Pinky Sparkles...

Gooooood evening guys and dolls! It's been a minute since I've blogged...clearly I've had writers block for the past 7 months!! Lol geeeeez! I say this to my clients daily, but I seriously can't believe it's OCTOBER!?!?!? I mean the last time I blogged it was March and I told ya'll about my salon, Kismet Beauty Lounge, which has been my baby this year. I'll tell u this, it's been the busiest year of my young life so far. The blessings that I've been given from God have been unreal! I mean seriously UNREAL! Thank you to God and everyone who helped me get to where I am today are not even enough words to describe my gratitude. I've learned so much this year that my brain actually hurts lol. I've loved so much that I ooze hearts and I've sparkled to the point where I truly think glitter runs thru my veins!! Laughter and Love is my addiction....and let's not forget working out of course, lol ;) Anyway, let me fill you in on my most recent trip to Puerto Rico I went on about 2 weeks ago. It was a very last minute (like I mean we booked it a week before departure) decision because I was going to be in Miami for a hair show, so it only made sense to grab the killer deal and make use of timing when it's there ya know!? I'll tell you this, I have the BEST friend in the WORLD!! My Dilek! My partner in crime. My soul identical friend. My fellow coquette...the BRAINS behind the operation. I say this all the time...I'd be lost without her. Not only because I have no sense of direction, but because she has the best ideas and I help execute them! We are truly Pinky and the Brain, lol.. So now here we are in San Juan *shaking my head in disbelief that I'm actually here* and what's the first thing I notice?!? Everyone smiles!! Lol I finally found a place where everyone is like me! The thing is, Dilek always tells me to stop smiling so much because I gets me in trouble, lol....she's right tho, she's absolutely right! I been like this my whole life, I smile even when I'm sad, and I laugh when I'm nervous so I actually can't help it. However, there are then some peeps who get the wrong idea just because I throw a smile their way. Which is when my bestie then tells me to quit it lol.. So now can u imagine how awesome it was to be in a place where all people do IS smile!? My dream land...next to Miami of course. I mean how could anyone be sad when the weather itself can put a smile to your face! It was 92 and humid and I was in love (with more then just the climate If you know what I mean lol). I'm pretty sure D and I were the only 2 blondes on the island, and I didn't hate that! So you can imagine my sparkle stood out like no other lol.. For 3 beautiful days all we did was laugh, drink champagne, laugh....laugh some more, and soaked in as much vitamin D as we could before heading back to the Windy City. As the saying goes that "laughter is the best medicine" I can honestly say that those are words that will be engraved on my tombstone one day. It's the truest statement there is. I'm a workaholic, and there are things that stress me out in my life. And when I laugh, everything goes away! My heart smiles, if u can imagine that! Lol. Laughter might not cure a disease, but it cures everything else, I swear by it! I love life and can't imagine going thru it unhappy, so I choose not to, even tho there are things that make me sad (which I'm gonna save for another blog) I believe in living to the fullest, and I did that in Puerto Rico this year. I thank God for my adventures and I continue to live the only way I know how.....IN LOVE Well I think I'm about to call it a night...between the light of the iPad screen, my romantically lit cradles and Ne-Yo playing in the background my eye lids are gonna need toothpicks to be held up soon! Lol..cheers to sweet dreams and realities! Muuuuaahhh!!!

Kismet Beauty Lounge

"All for the love of beauty" is what i answer when someone asks me why i do what i do for a living. My name is Kasia and i am a WORKAHOLIC, lol.. ok so maybe u don't find that as funny as i do but it's the actual truth! And if im correct the first step in AA is accepting the truth and to not live in denial. So there it is... after years of close research and foot pain from working 12 hour days i have finally been open,honest and admitted the fact that i am married to my career! Now do you understand why i got divorced 2 years ago???!!! LOL. ok all jokes aside ( but remember there's always truth in everything someone says) now that i admit i choose my career over my relationships let me begin to explain why....
I've been at Enve Salon for over ten years now. I get ready for work everyday and think to myself "i wonder if i'll ever feel what some of those other people feel?" I hear people talk about how much they hate going to work, how they have the case of the "mondays" ,and how they can't wait for the weekend because they don't have to go into work. I feel bad for people like that. well i know the answer.. it's been the same for almost 12 years..the answer is NO. The thing is, when you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. Now don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that what i do is easy...it is still "work" and therefore because i work hard i play hard too ;) We all need to find time to relax so that we don't let work consume us. As with everything in life...it's all about balance.
I choose what makes me happy every morning. I want to get the most out of the one life we are blessed with. So this brings me to what i wanna introduce next. Dreams, wishes, wants, desires are all possible if you work hard and never give up. i gave up once tho and thought i wanted what i chose to be the "normal" life like most people. That normal life made me 50% happy not 100%.. so i decided to make changes and get back to focus on what i knew and loved... my life in the beauty industry. I went back to working 70 hours a week, flying by the seat of my pants, traveling more, sleeping less, meeting new amazing people at hair shows (where i felt like i was FINALLY normal, because i was with other crazies just like me!, lol). Since the day i started at my first salon i dreamt that one day o would own my own...and well....*big gulp* I DO!!! Phew! that was more heart dropping then when i said "i do" on my wedding day, LOL LOL!!
I don't know if u knew this or if you read my blog about my 30th. Well for years now i've always been excited to turn 30 because i felt like something BIG was gonna happen. I used to think i'll get married, or have my first baby, or buy a house...but never did i think my dream of owning a salon would be IT! I learned throughout the years that if you work hard and follow your heart...your dreams actually do come true <3
so, i'll leave on that note for now (mainly because i'm gonna be late if i don't stop typing right now,lol) When my client leaves i always say to them "to be continued..." Til next blog my dreamers and believers.. Mad Love always and forever!! Dream Big and Work Hard!
P.S... The salon is called Kismet Beauty Lounge....cute huh?? lol ;)

Happy New Year Baby!!

And just like that it's a brand new year. LOOOOOOOOVE!!! That's right ya'll it's freakin 2012! The year of the dragon! Hmmmm, when i hear the word dragon i automatically get a sense of fear. When coming face to face with the big fiery reptile you almost don't know if it'll attack or be gentle. Im sure we all remember Puff the Magic dragon?! LOL. Soooooo unpredictable...just like this new year will be ;)....
Now let me start from last night...New Years Eve...
Unpredictable is exactly what my year has already started out like. All I'm gonna say is at the age of 30 (drum roll please..) i egged someones house.LOL, YES!! u read it correctly, don't go back and re-read..i promise. I..Kasia Milon threw eggs at a house on new years eve, hahahhahaha!!! sorry, please excuse my outburst of laughter, but when i think about it...i cant even believe it myself still! lol. BUT, before you wanna judge and tell me i got karma comin back to me..let me at least explain myself.
So NYE was spent with my best friend. Nothin really crazy was planned for the night. She had a few family members over, and all we wanted to do was drink some good champagne and eat good food and share great laughs. Basically that's exactly how the night had started at 9pm. I think NYE should always be spent with the people you love (before i go on, let it be known there's still one person i would have traded even my fav champagne for to be with that night....we wont talk about that this blog tho lol) and i love my bestie, my beautiful blonde bombshell!! Now, if i remember correctly she was about to pop open a 6th bottle of champagne (cuz that's always a great idea *insert sarcasm*) and the drama of the night had officially started. A quick lil review of the drama I'm talkin about.. my girl has nieces that she basically treated as lil sisters her whole life and that night true colors were shown. So, as we sat there texting, responding to fb posts, tweeting, drinking, and eating.. there was a comment thrown out by one of her nieces that was pretty much the string that broke the camels back!! I'll tell u this..in ten years i have never seen my best friend this upset, this hurt, this betrayed. Now if there's one thing i can't handle (and i can handle almost ANYTHING) it's seeing pain in someone i love. All it took was one tear down her face and when she decided to do something that was gonna make her feel better even if just for a minute u better believe i was gonna stand by her side. And this my friends leads to my statement above.... i egged someones house, wtf?!?!?! i mean how many 30 and 40 year old women do u know that have pulled a stunt like that?! lol.. was it wrong? yea, it probably was. Do i regret it? oh HELL NO! as a matter of fact i'd do it all over again for her in a heart beat. We didn't hurt anyone, we didn't ask anyone to be involved, and we felt great with every shot! hey, if i got karma comin my way for my actions then i deserve it. But i'll tell you this. That night my best friend was hurting and i would have done anything to help her for how much she's done for me thru our years of friendship. Ya know, when i think about it, that girl and i have done some CRAZY CRAZY shenanigans!!!! ...and i wouldn't change a thing til now ;)
So let 2012 unfold loves! Fire! Drama! Yikes! in the end stay beautiful and stay smiling... a new chapter in my book begins today xoxoxoxo