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Why Choose Oliver Finley?
We teach our students to succeed in life as well as in their careers. We ensure students get everything they need to succeed–technical expertise, communication, marketing, and management skills. Our students learn to think critically and problem solve “outside the box”. Oliver Finley students have the opportunity to experiment with a wide range of techniques ...
All Shades Tan?
Summer seems to have arrived and along with the brilliant blue of the sky and the radiant warmth of the sun comes a “burning” desire to toast ourselves into all shades bronze. I stood in the store Monday in front of shelf after shelf of sunscreen and gazed wistfully at the Hawaiian Tropic dark tanning ...
Color My World
Do you remember your first foray into water color painting? Probably 1st or 2nd grade, the teacher brought out tins of “Prang” paint and showed us how to wet the brush and paint a masterpiece. Shortly after the wet brush part we discovered how to make mud as all our colors got mixed together and ...
Tango With Me
Did you know there is a color of the year? That’s not just a color but a color of the year! I was in Sephora today and was absolutely entranced by a new cosmetic collection based on Pantone’s color of the year…wait for it…”Tangerine Tango”. Just the name excites bliss… Tangerine…Tango. It embodies more than ...
To Be or Not To Be…That Liberated Beauty
It was brought to my attention through the gentle encouragement of a higher power, that my last blog provided the perfect segue into a topic that is very near and dear to my heart. So near and dear in fact, that it is almost inconceivable to me that it wasn’t my very own idea. That ...
Liberated Beauty
I received an email recently about “retro life”. It was quite a lengthy chronicle of vintage ads and anecdotes most of which were from 1964 but the one that caught my eye was entitled “The Good Wife’s Guide”. Ever curious I began to scan the guide and the more I scanned the more horrifiedly indignant ...
DIY Beauty?
I saw an add on T.V. recently for a “Suave” keratin system for at home use. Today while at the store I noticed several other “keratin” products lining the shelves, along with hair color, relaxers and perms. This led me to question the faith big business seems to put in the average consumer and what ...
A Day Away
Last Wednesday Oliver Finley hosted their annual “A Day Away”event for cancer survivors and their care givers. This occasion proves to be both a celebration of life and a sobering look at our own mortality as gentlepersons of all ages are pampered with hair, nail and skin care services. Getting to know these wonderful people ...
Chalk It Up To Spring
The spring runway shows were full of color. Bright happy color the likes of which we haven’t seen in a number of seasons. Bright clear color that reaches out and grabs your attention, color that shouts ” Hey, look at me, I’m bright, I’m happy I’m COLOR!”. It’s difficult not to get a little happy ...
Sole Mates
Friday was a glorious day! It was warm, it was sunny, and on my way home I spotted a willow tree with LEAVES! Saturday was almost as nice, not quite as sunny but still warm and the leaves were still there on the willow. Oliver Finley was a hive of activity with students and clients ...
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