Personal Narrative: My Internship For Hairtyling

I had just started my internship for my CTE program for hairstyling. Friday morning I began dying hair, doing laundry, cleaning and sweeping. I posted about my internship on social media with a photo of the balayage I had just learned with my mother’s expertise. I was very excited to have started my journey as a hairstylist. After I posted about it, A mother of a friend of mine commented and she said,
“hmm when do you want to cut and dye my hair?”
“As soon as possible! I’m down!”
That moment I knew that I was doing my very first cut and color. Wow. This is the beginning of my career. I was anxious and excited all at once. I was ready to begin my life! Except, I was so nervous. A million concerns crossed my mind. What if I mess up the color? What if I cut it

I’m so excited Let’s get started!” My mom whipped up some balayage bleach and everything’s in place to get rolling. My mom did the front of her head and I did the back. Since I’m not too quick yet, my mom assisted me out on this part. I started to dye the hair. Now, at this point I was trying to stay calm and focused. It’s crucial you don’t go outside the V shape you are supposed to create, or you will mess up the pattern you’re trying to create throughout the hair. It’s turning out great. I was glad I had guidance! I’m smiling and chatting with her as I do it. I was so proud of myself for busting out this look on a real model. I’m understanding that, wow. I’m actually doing this. We waited for the hair to process and become lighter. I still had a little bit of nervousness in me, not legitimately knowing how it would turn out but, I had high hopes. I began washing out the hair. It looked so pretty! I was too proud of how it looked. I washed out the color, shampoo and conditioned it, then I brought her back over to the chair. “Wow the colors are beautiful!” “Right? it’s so