Orange Poppy Spa

When you make yourself a priority, you’re able to give the world the best of you instead of what’s left of you! OUR STORY: Over a decade ago, the last time Katy Perry was super popular, I experienced a rom-com style epiphany in my car while listening to the radio. I’d been blonde my entire life until I got pregnant with my second kid, when suddenly, my hair started getting dark. I mean absolutely no offense to the stunning brunettes of this world; it just wasn’t me and I felt like a cliche, frumpy, exhausted mom. So what the heck does this have to do with Katy Perry? That day driving with my kids in the backseat, I heard part of a radio interview with Katy Perry. Of course they asked her one of those hard hitting journalistic questions reserved only for women, 🙄. “What is your natural hair color?” She replied, and I quote, “My natural color is the most boring dishwater, squirrel brown.” She went on to say that she didn’t feel that color represented who she was as a person, internally so she started coloring her hair all the crazy, vibrant colors that her fans came to know and love her for. Let that sink in for a minute. Katy Perry’s whole popstar identity changed because of her hair color. I don’t know why, but I had one of those aha moments like a lightning bolt straight to my heart. My hair was also the color of a squirrel drowning in dishwater and that didn’t represent me. I had no idea why I waited so long to do something about it. I went home that day and booked an appointment for full highlights and a haircut. This was a BIG deal for me. I know the moms will relate. I had an infant and toddler at home and taking time for myself felt selfish. But I decided at that moment to make myself a priority. I walked out of that appointment a different person. Well, I shouldn’t say a totally different person. I felt like me again - not “mom Perrin” or “wife Perrin” but me - Perrin. That’s when I realized just how much personal care matters. And in that moment the idea for Orange Poppy Spa was born.