HAPPY 4th of JULY from Elaina, Samantha's baby girl,

and Pluma Designs!





PLUMA SNIPPETS July 2022


It Starts with a Seed


I found this beautiful piece in the summer issue of Magnolia magazine on Flourish. It reminded me of the spirit of summer, to nurture ourselves. 


As summer vacations and travel begin, this year in particular after not traveling for two years, people are running to other parts of the country for vacations, reunions and self-nurture and growing relationships.

I trust you will enjoy the words and essence of the article as much as I have.   


“You’re like the seed from which a plant grows: almost everything you need to be fully who you are is already inside of you-waiting for the things that nurture you, the things that bring you to life. 

Somewhere, in some corner of the world, sits a seed. Maybe it’s tucked in the pocket of last season’s chore coat or disregarded in the bottom of an otherwise empty hardware store packet or dropped and left alone on the floor of a garden shed. 

Wherever it is, it sits there containing within it almost all of the necessary pieces to grow, to burst out of the ground into the beautiful plant it was made to be. 

But it will need nurture. 

To be planted in good soil. To be given water. Sunshine. Shade. 

Then time to wait and watch as what’s always been becomes the fullness of what it was made to be. 

And somewhere, in some corner of the world, sits you. 

Maybe you’re on a park bench getting ready to make your next move or at your kitchen table after a hard conversation or in front of your computer with minutes and hours and days of work left to do. 

Wherever you are, you sit there containing within you almost all the necessary pieces to grow, to burst forth into the beautiful person you were made to be. 

You will need nurture. 

To be put in places that make you come alive. 

To be given space to sort it all out. 

Tools to learn and grow and be. Then time to wait and watch as what you’ve always been becomes the full ness of who you were made to be.” -Author unknown, Magnolia Magazine

  

Thanks to Joanna Gaines for all of the little details in the magazine that make this a favorite nurturing and inspiring read.  Enjoy your nurturing summer.


From my heart to yours,

Hilda 



Eufora Product of the Month







Formation – Versatile styling foam mousse for wet or dry hair. Perfect for sculping, volumizing, and texturizing.






SNIP TIP


Big Hair…. it’s not just for Texas women. A resurgence of bigger, fuller hairstyles is making an reappearance through the world of fashion. At an advanced haircutting class in June by a Eufora global educator, we learned that big hair is definitely in! Ask us about our 3 X Eufora Product Cocktail for fuller and sexier hair. Hint: Formation is one of the three products. 







Quote of the Month


Food is the source of my health and well-being, not the source of my happiness.                  -Hilda Villaverde





Yes, We Wax!


Are your eyebrows a little out of control? A nicely shaped eyebrow adds lift to your face and makes the eye appear larger and more youthful. Contact us for an appointment.


Welcome Carol Hartman to Pluma


Carol Hartman is a three-state licensed experienced hairstylist and business owner. Over the past 30 years, she has owned and operated three Salon Spas and placed 1st as an International Award-Winning Hair Stylist & Colorist from L.A. Styles Salon & Spa, in Newport Beach, CA. 


She was featured in Allure Fashion Magazine, a premier American women’s beauty magazine, for her Salon-Spa Product Line, L. A. Styles.

Carol continues to love and enjoy the beauty industry from Pennsylvania to California and now in Scottsdale, Arizona.  She is continually advancing in education with up-to-date hair trends, color, hair shaping, formal styles, perms and body-waves, including styling for thinning hair pieces.


Carol is an outstanding member of her profession with many years of experience and a varied background, providing her with an excellent perspective on how best to server her clients with beauty and design.  

You may text Carol at 267-218-5470 for a complimentary first time consultation. 

We are thrilled to welcome Carol to the Pluma Design Team.



Pluma Book Club



Living Brave…Finishing Strong, Stories of Women Becoming

by Hilda Villaverde and Mary Beth Stern

Living Brave…Finishing Strong is the fourth book in the Living Brave series. Hilda and Mary Beth share the life journeys of 45 women, ages 7 to 95. They present these women’s lives as a progression through four quarters of life, asking those in each stage to share their evolution as they have grown, changed, and progressed, not despite their challenges and successes, but because of them. 

 


Culinary Creations by Connie
Recipe of the Month

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Zucchini Banana Chocolate Chip Bread


Who doesn't love a great moist bread? And it's gluten free!  Click here for Connie's recipe. 





Scholarship Endowment

Thank you for your donations to the cosmetology school and program.

Dr. Hilda Villaverde Hairstylist Scholarship Endowment:
mcccdf.org/Villaverde or by check payable to Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation. Mail to Gateway Community College, 108 N. 40th Street, Phoenix, AZ. 85034

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