Category: Style

Playing Chemist Today & the Man Who Thought He Tasted Good

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I’m still impatiently waiting the day I get my hair colored and I have to admit, I don’t like waiting for things that I can do myself. Since last night, I’ve snipped a swatch of my hair and have taken the liberty to bleach and color it since I have a whole stash of hair color and lighteners in my bathroom. I like the results considering I started off with black hair (which was coarse and very-resistant) and now it’s a nice snip of light golden blonde with a few strands of bright golden blonde. I used 7th Stage Lightener with 30 volume cream developer as well as the bleach activator (ratio of 2:1:2) and it took about 45 minutes for it to lift from level 1 (black) to level 8 (light blonde). There were a lot of yellow undertones to it, but since I didn’t have any toner on me last night, I decided to lift it with a high lift blonde hair color that used blue and violet tones to counteract the yellow. The hair color has a nice consistency and I haven’t found any breakage or profound damage. I could add some copper brown lowlights and etc and I’m pretty sure I’ll definitely finish it off with toner but can’t do that now. So the swatch isn’t perfected yet. (yeah, I got lazy with lighting today so this photo will have to do.) Almost! Now, the hardest part is just deciding whether I should go ahead and do it myself or wait it out. Sigh … decisions, decisions.

I went and got my make up done this past weekend and so far so good. I swapped out my Laura Mercier Creme Smooth Foundation for the Silk Creme one since the Creme Smooth gave me a bit of an orange, ashy tone which didn’t work out so well since I like everything done to my chest to match. So I’m a Sand Beige in Silk Creme and that stuff really goes a long way because for the past few days, I’ve only had to use pea-sized drops. I left after my hour and a half make up session and I ended up going back to purchase the Flawless Skin Mega Moisturizer also from LM.

It wasn’t until I got home that I realized that my moisturizer was for normal/combination skin. I honestly hate going back and forth to the same places but the normal/dry skin version was definitely worth it. It has a light peppercorn scent. I don’t know why but no one seems to mind so far. It moisturizes all day and even if I start flaking, the cream does its job by keeping it all together and virtually unnoticeable. The cream has sunscreen infused in it as well as the Silk Cream Foundation so it’s a plus when it comes to protecting yourself from the sun. Yay, great skin until 65! It’s a 1.7 oz. pot of wonders and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to continue saying good things about it a few weeks from now.

I got a gift from the Laura Mercier counter and it was a make up bag full of everything I would’ve wanted from the collection such as tightliner, flawless skin repair serum, loose setting powder and so much more. I’ve been using the repair serum in the morning and evening after I cleanse my face and follow with a nickel-sized amount of the moisturizer. The serum works wonders and I can already see that it brightens the darker patches on my face and it’s only been four days! I’ll be hoping to purchase it soon when I have $95 to spare (yes, it’s great but a bit steep).

Nothing much has been going on except for that guy who went and cut his finger off to cook it with veggies last week. It’s pretty rare to find a cannibal let alone a self-cannibal.

The man from New Zealand reportedly consumed his finger after giving it a good saute with some peas and carrots. The 28-year-old was not under any kind of influences and after visiting the hospital do they diagnose him as moderately depressed. Crazy, huh? I guess we all wonder what we taste like ourselves at some point in our lives. I just hope he’s done after this.

Look out for my upcoming post this Friday on hair stylist etiquette and how to get the most out of your hair salon visit!

People Can Be So Jelly At Times. Wait, All the Time

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In my last post, I announced that I’m going to change my hair color soon. I googled a bit for some inspiration and I’m just pissed that people are still bashing on Asians wearing the lighter shades of BLONDE. I admit, blonde hair is not easy to pull off. It’s not just because of your ethnicity, but also because you have to be keen on the upkeep (nasty Shakira wannabes and their roots are a no-no), have a reasonably attractive facial structure, and possess the confidence to make it work. From what I know, hair color also depends on your skin color, but I personally don’t lean towards that theory too much. Example being: “You’re too dark to have blonde hair.”

Excuse me, have they seen black people with blonde hair? Sure, they have. People of color can make it work. Ru Paul, Beyonce, and Keyshia Cole bring it but people forget that usually.

However, if let’s say little Asian me wants to do the same, I’ll get comments left and right about it making me look trashy (even though Christina A.’s skunk thing a few years ago is the literal definition of trashy) or how come I want to look more white/Caucasian … I mean, it’s not like I’m running around with a bad dye job because I haven’t and won’t be. The concept of Asians (girls, in my case) being fair-haired is fairly new and people are almost always afraid of change. It’s 2011, so get with it already.

People are saying that blonde doesn’t look natural on Asians. And the truth is: No shit. I didn’t know they were expecting us to look natural. Have you seen an unmixed Asian person born with blonde hair? Uh … No! The point of having blonde hair is not that it looks natural for us colorful folks, but the fact that it makes a statement. I mean, if the general public knows that Asians aren’t naturally born that way, there’s no reason to point out the obvious. It’s not about trying to be white (and a lot of them can’t even pull of being blonde either) with the hair. It’s about doing it just because you can and representing how you feel on the inside and bringing it out.

Its Exo-Chika from Aural Vampire!

I have to say, there are way more than a handful of Asian, Black, Indian, Caucasians and so forth who can’t pull off being blonde because it’s hard work adapting to a lifestyle. Yes, I said, “Lifestyle”. And it’s depressing that the rest of us who can pull it off get fucked over by the general public’s opinion. And the worse thing is actually when Asian girls themselves will eye you and give you that, “Ugh, a blonde Asian,” look. To hell with them because the ones who do are:

1. super jealous that they don’t have what it takes to pull it off (i.e. the fugly ones and the ones who look good, but not as good as you)

or ….

2. conservatives, when it comes to hair color, originality, etc. (tsk, tsk)

I’ll leave it to them to choke on my trendsetter dust. As a person, I want to stand out (for good reasons) and not just be looked over and believe it or not, the way you look does have the power to impact and make lasting impressions. Also, hair grows back so why should we be afraid to try in the first place? Plus, if all else fails, it’s so easy to just dye your hair to something dark than it is to lift it a few levels. And if you’re going to make such a dramatic change, at least have the decency to buy some violet shampoo, a handful off deep conditioners and some keratin treatments to pamper your hair. I love what Xiaxue and Aural Vampire’s Exo-Chika have done to their hair.

Its Xiaxue!!! Photo from xiaxue.blogspot.com

Next month for my pick-me-up hair appointment. We’ll see if Pete comes with because he needs a cut. And yeah, he’s an option #2 from above but then again, he met me when I was a pink champagne blonde so he’ll live with it. He is going to have to anyway!

I can’t wait, and who knows, I might end up a redhead although I highly doubt that.

Me back in early 2010!!! I went blonde because my hairstylist made a bet with me saying I couldn't do it myself but I did! Such a buttery blonde! I just wish my hair was a bit longer.