Very Light Ash Blonde Hair Color Experience

Ever since I started coloring my hair back in college junior year, I just can't get enough of coloring my hair. Don't get me wrong. I'm not, at all, addicted to it. I only color my hair twice to three times a year, max. It's just that many people have told me I look better with lighter hair so whenever my roots start to be unforgiving, I try my best to color my hair with at least a light brown shade.

Late last year, however, I had this desire to color my hair red. Of course, before going through that, I did my research and most succesfful people who've tried to DIY coloring their hair red started with light colored hair. I personally already had light brown hair from coloring my hair with Liese Prettia Milk Tea Brown in the earlier part of the year but my roots have grown so much, I just had to retouch on them.

Chromastix Hair Chalk Neons: Review

I don't know about you but something that I've always wanted to do but never had the guts to do so is to color my hair with bold colors like blue and pink. No, I'm not trying to be rebellious or anything but ever since the ombre trend surfaced all over, I've always been curious as to how I would look like if I had a nice ombre with a bright color.

Thankfully, I don't have to dye my hair permanently just to try it out. I mean, even if I had the chance, I probably wouldn't permanently dye my hair with those colors. No offense to people who sports bright colored hair though. I think you, guys, are cool for having enough confidence to rock them. (The only reason why I wouldn't go for it is because I don't have the courage to do so.)

It's been a year since I found out about hair chalks and I've always been curious about the product but I never got one for myself just because back then, only BYS had hair chalks in my local drugstore and they never stock on the color I want (which is pink) so I never bought one. I know Tony Moly has one but during that time, the hair chalk line wasn't released in the Philippines yet.

A few days before my birthday, however, I came across this very affordable hair chalk set from Chromastix. I thought I overcame my urge to buy a hair chalk but when I looked at the price, I was so surprised to see that it was fairly cheap at PHP99.

And so I looked through the collection of colors and I noticed that this particular set had all the Red Velvet (K-Pop girl group) hair colors in it which are green, orange, blue and pink. This pushed me to buy the product so I can do a hair and make-up tutorial for their debut song called "Happiness".

 I love all the colors in this set: green, orange, blue, purple, yellow and pink

Instructions 

To view how I used the hair chalk, I made a short tutorial on my youtube channel. It's in my Red Velvet Happines Hair and Makeup Look video. Just click the click to open the said video. For your reference, the demo starts at around the 3:14 mark.

Honestly, the hair chalk didn't do as well as I thought it would. It wasn't as pigmented as the other brands I've seen over the internet but it still works and I guess for the price, I really can't complain.

 A photo of me with the hair chalk on the ends of my hair. I used the blue one.

Just a reminder to everyone who's thinking of using this product, make sure to wear a shirt that you don't really care for while coloring your hair because it transfers onto clothing materials really easily. The good news is that it washes off quickly too. I just wouldn't want you to ruin the very same shirt/ dress that you were planning to wear outside so I suggest you wear a temporary top prior to using this.

Apparently, I broke the blue one while using it. Haha.

So would I recommend it? Yes, sure! I don't see any reason why one should not try it. I think it's fun and a very affordable way to try out a new look, or shall I say new hair color. :)

Palty Hair Dye Giveaway!

Hi everyone! For old subscribers/ followers, you might have heard of this at least once or twice from my uploads/posts and you may have been waiting for this for quite a while now. Fret no more, my giveaway is now up and running! For new subscribers/ followers, welcome! Feel free to join the giveaway for a chance to win a Palty Foam Hair Dye in Milk Tea Brown.

For those who are curious about the product, I've posted a review on a similar product (but different shade) in this blog and you can check it out over here. I chose a different shade for the giveaway, particularly Milk Tea Brown, because that's my current hair color as of the moment (only it was colored with a different brand- Prettia). ^^

This giveaway is open internationally so everyone is elligible to join. You will be winning the Palty Foam Hair Dye (Milk Tea Brown) and the Palty Tsubaki Camellia Hair Oil Treatment. Along with these, there are also freebies (cape/ cap) that you can use when you color your hair.

This will be running through rafflecopter so you will have to enter through the rafflecopter below. Note that you DON'T have to do all the entries. The only thing I would require of you is to either subscribe to my youtube channel or follow my blog. If you do at least one of these, then you're good to go. You can, however, do all the tasks to earn more entries and increase your chances of winning. NO GIVEAWAY ACCOUNTS.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I will be contacting the winner and announce the winners through my social media (facebook, twitter, instagram), a blog post and through youtube. The chosen winner must respond within 3 days or I will choose another one.

I would also love to hear from you. This is of course, not required. But let me know what you like in my blog/channel and what content you would like to be featured more in them (my social media included) by commenting down below. Thank you! ♥

Liese Prettia Bubble Hair Dye (Milk Tea Brown): Review

About 2-3 times in a year, I dye my hair. I usually go for lighter shades as I find that lighter hair color makes me look younger and more approachable. My friends tell me darker hair makes me look 'too serious'.

It all started about six years ago when I first tried out the Loreal Casting Creme Gloss. Ever since then, I colored my hair with different brands of hair dyes ranging from American to Asian brands. My latest pick is a Japanese hair dye from a brand called Liese Prettia or sometimes referred to as Kao Prettia. I got it during my trip to Japan last December and I only got to use it last month (May). I bought it from Donki in Akihabara.

There were several reasons as to why I chose this particular hair dye. Number one, I heard so many good reviews regarding this product. I was curious to find out if it will also yield to good results if I use it on my own hair so I decided to grab one. Number two, it was so much cheaper in Japan. Prettia hair dye is not available here in the Philippines so you have to order online to be able to try one. But seeing as I was already strolling around the source country, I made it a point to buy one for myself. It was only roughly PHP350, when converted. (Honestly, I forgot the exact amount in Yen so I can only write whatever's left in my memory.) There were so many colors to choose from but I got the ever-so-popular Milk Tea Brown shade because I knew in my heart that this is the lightest shade of brown they have and having tried Medium Ash Blonde from Syoss (and liking the light shade), I figured I should at least get the lightest shade of brown just as preparation for when I need to re-color for my roots.

 

 Photo instructions. No Japanese language knowledge needed. :)

 Hair color chart

 Prettia Shade Brightness Comparison Chart

Contents.

Because I didn't want to ruin my hair from too much chemical coloring, I waited six months before re-coloring my hair. And just as planned, six months after, I colored my hair-- BY MYSELF! I've always had my mom help me with coloring my hair since I knew her obsessive compulsive qualities will prove useful for me to acquire even hair color. I had her help even when I got the Palty Foam Hair Dye, which is supposedly a very easy product to work with alone. But this time, I decided to wash away my cowardliness and take the task of hair coloring by my own hands. Of course, since I deemed the situation to be very notable, I recorded it in a video and made a hair color DIY video (Watch out, Youtube!) to encourage other people that they can also easily do the same. For those who are curious, here's the video I'm talking about:

 

Now I know not everyone wants to watch a 5 minute video so just to give you an idea, below is a photo of my hair prior to coloring. I had about 2 inches of dark brown roots. I was honestly worried that the Milk Tea Brown shade wouldn't be light enough to bridge the difference with my dark brown roots and my medium ash blonde-colored ends. While applying, I noticed a very strong chemical scent. I can stand the scent, just because I'm not very particular with that. I can't say the same for everyone though, as we all have different preferences.

 

 Mega roots!

 Medium Ash Blonde- my previous hair color

 After dyeing my medium to long fine hair, I still had some product left!

 After Photo #1: It's a little bit lighter than my previous color in person.

  After Photo #2: It looks almost the same as my previous hair color in photos.

No more roots

Under artificial indoor lights

Thankfully, I was not disappointed as the color was as vibrant as I hoped it would be. I left the product on my hair for 30 minutes and rinsed it off with tap water. The color is even, I hardly noticed my previous roots. I takes detective eyes to see them! It was just simply amazing!

 After color conditioner

After all the fuss, I used the after color conditioner to... well, condition my hair. But unlike Palty that left my hair soft, silky and manageable, Prettia left a little bit of damage on my hair. My ends particularly looked drier than before. But I plan to take better care of my hair with everyday conditioning and weekly mask treatments. Also, since I noticed that split ends are starting to form, I'm having my ends trimmed the next time I go to a salon.

So for one of the most asked questions regarding Japanese bubble hair dyes, "Which is better, Prettia or Palty?". Personally, I like both for different reasons. I feel that Prettia lifts my color better but Palty takes better care of my hair. So depending on your current hair condition and how well your hair takes color would be the basis for your choice between the two. I highly recommend both, as I didn't have any bad experience with any of the two.

Lastly, for the big reveal, I will be having a hair dye givaway but I still have to film and edit the video to be uploaded in youtube. I hope the weather cooperates tomorrow so I'd have enough light to film my intro clip. Okay, I have to stop rambling for fear that this post might transform itself into a novel. That would be all for now! Bye!

Palty Foam Hair Dye in Marshmallow Ash: Review

Hi everyone! I'm not sure if you follow me on twitter but I recently tweeted that I colored my hair recently. Because I will be doing a giveaway along with that hair dye review (which I will be posting soon-- both in my youtube channel and here), I decided to post a written review of this previous hair dye I used. The thing is, I might give away a hair dye from this same brand that's why I'm creating a post even though it's been a year since I used this.

 The ever so pretty Tsubasa.

 Don't leave this hair dye any longer than 20 minutes.

 I think the warning at the bottom says not to leave it for more than 20 minutes for it will turn your hair black. But I'm no Japanese expert so I'm not really sure. I just read it from other blogs. If you happen to know what it really means, do let me know in the comments down below. Thank you!

 Unboxed. :)

And oh, I didn't use this particular hair dye this time around. I will be posting a separate post about that in the future.

I actually already did a video on this particular product but just to make things official and just so my blog followers don't miss out on this, I decided to make this.

Includes before and after shots. :)

I won't be talking about the brightness of this hair dye because the video above would show you how it actually turned out on my face. What I particularly liked about this hair dye, however, is how my hair feels like right after coloring. It made my hair super smooth and straight! I mean, I have naturally straight hair but this made it even straighter, just like when I blow dry my hair in place. It also looked a lot shinier. I didn't really expect this effect upon using this product that's why I was so surprised when it did my hair so much good.

Also, I won't forget how fun it was to 'create' the foam. Overall, I was really pleased with this hair dye and just like I mentioned earlier, I will be giving away one soon. Be on the watch out for that! ;)

Syoss Hair Dye in Medium Ash Blonde 7-1: Review

Hi everyone! I don't know if I mentioned this before but I went to Japan last December and before going there, I colored my hair! More than an inch of roots were already showing so I had to do something about it. I decided to color my hair and after contemplating on whether I should do it at home or at a salon, I finally decided to just do it as I have always been doing it-- AT HOME.

I had some problems deciding which shade and which brand to use but after so many toss and turns (yes, I think about it even before I go to sleep), I finally decided to color my hair with Syoss' Medium Ash Blonde hair dye.

Here's a video to show you a little bit of how my hair turned out.

All in all, I love the result! My hair has never been this bright. It has lightened my hair to a point where I actually liked. It looks bright but not over the top. I'm so glad I chose this color and although some fading occured after a while, the long term color is not that bad either. Also, this hair dye did not dry my hair! Yay! I like this color so much that I'm actually thinking about dying my hair with the same shade next time. Well, probably not right after this one cause I bought a different hair dye (Prettia) during my stay in Japan but I kind of have this feeling that this would not be the last time I'd be dying my hair this exact color. ^^

Anyway, what do you think? Does the color suit me? Or should I just stick with darker shades? My hair color before this was Revlon Colorsilk's Lightest Golden Brown (for reference).

Shine Moist Henna Wax in Natural: Review

Hi guys! It's been such a  long time and as always, I only have my laziness + work to blame. Anyway, this has been a requested review from my previous post about hair conditioning. I've used up this product already and wanted you guys to know what I think of the product.

A few years back, I've had problems with my hair being dull. Now while I was strolling around Landmark Makti, I saw this area for Shine Moist products. I was actually looking for a hair cellophane product but the salesladies led me towards that area. The lady convinced me that henna wax is something like hair cellophane. It's just that the product comes off easier. So I ended up buying the product and I got the shade "Natural" which actually means it's colorless. It just makes the hair shiny and doesn't add color to the hair. There are other colors available though.

From what I've heard and read, the product comes off in a span of 7 days so people tend to use this product weekly. I haven't tried the colored ones though so I'm definitely just restating what I've heard and read. No personal experience with it whatsoever.

Personally, I like the product because I was looking for a product that would make my hair shiny and it did. Yay!

Pros:
- not expensive
- available locally
- smells super nice
- makes your hair shiny
- variety of colors available (you also have the option to choose the colorless one)

Cons:
- color doesn't stay for long according to other people
- shine doesn't stay permamanent as well

Is it WORTH IT? For me, YES. :)

Loreal Casting Creme Gloss (Shade454/ Brownie): Review

So yeah, I know I've told you I already got my hair cut but I'm not sure if I told you I've colored my hair with Loreal Casting Creme Gloss in Shade 645, Amber/ 454, Brownie. It's my third time coloring my hair with Loreal Casting Creme Gloss. The first time was with the shade 415, Iced Chestnut and the second time was with Amber/ Brownie. You can tell I was happy with the Amber/ Brownie shade that's why I colored my hair with the same shade during the third time.

One box contains an instruction sheet, creme developer, colorant and a conditioner. The instruction is pretty simple. Test for allergies. With dry unwashed hair, apply the product. How? Section your hair, apply and massage.

You might be confused as to why I placed Amber/ Brownie as the shade I'm sporting right now. As you can see, my actual product says Shade #645 Amber (see first picture above). But try searching it online or better yet, go directly at loreal-paris.co.uk and view the whole collection. The Amber there looks nothing like the one I got but looks exactly the same as Shade #454, Brownie. Now I'm not sure what the reason behind is for this error. My hair right now looks nothing like the Amber shade in their web. It's closer (although not exactly the same) to the Brownie shade they have. Thus, I have concluded that I've colored my hair with Loreal Casting Creme Gloss Shade #454, Brownie. I got mine from the mall (Landmark Makati). I bought it twice and I got the same product (Brownie with the label Amber). Good thing I did not base my selection from the color name but from the swatch/ sample they had.

The following pictures were taken late in the afternoon around 4:30 PM. As the natural light was insufficient, I opened my bedroom light. Here's how it looks like on me:

Without flash (above)

With flash (above)

I'm gonna be reviewing the product and will head on to the pros and cons directly.

Pros:
- did not cause allergies
- color looks natural
- hair feels soft and shiny afterwards
- has NO ammonia
- staying power is long (mine did not wash off) even though people say it's semi-permanent and washes off after 28 rinses
- available locally

Cons:
- box says Amber but it's actually Brownie once you search online
- smell stays on for a few days
- few color selection available here in the Philippines

Overall, I would say that the product is WORTH IT.