunchies. It's kind of nice being so cotton-y though, I'm embracing my 1960's style cotton-boll hair.

I've had one haircut since I've been in Arkansas, and I got it at the Paul Mitchell Beauty School for $10. The student did a good job and I'll be back to get her to trim this hay stack.

I should have just gotten it colored at the beauty school.

Dang, girl

I left the salon feeling good, feeling cute, but not until I scrolled through these photos did I realize DANG! The before & after is serious.


This isn't even a full haircut. He just cut the bottom parts. And again, ratted it with his fingertips in a way that I must perfect.

This is a follow-up to the fun news that I'm going to be a hair show model. My recent frequent salon trips are preparatory for the show. I'm not paying for all this extreme hair maintenance of late.

Hair: Tamed with bobby pins

I used some bobby pins to pull some of my hair back for my Friday night event.
And I sewed this new style for my Fundraiser-Online Shop. 


I'm trying to do this middle-part trend. It works on day 1, but on day two, I wake up with my old lefty part. I put a little mousse in this hair before I blew it dry.


This new peach color is added to the shop too.

Pale Girl Dark Roots

I'm on gradual self-tanner, I swear.
I got in on that dirty-dark roots and bleached out ends craze and that process looked like this:



I like it! My real roots are going to bust into these new, fake roots. It's totally dark in the back.


Getting to work today looked like this- Target dress. Threw the detachable straps in the trash - Big mistake. Bow belt from H&M. Charlotte Russe flip-flops that are on their last... breath... Kate Spade bow necklace. 


All of my stuff has a bow on it right now so I need to take a break from them and get back to hearts. 

Busy Day!

It's Market Week! That means I'm busy at work. That means I have to run around and do stuff. Kind of like Devil Wears Prada but without the Evil.

I came home and realized my hair looked really cute despite the HOT NYC GRIMY STREETS day I had and being worn under my helmet. Twice! Two helmet times and running around outside all day times. Yuck!


Gwynne chopped around my ear strategically to make my ear be exposed. Sexy ear-exposure engineering.

I wish I could only wash my hair twice a week, but it's just too hot & sweaty right now. I'm out of Kerastase and I have to sneak that sort of purchase by my huzzy.

I was REALLY LATE leaving the apartment this morning to get to work ONLY Because I COULD NOT CHOOSE what to wear today. I got really pissed off, wore some old repeater outfit, and I decided to amp-up on Coffee in the afternoon, so I could power through and do some good work tonight and I did!

I tidied up my wardrobe area and picked out FOUR OUTFITS to get me through the rest of the week. Yep- Picked them out and put all the shit on the 1 hanger and they're lined-up and ready to go right in the front of the rack.

Free Haircut!

My hair was feeling extra thick and conservative and since I'm spending so much time on Craigslist (and other job sites of course) looking for jobs, I like to look into other adventures too. I wrote someone who needed short-hair hair-cut models. The salon turned out to be really swanky and it turned out to be in the neighborhood.

The owner is one of those "Celebrity Stylists" and he was actually there. I read his press book in the waiting area and was surprised that someone who works there is on the Michelle Obama hair team and the owner himself does Renee Z. When I met my lady she had to show me to the owner so that he could see the "Before." After my personal dealing with "celebrity stylists" he was typical. No one (fancy, who I've met and is famous and owns their business) is as friendly as Eva S.

So the haircut was nice. Nice space, tons of cute people working there. If I need free haircuts long-term, I know where to go. I overheard that "Apprentice highlights" are $40. Woo hoo! If you're not familiar with the "Apprentice" system, people who are licensed in NYC have to "Apprentice" for 2 whole years before they graduate to working on the floor by themselves and generating their own clientele. I guess it's more serious in upscale salons. I appreciate the charity!

This is just an outfit pic. The flannel shirt is not your typical lesbian flannel- It is Vintage Diane Von Furstenberg that I purchased in Malvern, Arkansas. Hello.

I did a little photo shoot and put some things on eBay yesterday.
I was professional and invested $25 in a roll of seamless paper to shoot my items against a nice background:

I can dig 30

My Dad asked how I feel about the big mile-stone birthday I've got coming up, and I'm really happy. I mean, I hate my gray/cold/snow & ice birthday but I feel happy to be 30.

Dad sounded pleasantly surprised.

I also have been spending zero money, except for groceries b/c I've been cooking dinner for me & my man, but I'm not desiring clothing purchases like I normally did... in my sleep. I think the first things I'll like to buy when I get a job is event tickets. I heard Maddow is coming back to the 92Y and The Gossip is coming again in April.

I'm bored today because it's a blizzard and I do not want to go outside, but I was trying to make a mental list of indulgent things I would like to buy and nothing really comes to mind. That feels much stranger than the big 3-0!

I think my pot of Kerastase conditioner will last me until I get a job. Holy lord it's expensive but so worth it.

I think my 30's are going to be really awesome. I'm feeling pretty cute for a very soon to be 30 year old.

My hair is really thick and nuts and this is bed-head/last-night's make-up.

Julie's Hair History

I created a "set" on Flickr of all my different hair looks throughout history. The earliest photo is 9th grade. I wish I could find my sorority composite from 1998 where I have a 1" pixie cut!

This pic is from May 2008 - Click here for the HAIR HISTORY in photos.


My weekend was really chill. I actually put on my housewife-hat and cooked! I cooked food!
I've also applied for several extra & focus group jobs on Craigslist to while away the days. Maybe I'll have some good adventures to report.