Premiere Orlando 2013 in a Nutshell

Remember when I won that trip to Florida?

YEAH IT JUST HAPPENED.

We pretty much decided to start with all the Paul Mitchell booth.

Then we went to watch Martin Parsons, who I love to death.

He is so adorable in person! He was incredibly nice.

Then we went to the Paul Mitchell show.

So in case you can't tell, the dresses the models are wearing are made from previous Paul Mitchell campaigns, but the parts where there's hair in the picture- they covered with real hair. It was amazing.

So everything starts out all normal....

...Until Robert Cromeans decides he wants to cut a square graduation with a serving fork and clippers.

Of course it turned out beautiful though.

Aren't they a cute couple?

Then again, Robert Cromeans decides to be crazy- and plops his hat on this model's afro and starts hacking with the clippers.

...like a lot.

Of course it turns out well.

Then we saw Martin Parsons again on the mainstage.

He's so funny and incredible.

This dress, am I right? I wanted to snatch it right off her and take it home with me.

Then Martin decided to parade the models around.

He was a proud papa, I think.

I bought a lot from Inglot.

Also, Florida didn't like my hair.

Then we went to Downtown Disney to go to the Curls Party Paul Mitchell was throwing at House of Blues.

We had dinner first at Wolfgang Puck's place.

The view was amazing, I wish I had better pictures.

The party was INSANE.

D'Ann even took us to the VIP room to check it all out. 

I went back to the hotel early because I wanted to take makeup classes in the morning with- dun dun dun- CONTESTANTS FROM FACE OFF SEASON 3. Yeah, I know. 

We learned about bruises and scratches and cuts, and then they made a broken bone out of sponges and liquid latex. It was gross and amazing.

...I bought a lot of Inglot.

FLORIDA HAS GRITS.

My friends made sure to let me know how much they missed me. I missed them too, of course.

All in all the trip was amazing, and I got to have a lot of opportunities I wouldn't have had before. I'm so grateful to D'Ann and Eric, the owners of my school who put this amazing chance in front of me.

But of course, it's nice to be home.

-SamanthaK