Remember when you were a kid and it was art time in class and the teacher would break out the tempera paint and brushes, or construction paper, scissors and glue and you’d all go to town? Well, I just had a weekend in Vegas doing basically that at a hands-on hair seminar with the extraordinarily talented Oribe. Instead of elementary school supplies, we got to work with wigs, hairnets, cutting capes that we got to turn into clothing, body paints and an arsenal of new hairsprays provided by Oribe.
The theme was “grotesque glamour” which was lead into by watching a clip of John Waters hilariously disturbing “Female Trouble.” Here, glamour is defined by going to the completely opposite extreme – where ugly is put on a pedestal. The point? To think outside the box and blow apart the traditional ways we do things. To go so far as asking ourselves, “Why the hell am I doing this?!” or “Says who?!” The result was to be found by going in with an open mind and having fun. Wasn’t that the whole point of doing anything anyway?
Taking a creative break was so healthy for us this weekend as well as yet another great bonding experience for us on personal levels (dinner at Sushi Smaba and many rounds of the Wheel of Fortune slot machines). I’m grateful for these opportunities and look forward to many more. Now, how do I get my money back from those damn slot machines!
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