young boss in training

Hello out there, This is Alexis. I am one of the four new interns here at Embellish. and how excited am I to be working here with these lovely ladies1!!?, in this beautiful salon. I am seventeen (almost 18) in the graduating class of 2014!I am currently going to Sota the school of arts, and I intend on going to the fashion institute of design and merchandising San Francisco California this coming Fall. Today was a wonderful first whole day of at the salon, I can't wait to be here tomorrow lots more to learn. Good night beautiful people stay flawless:)

Hey Everyone! Sierra Here!

Sierra here at Embellish! I'm one of four interns coming from SOTA (look it up, it's a pretty rad school!) to work for a semester here at the salon! SO far it has been a beautiful experience, literally. Everyone is so sweet, and although there is a lot of information to retain at once, the kind, encouraging words of the staff has made it so much easier to get into the swing of things! Today marks my second day here, and I am loving it. This is going to be a great next couple of months.

New Music Mondays.... MOULLINEX

Happy rainy Monday music lovers, i find that in these slightly dreary indoor times the way to keep your thought happy and sunny is by music....this weeks pick should help you raise those spirits and keep your body moving MOULLINEX. MOULLINEX is Lisbon and Munich-based Luis Clara Gomes.Luis was born to a small town in Portugal he was surrounded by music and musicians during childhood and since an early age has been solely dedicated to the pursuit of his own sound, refusing to adhere to a specific genre or scene, but taking comfort in disco and house as a starting point. MOULLINEX recieved the acclaim of his peers, press and fans worldwide, with remixes for Cut Copy, Sebastien Tellier, Two Door Cinema Club (the list goes on and on...) and collaborating with Peaches for a disco-tastic rework of the classic track "Maniac" ( which is amazing if you ask me). I really enjoy MOULLINEX for all his discotasticness and dance vibe but also for the beauty he infuses in his music, so I know you will enjoy my two favorite tracks "Sunflare" and "Deja Vu". I will see you lovlies next Monday with my new music obsession. xoxoxoxo Najamoniq Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato

New Music Mondays.......EMILY WELLS

Happy Holidays Music Lovers,
I'm going to be frank, Fall makes me feel sexy, and with that feeling comes music that feels like its caressing your face while you are having a glass of wine. Here is my sexy music pick for the first signs of fall - Emily Wells.  Her music is an eclectic mix of electronics, orchestral strings, jazz tones, pop overtures, and folk sensibilities.

Born to a music minister in Amarillo, Texas, Wells began learning violin at 4 at a community college. The family later moved to Indianapolis, where she discovered Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and Biggie Smalls; she gradually moved from the Suzuki method to songwriting, guitars and home recording. Releasing her own music from a young age, Wells learned to keep her work close and toured independently while developing her talent and performance across the U.S.

It was in a humble garage studio in Los Angeles that Wells’ recorded her 2008 breakthrough album, The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties, picking up praise from sources as varied as NPR and SPIN, who compared her to “a feral, streetwise Nina Simone.”

Wells returns with Mama, a collection of songs as impassioned and sultry hip hopped as ever, but infused with a new found warmth. Wells rented a tiny cabin on a Topanga Canyon horse ranch and went to work, producing Mama and playing most of the instruments herself (with a little help from longtime touring companions, drummer Sam Halterman and bassist Joey Reina.) She recorded the raw tracks to tape without punch-ins or loops, often in one take.

2012 finds Wells touring Mama, her first release for Partisan Records, and preparing for the release of Pillowfight, her long whispered-about collaboration with legendary producer Dan The Automator.

Ethereal, beautiful, deep, and soulful at times, Emily Wells is a little different from the normal music I listen to, but I know you will enjoy my favorite tracks, "Sugar" and "Becomes The Color" (which is featured in upcoming film, starring Nicole Kidman, Stoker,) and a wonderful cover of one of Emily's musical influences "Juicy."

I will see you my music lovelies next Monday with my new music obsession.
xooxoxoxoxo Najamoniq
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley

New Music Mondays.....Two Door Cinema Club

Happy Monday Music Lovers,
The crisp air of fall encircles us in the Northwest; I am keeping myself warm with the sounds of good tunes. This week my music obsession is Two Door Cinema Club. They are a Northern Irish indie rock band from Bangor and Donaghadee, County Down, formed in 2007.

The band consists of Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths) and Kevin Baird (bass, backing vocals). The band's debut album, Tourist History, was released on 1 March 2010 by French independent record label Kitsuné Music. In the United States, where the band is signed to Glassnote Records, the album was released on 27 April 2010. Two Door Cinema Club was selected for the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year (2010.) The band's second album, Beacon, was released on 3 September 2012 and debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart.

I have been into this band for quite a few years and find them to be a perfect mix of dance music, still holding true to indie roots. So take a moment and check out my two favorite songs from this talented trio - "Something Good Can Work" and "What You Know."

I will see you music lovers next week for my new music obsession.
xoxoxoxo Najamoniq
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski 

New Music Monday.....Thomas Azier

Happy Monday Music Lover,

As our thoughts, prayers, and well wishes go out to all those battling Hurricane Sandy, let us take time for reflection and thanksgiving. I always find the best way to be at one with my thoughts is to listen to truly beautiful, energizing music. That being said I have a gem for you.

Thomas Azier is an electronic-pop artist based in Berlin. Early in 2012 he released his debut EP “Hylas 001,” featuring the single “Red Eyes.” A live favorite of audiences across Europe and the United State, he is now set to release a 2nd EP, "Hylas 002,“ which again appears on his label “Hylas Records/BMG”.

“The mood of “Hylas002” arises from the sublime essence of solitude,” Azier explains. I have to say I absolutely love an artist that can convey dance, solitude, beauty, energy, and emotion to their listeners, and I believe Thomas Azier does a superb job of this! Think Jeff Buckley and Daft Punk had a baby, tee hee hee.

So please enjoy my three favorite tracks by this new up and coming artist Metropolitan Tribe, Fire Arrow and Red Eyes. www.thomasazier.com 
xoxoxoxo Najamoniq
“Music has turned into nothing more than just a rush in the background while you are busy doing other things. I don’t want to change that, but I try to make something that will catch your ear and communicate with you." - Azier

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