So I've blogged time and time again about how I am on the constant quest to achieve the perfect blonde highlights...well, I may have found them at the Neil George Salon.  I was lucky enough to have the brilliant Amanda George take a whirl at making my hair as golden as possible, with out it falling out, obviously.  I had a 10:30AM appointment on a Saturday and when I walked in, the place was packed.  "Who goes to the salon at the crack of dawn on a Saturday," I thought.  Well, I suppose 10:30 isn't the actual crack of dawn...and then when I saw how amazing the staff was, I totally understood.  The Beverly Hills salon services many of Hollywood's celebs and was created by the British duo, Amanda George and Neil Weisberg.  After Amanda gave me brilliant highlights, Neil cut my hair in that way that only a real professional does- he looked at my hair, ruffled it around a bit and just began cutting instinctually.  I love watching genius in action and I especially love watching someone do what they love, which Amanda and Neil both obviously do.

It's been about a month since my appointment and the color and cut still look amazing.  Very impressed over here, ladies.

So I was recently given an awesome opportunity to try out one of the country's most sought-after colorist, Ms. Rita Hazan.  Rita is known for setting beauty trends and reinventing the locks of some of your favorite celebs so needless to say, I was elated when I found out Rita was available to see me during her monthly trip out to the West coast.

I headed over to the Andy Lecompte salon in West Hollywood on a gorgeous, sunny Sunday afternoon.  I was a little nervous, considering I was about to meet such an epic colorist but I managed to pull it together and have a really amazing hair transforming experience.  Rita spent a few minutes talking to me about my hair and then decided that she wanted to lighten my base before applying my blonde highlights.  Who am I to argue with the master?  The result?  Though the shade isn't as blonde as I normally like it, I do really love the beautiful hue.  It's a golden blonde that looks really natural and is blended to perfection.

Bonus- Cacee Cobb, aka Jessica Simpson's BFF, walked into the salon to chat with Rita and the staff and I got to hear tales from her travels while filming The Price of Beauty.  Love it.  This photo was taken the day after visiting Rita:

(a little blurry but) me, Nadine Jolie and Abby Gardner at Dan Tana's in West Hollywood

So I'm not very happy admitting this but I have some gray hair.  I've been randomly finding them since I was in middle school but now they've deciced to clump together a bit on one side of my hairline.  It's fun.  Even though everyone tells me that it's not noticable (thanks to my light blonde hair color), I ALWAYS notice it and it drives me nutso AND the grays tend to grow in a bit thicker so they stick out even more!  UGH.  Anyway, I was lucky enough to try out the TouchBack marker specifically designed for gray hairs.  I tried out the lightest blonde shade that they offer, Golden Blonde, and even though it was a bit darker than expected, it definitely did the job.  Every morning for a week I washed and blow dryed my hair as usual and then applied the TouchBack using the little comb that combs with it - which prevents the dye from getting on your scalp and helps separate the hair so that you can see all the grays that you want to cover.  I LOVE this and it's really a great option for when you're trying to stretch out the time in between root touch-ups.