Pink Hair, Don't Care

A few weeks after I had my hair dyed purple-blue-green, I swam... It was a bad idea because the color started to fade and it looked really, really bad.

My solution? Dye it pink! And no, I didn't use an actual hairdye. Read on and you'll be surprised to find out what I used :)

Pink hurr dont currrrrr

The car practically had the name Kathleen all over it

Yep it's mine now

Me and my sibs. I guess I'm the only abnormal one ...Or am I? :-?

With the Chocnuts! <3

With my gwamabear!!

My hair's starting to have an orange tint because the Kool-Aid dye's fading already

With Yeng. I envied her vibrant haircolor so I asked her where she had it done. Salon de Manila. Yep, definitely trying that salon next time.

...and for the magical hairdye:

Kool-Aid.

Ya surpised? I was too. This just shows how bad Kool-Aid is.. It could actually stain your hair for quite some time... So imagine drinking it. Eeeeck! I also don't know if it would be seen when you Kool-Aid-dye brunette hair since I did this when my hair faded back to blonde.

There are 2 ways to dye your hair with Kool-Aid.

There's the slow way (which takes 8-10 hours of waiting) and the fast way (which just takes about 5 minutes.. and is "more" permanent) Ofcourse I did mine the fast way. :D

This is how I got to have my pinkhairdontcare:

- Boil water on the stove in a pot

- When the water comes to a boil, let it cool for a while and pour it out onto a big bowl

- Pour Kool-Aid powder into the bowl and mix until it completely dissolves

- Add olive oil or conditioner into the Kool-Aid mix so your hair wouldn't dry up

- Dip your hair for 5 minutes and voila, pink hair! (It's better to section your hair, unless you want it ombre-d)

- If the color's too light, wait for a couple of days and repeat the process :)

And here's the slow way:

- Make a thick paste with conditioner + Kool-Aid powder

- Apply the paste thickly and evenly on hair

- Wrap your head with a plastic wrap (such as clingwrap) or tin foil and sleep on it overnight

- Rinse the mixture off when you wake up. (Some people don't recommend using shampoo as it could wash off some of the tint right away.)

- Tada! :)

And so, the Kool-Aid dye was starting to fade and the first semester of college is near..

I guess I've gotta say bye bye to my bleached hair :(

Yep, Azta Urban Salon again! :)

I haven't gotten enough sleep the night before

And black is back.

Good luck to your Kool-Aid adventure!

xx, Kathleen

Color Me A Rainbow, On My Hair!

In high school, we weren't allowed to have colored hair and well, since I would be taking up Nursing in college, I figured I wouldn't be allowed to have colored hair as well. So I promised myself that after graduation, I would completely change my hair color. Just for 2 months. (I know it's really really bad for the hair, but ah wth)

Well after a LOT of arguments and explanations, mom and I finally had an agreement:

Only colored highlights UNDER my hair. Basically, it will only be visible if my hair was tied up or something.

Soooo, when I was on a trip to Taipei, I found some colored hair extensions and tried them on since I really didn't know what color to get and I wanted to see how it'd look like. (I was thinking blue, pink, red or purple.)

Here's a picture of me with the pink extension:

I settled for blue and pink highlights. I wanted it to be bright and bold so my mom and I went to a parlor in a reputable mall in Taipei and had it done. (I didn't really get to get the name. Zzz..)

3 hours later, this is what I got:

*I took a picture of it infront of a really bright light (it wasn't this visible in normal setting)
Well it seemed nice when it's braided, but here's a picture of it when it's actually down:

Not what you expected, huh? Me neither. Judging by their "work of art", I guess they weren't really big on colored hair.

Thus, I don't get the pattern of the hairstylist.

The thickness and brightness of the highlights and the color alternation...

It was just a complete

w  a  s  t  e     o f     m  o  n  e  y

So I went back to Manila disappointed and all.. and finally convinced my mom that this time, I will have my hair FULLY colored instead. After a lot of time researching, I was convinced that Azta Urban Salon could probably do the trick.

Well, here's my wonderful experience with Azta!

 Saying bye bye to my brown hair

 Bleach bleach bleach

 Guess how long it took me to have it bleached

1 hour...

 2 hours...

 3 hours...

 4 hours....

Err.. Nope, 5 hours. D:

Well I had to forward the picture to my sister, and I was surprised by her reply. LOLOL

 And Mr. Jo Tubato had to test-try the colors on my hair

 Yep

 Purple Blue and Green

And so it was good

 Time for blowdry!!

Y, elo der blondie

Now onto my whole hair!!!

Hi Mr. Jo Tubato!

 Tada!

Well..

Unfortunately, my phone died on my while I was having my hair blowdried. 

Here are some photos I took a few days later:

Matchy matchy

My eyes look bigger x1000000 here

 

Yep I love love love it!

In addition, the staff in Azta was really accomodating & friendly as well, which made the 5-6 hours of having my hair done more bearable! Here's Azta's contact details so you may have the wonderful Azta experience too! <3

AZTA URBAN SALON

2/F Eastwood Citywalk 2,

188-E E. Rodrigues Jr. Avenue,

Bagumbayan, Quezon City

Telephone Number: +63(2)-687-6527

Website: https://www.facebook.com/AztaUrbanSalon

xx, Kathleen