Lavender Ash at Shunji Matsuo @ 313

Haven't blogged about anything new with my hair recently, but I finally changed my hair colour after god knows how long haha. The past few months, all I did was touch up my roots because I loved the colour and I didn't know what colour I wanted to get it changed to. After countless of washes for this hair colour, it began to get lighter than it first was when I got it dyed.

I finally decided that I wanted to go a little darker for S/S2014 and Caely suggested a new colour that's in the store now (from Shiseido) which is Lavender Ash. Not exactly sure of the shade of the colour, so you guys can ask her that!

Had my hair in the beanie on the way there because the roots were growing out a little too much, also because I washed my hair the night before and it was all messy because I didn't dry it properly at night - not to mentioned I slept with my hair in a bun that resulted in the not-bad looking curls. Might try texturising it with beach spray some day.

Anyhoo, here's a before and after in the same lighting at the salon!

The darker colour really brightens my face (thanks to the lavender undertones) as well as make me look fairer! I think I look more demure like this as well leh.. hahaha.

I think many of you agree with this hair colour on me because when I posted this photo on Instagram (unfiltered), I got so many compliments on it! My highest liked photo to date, might I add hehe.

Shunji Matsuo Hair Salon @ 313

313 Orchard Road, #03-26,

313 @ Somerset

Singapore, Singapore 238895

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Also, new video up today that I filmed before I got my hair done! Find out some of my current favourites :)

Blue Ash

Went back to Shunji Matsuo @ 313 the other day to get my hair done again! It's not that I haven't been doing my hair recently - just that I didn't do anything much except touch up my roots so I didn't really blog about it. Anyway, I'm going to be with Shunji 313 for yet another year and I'm very happy because Caely and her team has kept my hair in such tip top condition - I always get compliments on it, whether it being how great the colour looks or how my hair is in such a good condition!

If you guys noticed, I've gotten a new cam!! The Canon EOS 700D. Most expensive thing I've ever bought for myself sighhhh. I bought this for the quality and to do videos since it autofocuses on videos... and I tried out the quality in my room the other day and ITS SO WORTH IT OMG. Can't wait to resume filming more videos!! It is however though, a little bulky to bring around - and no way am I giving up my Casio TR150 for selcas.

Moving on...
One of the reasons I went back to the salon this time was to touch up my roots (as per usual) and refresh the colour overall.

Like I mentioned earlier - I haven't done anything to my hair for such a long time and the colour's faded quite a bit as compared to when I had it freshly dyed, and I would prefer it slightly darker. I told Caely roughly what I wanted and she suggested a colour for me. Since I always get sooo many of you asking about my hair colour, I decide I should start showing the actual colour on the charts.

It's a blue-based ash colour that is a shade darker than my (original-before-fading) hair colour. If any of you are interested, just head down to the salon and ask for "Yi Jing's hair colour".

Always pampering my hair when I'm there. Love love love their treatments! Did the Caretrico treatment this time round.

Decided to get a trim as well and Caely gave me light layers. I almost never cut my hair at all but I decided it's time for one since the ends are getting a little dry from my constant curling these days for shoots.

Just got a normal blow out since I was heading to a couple of shoots after, but despite that I know I always leave the salon with amazing hair!

Shunji Matsuo @ 313 is located at 313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @ Somerset Singapore 238895. To make appointments, call 6238 0226! Quote "Blogger Yi Jing" to get 10% off all chemical services!

July Hair + Nail Updates

Last month, as you guys can probably already tell from all my pictures.. I dyed my hair back dark. This is because I wanted to let it grow out to my desired length before doing anything else to it. Caely suggested for me to do a conditioner-colour (which as the name suggests, conditions the hair while colouring) and we picked out a warm brown shade together (which I am uber loving, THANK YOU CAELY!!) followed by a treatment.

 

Since my hair was previously blonde at the ends, it took in the colour slightly differently and still ended up with a subtle ombre effect - which I have totally no complaints about! Plus, I recently tried to curl my hair again and thanks to the many times that I've seen Caely doing my hair for me so beautifully... I think I have picked up and leveled-up my hair-curling skill!

You might have seen this from my hair serum video! Anyway, for those of you who are interested to get your hair done by Caely, take note that she's off every Thursday and Sunday!

Shunji Matsuo Hair Salon @ 313

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset    

Singapore, Singapore 238895 

Phone: 6238 0226

http://www.shunjimatsuo313.com.sg

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Something I am verrrrrry excited about is my latest set of nails!! You guys have probably already seen it if you follow me on my social media platforms (@jamietyj) but here's more pictures (with my face lolol) and a video on how Phyl drew my Mickey butt for me!

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I swear I super love it!! Plus, it's such a conversation starter - making everyone identify which butt is whose! TOO CUTE LA. The tails are 3D btw!!

I initially wanted to do this design last month but I decided to save it for this month because this is the set of nails I wanted to wear on my birthday - and I'm glad I made that decision! Special thanks and many kisses to the lovely Phyl who did this beautiful set of nails for me!! Here, I also wanna congrats this lovely girl for taking home 3 throphies at the recent nail competition!

Not one... not two... but 10 different characters! Such a talented girl! If you guys like such nail design, you should definitely look for Phyl!

Plus, D'Nail Palette is now having a promotion just for my readers for (first time) appointments made in July! $25 (instead of $35) for one-tone gel manicure (inclusive of shaping of nails + cuticle prep) for all appointments made for July from Mondays~Thursdays. Contact Phyl @ 81331321 (Whatspp/SMS) or email to d.nailpalette@gmail.com for more information/to book your appointment!

Pink Ash + Bubble Gum

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I've been in my rutt again but I just felt like I HAD to get this post up for y'all because I'm so excited about it!!

As you can see, it's another post about my hair colour with my favourite hair stylist, Caely!

Shunji Matsuo Hair Salon @ 313

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset    

Singapore, Singapore 238895 

Phone: 6238 0226

http://www.shunjimatsuo313.com.sg

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A couple of weeks back, I headed back to the salon at 313 Somerset to get an ash pink colour from the new range of dyes that Caely brought in. It was supposed to turn out like a purple pink colour but for some reason it ended up looking more ashy than pink so it looked like grey with a pink undertone. Caely asked me after I finished with my treatment if the colour was okay, and I decided to keep to it because it created the effect of a very natural soft gradient from brown to grey (purple).

The first picture I tweeted after getting my hair done. Despite the filter, I'm sure you guys can definitely see how well the colours blended into each other.

We then had an event the next day and THE Shunji Matsuo himself (yes, in person) actually complimented the colour, saying it was very unique and hard to achieve! At that point of time I have already gotten loads of compliments about that colour, and this compliment made me soooo happy hahahah. Anyway, here's a shot of the colour:

This was after about 2~3 washes? The undertone doesn't show up well on camera. This is actually one of the dyes from the range of colour used  to tone my Blonde Ombre to remove the yellowness, so it was expected to fade very quickly.

Today (or rather, yesterday because this post was published after 12), I went back to get my hair done because the grey has faded. I wanted a similar shade that would last longer but Caely told me it would probably only last a tad longer (maybe up to a month) than the previous colour so I asked her to advise on what other colours she would recommend. She previously remembered that I showed her a picture of this pastel purple colour and asked if I wanted such a colour in pink. I went ahead with her suggestion (I mean, she makes the best decisions for me) and let her remove some of the existing colour in my ombre with very mild bleach.

Back to blonde??

Next up, Caely cut out a few strands of my bleached hairs and went to test the colours before asking me which I would prefer. I made my pick and she worked the dye into my hair - she also left it on for longer so that the colours would be more lasting!

Look at this beautiful pastel magenta shade!! I wouldn't mind if I hair turned out this exact colour hahahah.

After treatment and washing the dye out, here's the colour on my hair!

A little blow-drying, curling, and a couple of waterfall braids later..

How to not love Caely and her team at Shunji Matsuo @ 313, you tell me!!

Anyway, the colour is not as light as it seems in the first picture. It's a bubblegummy highlighter pink now (closer to the shade as seen after washing/2nd picture after braiding), which will be expected to fade into the colour as shown. No idea why my camera took the pink in this shade. Just disclaiming in case any of you decides to look to Caely to get my colour and find it different from the picture lol.

I'm super loving this colour now because it also looks a bit coraly. It's a colour that is rather hard to explain, you'll really need to see it in real life to get a gist of it. Thank you Caely and team for working magic on my hair!

Shunji Matsuo Hair Salon @ 313

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset    

Singapore, Singapore 238895 

Phone: 6238 0226

http://www.shunjimatsuo313.com.sg

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Blonde Ombre

If you've been following me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, you would have already seen pictures of my now blonde ombre hair.

Shunji Matsuo Hair Salon @ 313

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset    

Singapore, Singapore 238895 

Phone: 6238 0226

http://www.shunjimatsuo313.com.sg

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What you haven't seen though, is the process of getting there. Which is what exactly today's post in on~ As like any usual hair-related posts.

Before:

I told Caely what I roughly wanted, and maintained my base colour because I think the colour really compliments my skin tone and I have gotten a lot of compliments on it! She then decided that she'd bleach my hair twice (rather than once with strong bleach, twice with weaker bleach is less damaging for the hair) before toning it.

After 1st bleaching

2nd bleaching

Caely picked out this honey-toned Pearly Milkshake to tone my hair with!

After toning...

End result!

A couple of weeks later, I headed back to get my roots touched up and Caely decided to further tone the colour for me, to remove some of the yellowish tones in the blonde.
She picked out this ashy green colour for me which was supposed to fade in a week and tone down the yellow in the blonde. Here's directly after the 2nd toning!

After the colour has faded, here's what it looks like! Uber digging it! Am thinking of heading back soon to try out this purplish shade that Caely told me they will be bringing in!

Shunji Matsuo Hair Salon @ 313

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset    

Singapore, Singapore 238895 

Phone: 6238 0226

http://www.shunjimatsuo313.com.sg

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Tag: 32 Things

Was tagged by Kiyora to do this tag so here it is!

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight? 
Straight!

2. What’s your natural hair colour? 
Black/Dark Brown

3. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon? 
I used to do it at a salon but my roots were growing out too quickly and I was lazy to touch them up at the salon so often so I switched to doing it myself for a period of time.
Now, I dye it at a salon - my hair sponsor Shunji Matsuo @ 313, and have been with them for a year now. My hair stylist is the very talented Caely!

4. Do you wear the same style every day or do you change it?
For clothes, I'm not gonna lie, I usually wear the same style. I don't always like to dress up, so I'm usually dressed very casually or in basics. That aside, I do like to change it a little now and then, but always tend to revert to basics.

For my hair I try to braid them up sometimes, or try various different colours. It's ombre now (dark brown to blonde), and I think it looks best curled but I have yet to master the art of curling my very full head of hair.

5. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?
Again, I used to do it myself but now I get my nails done at my sponsor's - D'Nail Palette

My pedicures, however, I do myself.

6. How often do you change your nail polish?
For my gel nails, about once a month?? My pedicures depends on my mood though. I'm using Nicole by OPI polishes on my toes now and they last for very long!

7. Do you polish your toes in the winter or just the summer?
Just in the Summer! Mainly because we only have Summer here in Singapore~


8. How long does it take for you to put on your makeup? 
Depends on how "perfect" I want it to be. Takes from 10~30 minutes. I actually enjoy taking my time to do my makeup, I find it.. calming??

9. What do you do first, face or eyes?
Face first, then I work from my brows down. (Brows, Eyes, Cheeks, Lips)

10. Do you “collect” makeup or just buy what you need when you need it? 
I guess I'm in between?? But I have been getting so much makeup nowadays that I haven't bought much in a long time!

11. How often do you wear false eye lashes?
There was a period that I liked wearing them whenever I have makeup on, but I've been lazy for a good while now. Now it's dependant on my mood and the event I'm doing my makeup for.

12. Do you do a full face of makeup every day?
Nope. I only do full makeup for events or dates with B.

13. Do you wear makeup when you are home alone, or with family? 
Nope! I don't see a point in it.

14. Will you leave the house without makeup?

There was a period my skin was horrible and I wouldn't want to leave my house without even a little bit of BB cream, but it's so much better now (thanks DRx Clinic!) and leaving the house with no makeup now is no problemo~ I never leave without sunblock on my skin though.

15. How many high-end products do you have?
I don't think I own high-end products? I don't see the point in using such expensive products.. yet. I do own some counter products though.

16. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed? 
Half-half. Depending on the occasion. If it's something big (or if it's early) I'll plan it the night before. If not I'll go accordingly to my mood in the morning.

17. How often do you change your handbag? 
I only use 2 bags now - my 2 leather bags from Rabeanco. I'm usually quite lazy to change bags because I carry a lot of things in my bag, but depending on my mood and outfit I do rotate them.

18. What time do you get up and go to sleep? 
Around 11am~1pm, and between 2~4am LOL.

19. How often or when do you work out?
Almost never.... been about 5 years since I've last exercised!

20. Left handed or right-handed? 
Righty!

21. How tall are you? 
Last measured at 162cm. Might have grown taller or shrunk though!

22. Do you speak a foreign language? 
Not really.

23. How many pets do you have?
0 ):

25. Do you read comments posted on blogs? 
Sometimes!

26. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?
Depends? I wouldn't keep a list but I might check out the products if I happen to see them.

27. How did you come up with your blog name?  
Ok my blog url used to be ChandelierDreams, and I only remembered that the "Chandelier" part came by because I really liked Chandeliers. Now I changed it to JamieTYJ, which basically means my name - (Jamie) Tan Yi Jing.

28. What kind of camera do you use for photographs? 
iPhone 4S, Samsung EX1, Casio Exilim TR150.

29. How often do you clean your house?
My mum does it :|

30. What is your favourite colour?
I like Purple and Rose Gold!

31. Do you swear? 
Depending on the situation, but not really I guess?

32. What are you doing with the rest of your day?
Nua all day hahahaha. Hopefully put together some blog posts and settle my schedule for next week!


That's all for this tag! I'm tagging anyone who's interested to do this as well. Drop me a comment or your link if you're doing this tag too!

Cascading Curls

Went back to my sponsor's yesterday to touch up my roots before my BKK trip and for CNY as well. I actually wanted to do it after I returned from BKK but the thoughts of having nasty black roots in the pictures to memorate my first trip to BKK was just horrendous so I made an appointment to get it touched up.

Nothing much to blog about the process, really, because all I did was touch up my existing hair colour - which to date I have gotten so many compliments on. If you wanna get this colour, look for Caely!

Woke up bright and early to head down for my 11am appointment!

After the roots were touched up, I got a treatment done as well - just like I usually would. This time I tried something new, Matrix's Biolage Exquisite Oil. It's to repair and nourish the hair, and was added into the treatment mask and then the mixture was applied to my hair.

Over this near 1 year, I'm glad to say that my hair is in VERY good condition now! I doubt people can barely even tell that at least 6 inches up from my hair ends were permed because of how well Caely and her team has been taking care of my hair of (of course with added effort from myself :x). I recommend to ALWAYS get a hair treatment when you're at the salon, especially if you've done any chemical treatments - and products to prolong the effects of your treatment.

After the treatment, my hair was silky smooth and softer. It feels extra soft as compared to other times because this time I didn't do anything to the ends of my hair so it's like having it go for a pampering spa session for my hair ends.

Caely decided to do soft cascading curls for me using a curling tong. I was never good at using the curling tong (and was lazy 90% of the time to do so), and I always thought that the effect from using the tongs (on my hair length) will result in very bouncy and defined curls! Seeing how Caely made these super soft and casual wavy curls really made my eyes open!!

So i asked Caely what she did with it - and her trick was that she started along the mid-section, and very lightly tonged the ends (the only time they hit the iron was when she pulled along the lengths to release the curled section). I'm not very good with explaining for this, but maybe I'll try to do a video (either on my next trip back... or if i manage to learn the technique).

Okay guys this is the end of this post! ^~^

I've got a few posts scheduled for when I am away, so do check back!