Alexandra Russell

As I have been dying my hair so much I have had to sacrifice the length. At the moment my hair is above shoulder length and I get bored of having the same hairstyle all the time so I have experimented to see what I can do with it at the length its at. There is a few styles and I will show step by step tutorials on how to achieve them. They are all super easy and I am always getting complimented on them, it is also good as my hair is a shorter length.




                                                                 

                                                                   

Something I have to talk about because it gets me SO angry. The look people give me when I say I study hair! Hairdressing has a 'reputation' for being a 'dumb' girls trait but it is not as easy as it looks. A lot of maths and science goes into hairdressing for example, when you cut someone's hair you need to have the precise angle otherwise the whole cut will be off balance- angles are a major part of cutting hair. When training to be a hairdresser you have to learn anatomy and physiology (A&P) this is the bones and muscles of the body; you also need to know the science of the actual hair and what reactions could occur to the hair. Hair dressing is a very creative trait to do and is mainly practical but everything you do as a hairdresser links back to science. As a stylist I have to make appropriate decisions best to benefit my clients hair. I do love doing hair as it is such a huge thing in people's lives, if you have nice hair you feel good about your self and gives you such positivity. It is an amazing sense of achievement when someone walks out the salon and you know you have made their day that much better and you can see the confident glow of the client. I just wanted to break down the 'scenes' behind hairdressing as I do get judged when people ask me what I'm studying at college. Sorry for the rant but I do feel passionate about what I do!!

I am currently getting ready for Halloween- my favourite holiday out there! I love it so much but I don't understand why?! The first time I went trick or treating was when I was 14- I got some strange looks of people like 'aren't you a bit old?' which I was but where I live I have no neighbours so I'd never been trick or treating. Maybe that's why I love it so much now because I didn't really celebrate it when I was younger? But anyway the main idea for this post if Halloween make-up! I LOVE LOVE LOVE DOING HALLOWEEN MAKE-UP! The second it turned October I started planning what I'm doing for HaLloween this year. So I have many ideas- some funny some serious ideas. (I would love to dress up as a nun for it I just think the banter would be brill!) but seriously here is some ideas of what I'm going to do for my make-up this year- this is just me and my friends playing around with make-up but please tell me if you like it or ways to improve!

Hello bloggers!
So this is a new thing for me so don't judge as  have no idea what I'm doing, but it will come to me (hopefully)! Basically I want to start a blog about all things make-up and hair and general beauty hacks that will come in handy to you. I feel like I should give you a basic outline of who I am and what I do, so here we go:
Name: Alexandra Russell- (my friends call me Alex)
Age/Birthday: 17 years old, 21st February 1998
Studies: I am currently studying Level 3 Hairdressing at NVQ level. However I don't want to be a hairdresser (strange I know) I hope to be a make-up and hair artist for fashion and hopefully one day film.
Location: I am a Southampton,UK girl and have been all my life!
Social Medias: I'm obviously going to drop in my instagram and twitter ;)
  instagram: _alexandraruss
  twitter:@alexandaruss_
So that's the basics about me (I'm not that boring in real life trust me!) I just want to give you a bit of info about me that's not too much that it's going to bore you haha. If you have any question please ask me- there is no such thing as a stupid answer as every teacher says!