Category Archives: Hair

Look Slimmer With New Hairstyle

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If you can read Chinese, get a copy of the latest With magazine. It’s a magazine translated from Japanese, so if you can read Japanese, just get one too. I seldom care much about my hair until I have this short haircut now. Why? It’s because a lot of people told me that I looked younger and slimmed with it. When I had long curly hair, I looked more mature, and thus, added to my age. But now, I think I look energetic and younger with bob cut. However, if you don’t want to cut your hair, just use the tips written on With magazine. You can easily take away 3kg from yourself if you do your hair well. Of course, by illusion ok?

I guess it’s great to know that we can just use our hair to fool the world without worrying much about weight loss. Besides that, not everyone can easily slim down on their faces even with the help of facial slimming products. So, if our hair can help, why not pick up the skills and tips of doing it ourselves?

Curly or Short Hair?

I have been keeping my hair for more than 2 years. It’s curly most of the time as I would perm it every 6 months. While most ladies think that permed hair is very hard to be managed, I have the different opinion. You just need to apply some hair styling products on it after washing your hair and that’s it. I don’t even blow mine. It’s a bliss to me as I don’t have to comb it. LOL!

But if you want your hair to look romantically curly, you might need to have a hair curler at home. I have always thought of getting one but I know that I won’t do it by myself. I’m too lazy lah! Just get one of those battery operated hair curlers like the Japanese girls if you want your hair to stay in that way all day long or while traveling.

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But I don’t have one, so I always ask my hairdresser to curl it for me a day before I travel. At my hair treatment yesterday, I told my hairdresser that I would like to have a bob cut. I might not look nice, but I’m willing to take the risk. She asked me to think about it as I won’t have curly hairstyle as I am having now, and it might be boring looking the same with a bob cut. I have a week to think about this, and I haven’t make up my mind. Hubby said just go ahead if I want to get a haircut. It’s not like I can attract any hot hunk as he might be more interested in Dodge Charger accessory than looking at me. *angry* So, short or curly?

Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Seasilk® Moisture Shampoo

Tell me where to get this in Malaysia or is it only available online?

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My hair is dry and brittle due to frequent perming but the Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Seasilk® Moisture Shampoo claimed that it can help to energize the hair and repair the damage from chemical and natural process. Besides, it has caviar extracts in it! I am so hooked up with caviar lately. LOL!

I really don’t have time for hair treatment frequently, so I’m looking for other products than Keratase. Is Alterna good?

Dandruff

I don’t have any hair problem before giving birth to my kids. After my first labor, not only that I was suffering from hair loss, I had a problem with dandruff too. The flakes were visible at the top of my scalp and I had to be very careful at selecting the right shampoo. Frankly, I tried a few products but my dandruff condition only improved when I did some treatment at the salon. It’s quite expensive though, so I won’t recommend it at all.

I didn’t know that dandruff is caused by a fungus called malasezzia furur. This fungus is found on our scalp and they feed off the scalp oils and cholesterol. If you have been using anti-dandruff shampoos but the condition has not improved, this is because most of the dandruff shampoos fail to address that the oils beneath the scalp must be controlled so that the fungus don’t have a promoting ground to grow excessively.

 

Thus, if you are willing to try another dandruff shampoo, you can take a look at Purify Shampoo which is effective at controlling the itch, white flakes and treating the fungus. There are other products from the same range which includes Purify Conditioner, Clearing Spray and Dandruff Healing Scalp Oil. All these products are made from natural herbal ingredients, so they are effective at controlling the pH level of the scalp.

In short, let’s not forget about our hair. That reminds me that I need to get my hair treatment done this week. My hair is in a mess now.

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Take Care of Your Hair Follicles Too

I went to get myself a new hair style today, and it took more than 3 hours of perming and coloring! Luckily, I brought along my knitting project so that I didn’t feel bored at all. One of the walk-in customer came by and sat beside me. Once she was seated, everyone around her could smell that oily scalp smell like she had not been washing her hair for a very long time. When the hairdresser asked if she would like to get a hair wash first before trimming, she refused. Wow! It was pretty disgusting until the hairdresser politely asked her to get her hair wash before coming to the salon next time!

A lot of people will only care of their hair, but they tend to ignore the hair follicles. It’s the oil scalp that creates that unpleasant odor and furthermore, it almost promotes to hair loss in long term. If you have this problem, identify it immediately and change your shampoo to those that remove excessive oil from your hair. If you don’t take care of that oiliness, you will lose your hair and become bald at certain spots.

By then, you may need products like provillus or procerin that nurtures damaged and dead hair follicles to promote hair growth. Those products are not very cheap though, so you better check out the review and ranking from Trust Source before you make your purchase.

In short, take good care of your follicles. You may have nice hair, but if you are smelly, no one wants to be beside your!

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Kerastase

I used to be a big fan of this product. There were only a few salons in Ipoh that carry the brand, but I stopped going to the salons anymore. I don’t like to be persuaded to get something when what I really need is just a hair wash. But Kerastase products are great.

Since I perm my hair at least once a year, I will try to get this hair mask and use it at the end of my hair.

You don’t need that much. Just a little bit of it. I’m out of the product for some time because I didn’t go to those salon. My hair is in a mess now.

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Actually, my hair is a mess. After frequent perming and coloring, the hair texture is really bad. I use hair mask as conditioner because it is richer and better at nourishing my hair. I used to use Loreal Keratase but I stopped going to that salon because I don’t like the way they do my hair. My current hairdresser only have products from Coiffure, but not all the range suits me.

I bought this orange range today, and let’s see how is the results in 10 days.

Wigs

My mum was on wig for a year after she went through chemotherapy. I used to joke to her that she looked so much better in wig as it was the one I chose after window shopping for one in many stores!

For those of you who likes to change your look, but didn’t want to change your hair style, go for lace front wigs. There are many other selection from MyWigsAndWeaves.com. All these wigs are custom extensions and hairpieces made of real human hair. Thus, they can be dyed or permed too!

I can still wear my mum’s wig, but I still prefer to change my hair style.

Bob Hair Cut

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I wanted to have a bob hair cut, but my hairdresser was against the idea, even if I had “begged” her for so long. I don’t have thick hair, so the cut does suit me. Thus, I got the bob fringe only, but the hair at the back was layered as much as possible, but the length was remained the same.

Gee, I just can’t have my hair shorten. With thin fine hair like mine, I look like I’m suffering from a hair loss. :P

Ladies, You Shave You Armpit Or Not?

I don’t think armpit hair is nice at all. Ok, maybe Julia Roberts had a different opinion about this!

So, I think it’s necessary for women to shave or remove off their armpit hair. And please don’t think that if Julia Roberts can get away with it, so can you! It’s really unsightful, or should I say, ugly?

However, frequent shaving may lead to ingrown hair. They are a common problem for both men and women. Yes, men shave their face too, ok? Not the armpit! Thus, you need products like tend skin as the salicylic acid in Tend Skin products goes directly to work on stubborn ingrown hairs at the hair follicle. Tend Skin is powerful and effective but gentle enough to be used anywhere you have ingrown hairs, even after a Brazilian wax. :P

However, for those consumers with allergies to aspirin it is recommended you avoid use of Tend Skin since the active ingredient, acetylsalicylic acid, is the same found in aspirin. Too bad for you then!