Suburban Bliss

I just got home last night from the America’s Beauty Show in Chicago.  First I’m exhausted and every muscle in my legs hurt and my ankles and feet are so swollen they look like they did when I was 9 months pregnant.  However, it was one of the most cool things I’ve ever done.  Although I could throw out names of famous hair stylists they might not mean much to any of you.  Some of who I worked closely with are those who do hair for the make over shows.  I met John Paul Dijoria which is the co founder of Paul Mitchell, I met Angus Mitchell which is Paul’s son (Paul himself is dead).  I really must say that even though both of these people are seen often with major celebrities and John Paul’s close friends include Steven Spielberg he is the most warm and down to earth man. 

Every one at Paul Mitchell treats you as a part of their family.  Even though I only work for the distributor they hug and kiss you each time they see you.  He is very humble about his fortune and truly appreciates it.  His keynote speech was very moving and it is really amazing how respected he is in the beauty industry.  Our Paul Mitchell booth was truly the talk of the show.

Our other big event was with Davines which is out Italian line.  Again as with most Italians they really treat you as family.  My voice is almost gone from talking so much and so loud.  Of course there was music every where.  On Saturday there were 20k people in attendance and Sunday with the largest attendance of 38k.

Below are a few photos they are bad quality due to they were taken on my phone camera.  The lights were so bright that it was just hard to get a good pic.

Although I am very tired and sore I am really glad I was able to experience this.  They will be doing a Vegas trip in August for Paul Mitchell that I will be attending and then back at the beauty show next March. 

This was a photo of the show floor on Sunday

John Paul Dijora at his keynote speech.  I took a photo of the screen since the lights were so bright I couldn’t see him when I took a pic with my camera

This was the stage show with Robert Cromeans a famous hair stylists who is with the Paul Mitchell design team.

Just a random pic of some of the wild hair that designers created for the runway competitions during the show.

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