Since my last blog we have had the Christmas holidays and I’ve been back at college a few weeks now. It was good to get back to college to see people I hadn’t seen for a few weeks and catch up on the craic. I enjoyed hearing about what everyone else had been getting up to; some of them made my break sound boring! The only thing I hadn’t missed about college was getting up early in the morning. I enjoyed having a good sleep in, but now we’re back in to the swing of things I shouldn’t struggle too much.
Over the break I went to two staff parties, one of them was just a night out with everyone I work with at my part time job in a pub… the other (with my workmates from my hairdressing placement) was crazy!
Last month on my placement I was assessed on a short graduation cut and a colour correction, both turned out well as my client didn’t leave the salon with a skin head or green hair ha-ha. I also had to do my first hair cut on a child; a young lad came in to just have a trim. I was actually quite nervous because kids don’t sit still; I didn’t want to cut his ear off. The boy’s parents were happy with what I had done, so I think my placement is going well so far.
In college we have been learning about all the different cuts and styles, now we can get assessed on them and another part of my folder can be completed. In class we have also been focusing on pin ups and wedding hair, I have never been very comfortable or confident doing these, but after a few hours learning the basics I have started to really enjoy doing them. I think I will be able to get these marked off my folder within the next few weeks which I am very happy about.
I have also recently finished the biggest written assignment in Level 3 Hairdressing which was about cutting women’s hair to create a variety of looks. The essay was a few weeks work but it wasn’t too hard, I’m glad it’s over with now, just a few more assignments left to do this year.
Check out my blog next month to see how I have been getting on with my assignments and what I been getting up to.
Nicky
