Hi, Bob!

Honestly, when it comes to hairstyles, I am not a very adventurous person. I have developed this phobia of going to salons after a nightmarish haircut at one of the salons in Cheras a number of years ago. I requested for a Bob hair but the idiotic hairdresser gave me a reversed bob cut like the picture below. After that particular haircut, I was left scarred.

Now that I think that, I guess that particular hairdresser was being idiotic - like, how many people on Earth would want a haircut like that? I think he didn't quite understand what is bob cut and he interpreted my words wrongly. Then again, I did show him a picture but still, he got it wrong.

Throughout the years while I was trying to grow my hair back, I refused going to the salons to even trim my hair. That was one of the reasons why I kept my hair as long as possible and from time to time, I would trim my split ends at home, by myself.

Another reason was that, I always have the thought that the longer your hair is, the sexier you are. Well, honestly, I loved my long hair so, so much!

Even when I would have to spend around RM150 a month just to get hair shampoo, conditioner and treatment masks, I still loved my long, long hair. I would use up 1 liter of hair shampoo in just one month and I know it was unbelievable - I wash my hair on everyday basis.

I am sorry but I do not like it when people tell me that I cannot wash my hair everyday as washing the hair everyday will result in stripping off the hair's natural oil. I am not going to listen to you because I cannot risk having oily hair the next day.

If you have been reading my blog for quite some time, you know that I have been keeping my hair long and seriously, I had no intention of cutting my hair at all...

I was secretly infatuated and in love with my hair because you know... long hair means I can smell my hair from time to time.

Oh, I just love perfumed shampoo and I have weird habit of smelling my hair. Personally, I think that everyone's hair should smell great and I get turned off with those people whose hair smell really bad. If you are going to be around me, make sure your hair smells good be it long or short!

So, what happened the other day that completely changed my mind about long hair...

I was in the toilet - you know, normal routine... As I was sitting down on the toilet bowl, I accidentally sat on my long hair with my bare naked butt. Luckily I realized I was sitting on my hair or else my long hair would be bathing in the toilet bowl. The aftermath of it, I washed my hair twice just because I am kinda paranoid about personal hygiene.

After thinking and thinking about it for the next one to two weeks, finally, I gathered enough courage and went to the salon - to trim my hair. I was telling myself, "I would just trim about 1 to 3 inches off, that's it!"

I was being cowardly.

However, few minutes later, something struck me - the sudden gush of bravery got the better side of me and I told my hairdresser, "I wanna get a bob cut but please make the  front part longer because I want it to be really obvious that it is a bob hair!"

There you have it!

I chopped off my long hair!

If you are wondering why my chopped off hair doesn't look that long, well... before I came to KL, I have trimmed around 3 inches off my long hair.

Honestly, the whole experience was kinda scary because I kept on thinking, "What if the end result was just like few years ago? I do not want to look like a clown!"

In about half an hour, my hairdresser told me, "Done!"

I hastily put on my glasses and I was like, "Oh, wow!"

I have never even dreamed I would look good with the new bob hair. You see, all my life, I have been spotted with long, long hair and I kinda got used to looking at my own reflection with long hair. All of a sudden, my head felt so light. Well, after you have had long hair for years and chopping them off does make your head feels so much lighter!

I was telling myself again, "No way, no way!"

I kinda liked it but still, I was trying to get used to the new hairstyle. I mean I like the new hair but getting used to it is still a problem - I am too used to having long hair. Even when I am pumping out hair shampoo during shower, I tend to pump out too much!

After having this new bob hair for almost a month now, I find that I am very obsessed with my hair.

A lot of my friends actually told me that I look so much younger with shorter hair. It is as if I have chopped off years from my face.

Well, point proven - long hair tends to weigh your age down.

Shorter hair means you need lesser hair shampoo, conditioner and treatment mask. Well, that is a good news for me as I do not need to overspend on my hair every month from now on. Even the time you need to take to dry your hair has been halved too with shorter hair. Previously, it took me two hours or more to air-dry my long hair but now, I can get it done within 30 minutes!

I love my hair!

As good as things may seem with my new bob hair, I find there are cons too!

With long hair, I always left it to air-dry without even combing it and when it was already dried, I could just use my fingers to run through my hair and voila, no styling required!

With shorter bob hair... honestly, I can tell you that there is NO short cut!

You need to spend extra time to blow-dry your hair with a hair-dryer! No joke! If you do not do so, you hair would go every direction! You will end up with a messy and retarded hairstyle. Been there, done that and not liking it at all! Hence, after every hair wash, I would need to take out my hair-dryer and round comb, well, basically, styling it as it dries!

You need to spend on either a flat iron or curling tong! You may be thinking hair-dryer alone is enough but lemme assure you, no, girlfriends, the hair-dryer alone does not do the justice at all! You need either a flat iron or curling tong to flat out the front part of the bob hair and to curl the back of the hair to give it more volume. If you are lazy, your bob hair is going to look so flat that you'll be the ugliest person with the ugliest hair!

With all the heat going on to style your bob hair, you need to spend a little bit extra on heat protectant products! If you are going to use heat on your hair on daily basis, you really do need to spend on the above mentioned products else you will risk having split ends.

These days, I have been training myself to be more patient when it comes to styling my hair. Trust me, I am not the person with the best patience in everything I do and with this new hairstyle, I have to really spend extra time and effort to style it because I do not want to look ugly.

Even if I do not wash my hair in the morning, I still have to style it using my flat iron.

So much for shorter hair, huh?

Whatever that is... I am loving my new bob hair so, so much... I am considering to cut it a bit shorter at the back but I am kinda worried that it will not look good on me. Well... probably I need more reassurance from people around me...

10 personal haircare practices

I have always thought of getting a short hairstyle but I always backed out at the very last minute because I just couldn't make up my mind. The reason is quite simple - I had my hair cut real short last time and a few days later, I regretted my decision because my face looked so round... at least that was what I thought at that time.

Then, when I got to know about asymmetrical bob-cut, I was so tempted.

I tried getting several feedbacks from the professionals and people around me. Most of the comments that I had gotten were - the haircut will emphasize your round face, the haircut is not professional as an academician, the haircut will be messy if you do not straighten your hair every hair wash, bla bla bla, yada yada yada.

In the end, I made up my mind to keep my hair long - as long as it could be.

So, I kept my hair for 3 long years without chopping any length off until last January - I finally gave it and chopped 2 inches off my hair but then, I think my hair's metabolism is quite high because within 4 months, I got back the initial length now, my hair is almost touching my butt. LOLX! Hahahaha...

Anyway, we shall discuss about haircare to keep your tress shiny and healthy - or at least to make it look shiny and healthy.

~ No filler or photoshop or anything ~

I always get a lot of questions about my long hair from my friends or even strangers that I meet. I don't know why but some of the people that I know just love stroking through my long hair and get amused with the length and also straightness of it - straightness? Does it make sense to you?

Anyway, I hope you get what I mean.

I was born with naturally straight and smooth hair and of course, I thank God for it.

My hair wasn't always straight in the past because it was kinda peer pressure thingy that got me to perm and straighten my hair despite its original condition. Shortly after, I had some highlights and guess what - it burnt my hair like mad. After that, I completely gave up perming my hair and told myself I wouldn't even consider on straightening or perming my hair.

As far as colouring goes, yes, occasionally, I do colour my hair and still able to maintain the shine from time to time because I believe each of us have our good and bad hair days!

Let's look at my do's and don't's when it comes to keeping your hair healthy and shiny.

1. Air-dry your hair

Yes, I do realize if you blow-dry your hair, your tresses will be easy managed but do you realize if you do that too often, you're gonna damage your hair? The heat from the blow-dryer will dry up your hair's natural layer of moisture!

2. Straightening or curling your hair

You can't escape the desire to get that nice curls or straight hair - what will happen to your hair if you were to do it on everyday basis? Our hair needs rest as well - you can straighten or curl your hair but do remember moderation is the key. Personally, I only curl my hair if there is occasion or if I feel like so. I guess that only happens once in a blue moon. I haven't been curling my hair for 3 months already! If you do use any heat instrument, please use heat protectant.

3. Rigorous towelling

Your wet hair needs to be dried so you rigorously dry your hair using your towel - lemme tell you, you are going to break your hair if you do so! I used to do that and my hair just wouldn't grow anywhere past my shoulder. When I changed the way how I towel my hair, miraculously, I found out my hair doesn't break so easily!

4. Use conditioner and treatment

I used to ditched these two crucial steps. No wonder my hair was so dry in the past! When my daily regime changed and I started using conditioner on daily basis, I noticed my hair had become smoother. After conditioner, I would use treatment once every week - the condition of my hair improved! I would say using conditioner and treatment is not a myth so girls, do use them!

5. Use wide-toothed comb

Contrary to brushing your hair while it is still wet is bad for the hair, my habit is always to comb even when my hair is wet. I hate tangled hair after shower because my long hair takes about 1 to 2 hours to be completely air-dried. So, to aid the drying process, I would comb through my hair using a wide-toothed comb. However, if you have decided to comb your wet hair, always remember to do it gently.

6. Use hair serum or cream

Serum or cream acts as a layer of protection for your hair especially if you are exposed to the sunlight. Furthermore, serums will provide more nutritions to your hair.

7. Tying up your hair

Yes, it will be a polished look but it'll leave dent to your hair if you tie your hair up too tightly or too often. Sometimes, your hair desires to be let down as well so, please do so.

8. Brushing your hair frequently

Thou should never brush your hair too often. There is no evidence or proof that hair-brushing or combing will boost hair growth. Nah, don't ever trust that. If you were to brush your hair too often, you are prone to hurting your scalp and also breaking your hair, especially if you have hair as long as mine.

9. Haircut will boost hair-growth 

If you plan to grow your hair, you should never, ever, ever cut your hair. Lemme tell you from my own experience - your hair will never grow longer with haircuts. Let's do it the easy way - if you keep on cutting your hair as soon as it grows longer, try imagine how long will it take for your hair to reach your butt? Get me? Long hair means no haircut! However, you can get the split ends to be trimmed once every 2 months or so.

10. Slapping on too many products

Always remember - less is more!

Okay, those are the 10 do's and don't's that I have been practising for the past 3 years when I was growing my hair. I am so glad I stick to it and my hair's condition - quite healthy despite some of the split ends that I have. I would get it trimmed soon - perhaps one inch off. LOLX!

What are you haircare secrets?

Whipped and loving it!

I woke up one fine morning before heading to work and it struck me how ugly my hair was. It was straight alright but I have ombre hair, in which, having ombre hair is not something I would appreciate on myself.

The last time I dyed my hair was way back in August 2012 and the colour has somehow faded to this ombre-ish shade. The brighter brown you that you are seeing in the picture above was the result of using Liese Bubble Hair Colour. Sure the idea behind Liese is smart but after using it, my hair became so freaking dry and frizzy. Furthermore, the coverage was not even at all.

I told myself I would never dye my hair again but when I saw my ombre-ish hair, I made up my mind to dye my hair again...

This time, I wanted something like ash brown just because, I don't like yellowish brown. After surveying in the market for quite some time, I settled for Beautylabo Whip Hair Dye.

I thought the packaging looks quite cute, something like Starbucks' Frappuccino - me likey! 

For the current length of my hair, I needed at least 2 packs of the hair dye... yeah, blame it on the long hair!

The BA at Sasa told me 1 pack would be enough because my hair is fine and thin even though it is long. Luckily I did not listen to her and bought 2 packs because even 2 packs were just enough for my hair! So, if your hair is past your shoulders, you would need 2 packs of the whipped hair cream.

Oh, the shade I have chosen was French Chocolate.

The reason is just that I want my hair to be ash brown. I have given up hope on my dream to achieve ashy tone on my hair because all the hair dyes in the market cannot achieve such shade unless I bleach my hair.

No, I am not gonna bleach my hair no matter what!

Hence, I told myself, I'm gonna give Beauty Labo a try!

From the packaging, I was guessing, the shade that I would achieve should be the third one.

Let's start with the review!

Once you open up the kit, you will see a bottle of developer, a pack of powder dye and conditioner with a pair of gloves.

Lemme give you a tip if you're thinking to try out this whipped dye - always, always, always and always remember to put on your gloves before you proceed to mix the developer and the dye.

The reason is simple - it's gonna get messy!

If possible, do not sit under the fan or anything because again, it's gonna be messy. Lay out your old newspapers or magazines and sit on them because you won't want to mess up your floor!

First step is to pour the developer into the plastic cup.

I'm not sure about others but I kinda pour every single drop into the cup - my hair is long, remember? I bought an extra pack just because it's better safe than sorry.

Then, the second time - mix the powder dye with the developer.

After that, put back the cap.

Make sure it is secured before you proceed to shake the mixture.

What you're gonna do next is just shake the mixture with up-and-down motion for about 20 to 30 times. Be extra careful just in case you spill it.

Then, you can start digging out the foam from the plastic cup and well, dye your hair...

Since I have ombre-ish hair, I started out dyeing my roots and left it for about 15 minutes before I completed the whole process with the second pack of whipped dye. Yes, one pack is not enough for my hair.

I personally like the whole experience of dyeing my hair minus the scooping out the dye because it was too messy. I did not know I should not sit under the fan and the foam kinda got everywhere on the floor!

Stupid me!

I waited for about an hour before I washed off the dye and voila...

I was amazed that the coverage was even - yeah, EVEN COVERAGE, people! You all who crave for even coverage hair dye, you should try this one!

Best part - the colour looks almost 3D in real life! Under fluorescent light, my hair really does look a little greenish, ashy brown!

Without lighting, my hair looks a little dark ashy brown too!

Under very, very bright light, my hair is brown!

How can you not liking the 3D effect this whipped hair dye offer?

I wouldn't guarantee your hair won't get damaged because generally, whatever you're doing to your hair, you're gonna damage it but personally, my hair does not feel dry even though it has been one week since I dyed my hair!

The conditioner was really good too!

I guess after this, I would be going back to re-purchase this hair dye once my roots show again!

May the odds be forever in your favour

Sounds familiar, right?

I guess this phrase has been used over and over and over by so many people in so many blogs or maybe even in reality over and over and over again, right?

If you are not aware of it yet, I'm sure you have heard about The Hunger Games.

I wasn't really intrigued with the idea of catching that movie when hommie asked me to go with her because I have my Movie Pet Peeves. Lemme tell you about them.

1. If the trailer doesn't attract me, the movie just won't attract me to it.
2. I don't really fancy movies that revolve life in slums or stuffs like that.
3. I am someone who gets attracted to the characters in a movie so, if the characters in a movie are not of the WOW factors, then, I won't be catching that movie.

Talking about my movie pet peeves, yeah, The Hunger Games just didn't seem to be appealing enough but since hommie went like, "Yer, yer, yer, yer... c'mon, let's go for The Hunger Game, please, pretty please?"

I gave in so off I went to Cineleisure with her.

Thus, the movie started. Honestly, I hate to admit this but I was kinda intrigued with all the hairstyles of all the characters in the movie! The first person in the movie that caught my attention was definitely Effie Trinket.

Hahahaha... who would even come out of the house, looking like that in this era? So, there was something different in The Hunger Game after all.

Like I've mentioned, the hairstyles of all the characters in the movie really intrigued me and of course, this means the hairstyles of Katniss Everdeen that was played by Jennifer Lawrence.

I have always wanted to wear a side braid but then again, I hate to admit this fact - I am really lousy and clumsy at styling my hair. The only hairstyle that I can pull off is stick straight hair that I have been keeping and maintaining for years.

Oh, if you're wondering, my hair is ORIGINALLY stick straight. I did not go for rebonding or even straightening. I do have a love-hate relationship with my straight hair actually. When I wanna try out different curls, my straight hair can NEVER hold curls. Within 4 to 5 hours, the curls would be gone and there I would be, with straight hair again. I have to use tons and tons of styling products to keep whatever hairstyles I did on my hair.

However, the best part about my straight hair, when I run late in the morning, I usually can just use my fingers to comb through my hair and voila, I'm all done!

This time around, I intended to re-create a side braid inspired by Katniss. My challenge was to do a side fishtail braid instead of the normal braid because my hair is not as thick as Jennifer's so, I can't never complete that look #failmax.

FML because I went through great deal of troubles trying to braid my straight hair. My hair just would not sit still in braid! The braid kept on going loose even before I was done with it.

How annoying could that get, right?

After trying for a good 5 to 10 minutes, finally, I did it!

There you go, a side fishtail braid inspired by Katniss Everdeen.

It was super difficult to create the hairstyle on myself because my hands are always flimsy when it comes to hairstyles. I tried to tighten the braid on the top of my head but after 2 hours, the braid went loose. Anyway, here is a picture of how the braid looks like from the top.

My apologies that I took this picture only after 2 hours and not directly after I've done with the braid.

I am not a professional hairstylist, so, I need a something to hold the end of my braid hence... I used a hairband to fasten it!

I told you about my hair, right? The stick straight strands just won't sit still so, I guess what you can see in the picture says it all.

I love this side braid so much that I have worn it quite a number of times last week.

Here's a picture of my other attempt because I wanted to make it neater but again #failmax.

I like how my other attempt looked from the top. Despite of still being too loose, I think the messier this hairstyle is, the better it looks in real life.

Hence, I tried so many times to take the picture below from the right angle as I don't have eyes on top of my head, I spent almost 2 to 5 minutes, trying to get the perfect angle!

Here's a picture of the messiness of the hairstyle! Hahahaha... I really am not a professional hairstylist but still, I enjoy doing this braid because the more I do it, the easier it gets!

You should try it if you're interested. There are tons of different tutorials to create this braid. I'm sure you'll find the perfect side braid inspired by Katniss Everdeen!

Alright, before I complete this entry, lemme just share a side-by-side picture of Katniss' braid and mine. Not a perfect braid but I certainly don't think I did badly too.

Before you jump into assumption, lemme just make things clear, if you are Jennifer Lawrence's fans, I do not claim I look like her nor am I trying to look like her. I am just doing a hairstyle INSPIRED by her. If you need to know what 'inspired' means, go look up the dictionary or google it up.

Oh, something extra... did Jennifer Lawrence put on weight after The Hunger Game?

It certainly looks so to me in the picture above.

Rapunzel

You know, the thing about you've been busy in life, trying to straighten things up as well as to get hold of your life. Well... like always, all the stuffs that happen around you have forever keep you busy, then, you won't have time to even realize, "Eh, it's night already?" or maybe, "Eh, my 30th birthday is coming next month?"

I am in that situation.

True enough I have resigned from my job last month and been rushing my thesis like mad. Not to mention I am an night owl, so... more than often I'd procrastinate or sleep in the morning and when it comes to around 10pm or so, I'll start my engine. That's my life for you. I know it's horrible so, you don't need to remind me. Thank you.

The other night, when I was trying to turn in about 3am, I read Say's tweet and she linked an entry written by Xiaxue regarding the truth about keeping your long hair.


How could I missed that entry?

*slaps self*

Anyway... well... I haven't really been noticing the length of my hair until stupid sister pointed out the other day, "Hey, your hair damn long! Much, much longer than mine!" I mean, it has been forever that stupid sister owns hair longer than mine and earlier this year, she went and trimmed 2 inches off the original length, leaving her with longer-shoulder-length hair.

Then, being a meanie like I forever am, I told her, "You stupid, why did you have to go and cut your hair? I haven't cut mine in 2 years!"
See what I mean?

This is the length of my hair now.


Sorry about the messy hair because I just got out of bed - it was taken early morning, okay?

Back to our topic - long hair. I'm gonna give you all a survival tips on keeping your hair healthy and long like mine.

*coughs, coughs*

Be grateful that I am willing to share my secrets!

1. I have split ends and my hairdresser says I should trim off the split ends to speed up my hair growth.
   
   I have to admit, split ends are torturing especially if you're trying to grow your hair. It's unavoidable that our hair is exposed to a lot of chemicals everyday. For once, I USED to love dyeing my hair. If you know me well enough, you'd notice my hair colour changed two to three times a year. I knew it was unhealthy but then again, it didn't stop me from dyeing my hair because I never grew to like my original hair colour. My original hair colour is not the typical black or brownish black. I inherited the hair colour gene from mum and well... I have a little reddish dark brown hair. Mind you, my mum is NOT angmoh, so, don't judge! There is NO angmoh within the family history.
   
   Apart from that, I loved doing rebonding and also digital perming to style my hair every 4 to 5 months too. I knew it was bad but it didn't matter because, girls will forever be girls!
   
   With all the dyeing, straightening and perming, finally the chemicals have finally taken its toll on my hair when I noticed... argh... SPLIT ENDS!!!
   
   Nooooo... don't listen to any hairdressers out there that tell you, "In order to have longer and to speed up the growth, you have to trim off your split ends." Instead, tell them, "It's my hair and you don't tell me what I want to do with my hair. You listen to me."
   
   Go and figure this out - everyone has split ends and if those people with shorter hair keep on trimming their hair, you tell me, how long does it take for the hair to reach your desired length?
   
   What you can do is - go back, take a pair of scissors, sit under the sunlight, try to just cut the split ends off piece by piece. This way, you'll still maintain the length of your hair without paying the hairdresser and also save the money from traveling to salons!
   
   
2. They said frequent combing of your hair will aid in growth of the length of your hair.
   
   Bullcrap!
   
   Try combing your hair while your hair is still wet and see what will happen. Instead of being happy, you'll see in HORROR your hair starts dropping strand by strand from the root! I kid you not! Let your hair dry up a bit before combing, it'll make the whole process easier!
   
   
3. I don't trust in serums, what can I do? Can I substitute it?
   
   Oh, honey, the trick to keep your hair healthy and shiny is to slap on generous amount of serum! Okay, here comes the tricky part, good hair serums don't come cheap, so, if you keep on slapping the serum onto your hair, in no time, you'll have to re-purchase the serum again.
   
   Generous amount doesn't mean like you've to pump the serum out 10 to 20 times. Generous means just enough! So, don't be stupid, okay?
   
   Personally, I prefer to massage the serum onto my scalp and then, afterwards, I will apply another product to treat the tip of my hair.
   
   
4. What other haircare products do you recommend?
   
   I have been using this Korean 3D Fruit Oil for 2 years and believe it or not, my hair becomes healthier, just like what the boss told me 2 years back. He said to me, "I can guarantee you'll come back for the second bottle!" Well, I did and I went back for the third bottle!
   
   Drop me a line if you're interested, I'll see what I can do to help.
   
   Seriously, just one bottle can last up to 7 to 8 months depending on the length of your hair and how frequent you use it.
   
   
5. I heard people saying you can only wash your hair every alternate day because if you practice washing your hair on daily basis, your hair will be very dry.
   
   Craps!
   
   I wash my hair everyday - shampoo and conditioner! Treatment is done like once a month because I am lazy for your information.
   
   My scalp produces oil just 10 to 12 hours after every shower so, imagine if I forget or feel lazy to wash my hair, geez... yucks... I can't stand the oiliness of it and sad to mention it, it'll flatten my hair as well. So, if you fancy flat hair, do it and if you don't wash it.
   
   
6. I love hair dyes but I heard hair dyes are bad so, now, they've introduced hair dyes without ammonia - I can haz great hair colour!
   
   No, no, no, no, no... not all hair dyes without ammonia is good. You'd better head to the salon and get your hair done because believe me, I regret after dyeing my hair with Liese Bubble Hair Colour 2 years ago. The colour was kinda wonderful but not UUUMMPPHH and only after 2 or 3 months, you'll get to see the effect.
   
   What I experienced was - hair was exceptionally dry. That was terrible but worst of all, my hair started falling like MAD!
   
   Lesson of the day - go to the salon to dye your hair and don't get Liese if you're someone like me.

There you go... I've shared 6 of what I know with you and what I am doing to keep my hair long and healthy. You've gotta keep it long and healthy because for me, I'm loving the length of my hair now and I intend to let it grow longer because with long hair, you can almost do all the styles you like.

First, you can wear it straight...


If you're bored with straight hair, try volumizing it by using curling tongs for a sexy date night out with the boyfriend of just when you're hanging out with your girlfriends.


If curly hair is too much for you to take, try beach waves - it's natural and well... sexy as well! It all depends on your likings.


Let's say curls and waves are not your type, you can keep your hair straight and simple by just putting on accessories.


Long hair is great, right? Well... what can you say?

So, what do you do to keep your hair long and healthy?

All I need is...

A haircut!

That's it...

My fringe was getting out of control a month ago when I decided to cut it on my own. So, did I cut it and ended up making another mess out of my hair.

Grrr...

I can't believe I could stand my ugly hair for a month before I decided to get my bangs back!


See... I told you it was disasterous having to wake up and look at my own reflection in the mirror every morning.

My apologies for my just-woke-up face and yeah... I look like that every single morning so, scram if you think you've just seen a ghost!

It seems forever since I last felt good and just look at the fat and ugly girl staring back at me!

*sings Reflection*

Look at me,
You may think you see who I really am...

Aherm, aherm... I'm way past Christina Aguilera's moments of fame.

So, a while ago, I went to Hair Secret at Sentul Raya to get my haircut. I told my hairdresser I want bangs and not fringe because my fringe was bad enough that I hated it.

Lesson of the day - don't cut your own hair if you're not a qualified hairdresser. I shall NEVER EVER cut my own bangs or fringe again - NO, NEVER!!!

After the haircut, I'm feeling so much better now...


It may not be my hairdresser's best cut yet but still, at least it's far better than my own skills. Hahahahahaha... One of these days, I swear upon my hamsters, I shall get hairdressing skills!

As far as my weekend goes...

I was reading MWS's entry of the weekend and decided to do the poll in my blog. I adore Paris B's entries and found it very informative especially since there are not a lot of beauty blogs you can refer to in Malaysia and she did a great job in keeping all the information most details and stuffs.


So, here goes the poll of the week! If you're interested, you can click on the link above to go to her site - recommended!

Are you into diets and dieting?
As the matter of fact, I am into diets and dieting all the times because I grew up as the fat kid next block. Life was a living hell especially when your family made fun of you and giving you titles such as 'gorilla,' 'king kong' and so on. So, just like Paris B, I tried Atkins Diet and my weight dropped 7kg in 2 weeks, scary but true but when I reverted back to normal diet, poooofff... my weight went up again. It's better to just eat in moderation and if possible, do indulge yourself in exercises even though I don't do it. Fast food is possible but limit it to once every week or once in a fortnight. As for me, the time when I was trying to lose weight, I totally cut off taking fast food for 4 months and guess what? It worked and here I am, being able to ditch a total of 30kg off my initial weight!

Sweet or savoury?

Hmmm... tricky question but I'd prefer sweet. I have a sweet tooth and I love desserts, especially if the dessert looks so mouth-watering! I love ice-creams and I love cakes, yes, make it cheesecake if possible - fattening but once a while will do you good, especially during that time of the month when you're allowed to eat a little more than you usually do. More energy is needed during your dai yee ma's visit, hence, ladies, you can eat more but remember not to overdose yourself with the desserts!


Are you hot tempered?

I guess I am not, I don't get angry easily but once I get angry, there'll be a point of no return because most of the times, the reason why I get angry is that someone whom I thought he or she is a friend and I could trust him or her, ends up cheating me, thus, betraying my trust. So... you'll find me in the most uncomfortable manner of cursing in a psychologically polite way - yes, I don't use foul languages because psychological war is better than foul languages. Lemme repeat, no, I am not hot tempered but please don't step on my tail, that's all.


One beauty item you’ve been experimenting with this week?


No, I did not buy this full bottle because I was skeptical since you know, I am anal about what I slap onto my face. After reading so many wonderful reviews about this foundation, I went to Lancôme's counter at KLCC and this wonderful, wonderful BA, Esther, came to my aid. I tried out this foundation and decided to love it but then again, Esther told me that Teint Idole Ultra has been discontinued in Malaysia and now, she is left with few bottles in stock. I went like, "Aww... how can that be? It's such a wonderful product!" She was so kind - she offered to pump out the tester into a jar for me to try out and aside from that, I was given Teint Miracle Foundation as well. See what I mean when I say kind? LOLX! I love Teint Idole Ultra.


Do you shop online?

This is the cyber age, baby! So, most of my time, if I am not going out, will be spent doing online shopping since all of you know, most of the things in my wishlist are not available within Malaysia. Online shopping is my only solution and I guess majority of us be it guys or ladies, we do online shopping nowadays!

There you go... My answers for Paris B's poll of the week.

Anyway, I've gotten my haircut yesterday. Well... I mean, at least... I've to go to the salon to get a trim especially since my fringe looks like shit now. I was looking at my own reflection in the mirror few days ago and thought to myself, "FML, look at the f*gly hair!"

The last time I was at the salon was on 14th of March 2011 when someone told me bangs is good on me. But I didn't listen to him and get fringe instead of bangs. Hahaha... So this time around, when my fringe touched my cheeks, I've decided to cut it.


Sorry... No proper upfront picture of my new bangs because I am still getting used to the new look. In fact, guess what? I love the bangs! It actually makes me look younger despite the fact that I am reaching 30 soon. LOLX! Yes, I kid you not, I am reaching 30 soon!

End of hair story.

If you're heading to Midvalley this weekend, remember to drop by Sasa because they're having clearance sales for a lot of items from prices as low as RM5 per item! Lioele's products are sold at buy 1 free 1 too!

~ My hauls at Sasa yesterday ~

The sales will be going on until tomorrow, 12th of June 2011 and if you have sudden cravings for perfumes from Bvlgari or even CK or even Issey Miyaki, head down to Sasa at Midvalley. Bvlgari perfumes are sold at around RM110++ so, they're steals!

Anyway, have a great Saturday, peeps and I'll see you all soon!

*picture of MWS poll courtesy of MWS.