Here is the photo I took after being inspired by the children's story
"Butterflies and Bottlecaps"
by Eliza Clark
hair and photography
Lizanne Laurin
Lizanne Laurin
Photographer / Stylist/ Artist
Monday, November 10, 2008
It's no use wishing.
It's no use wishing for features that 
are anything other than they are.
Too many of us spend precious time not being happy with what we were born with. Those with straight hair wish they had curl. Those with thick hair wish it was thinner. Brown locks revere golden ones and the list goes on. I spend most of my day rearanging salt bonds in the hair to change texture, or disolving natural melanin and replacing it with artificial dye molecules, and smoothing unruley curls then pumping up limp hair. I love my job and enjoy the challenge that it encompasses, it's my art, but the thing I do the best when it comes to my job is getting people to apreciate their own beauty.
I read a children's book many years ago called "Butterflies and Bottlecaps" by Eliza Clark. It tells a story of a little girl who has butterflies for hair. She doesn't like her butterflies because no one else has butterflies for hair. Everyone else can put ribbons and clips in their locks and she spends most of her time covering them up with scarves and hides away. As she gets older her butterflies become more beautiful and more exotic and yet she doesn't see this. One day she goes for a walk and hears the most beautiful sound. She discovers a little girl who has bottlecaps for hair. She is mesmerised by the light shinning off of the bottlecaps and the beautiful sound comming from this little girl. "You are the prettiest sight I have ever seen." said the girl who had bottlecaps for hair. "I like how your bottlecaps sparkle too, and how they tinkle like tiny bells when you move." said the girl with butterflies. In each other the girls could see that being different wasn't such a bad thing. The little girl's mother in this story says something very wise to the young girl when she is concerned of those who stare at her. "You don't know what they could be seeing." "You are special" her mother said" You are strong, and funny, and kind. They might be seeing your muscles, or your jokes, or your good heart."
This story is what I beleive when a guest is in my chair. Beauty is not about your hair or your eyes or your body. I think it is about your Butterflies and about your Bottlecaps and all that makes you unique. The energy and spirtit you bring to those around you.......that's what makes you beautiful, timeless, ageless and whole.
are anything other than they are.Too many of us spend precious time not being happy with what we were born with. Those with straight hair wish they had curl. Those with thick hair wish it was thinner. Brown locks revere golden ones and the list goes on. I spend most of my day rearanging salt bonds in the hair to change texture, or disolving natural melanin and replacing it with artificial dye molecules, and smoothing unruley curls then pumping up limp hair. I love my job and enjoy the challenge that it encompasses, it's my art, but the thing I do the best when it comes to my job is getting people to apreciate their own beauty.
I read a children's book many years ago called "Butterflies and Bottlecaps" by Eliza Clark. It tells a story of a little girl who has butterflies for hair. She doesn't like her butterflies because no one else has butterflies for hair. Everyone else can put ribbons and clips in their locks and she spends most of her time covering them up with scarves and hides away. As she gets older her butterflies become more beautiful and more exotic and yet she doesn't see this. One day she goes for a walk and hears the most beautiful sound. She discovers a little girl who has bottlecaps for hair. She is mesmerised by the light shinning off of the bottlecaps and the beautiful sound comming from this little girl. "You are the prettiest sight I have ever seen." said the girl who had bottlecaps for hair. "I like how your bottlecaps sparkle too, and how they tinkle like tiny bells when you move." said the girl with butterflies. In each other the girls could see that being different wasn't such a bad thing. The little girl's mother in this story says something very wise to the young girl when she is concerned of those who stare at her. "You don't know what they could be seeing." "You are special" her mother said" You are strong, and funny, and kind. They might be seeing your muscles, or your jokes, or your good heart."
This story is what I beleive when a guest is in my chair. Beauty is not about your hair or your eyes or your body. I think it is about your Butterflies and about your Bottlecaps and all that makes you unique. The energy and spirtit you bring to those around you.......that's what makes you beautiful, timeless, ageless and whole.
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