What can a makeover do for you?

I’ve been in a rut. Call it a seasonal thing, call it the winter blahs, call me lazy, but the crux of the condition can be summed up in three words: I don’t care. I don’t care how I look, I don’t worry about finding a man and I don’t fret over clutter or housework undone.

One can live in the land of apathy indefinitely, I have discovered, especially if there is no partner or young children over which to brood and focus. Since I have neither and I live in relative obscurity (remember, RADIO is in your mind, it’s not a face to face job ordinarily) I've been living in the land of apathy for a few years.

So I have managed to plod frumpily along until HI-99 decided to give away a makeover to some lucky listener. That means I get lucky too, because Rave Aveda Salon and Spa would perform the makeover on me to show our listeners just how wonderful this opportunity would be to win.

I met with stylist Cheryl the week before the makeover so we could formulate a plan of action. Chery thought my skin tone and green eyes would be nice with a deep, rich red color. Having been a bleached blond all my life, this news of red both shocked me and provoked my interest. I readily agreed to put myself in Cheryl’s hands and let her work her magic.

Before I go further I have a confession to make. The last few years have been rough on me and it seemed I had aged a decade overnight. Wrinkles had set in overnight and my eyes seemed to shrink more every day. I just didn’t feel pretty anymore. In fact, I felt a little helpless and dismayed at the physical cards I’d been dealt.

So the timing of this makeover at Rave Aveda was fortuitous, to say the least.

The day of the makeover I was nervous. Could a haircut and a new color really help my appearance at this point in my life? I didn’t think so, but I arrived on time and ready for whatever Cheryl had in mind.

Now here’s the really cool part: Cheryl had been thinking about her approach to this makeover ever since we met a week previously! I wasn’t just an eleven o’clock appointment, I was her chance to truly change someone’s life…and even if I didn’t know it yet, I think she did.

We did the color first as another Rave Aveda gal gave me a long, wonderful hand massage. That’s part of the way they treat you at Rave Aveda. Every client in a stylist's chair had warming pads on her hands following a wonderful massage. The arthritis in my right hand was soothed every minute I was there.

Once the color was done we headed into the spa room for the professional makeup application. Cheryl “tinted” my eyebrows and eyelashes, so now my eyes are “framed” beautifully AND it won’t wash off for several weeks! I can skip the whole makeup routine except for dabbing on some fabulous lipstick I purchased from Rave that day. Well, and I do apply some eye shadow, because the tones she used were so pretty I just had to have them.

Then it was time to head back out to the salon to cut and style my new red hair. I hadn’t looked at this point; I wanted it to be a surprise.

And boy was it ever!! But it was the best surprise I have experienced in YEARS. Somehow that haircut opened up my eyes and made my face look less fat. I say that because it’s the same face and eyes, but the dramatic changes made from going to short and sassy and red were unbelievable.

You still have a chance to win a makeover that can change your life too!
Register at http://www.hi99.com/ by clicking on the MONDAY MAKEOVER WITH RAVE AVEDA SALON AND SPA banner and filling out the form that comes up.
Good luck! Deadline to enter is Monday, March 24th.

And if you’ve been looking for a stylist you can trust, especially if you like short hair, Cheryl is the best stylist I’ve had in over a decade. She’s a wonderful person and an OUTSTANDING hairstylist and she really loves to do color. So give her a call and make an appointment for your new look! Rave Aveda Salon And Spa: 812 232-7771