RACHEL RAY wanted to talk to us...

RED 7 SALON reports...

Call us crazy, but when YUM-O queen of daytime tv called and wanted RED 7 SALON to perform dramatic make-overs on selected women in Chicago's Midway Airport - we said YES! Our GlamSquad worked with The Rachel Ray Show (http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/) on taping two segments (aired in October) in the Chicago area. The work was quite a challenge, but a whole lot of fun. Plus, we got to work with beloved Make-Up Goddess/Rachel Ray Correspondent/QVC Queen... Mally Roncal! What a hoot!

So, our day began at 4:30AM. We picked up our entire RED 7 SALON GlamSquad and headed off to Midway Airport to make our call time of 7:30AM. First, we had to grab coffee - needing caffeine badly! Then, we had to meet the segment producers at security and walk through together. Yes, even though we were working with Southwest Airlines, and even though Oprah's protege, Rachel Ray, was on our side - we still couldn't have anything larger than a travel-sized product! All of our shears and tools were able to get through (thank God) because we had a lot of work ahead of us. Off to make-over land...

We primarily worked in the Southwest Airlines terminal (turning a lot of heads) and had to set up a make-shift hair salon. Our first three make-over candidates were pre-selected by the show and the others were ambushed by Rachel's segment host, Mally Roncal. We did major changes on all. What's really great is that after the show taped, we received a wonderful thank you letter from one of our make-over candidates to thank us and to say that her haircut (done by our Master Stylist, David Kafer) CHANGED HER LIFE! Wow, that's so amazing - you know what I mean? It makes waking up before birds well worth it :)

Overall, the day was grueling, but a joy - we performed 6 major make-overs (only 3 making the show and the others hitting the editing floor) and were out of there at 7:30PM. Seeing as this was for TV, there was a lot of hurry up and wait, hurry up and wait. Honestly, we had never been in an airport for that long. We all needed a good stiff drink after the day was done. It was an amazing experience - fun, challenging, and educational. Thanks Rachel!

To learn more about RED 7 SALON, visit us at: http://www.red7salon.com

To check-out the Layover Make-over segment on the RACHEL RAY SHOW, visit our press page at: http://red7salon.com/press.htm

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