There's No Place Like Home

So i have been a little to busy to write in my blog but most of you that read this probably lurk the crap out of my facebook so.. you already know the Mexico trip was more than amazing ... enough said <3

Being back home in my old house has probably been the best gift in the world im so happy to finally be out of sucking town provo utah. Even though i met really nice people and got a amazing education North Carolina is where my heart is.
Theres no place i rather be. Most of my friends from high school are off at college away from greensboro but thats ok because im happy to see my friends are out becoming someone.
As for my church friends most of them are here and things are the same as always.. i dont like change so coming back to what i new was very comforting.
I have a new addition to the family her name is KESHA and she is the cutest tea cup puddle anyone has ever seen in their life.

she is perfect <3

As for me getting a job due to liscensing in the state of north carolina my cosmetology liscense will take up to 2 months to file and after that then i can get a salon job. unfortuntaly right now i am un employed due to that situation but im sure my liscense will go through and ill be up and running in no time

so as for now i do hair out of my house so come visit me

only 21 more days in utah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so let me update yall.

i took my state boards august 11th. Just so you guys know... state boards suck... especially for cosmetology/ barbering. Its just really hard.... but..
Thanks to long hours studying and practicing and lots of prayers from family and friends i was able to pass on the first try :]
i am currently waiting to take my 2000 written exam to get my license.
As most of you know by now... i had a plan to go teach elementary school english in mexico for a few months. I already have my plain ticket for September 20th 2010 but i got a call from the Regis salon in four seasons mall in greensboro norht carolina. Its a really nice salon with good pay and continuing education. so my life has once again flipped upside down and now i have a very important decision to make in just a few weeks to either leave my plain ticket.. take it.. or buy another one for NC

Right now due to my life being extremely crazy... i have decided to take my plain to mexico visit some family for a week and buy another plain ticket from there to go back home and make it on time for my interview.

I dont know how things will turn out.. but i do know that if i follow the guidance of the lord, i will be where i need to be.

Even though i am 2 months late from my original graduation date (july) haha. Things happen for a reason and i dont take anything back.

See you all in October!

1500 HOURS!!!!!

Some of you dont know this but in just one week i am eligible to be a licenced cosmetologist in the state of north carolina!!
AH i feel so happy to know i did it!!!!! and recently everything has been so stressful, with finals, work sheets, theory tests and theory hours. but finally i made it to a state requirement

most of you guys are like... what? well... every state has certain requirements for any career Field involving people like teachers, doctors, dentist, message therapists, etc.. they all have to have licences in that feild.
North Carolina only requires 1500 hours to complete the cosmetology program.

Utah on the other hand is one of the only states that requires an extreme amount of hours... 2000...
finally in 2 and a half months i will be done with my state board exams as well as my whole program..

finally graduation is just around the corner and i am BEYOND excited. Not only to make money haha but to start building my future.

im so excited!
i have found a few salons in north carolina that i am interested in.
but due to me being a poor college student and needing to save up money to go college in fall semester of 2010 and my trip to hawaii soon i have been thinking of moving in with my family in miami where salons pay alot more than any salon in NC and also i get to live for free :]

so i still have a few more things to figure out...
but i know the lord will guide on where i need to be.

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AHEM attention i just GRADUATED!

So, let me recap high school for all you lovely readers.

Freshman year
Best year of high school hands down, going to shows at 12am staying out till 4am, hanging out with bands, warped tour for free ;] holllaaa!, skipping school to sleep in, jumping over fences, SCABS, trowing random parties, skipping 2nd period to go to gabbys house then getting caught by Mr. Blackmon, getting detention with gabby and being silly at lunch was the best, having my best friend sara nobel move in with me, having my other best friend vivian move in with me, saturday school and getting kicked out, sleeping in algebra yet passing all my test, and BSing summer school, sneaking out to go walk around the lake and have heart to heart talks, painting the wall with SCABS written all over it, :] never will it be forgotten.
Missing 90 days of school... when theres only 180 days in the school year. Yet passing all my classes (which where Honors) with flying colors was even better. :D

Sophomore year
Getting my life back together and stop being so silly. or as my family likes to call it (being the black sheep) lol.
Guitar class with Mr, chames hahahahahha( i am really sorry we made your life hell for a semester.. i hope you found a better job :p) getting hair extensions put in during class, hahah dance 2, Cheer Extreme, hahah "history club", saturday school and not getting kicked out WOHOO! haha, and Being seminary president. :] waking up at 6 am everyday was no easy task. But it was done :]

Junior year/ Senior year
moving to utah and attending a new high school TIMAPNOGOS HIGH SCHOOL. Home of the timber wolves.. (gay gay gay... and i thought "cowboys" was ridiculous hahah) Having seminary at 12pm and just walking to the church building hahaha, doing high school at day and night time. (thats right utah has night high school its freaking awesome!) going to colorado with FFA, going to salt lake over night with FBLA, going to salt lake with FFA over night being a member of DECA, FBLA(future business leaders of america)FFA, fashion club and spanish club, winning second place at regional for Emerging business issues, winning 1st place at State for emerging business issues, being historian in both FFA and FBLA. Taking BYU classes and UVU classes and finally finishing my credits in late May in that year. Getting a scholarship to beauty school and not having to go back to high school :]

Senior year/ Paul Mitchell
Getting a scholarship for cosmetology school. Graduating August 31st being a licences cosmetologist with 2000 hours (state or north Carolina only requires 1500) due to having my credits turned in late may i was not able to walk with the class of 09' but was given an option of walking with my original dated class of 10' so after giving it alot of thought and even though none of my family members would be here to watch my graduation ceremony i decided to walk with them anyway.. i mean it only happens once right?

hahahhaha so this for all you idiot people who said i got a GED andddd said i was such a "bad kid", called my parental unit in freshman and sophomore year telling her i was skipping school too much and having crazy parties (which i guess was partly true hehe.. hahah) and being this and that.... i wish i could laugh in your face.. unfortunately im too busy finishing up my career and applying for winter semester in college ;]

so let me just say two words... SUCK IT!!!!!!


even though everyone has a rough patch, this just goes to show it is not your place to judge ANYONE. I have a really high GPA, finished a year early and is a great person in society (after freshman year lol hahahha. that is... lol) helping other organizations at school become better. All of this wasn't easy.. i worked my ASS off all those years. And even though i was a little crazy who isn't? i was just happen to be more out there about.. Because guess what your kids had a rough patch as well.. but they did it behind your back ;] so.. what did we learn today? mind your own business and take care of your own damn kids!

i do want to thank all of my family and friends who helped me through all of this. fist of my mom.. she worked so hard to be able to pay for cheerleading, all my field trips with FFA, FBLA and DECA, helping me with spanish projects and running to the store at 5 am to get food so i can give out at seminary. Talking to teachers after getting in trouble :P hahah. Talking to parents and letting them know im awesome and to mind their own business. hahah My dad for paying my tuition in high school (yeah utah is retarded and makes you pay to go to a public school), paying for destroyed/ lost text books... idk how it happened but whatever. and paying tuition at Paul Mitchell which was not cheap at all.. even though my scholarship helped a little. My sister Xanny for working all the tuition stuff out. my sister priscilla for doing my spanish homework.. and giving me rides everywhere. and of course my friends jordan, gabby, jenifer, melissa, and everyone else who helped me. you guys are the best! <3


For the Future
I plan on finishing beauty school. Moving back home for a few months.. Going to school part time and getting my Instructors licence to be a cosmetology teacher. After that work as a instructor at a beauty school and go to school and work on getting a business degree. Maybe open a salon.. or a Beauty school of my very own. If the opportunity arrives work on tv doing hair and make up maybe..
So much more ahead of me. I couldnt be happier on the way things turned out. I have worked very hard to be were i am at right now. and i will continue to work as hard as i need to.. to accomplish the things that i want to accomplish.

I love my career as a hair dresser. I wake up every morning excited to make another persons day as amazing as it should be. Making people feel beautiful inside and out. Meeting people from different cultures, backgrounds, hearing their stories and having their trust.

Theres nothing i would rather do!


oh and one last thing.. for those of you who said that i think im better than everyone else... um.. i wouldnt say.. that... but i am pretty amazing. IIIIId say ;]
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhaha!!!!!!

(if you found my blog offensive you are more than welcome to never look at it again. Thank you)

INTERN ? yep..

Everyone has got to start out somewhere right?
So im at 1200 hours into school... iv been slacking i know.. but when you live in a state you hate. Your girl friends either take a leave or graduate... and you are left with only your sister in the suckiest state.. you start to get maybe just a little bit depressed.. haha. But its all good. Im looking at being done somewhere around august or september.

So this make up artist came to school to give a presentation.. Shes done make up for the film high school musical and other cool stuff.
i decided to talk to her after class. Turns out she was in need of an assistant.
There was a hair show coming that weekend so i decided to take up on the offer... even though i had to wake up on sunday and monday at 5am to get ready and be in SLC at 7am. i mean at least i get into the 2 day hair show for free.. (its about 60 bucks a day)
So friday night i went to her place to get some training. and our gig was sunday and monday.
Even though my job isnt glamorous.. all i do is help any of the artist that need help. Finding little eye shadows in boxes full of them.. ugh.. its ok i got to play with seriously over 200 eye shadows, clean brushes after every model. run errands and apply face primer and foundation, so the artists can work on conture, blush and eyes.

Its actually really fun i learn so much and get to network with alot of GREAT stylist in the industry. and im getting a WONDERFUL letter of recommendation by retro hair, to put in my cute little portfolio :]

i got to see Ben from shear genius work on stage!!!


if you dont know who he is. He is the straight hair dresser with gauges and tattoos. He is a real funny guy. and he knows his stuff.

i also got a bit of hands on training for the beaded in extension method.
i learned more about fusion but i still gotta get some hands on to really grasp the concept.

But just to give you an idea. A regular service for a beaded in strand by strand hair extension is $800 and up!!! and can be done in less than 4 hours!

Most of you lovely friends ask me.. well who gets that done... and while i laugh at you... more people have hair extensions than you know... there so natural now a days you dont know if a girl has REAL hair or just hair extensions haha.
so to answer your question lots of people get hair extensions.

im just really excited for this great opportunity.. who knows who i could meet.. iv never liked the west coast.. but getting paid bank and living in california.. away from all the drama of the east... doesnt sound too bad actually..

so whats the next step?
well im going to continue my assisting with my lovely make up artist.. and looking into getting my foot in the door with the Lunatic Fringe salon.
Ill have to start out as in assistant as well.. but im ok with that. you gotta work your way up.
http://www.lunaticfringesalon.com/gallery.html

this salon charges $75 a hair cut!

haha id be down for getting paid that every hour :D

so thats the update on my adventures right now.. hopefully i can get some pictures soon.

new semester, new season, new hair color! :]

so... after the whole mullet incident my hair is all grown out and its way cute!

now that all of this has been going on and iv had to make alot of different choices in my life. I think its time for a new hair color :]

so i really like blonde and i havent had it since 2006... so i really want peoples opinion on what my new hair color should be.
here are are few pictures of me with blonde hair and dark brown.

Blonde


Dark Brown

so here a few new hair ideas i have in mind

tell me what yall think :]
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Matt Wertz

PANDORA = <3

Kalai radio= more<3

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you guys are welcome to listen. Its amazing!

so life so far has been hectic.. but thats no surprise. I woke up this morning got ready for school and i walk outside and it is the nicest weather!!! after being under 50s and having snow storms in march and beginning of april i was soooooo ready for spring to be here.
and today... it decided to show up :]
im so happy!! coming from living in California then Miami Florida then Cancun mexico... this chick NEEDS her sunshine!!
and today i got a bit of it :] we had a little field trip at school and we went around town taking pictures of different shapes. and how we can look at it and think of different haircuts that are created by their structure. It was fun.
then since we had extra time we came home and watched "how i met your mother" its pretty hilarious.

im really excited for it to get really hot so i can lay out! but unfortunately this state doesnt have a beach... sooooooo that means i will have to make a quick trip to miami to visit my brother.... and his new baby... James Dean Marrufo (its true people i picked the name!)... for my birthday.. and go to orlando...hahaha.
and might i add im pretty stoked for it.. and getting my cute little ukulele.. i might just bring it with me and play it on the beach. :]

bad news is school never seems to end..so as all of you know i should be finishing school in august.. but that means i have to be stuck in the salon alll freaking summer... monday through saturday! and while all the little byu kids finish there semester and go and have fun i will be cutting and coloring peoples hair alllll day.. but i cant complain when im there i love it... but i do wish i didn't have to go to school during the summer.
Summer term in utah is actually not as bad as the rest of the year. everyone is out having fun.
they have like dance party's at this water park called seven peaks. Its actually really fun minus the creep guys trying to talk/dance with you ew.
but besides that you meet alot of other really cool people. and its always fun to go out dancing once in a while. especially if you add water slides to it!

As for other things in life.. i really miss my family. i miss my little anti and erick so much. hahah they always know how to make me laugh when im not having a good day.

and everything else.. well im not sure where things are going but what i do know is its up to me to make the best out of it. so it will be done.
so i leave you guys with the story of my life and one of my favorite songs.
once again thanks pandora.. the main radio might be just as good as the kalai radio..
:]