Flattering or not, trying to capture the non-makeup life moments as well. Okay, actually I was just lazy to take a proper picture XD

I wasn’t really happy with my first time results. It was too purple.

When I touched up my hair a week later, I tied up a thin top layer of my hair to keep some silver, and applied Electric Amethyst with very little conditioner all over the underlying layer. I didn’t apply it to all the rest of my hair though, as it washes out so quickly anyways.

I was really apply with the results. I got the gradient and silver streaks effect that I wanted! Maybe a future video?

After touch up

The day after, end of the day. Oily >.<

Loved the streak effect

I feel like my hair color is bottled in my necklace pendant. It’s my favorite necklace to match with this hair!

Manic Panic Stock Up

You can foresee the future of my hair!

Manic Panic in (top to bottom, left to right) Cotton Candy Pink, Electric Tiger Lily, Mystic Heather, Pretty Flamingo, Shocking Blue, Electric Amethyst, Hot Hot Pink: 9,000~ won ($8~ USD) each, 11st.co.kr (smcglobal), Korean seller, 4 day shipping. Also available on Gmarket and Amazon.

Inside Shocking Blue and Mystic Heather

Hair Color Log

Roots: Mystic Heather, Ends: Electric Amethyst (day 1)

I felt like a female anime warrior =p

Same hair in a different lighting (day 1). I posted on Facebook asking you guys whether I should get the pants… I got it!

Testing out Shocking Blue applied with lots of conditioners. Again, tied up the top layer of my hair and applied only to the underlying layer.

Like the grey, purple, and blue combo? (day 1) How about my preppy outfit? Haha

After fade out (day 4)

Going stronger with Shocking Blue. Mystic Heather applied on the roots was barely visible with it (day 1)

Inspiration

My very first inspiration to get colorful hair (Gdragon)

Okay, he’s just beautiful (Himchan)

B.A.P. members always with an interesting hair color (Zelo)

I really think everyone should have some fun with their hair color at least once in their life!

It was soooo weird to see myself in the mirror with purple hair. I kept squealing and appalling at myself “Omg, I have purple hair! Gaaah!” It was my first time doing an ‘unnatural’ hair color. I know I’ve been blonde, but at least that is still a natural color (even if it’s not on me).

I was happier with the color after a few washes, as it was too purple on the first day.

I also had a really interesting time matching outfits and makeup with purple hair.

I find safe and neutral colors like white, grey, and black will work well with any hair color, especially grey because there is a lot of silver-grey in my hair.

Also, a nice splash of bright color like my bright blue pants or multi-colored neon bracelet helps my hair stand out.

On the opposite end of the wheel chart, yellows, golds, and greens are supposed to go well with purple. I have a pair of bright yellow neon stud earrings (thank you unnie!) that didn’t go well with my blonde hair (yellow on yellow), but looks so awesome with my purple hair.

How to

I recently stumbled upon the brand, Manic Panic, a semi-permanent vegan hair dye. After a lot of careful consideration and picture searching, I chose Electric Amethyst. Lots of people mixed it with conditioner to get a lavender color.

I also knew the purple on top of dark blonde, especially once it washes out, will give a silver grey color. It was exactly what I wanted because I didn’t want completely purple hair. I wanted some sort of gradient between white, silver, grey, lavender, and purple.

I didn’t even do a streak test (no time!) and just went with it. I started with my hairline and the top of my hair, with 70% conditioner, 30% Electric Amethyst. As I got to the underlying and darker layers, it was about 50/50. Because my bleached hair is naturally uneven (darker roots and lighter ends), the grey and purple mix came out unevenly in a very nice way. Future video for this.

Manic Panic, Electric Amethyst, 9,000 won ($8 USD), 11st.co.kr (smcglobal), Korean seller, 4 day shipping. Also available on Gmarket and Amazon.

Pros
- very well known and accessible product
- easy to use
- conditions hair and not damaging at all (especially if you mix it with conditioner, my bleached hair is SO soft now)
- can control the color outcome by mixing with conditioner or other Manic Panic colors
- strongly pigmented and results are true to the original color
- semi-permanent for people testing out colors
- no need to mix with or purchase a developer (damaging, costs money, knowledge of use required)
- apply straight from the jar without a mixing bowl (unless you are diluting or mixing colors)
- reasonably priced
- vegan product (no animal testing)

Cons
- almost completely washes out after 5 washes (and stains your hair a different color)
- requires bleaching beforehand for true color results
- small bottle, little product
- need to use a lot of conditioner to dilute the color
- does not recommend application to scalp (I did to some parts and it felt fine)
- doesn’t offer much variety in natural colors like blacks and browns

I mixed Electric Amethyst with a few different conditioners and a hair retaining mask product because I didn’t have enough of any one product. It was a terrible idea because my hair smelled so weird after. Also, I’m not sure which product caused it, but my hair started smoking up when I was drying it! I probably would’ve set my head on fire if I wasn’t watching carefully.

Once I started using just one conditioner, it’s been fine.

The parts of my hair I burned, though, turned pink, so it actually looked kind of nice. However, that eventually washed out as well.

See the pink streaks from the burn?

Inspiration

This was the very first photo that set in my mind, I gotta have purple hair.

I was literally looking at these photos again and again, working out in my mind how I would mix and apply it on my head. I would have been happy with any color similar to these, and I think it worked out pretty well?

JunHyung from Beast

N from VIXX
*insert absolute fangirl squeal even though I’m a Leo bias (the redhead in the back)* All my friends know I’m in love with their 다칠 준비가 돼 있어 vampire concept

In part two, I’ll show you guys how I touch up my hair after it washes out and some pictures from my upcoming hair styling video ^^

P.S. I actually already filmed a hair styling video, but I don’t have much time to edit it as I have to study for my TOPIK test next Sunday. Eeek! I’m trying to go for Level 5. Wish me luck~^^

Next time, I will shoot videos on my phone in portrait view >.<

*drum rolls*

Congratulations to kanillabee! I will send you a message on Youtube. If she does not reply in 5 days, I will choose a another winner.

I did read every single suggestion and here are the things on my Youtube video to-do list:

• Hair styling tutorial
• Hair bleaching and coloring products and tutorial (coming soon)
• Korean beauty products reviews and swatches
• more Haul videos with OFTD and fashion tips

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments and suggestions.

This weekend, I’ll be working on a Youtube video about how I bleach my hair and the products I use. Watch out for it ^^

Also, most of you guys following me on Facebook or Twitter already know, but I recently colored my hair purple. I’ll post photos for you guys in the next post.

Mixing conditioner and Manic Panic

When my mom visited me in Korea, she asked, “When are you going to cut your hair? You look like a homeless.”

One of the few days I let my hair free. Pretty homeless.

Thanks to my mom’s discrete remark, I lifted up the courage to brave yet another battle with another stylist who pretends to listen and then cuts my hair completely different from what I ask.

When I went to cut my hair in January, I was put in the hands of a middle aged lady. She was the first stylist ever who actually listened to what I said, did what I asked for, and even took initiative to find pictures in the middle of my haircut to confirm what I wanted. She never looked annoyed as I watched her cut my hair and asked to her fix certain parts.

I finally found a stylist who I want to go back to!

Last Saturday, I made an appointment with her. I told her my hair has grown out a lot, is too thick, and all I wanted was a light trim without cutting off too much because I want to grow my hair long.

Then, I pretty much dozed off and let her do all the work. She always asks me after she cuts my bangs whether I want to go shorter. I usually do, because she is usually careful not to cut it too short.

The only thing small criticism I had was she did not blow dry my hair after the cut since I didn’t wash it, but my hair was all flat from her spraying water on it before cutting. I had to ask her to blow dry and put some volume into my hair for me, which she did very nicely.

I walked out a happy (and less homeless) lady!

The name of my stylist is RaKyung.

15,000won ($14 USD) cut only. 3,000won ($3) wash and dry. 3,000won to curl or style.

After my haircut, I quickly shopped around before drinks with my friend and bought a hairband. I love buying hairbands even though I don’t end up wearing most of them T_T I’m gonna work hard on wearing this one as often as possible!

Small, delicate, and subtle. Nothing too crazy.

5,000won ($5) Kangnam station (강남역) underground shopping

I think the gold leaves go really well with my hair color.

Finally, just to put you off the hook, instead of always showing you all my made up photos, here’s me after washing, blow drying, and waking up the next morning with my new hair cut.

No makeup look. Don’t be scared!

Even though I watched her blow dry my hair, it’s really hard to get it as perfect. I’ll work on it!

PS. 6 more days for my mini Korean socks giveaway. Since my audience is quite small, you have a good chance of winning! Details in the video.

I am also doing a mini giveaway of these super cute socks in the video as well. Please check out the video for details.

After a lot of thought on how I was going to 1) take beautiful pictures of all the many items I hauled, including the clothes and 2) how I was going to model all of them without making a big project out of turning it into a Look post instead of a Haul post, I finally decided it would be just much easier to make a haul video. Also, I have had requests from you guys to do haul videos from the comments you gave me in my last giveaway, so it works out nicely.

I found that I enjoyed making the video a lot more than I did shooting looks just because I don’t have to move the furniture around my tiny apartment to make room for a full body shoot and it seems a lot more dynamic and relatable to be talking in a video rather than just have you look at my pictures.

As a result, I decided to move more of what I do on my blog to the form of Youtube videos — hauls, reviews, beauty tips and advice, and of course, makeup tutorials. It doesn’t mean I won’t be updating my blog anymore, but more that the two will complement each other.

What do you guys think?

Here are some photos from my weekend, taken on my new phone. Ipod picture quality totally loses!

01 Most people don’t realize I live in a city outside of Seoul. I stay at a hostel when I visit Seoul for the weekend 02 My total Christmas shopping haul bags 03 Back of my “new” vintage denim jacket (see video) 04 Club stamp from Club Cocoon in Hongdae (great club!)

05 Outfit on display at Zara Men. Was debating whether to buy the vest or not for Gary 06 Sweat shirt on sale at Giordana 15,000 won ($15 USD) 07 Choosing a scarf for the little brother 08 Gary wearing his shirt and scarf Christmas gift

Check out the video for the rest of the haul.

Hope you guys enjoyed! The video came from a lot of hard work and late night editing T__T

My first smartphone ever!

Purchased as a result of the Korean drama 신사의 품격, A Gentleman’s Dignity, where I was wondering if the all the characters were not holding the biggest phone ever or what.

Purchased from: 11st.co.kr. Includes: front sticker, back sticker with customized name, star, and crystal deco, 2 screen protector films (low quality), a clear film sticker applicator, instructions sheet, etc. Also available at: english.gmarket.co.kr (english + international shipping), search ‘skinny skin’ or skinnyskin.co.kr

I don’t usually believe in covering my electronics, especially if I own a $700 phone, I’m going to flash it around! Unfortunately, I have buttery fingers (or so my unnie called it) as my hobby seems to be dropping my phone on the ground everyday, so I had to get some sort of cover.

To Match your Screen & Border: Before removing the sticker skin, take pictures of it on your phone in various sizes and closeness. Set as your home and lock screen. Crop and adjust to fit your phone border. Play around!

Skinny Skins are custom made by order for most popular phones. They are not a clip on cover, just two sheets of stickers, stamp cut to fit the shape of your phone.

Customizable option available on 11st.co.kr only. Available in three options: 1) writing, 2) various decorations, and 3) crystal. Details and screenshot below.

My order was name + deco + crystal with the instructions “Please write ‘Sharon’ in silver with star deco” (은색으로 영문 “Sharon” 별데코 부탁 드려요).

The writing is glossed over and the crystal applied with glue and heat. After 2 months of heavy usage, it still looks the same (in fact, I took these pictures all just yesterday, and the cover still looks new!).

Pros

Cons

My first reaction when I received the skinny skin was, “Wadda heck, I gotta stick it on myself??” It took, no joke, 1.5 hours of intense concentration, removal, reapplication, and lots of hair pulling before I finally got both sides on and gave up on the screen protector film (which I tried and failed). You do get a few tries if you mess up, but in the reviews on their website, some people said they had to throw theirs away after too many failed attempts. I wish this were sold at an on-site store where I can buy the skin and ask them to put it on for me.

Once it was on, I was in love. The moment I had seen the unearthly, evil-ish, vampire-y looking, slightly Victorian dressed little girl with the cold expression, fiery red hair, and a freaky bunny peaking from behind (a rabbit is on my pet wish list!), I knew the design was for me. Whenever I’m teaching, I always check out my student’s phones and covers, and they are all the same stuff you see on the streets. So far, I’ve not had any clashing.

There are many designs, suit for the boys as well. Here are other ones I like:

Q & A

Last time I posted about Those Animal Pajamas all the Kpop Idols Wear, lots of people asked me these questions…

1) How do I place the order? Does it ship overseas?

If you live overseas, order it from Gmarket. To give you an idea of shipping costs, it’s $14 USD to ship to Canada. If you live in Korea or have a friend who can ship it to you, order it from 11st.co.kr.

I ordered from 11st.co.kr. Skinny Skins are also available on english.gmarket.co.kr (no custom deco option). You can also buy from other shopping sites by searching ‘skinny skin’ or the original skinnyskin.co.kr.

2) How do I make an account with Gmarket or 11st.co.kr?
Gmarket has an English language option. You can make an account even as a foreigner living overseas and most of the registration is done in English.

As for 11st.co.kr, I don’t think they ship overseas. If you are a registered foreigner living in Korea, but you have very little Korean language skills, I suggest asking a Korean friend to help you. Even if I translate the registration page for you, you need to type your information in Korean, and there are lots of picky glitches. Get a Korean to help you! Once you’ve made an account, ordering stuff by yourself is a lot easier.

3) Can you buy it from a US dealer?
I didn’t find any, but if you do, please share in the comments with us.

Note: All products were purchased with my own money.

PS. I keep apologizing for being so slow on updates. I’ve been working crazy overtime hours (to make up for this $700 phone I bought T_T), got the flu, had my parents over for a week, and studying Korean everyday like crazy to prepare for the TOPIK (I’m aim for level 5! >.<) in April. Thanks to my friend for finally one day calling me, investigating my schedule, asking me why I cannot both study Korean and blog as well, and demanding that I go make an update right away, that I am here... but really, these posts take a lot longer than you think! Anyways, I needed a break from studying.

The last few months has been the most stressful time for me. As you guys know, I was in Thailand doing my teacher training course (CELTA) in August, which was the most intensive and demanding thing I’ve ever done. I don’t think I’ve ever worked that hard for a full month, but I was really happy and proud of my final score; I got a Pass B, top 20% of the class.

I came back in September getting ready for a new semester at school, was sick with a constant cold on and off (which I’m still trying to fight off!), and did some job searching and application. In between meeting friends in Seoul, hosting my wonderful friend from Vancouver for her one week Korea visit, and all the daily household errands, I was just too exhausted to do any blogging. All I could do was lay in bed and read or watched TV.

I’m starting to feel a little better and have settled down a bit. *waves* Some of my friends were saying “You know, Sharon, it’s been a really long time since you’ve updated your blog,” and I’m happy that they have not forgotten about my little home here.

Here’s a preview of the upcoming look post. I had fun playing with my hair.

Coming soon!

Finally, something for the guys!

Our goal was to buy him a new summer outfit and some other ‘stuff from Korea’. All his pants were long and too hot for the summer. He said “I don’t want to look like a preppy Korean, but I don’t want to look like a sloppy white guy either” (I’m just quoting him okay!). The dilemma of a Chinese-Canadian — not fully fresh off the boat, not fully on the white people’s ride either!

Basically, what he meant was he didn’t want to wear the pastel blue above the knee tight short trousers as most Korean guys we saw were sporting nowadays, but he also didn’t want to wear basketball shorts all the Canadians wore back home.

So, something in between preppy and sporty casual.

Neither!

What a mission!

I became his personal stylist and shopping assistant for the next few days. Here’s what we bought.

Shopping for Men

Our main goal was men’s clothes. Obviously, there are always more women’s stores, but most shopping areas have clothes for men.

In Korea, you can bargain prices down by about 5-10%, but rarely more than that, especially if you are speaking in English (just be happy they don’t quote a higher price!). Obviously, there is no bargaining at big department stores or brand names.

Also, remember that in small Korean stores, you can only try on pants and outerwear, but not T-shirts! At the big brand names, you can try on anything.

Myungdong (명동, subway blue line #4)

For the guys, you will get the best of big brands here — Zara, H&M, Giordano, Uniqlo, etc. For shoes, there are major names like Adidas, Converse, ABC Mart, or small street shoe stalls where you can find cheap imitation styles. Higher end, especially suits and dress shirts can be found in the Lotte Department store. For unique and quirky styles, I took my brother to Aland, where you can find almost everything from accessories, clothes, socks, shoes in a variety of styles — punk, preppy, vintage, etc. However, our main purpose there was the huge variety of bags and backpacks ranging from sporty hiking backpacks, preppy canvas shoulder bags, vintage leather bags, and colorful studded hip hop backpacks. He needed a new schoolbag.

Street foods and pappingsoo (팥빙수),
or shaved ice with red beans at Beans Bin (super yummy!)

White and Blue Strip T-shirt: Giordano, 20,000~ won ($18 USD); Denim Blue Straw Rimmed Low Ankle Shoes: street shoe store, 20,000-25,000~ won ($18-23); Short Jeans: Zara, 49,000~ won ($45); Purple Studded Backpack: Aland, 125,000~ won ($115)

At Giordana, I dressed Gary in this whole outfit (except for the shoes he was already wearing). He didn’t like the pants though!

So hard understanding what this client wants!

Eedae (이대, subway green line #2)

Eedae is good for the little self merchant Korean stores to avoid the imported stuff. Although Ehwa is a women’s university, there are plenty of men’s store. You will find everything from regular T-shirts, hiphop style graphic print sweatshirts, sophisticated blazers, romantic style dress shirts, and the preppy blue and pink short trousers all the Korean guys wear.

Gary sporting his new shirt, jeans, and bag on our second shopping day

There is one thing you must eat at Eedae — the Herb Cup Chicken (허브 컵 치킨). There are imitations elsewhere, but the real thing is at Eedae. It’s just the combination of freshly fried chicken, the breading on the chicken, the herbs, the sticky gooey spicy and sweet sauce, the sticky chewy ddeok (rice cake) and the hashbrowns that makes my mouth water even as I type.

I ended up going back for a second cup before we left.

Some of you guys are into cafes, and there is a really nice, European style cafe called Migo (picture above and below). We tried the black oyster ink bread.

Do you see Gary outside of Ehwa and all the girls walking out of the university? XD

I’ve gone shopping for Gary a lot before, either alone in Korea or with him in Vancouver, and with a lot of hits and misses, I’ve come to learn what his style is — casually dressed up. He likes simple and unique cutting, fitting not baggy, single neutral block colors with little color mixing or mismatching, and nothing too bright or flashy.

I wish he would be more adventurous with the way he dresses, but he’s very set on what he will or will not wear. If I buy something for him that’s “not his style”, he will absolutely refuse to wear it -_-

This time, I was real pro though. I would walk into a store and literally pinpoint within 0.25 seconds I look in one direction what would look good on him, is acceptable within his style, or on his wish list.

Staring at Kpop boys all day pays off!

Sharon: *walks straight up to the rack and pulls out targeted item*
………….“Try this on.”
Gary: “Hmm… I dunno. It’s pretty blah blah *analysis here*”
Sharon: “Just try it on.”
Gary: *tries*
………“It looks pretty good… blah blah *analysis here*”
Sharon: “Yeah, it does… blah blah *analysis here* You want it?”
Gary: “Yeah.”

Done.

Girls are a lot harder to dress though T_T

Denim Rimmed Half Sleeve Checkered Dress Shirt: Eedae street store (name?), 35,000~ won ($32 USD); Half Sleeve Black Blazer (thin summer fabric): same Eedae street store, 65,000~ won ($59); Long Sleeve Navy Blue Blazer (thick autumn fabric): Morphine, 69,000~ won ($62); Bow Tie: Morphine, 8,000 won ($7); Orange Brown Asymmetrical Cardigan: Morphine, 30,000~ won ($27)

We bought all of these at just two different stores so that we could get a bargain. He chose the black blazer and necktie. I chose the dress shirt, navy blue blazer, and cardigan.

We got about 6-10% discount on those prices after my shameless bargaining.

Gary styling the clothes for you guys back in Vancouver

Hongdae, Express Bus Terminal, and Others

We also did some shopping at Hongdae (홍대, subway green line #2) but only because we stayed at a hostel in the area. I wouldn’t take him shopping there otherwise. It’s a great place for female cosmetics and very quirky and unique accessories, bags, shoes, and clothing. However, the stores for men are few and overpriced. It’s more of a night life drinking and clubbing area (my favorite!).

I also took Gary to the Express Bus Terminal (고속버스 터미널, subway orange line #3 and dark green line #7), but it was still closed for renovations. It’s been renovating for a year or two now! It used to be a great area for low priced, but also mostly lower quality stuff, so it’s more of a treasure hunt. It’s my second favorite shopping area to Myungdong. Most of the stores are for women, but there are the occasional ones for men (well, that’s pretty much how it’ll work wherever you shop in Korea). I’m not sure when and how it will be like when renovations are complete though.

For very high end Korean designs, you can visit Apugujung (앞구정, orange line #3) where many of the celebs dwell. I’m not a high end girl so I’ve only been there a few times. A simple T-shirt can cost $200! You may also want to visit just to get a feel of what the rich and trendy neighborhood of Korea is like, and eat there for a much more reasonable price than the shopping.

What other places would you suggest for shopping in Korea, especially men’s clothes?

PS. This is my last post before leaving for Thailand for 5 weeks!!! Sooooo excited! But don’t worry, I will have a few posts pre-written during my break so the blog will still be active while I’m gone. I’ll also post some photos while I’m there, either on Facebook or a blog post, but I can’t post much because I’ll be super busy studying! However, I’ve been feeling really inspired lately with the blog and video ideas because of all your suggestions, so I’ll work extra hard on it all when I’m back from the trip! ^^

After tomorrow, I will have a whole week off. Hopefully I’ll be able to write and pre-write lots of posts, especially because I am going to Thailand soon for 5 weeks for a teacher training certification course. Can’t wait for that! But don’t worry, I’ll pre-write and maybe even shoot a video before I go so the blog won’t be too lonely.

I would like to thank everyone for your awesome and some very detailed suggestions. I actually printed all of them out and made an ordered list of the most common ones:

- cosmetic reviews, esp Korean brands
- makeup tutorials
- hair styling
- hair care or routine
- videos videos videos!!
- korean life and culture
- food and restaurant reviews
- kpop music reviews
- current kpop styles and inspiration
- my daily and special occasions outfits and makeup

I will try my absolute best to stick to this list for future posts, especially more product reviews and video tutorials. I also didn’t know you guys were so interested in my hair, so the next time I make a video will most likely be a hair related video.

After I come back from Thailand, I’ll start on makeup videos as well. I actually really want to shift the focus of this blog back to more beauty and makeup, because that was my original goal but somehow it became more fashion related. I love styling looks but makeup is a lot more my expertise, if you can call it that ^^

The only thing I can’t promise are food and kpop reviews. It’s just so far away from the focus of this blog. However, I can still post food and restaurant photos on my Facebook page and do Kpop inspired looks and makeup (which I’ve always been doing anyways).

I’d also like to quickly answer some of the questions made in your suggestions.

Who are your favourite Kpop groups?
I’ve favorited nearly every decent looking or talented idol group from old school to new, but mainly — H.O.T, Shinhwa, F2TS, DBSK, Rain, SS501, Shinee, 2pm, BigBang. I also like for talents — GOD, SG Wannabe, Sung ShiKyung, Park HyoShin, and Epik High. In passing, I’ve liked — UN, Seven, Wheesung, Suju, Beast, Ukiss, and Mblaq. Currently I’m into — Infinite, Nu’est, and Cross Gene. Finally, the only female singer I am a fan of is Lyn (I saw her in concert and own all of her albums!). There’s probably a lot more I forgot to list!

Where can bigger people shop in Korea?
Online, Dongdaemun or maybe Itaewon and department stores for Korean made clothing. If you don’t mind international products, then most big brand names like Zara or H&M are most available in Myungdong.

Where can you buy accessories in Korea and where would you recommend?
Literally anywhere and everywhere there is shopping to do. For unique stuff, visit Hongdae and some hidden little stores of Eedae for handmade one-of-a-kind accessories.

What is your take in the fashion trend of the Korean fashion industry?
I don’t follow the high end names of the fashion industry. I find most of my inspiration from what I see on on the street, in stores, TV and mostly Kpop idols.

And now, finally, what you’ve all been waiting for. The giveaway winners are:

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Skin79 and Other Cosmetics Winner: kitsura (#3)

Kpop CD Winner: Shaa Micha (#32)

Actually, the first number that came up for the Kpop CD was 11 (Ezra Augusto), but they didn’t write a contest entry, so I had to choose another one! Also, I let everyone have a number in the draw, but if you didn’t follow the instructions properly, I would’ve chosen another name! >.<

Congratulations to you two ladies! I will be emailing you shortly.

If one of the winners do not reply my email in 3 days, I will choose another winner, and so on. If that happens, I will come back to edit this post and announce that a new winner was chosen on my Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you to everyone who took part. Don’t be too disappointed if you didn’t win. I do these giveaways every now and then, so just watch out for them on my blog and other social platforms ^^

I liked my old haircut, but it was growing out and it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind in the first place. When I first bleached my hair, I actually wanted a really short boy cut, but I got an A-line bob instead.

While my family were in Seoul, I suggested that Gary get a haircut, but it was really just an excuse to cut my own.

I brought some photos I took from a random magazine I was flipping through at the doctor’s office, and just as randomly decided that I would cut my hair this way.

I love it because it’s boyish yet feminine at the same time. I think that’s a lot like my style…

As usual, the hair dresser said I can’t have the exact same cut (as a way to save their own butt, I think), but I’ve learned never to have high expectations when cutting your hair. Too many bad experiences T_T

I didn’t like it at first, but after he styled it for me with a mini straightener, I was super in love with it. Right now, I’m super duper in love with my cut ^^

asked Gary to take some profile pics for me so I could see my own cut right afterwards XD

some camwhoring the day after

trying out a headband while shopping with Gary

Lots of the giveaway entries requested for more stuff about my hair — products, cuts, and styling. I’ll try to do more about it in the upcoming days.

What do you guys think of the new cut?

I think all girls should try having a boy cut once in their life!