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How tragedy struck my glorious, long red hair… disastrous!

July 28, 2012 by thejessicat

 

Today, I've decided to write an entry to explain, once and for all.

I've had enough of "Jess! What happened to your hair?" and "OMG Jess did you cut all your hair off?" all month.

 

This is what happened

I don't remember replacing my glorious long red hair with burnt, fried grass/hay 🙁

 

If you've been reading TheJessicat.com for a while, you would know that I've been a red-head for 6 years now. 

Yep, I know that's an awfully long time. Check out all my hair escapades – here

 

But this trademark has since set to become my image and signature look already, hence I decided to keep it.

 

After my trip to attend Hennessy Artistry in Penang, I went to a hair salon to re-bleach my hair and give it some hair treatment. 

The stylist managed to convince me to get my hair permed so I could have permanent curls.

Seeing that I like wavy/curled hair and frequently tong my hair by myself when I attend events, I relented and got my hair permed.

 

It turned out disastrous.

 

It was frizzy, unmanageable & felt like dried grass to the touch & smelt burnt

 

It may look fine in the photos, but trust me, it's not.

Friends of mine who saw how terribly destroyed my hair was, were horrified.

 

 

The texture was just ruined and calling it brittle would be giving it too much credit. 

Bottom line, my crowning glory wasted away before my eyes.

 

 

For days, I cried & slapped on serum, conditioner, repair creams & everything I could do to salvage the little glimmer of hope I harboured.

When everything was proven futile, a day came when I could no longer stand it…..

 

I grabbed the 1st scizzors I could find and chopped everything off

 

And then I *still* wasn't satisfied. So, I took the same scizzors & went SNIPSNIPSNIP again

 

Doesn't look too shabby at all, right? 😀 I kinda like it!

It made me happy for a week, until I realized how I just cannot be seen with uneven, self-cut hair which was deliberately chopped off out of despair! I wanted something more professionally done & urban-looking.

 

So I landed myself in another hair salon to have it done properly

Ready?


SNIPSNIP BUZZBUZZ WHIRRWHIRR

 

The end product (back view). What do you think? 😀

 

Front view

 

I think I'm adapting to this prissy, sleek haircut so far

 

9/10 of my friends, family, readers and strangers' response were positive

YAY!!! 😀 😀 Looks like my nightmarish ordeal was finally over

 

My stylist told me that I should give my hair a rest and not bleach + dye it red for a while to allow my hair to recuperate and replenish its strength.

Well, it sure deserved that much needed rest after being fried and burnt like discarded toast.

 

 

Never in my life, would I have imagined myself donning a haircut THIS SHORT.

But there was nothing left I could do. Looks like I took matters in my own hands this time – literally!

 

 

For now, I shall just continue to help it repair & regenerate by itself. 

But if I'm feeling cheeky, the redhead will be back sooner than ya think! 

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Girl, you got Skrillex hair! I know. NEW HAIRDO : The side-shaven buzzcut!

January 31, 2012 by thejessicat

 

As many of you would know, I am generally known as that red-head blogger girl.

I wouldn't expect anything else, considering the fact that I have donned red hair since 2006.

 

Including having a blog category of 'Hair Escapades' which documents bits & pieces of all things hair-related.
Anyway….new year, new look!

 

Imma be sporting a side-shaven buzzcut now!

 

 

Byebye to an entire chunk of long red hair

 

Still debating whether or not I should do it at that time

But hey, why not take the plunge? ;)

 

 

Apart from that, I'm still that same ol' redhead that you know me as.

How can I not be? Not gonna change my signature look/colour for the world! 😀

 

To be honest, I have yet to get used to this hipster hairstyle. 🙁

 

Prior to this, I would always just smile & love the camera at any angle thrown at me. 

But after having this hairdo, I couldn't help but to fidget irritably at the way it swept sometimes wrongly to the side, or ruffled in an awkward position.

 

Hence I wouldn't stop taking test-photos to determine which angle suits this hairdo best

 

 

Even my mom and the boyfie noticed. They asked me why I seem to be camwhoring so much more now.

Truth is, I wasn't exactly camwhoring for fun; more of trying miserably to identify what works with the new cut.

 

Sigh. Just Paranoid Parrot getting the better of me ;(

 

 

Less buzzcut showing

 

More buzzcut showing

 

 

These photos today are some of the angles or expressions that *actually* work.

I realized that other angles really made me look like a boy or a dyke 🙁 🙁

 

So I guess it's this angle for now until my undercut grows back


 

 

 

To my surprise, when I tweeted and Facebook-ed the photo of my new hairstyle, so many people commented how awesome it looks, how it really suits me and my character as well as my having this hairdo was "just so very you Jess!". 

 

 

Wow, I'm so relieved 🙂 Thanks so much everyone!!

It really made me feel better. Perhaps I'm just not used to actually walking around with it for the 1st time

 

Diagonal side view 

 

Candid bottom view

 

Oh and speaking of which, the other half had an undercut done too 🙂

 

 

Here's a real close-up and side view of how it really looks like

 

Who's this new Skrillette in the block?

 

If you're wondering who inspired my hairstyle, it's none other than Dubstep artiste SKRILLEX!

 

Skrillex aka Sonny Moore

 

After having my Skrillex-haircut, I googled up to see which other celebrity has had the same do done.

I found heaps!

 

 

British singer Cher Lloyd

 

 

 

Progressive House & Trance vocalist Emma Hewitt

 

 

Even pop singer Ke$ha has it

 

Gradually, taking heaps of photos and eventually finding my best angle that complements my new haircut made me fall in love with my new side-shaven undercut buzz even more and more.

Also, throughout the past few days when I was back in Penang for Chinese New Year, I was somewhat pleased to have random people stopping me in the mall or in the streets telling me things along the lines of :

To which I replied…

 

I know, right? 😀

… and loving it by the day! 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guess who’s back again with a red-head for the 7th time?

June 28, 2010 by thejessicat

 

Finally!

It’s frustrating to know that red hair dye pigments aren’t exactly very permanent ones, heck I would know, did it red for a total of 7 times already! It’s one tough hairstyle to maintain and not to mention expensive too *sigh*

 

But it’s all worth it 😀

 

am loving it

 

If you’ve been following my tweets yesterday, ya’ll would know that I’m back to being a red-head again 😀

 

Okay, some of you asked me questions about my red hair and how I maintain it.. etc etc

Well, here are the answers :

 

 

1. Where can I find a place to do my hair red like yours?

You can just do it anywhere, but opt for the ones with permanent red pigments. I’ve trusted that for 4 years and its the longest lasting one (buzz me if you want to know the brand)

 

2. Can I just do it red (from the box) at home?

No one’s stopping you. It’s for a fraction of the salon price but unless you’re a bleached blonde, it ain’t gona work on your Asian head, honey.

 

One of my besties Cedric, dubbed me an Aluminium Bitch + Lady Gagak LOL

Iconography VI brass ring by Soak Republic

3. How often do you do your hair red?

Twice a year 🙂 (both damaging to my pocket blahh)

 

4. How much does it cost?

Approximately RM500. If you say I’ve been ripped off, screw you. Sure, I can do it for RM200 or less but it won’t last as long and your hair will be more prone to damage without proper treatment. It IS very drying on the hair and chemicals were never your best friend from the start

 

5. Do you bleach it before getting it red?

No, I never believe in bleaching. If you do it often enough it WILL turn chilly red by itself.

 

Fooling around at the hair salon

6. How do you maintain the red hair?

I use two shampoos whenever I wash my hair – one is to enhance the colour and the other is to lock the color in. (again, buzz me if you want to know the brand) After shampooing, I use a color reflective conditioner to protect it from damaging weather conditions i.e sun

7. Does the red hair color fade?

DUH. Nothing lasts forever babe. And I wouldn’t have to do it 7 times if it never faded in the first place! 😀

 

8. Why do you choose to do red?

Simply because it’s visually arresting and no doubt my favorite color. Bet you can tell by the color of this blog anyway 😉

 

 

red Blackberry pimp by Berry Addictions

 

I totally felt like walking past the other hair salon which totally cheated me of my money.

I told them I wanted chilly red and even pointed to a few red items in sight, like their Chinese lanterns and ‘Welcome’ carpet for instance. Those morons told me they knew exactly what I wanted and I had nothing to worry about.

When it was finally done. I looked like a fig tree. My hair was quite damaged and the color? Not even the least bit close to red. They didn’t even have the decency to apologize nor refund. Instead, kept insisting it was red.

What, if you’re not colour blind nor have eyeballs hinderd with severe cataract, you’re definitely not fooling anyone but your unprofessional self mind you.

 

DO NOT GET CHEATED BY UNORTHODOX HAIR STYLISTS!

Always go for the established ones or at least, the ones you trust.

 

 

Anything else you wanna know? Just spill and I’ll be happy to answer them for you.

Check out my post writen last year about having it done red. And no, I don’t do any other colour besides red 🙂

 

 

 

Till then, hope you like it just as much as I do!

Cos it’s here to stay at least for the next 6 months haha!

😀 😀

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