The Future of Hair Color
I am experiencing a shift in the salon. Guests are asking for in depth color services, called color projects. These are major change...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Giving feels good
My husband, Bryan, is a teacher at Redmond High School, in Redmond, WA (the home of Microsoft). He helps with a program at school called...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Oct 11, 2020
- 1 min
I got a Covid test, again...
I woke up Thursday morning and felt terrible. Like my allergies and a head cold collided with a sinus infection. First thought, PANIC. I...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Sep 19, 2020
- 2 min
How are you? Have you cried today?
How are you? Have you cried today? Are you angry? Are you just so tired of everything and need a vacation but...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Aug 4, 2020
- 2 min
So it goes...
I am so tired of talking about unprecedented times. I am so tired of talking about the new normal. So it goes* Here are some things we...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
Salon update: Stay home, stay healthy!
I just wanted to send a quick update about what you can expect. What to expect when you are expecting, lol. As you know, the stay home -...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Oct 2, 2019
- 3 min
Hair Paper? My mind was blown.
Wanting More. I was asked to do "avant-garde" hair for the Orlando Show. What the heck was that? Of course I said "Sure, no problem. I'm...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Sep 9, 2018
- 2 min
So you want to go GREY?
I hear this often in the salon "I would quit coloring my hair if I had that pretty grey" or "I can't stand my roots but I'm not ready to...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Oct 29, 2017
- 4 min
Personal moxie - do stylists respect themselves?
I ran into a friend at the airport a few months ago. I was being flown out by Thermafuse (my side gig) to present at a hair show. I was...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Jul 19, 2017
- 1 min
Wait. Can you perm extensions?
This is a story about my daughter. She had cut off all of her (very long) hair and then wanted it long again. Like right now. Extensions...
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Kimberly Rowley
- May 11, 2016
- 1 min
Why is my price different than last time?
All things in life change, including prices. As a stylist, this is always a difficult situation. I love my clients like family. I also...
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Kimberly Rowley
- Feb 9, 2016
- 2 min
The night that changed my life.
It was a dark and stormy night. 2004. I was driving on the freeway in my $100 car (a Toyota Tercel that wouldn't go into first gear) when...
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