So You Think You Can Have Eyelash Extensions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi everyone,<br /><br />As an Asian girl with sparse and straight eyelashes, I am constantly trying to improve my lash line. From hot lash curlers to volumizing mascaras to fiber extensions, I have done it all. But not until before Lunar New Year that I did manage to try the creme de la creme of eyelash beautification: eyelash extensions!<br /><br />Now, I have heard people raving and ranting about this in both directions. One of the bloggers out there (Xiaxue) confessed to have done this many times over. From her experience, it is a time-saver, especially during the holiday seasons. And I have to admit that was the catch: LNY can be hell with endless trips all over the city. On top of that, I had to wake up really early and look decent for photos, too. The less time I had to spend on myself means more time I got to sleep. So off to the salon to get eyelash extensions I did.<br /><br />Eyelash extensions in Vietnam range from $10-25 USD, depending on the type of false lashes and glue. The good glues tend to hold up better while the good lashes can be really thin and don't weigh your real lashes down. The place I did my eyelash extensions is in the neighborhood. I spent $17 for the initial application and $8 for the touch-up and that was without tips.<br /><br />The process was painstakingly long and you can't see a thing. The lash extension lady put tape around my lower lash line to prevent glue from sticking to my skin. Then, she combed my lashes before applying false lashes to my real ones. Each strand is made either of silk or synthetic materials and they are very black. Since my lashes are short and thin, the lady applied 2-3 false lashes to each real one and the lengths are a tad longer than the real deal. I did not time the process but it was long and sometimes uncomfortable. Once she finished applying the lashes, I slowly opened my eyes.<br /><br />And it burned!<br /><br />The fume from the glue really hurt my eyes. I started to tear up a bit, which was a big no-no since she tried to leave the area as water-free as possible. She did some touch-ups to areas that looked sparse and off I went.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWA_bKIfY6srN6b1WfkCgxAVFR7eTPPOZCA4vtEfPjN1Kj4Pk7ssY6A_yuKXOOdNlRvBS29kj-zkAlPKQtmtEtpbBpdJWuj2dKdoymu3Tt7r2RmWTJ4uh44ytLxXCShirPmA2x46I2nM/s1600/IMG_7156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWA_bKIfY6srN6b1WfkCgxAVFR7eTPPOZCA4vtEfPjN1Kj4Pk7ssY6A_yuKXOOdNlRvBS29kj-zkAlPKQtmtEtpbBpdJWuj2dKdoymu3Tt7r2RmWTJ4uh44ytLxXCShirPmA2x46I2nM/s1600/IMG_7156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWA_bKIfY6srN6b1WfkCgxAVFR7eTPPOZCA4vtEfPjN1Kj4Pk7ssY6A_yuKXOOdNlRvBS29kj-zkAlPKQtmtEtpbBpdJWuj2dKdoymu3Tt7r2RmWTJ4uh44ytLxXCShirPmA2x46I2nM/s1600/IMG_7156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWA_bKIfY6srN6b1WfkCgxAVFR7eTPPOZCA4vtEfPjN1Kj4Pk7ssY6A_yuKXOOdNlRvBS29kj-zkAlPKQtmtEtpbBpdJWuj2dKdoymu3Tt7r2RmWTJ4uh44ytLxXCShirPmA2x46I2nM/s1600/IMG_7156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWA_bKIfY6srN6b1WfkCgxAVFR7eTPPOZCA4vtEfPjN1Kj4Pk7ssY6A_yuKXOOdNlRvBS29kj-zkAlPKQtmtEtpbBpdJWuj2dKdoymu3Tt7r2RmWTJ4uh44ytLxXCShirPmA2x46I2nM/s200/IMG_7156.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4BT0EC91kOzOZz-xnl98vkVb6DwNyfiw4jnO8PYNawcSR-kWSpbMiRanSNUpO-pD32jF-unqJfUDZSz8VNoaDdWO1PKHIk-OxWqtrDMJ9-mQpAnY5-0084JgwxhSe2BL_wjQTUwG0Z4/s1600/IMG_7155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4BT0EC91kOzOZz-xnl98vkVb6DwNyfiw4jnO8PYNawcSR-kWSpbMiRanSNUpO-pD32jF-unqJfUDZSz8VNoaDdWO1PKHIk-OxWqtrDMJ9-mQpAnY5-0084JgwxhSe2BL_wjQTUwG0Z4/s200/IMG_7155.JPG" width="200" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I believe those pictures were taken a few days after I did my eyelash extensions. The lady did a good job covering the scar on the lash line of my left eye (which is the right picture.) I was happy for a day or two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But then, things began to fall apart. Lashes began to drop down like they're hot. Although the lady told me I could keep my extensions for up to 3 weeks, I saw about 50% lash loss after only 1 week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to do a touch-up and I got ripped off for it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Instead of the lady who did the first application, I was sent to a guy. This guy kept on complaining of how difficult it is to work around the scar on my lash line. Then, he wanted to take everything apart, which would make me spend fresh money on a new application again instead of a touch-up. Then, he even managed to complain of how oily my skin was (bitch, please!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The touch-up usually costs $5. He charged me $8 because "Oh, your lashes were so difficult to work with!" I had to bite down and spend my hard-earned money, which was not that big of a problem had it not been gone hand in hand with his attitude.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The second time around, it was downright painful. I kept it for maybe another week and removed it all with baby oil. And concluded that I was ripped off because another place only charged $10 for the first application and the hair salon that I went charged the same price but they used better lashes that would not leave me feel a thing! On top of that, they guarantee the extensions to last to a month because their glues are better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I felt like being duped. And on top of that, eyelash extensions can be a nuisance because:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You can't wash your eyes with water because it will unglue the lashes</li><li>You can't use mascaras, especially waterproof because it will unglue the lashes</li><li>You have to keep eye makeup to the minimum because makeup removers will unglue the lashes</li><li>You can't rub your eyes because it will unglue the lashes</li></ul><div>In short, I was glad to remove those false lashes with baby oil and be done with it. Although I didn't experience real eyelash loss, it was an annoying feeling to have something unnatural on top of your lashes. </div><div><br /></div><div>Would I do it again? </div><div>No. I'd rather stick to mascaras and false eyelashes.At least I don't have to listen to a guy who complains about everything and anything.</div><div><br /></div><div>How about you? Have you done eyelash extensions?</div><div><br /></div><div>With love,</div><div>Dao xoxo</div></div>

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I want to be a happy, successful and content woman then.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">03:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your views on drugs and alcohol.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Drugs - Nay ay never in the right mind will I touch them</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Alcohol - makes me a Claire</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">04:</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your views on religion.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I don't like the word religion, I prefer to call it a relationship, with God. People should place more emphasis on their relationship with God than the routinized church-going (it's important but loving God should come before loving church itself).</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">05:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> A time you thought about ending your own life.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When I was 11 cos I thought life sucked. WHAT WAS I THINKING DUDE?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">06:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Write 30 interesting facts about yourself.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I loved lizards. I'm not scared of any insects. I'm trypophobic. My right eye is smaller than my left eye. I have very white finger nails. I become a different person(Claire we call it) when I'm 1)inebriated 2)when I'm sleepy 3)when I just woke up. I eat sweets everyday, I live on them. I love being alone. I can't and don't cry in front of friends no matter how sad I am. I like smart/charismatic guys. I love surprises. Can't think anymore.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">07:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Cancer. Yup it does!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">08:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> A moment you felt the most satisfied with your life.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Can 2012 be a moment? It was perfect. I had TJM in place, I was traveling a lot and I had D in my life.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">09:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> How you hope your future will be like.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Refer to question 2....</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">10:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Discuss your first love and first kiss.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I can't remember my first. Last was beautiful.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">11:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Put your ipod on shuffle and write 10 songs that pop up.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lazy</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">12:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Bullet your whole day.</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">eat</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">study</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">eat</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">eat</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">eat</span></span></li></ul><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">13:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Somewhere you’d like to move or visit.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">New york, Norway, UK, other parts of Japan, Boracay, North Korea, South Africa, Maldives</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">14:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your earliest memory.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">My 2nd birthday!</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">15:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your favorite tumblrs.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mine. Cos I don't remember others hahah</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">16:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your views on mainstream music.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mainstream lor. Gets on my nerves after awhile.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">17:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your highs and lows of this past year.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lows - break up, school's a bore, no time for tjm</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Highs - sofie's birthday at bangkok. </span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">18:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your beliefs.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">You shape your own destiny. Don't let others define who you are. Don't be a snob just cos you have a bit of glory.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">19:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Disrespecting your parents.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Bad. Shouldn't do that.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">20:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> How important you think education is.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Education itself is important cos it enriches you and sort of moulds the person in you. Emphasis should be placed on gaining knowledge that's vital to life and not just on the cert.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">21:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> One of your favorite shows.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For now it got to be 2 broke girls. Makes me laugh a lot!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">22:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> How have you changed in the past 2 years?</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I've become less gullible, less trusting, more independent, and much stronger.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">23:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Give pictures of 5 guys who are famous who you find attractive.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">James Franco, Daniel Wu, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Chris Evans.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">24:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your favorite movie and what it’s about.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I like Les Miserables this year.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">25:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Someone who fascinates you and why.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Can I not say who?</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">26:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> What kind of person attracts you.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Smart, talented, truthful, charismatic, driven, loyal, supportive.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">27:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> A problem that you have had.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Why must school only end in a year? :'(</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">28:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Something that you miss.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Freedom and time</span></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">29:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Goals for the next 30 days.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Pass my exam, travel, buck up for TJM, start exercising, watch more movies, spend more quality time with my friends.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">30:</strong><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Your highs and lows of this month.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">This month's boring.</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span>

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Oh hai!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi everyone,<br /><br />Apparently, I have been hiding under a rock somewhere. During those weeks that I haven't been able to blog here, I did not even have a nascent thought of putting this blog down for good. I was simply too busy.<br /><br />Even since before Lunar New Year, I was busting myself up with work. I thought, "Hey, after LNY, I would have some time to blog again." But noooo! Since the new semester started, my research has been running in full gears. I have 2 students to mentor on their senior theses, which involve actual wet-lab research. Most days I am on my feet instructing and directing them. It's hard work but the rewards have been tremendous. To see them finally understand a concept, to see those sparks in their eyes brings some satisfactions in me.<br /><br />I have so many nice things to write about and I really want to tell you all about them. For instance, there is this brush sent that I had pinned for almost 2 years. And these amazing skincare products. And these awesome gifts my dear friends from the States and Canada sent me. And this, and this, and that. So many things!<br /><br />I hope April puts things in order so I can continue with my research, writing and blogging as well. There are a few things I have wanted to do. Let's just hope that I can do maybe 1 or 2 of them this year :)<br /><br />And oh, by the way, you guys never cease to amaze me. I received a bunch of comments and emails that I will slowly reply. Please bear with me!<br /><br />With love,<br />Dao xoxo<br /><br /><br /><br />P.S: Please show your support by following my blog and <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">subscribing to my feed.</a> Thanks a lot!</div>

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Imperfections make perfection // "Stop instagramming your perfect life"

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I keep having the same conversation over and over. It starts like this: “I gave up Facebook for Lent, and I realized I’m a lot happier without it.” Or like this, “Pinterest makes me hate my house.” Or like this: “I stopped following a friend on Instagram, and now that I don’t see nonstop snapshots of her perfect life, I like her better.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yikes. This is a thing. This is coming up in conversation after conversation. The danger of the internet is that it’s very very easy to tell partial truths—to show the fabulous meal but not the mess to clean up afterward. To display the smiling couple-shot, but not the fight you had three days ago. To offer up the sparkly milestones but not the spiraling meltdowns.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not anti-technology or anti-Internet, certainly, but I do think it’s important for us to remind ourselves from time to time that watching other peoples’ post-worthy moments on Facebook is always going to yield a prettier version of life than the one you’re living right now. That’s how it works.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;">My life looks better on the Internet than it does in real life. Everyone’s life looks better on the internet than it does in real life. The Internet is partial truths—we get to decide what people see and what they don’t. That’s why it’s safer short term. And that’s why it’s much, much more dangerous long term.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because community—the rich kind, the transforming kind, the valuable and difficult kind—doesn’t happen in partial truths and well-edited photo collections on Instagram. Community happens when we hear each other’s actual voices, when we enter one another’s actual homes, with actual messes, around actual tables telling stories that ramble on beyond 140 pithy characters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But seeing the best possible, often-unrealistic, half-truth version of other peoples’ lives isn’t the only danger of the Internet. Our envy buttons also get pushed because we rarely check Facebook when we’re having our own peak experiences. We check it when we’re bored and when we’re lonely, and it intensifies that boredom and loneliness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you’re laughing at a meal with friends, are you scrolling through Pinterest? When you’re in labor with your much-prayed-for-deeply-loved child, are you checking to see what’s happening on Instagram? Of course not. We check in with our phones when it seems like nothing fun is happening in our own lives—when we’re getting our oil changed or waiting for the coffee to brew.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It makes sense, then, that anyone else’s fun or beauty or sparkle gets under our skin. It magnifies our own dissatisfaction with that moment. When you’re waiting for your coffee to brew, the majority of your friends probably aren’t doing anything any more special.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But it only takes one friend at the Eiffel Tower to make you feel like a loser.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m a writer. I use Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and Pinterest and my blog as part of my professional life—as a way to connect with readers and be part of a conversation that we’re creating together, a conversation about creativity and faith and writing and parenting and community and life around the table. It’s a lovely conversation, and part of my work involves reading many blogs and commenting on lots of photos and scrolling through status after status.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some days it feels rich and multi-faceted. I learn and I’m inspired. I find recipes I want to try and stories I want to live. I feel connected and thankful to be part of such an intelligent and creative internet community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And then on some days, I feel like I have nothing to offer, like I must be the only one who isn’t a graphic designer and hasn’t yet managed to display her entire darling life online with lots of chevron and mint accents. I feel so certain that my life is a lot less darling than other peoples’ lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But that’s the Internet. The nature of it. I so easily fall prey to the seduction of other people’s partial truths and heavily filtered photos, making everything look amazing. And their amazing looking lives make me feel not amazing at all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let’s choose community. Let’s stop comparing. Let’s start connecting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some days when I sit down at my laptop, instead of choosing to be an observer via Facebook, I choose to be a friend via email. Instead of scrolling through someone else’s carefully curated images, I use those few seconds to send a text to a person I really know and really love and really want to be connected to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not about technology or not. I’m not suggesting you get all old-school-pen-and-paper about it (unless that’s your thing.) It’s about connecting instead of comparing. Instead of using the computer to watch someone else’s perfectly crafted life, enter into someone’s less-than-perfect life. You can use Facebook if you want, but you might find email, Skype and phone calls work better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;">The distinction I’m making is public vs. private, not in person vs. long distance. I have very close, very honest friendships that depend on phone calls and Skype dates and long wandering emails, and I’m thankful that technology allows for those connections. But I don’t think you can build transforming friendships that take place only in a public sphere like Facebook or Instagram.</span><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For many of us, walking away from the Internet isn’t an option. But using it to connect instead of compare is an option, and a life-changing one. Using technology to build community instead of building carefully-curated images of ourselves is an option, and a worthwhile one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And on the days when you peer into the screen of your laptop and all you see are other people’s peak experiences that highlight your lack in that moment, remember that life isn’t about the story you tell about yourself on the Internet. It’s about a million more beautiful and complex things than that, like love and faith and really listening. It’s about using what you’ve been given to craft a life of gratitude and passion and grace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember that the very best things in life can’t be captured in status updates."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>By Shauna Niequist</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><u1:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/stop-instagramming-your-perfect-life">http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/stop-instagramming-your-perfect-life</a><o:p></o:p></span></u1:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Imperfections make perfection // "Stop instagramming your perfect life"

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What went down last night~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just some pictures of last night with my homies at Zouk <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">♡</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3AhL22C3vQC9rSMiNBWZydWIWazMqKBUFldLGNaZm7BMcT5nyXQJIilajT4rSHW2LCD5v0mn_b8qdAAxxamkp0mWBebpOJd67Dad50W2TZhHdmsfB8y90NxO_Xg6x2oesQJZ32ZOvjY/s1600/SAM_2001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3AhL22C3vQC9rSMiNBWZydWIWazMqKBUFldLGNaZm7BMcT5nyXQJIilajT4rSHW2LCD5v0mn_b8qdAAxxamkp0mWBebpOJd67Dad50W2TZhHdmsfB8y90NxO_Xg6x2oesQJZ32ZOvjY/s640/SAM_2001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">♡ </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">FIE FIE </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">♡</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf-BcoGNPduEaaDCynhw-L6UJBYys7RSlsUKFQWuoQskTIsYUD_C7jIrMxPlZe_vULPOZXGlOxqPSbf6y0SLhwd0c0_W5erBNLYRdTvdezuZUsUW3zu-XvaZtuYPyCtTkKAMz8d_uzZs/s1600/SAM_2004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf-BcoGNPduEaaDCynhw-L6UJBYys7RSlsUKFQWuoQskTIsYUD_C7jIrMxPlZe_vULPOZXGlOxqPSbf6y0SLhwd0c0_W5erBNLYRdTvdezuZUsUW3zu-XvaZtuYPyCtTkKAMz8d_uzZs/s640/SAM_2004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lincey X Tien</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEgrsBLmqp0lcxQtGet3qhyphenhyphenB5G9MG_4r5-IovOCS9PPTUF6luWdPvqsamDYPYKuerMgalewYWL-fMHpwNTGKi3JWRC9DFdJ46KYw4oVJ6mDEVhNkHyerLBVRDEbZ-zpI1U-6Cf3zYEvs/s1600/SAM_2006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEgrsBLmqp0lcxQtGet3qhyphenhyphenB5G9MG_4r5-IovOCS9PPTUF6luWdPvqsamDYPYKuerMgalewYWL-fMHpwNTGKi3JWRC9DFdJ46KYw4oVJ6mDEVhNkHyerLBVRDEbZ-zpI1U-6Cf3zYEvs/s640/SAM_2006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CNJ6Jrfzh5B8wHzUtlrd2zfgAlZpIdWRoWNkOgQHzdWl25LHL4JCfNrseqgGAQ3pF45hwLCAnBwtAOQilmuKX5C56i2fIf66Ojo4ZHiWUi1b39Z1UMSCMjKnBRVBj-6QFwZdQaTTJB0/s1600/SAM_2003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CNJ6Jrfzh5B8wHzUtlrd2zfgAlZpIdWRoWNkOgQHzdWl25LHL4JCfNrseqgGAQ3pF45hwLCAnBwtAOQilmuKX5C56i2fIf66Ojo4ZHiWUi1b39Z1UMSCMjKnBRVBj-6QFwZdQaTTJB0/s640/SAM_2003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOL @ ELVIN'S FACE! #maintainplease</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFi_3bJQkdLrSgj1_27xaFRbzclPRBq3AMeXjyHaNNZOOVs63VgONIOu08lUDMtCxX5JOxNJ1ywc2EJFX_UZssckPdkwUQpQ695INNMxZjk1vmJrAVXh5BOn_LZQhCL3VCMoYrf_G8Vk/s1600/SAM_2007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFi_3bJQkdLrSgj1_27xaFRbzclPRBq3AMeXjyHaNNZOOVs63VgONIOu08lUDMtCxX5JOxNJ1ywc2EJFX_UZssckPdkwUQpQ695INNMxZjk1vmJrAVXh5BOn_LZQhCL3VCMoYrf_G8Vk/s640/SAM_2007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#Drunkrol</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN_5AWUAy-uACsz2AuP_2z1vBZrywLbS9_vMZNx8H4IlffdTXTukFgMVPwicFmebK2MflqZKRT4tPto9htRIUAqabJAQeCVNJCZBN01sNBAoozEOvnB3JctytUf4dq4-2nNBBH4AO0Hs/s1600/SAM_2009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN_5AWUAy-uACsz2AuP_2z1vBZrywLbS9_vMZNx8H4IlffdTXTukFgMVPwicFmebK2MflqZKRT4tPto9htRIUAqabJAQeCVNJCZBN01sNBAoozEOvnB3JctytUf4dq4-2nNBBH4AO0Hs/s640/SAM_2009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sophie, Sofie, Sophia. HAHAHAH</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX6juuvX7_pdQs5haA8bFDfKfcCHoyFvDWO6cvgEWXhPz8znFNk-LbdX7-aClTYF2BxjPnmmVkJKvv28uBSWiMCWaApLDsdI9F9ErXf2gePWUZASU7Zn8erT5vm9gsRSOSMqRRJ1J9BM/s1600/SAM_2011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX6juuvX7_pdQs5haA8bFDfKfcCHoyFvDWO6cvgEWXhPz8znFNk-LbdX7-aClTYF2BxjPnmmVkJKvv28uBSWiMCWaApLDsdI9F9ErXf2gePWUZASU7Zn8erT5vm9gsRSOSMqRRJ1J9BM/s640/SAM_2011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grumpz Hannah and Dawn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3BX7nFd62wg4fZRo78rH33k0YpiDC37Cq_WlC9Fo9XIc4zKiP7qx15Wri6jnMELUCQtqkvIRnqtgX55UtAAk6FqyJSVZfZ4LsoNQV8fbnr5ua3LiD3g5jsTyrL4uuodG2Dv8Tb3IJZc/s1600/AABANNER1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3BX7nFd62wg4fZRo78rH33k0YpiDC37Cq_WlC9Fo9XIc4zKiP7qx15Wri6jnMELUCQtqkvIRnqtgX55UtAAk6FqyJSVZfZ4LsoNQV8fbnr5ua3LiD3g5jsTyrL4uuodG2Dv8Tb3IJZc/s640/AABANNER1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wore this pants out last night and I had SUPER A LOT of compliments for it, even from a ton of guys! If you get compliments from guys on clothes(that are not revealing), it must mean that it's really nice hahahah.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Launching JUICE 85 tomorrow night!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thejuicemarket.com/">http://www.thejuicemarket.com/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">XX</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sophia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

What went down last night~~~

Just some pictures of last night with my homies at Zouk  ♡ ♡  FIE FIE  ♡ Lincey X Tien LOL @ ELVIN'S FACE! #maintainplease #Drunkrol Sop...

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SALON VIM X GONE GREEN AND BACK TO BROWN

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">*MUST READ IF YOU ALWAYS DYE/BLEACH/PERM YOUR HAIR!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hair have been undergoing quite a bit of transformation for the past month and it's been quite an "adventure" for me. As y'all know, I'm pretty conservative with hair colors and hairstyles which is why I didn't have colorful hair even though it was/is the trend and half of the bloggers I know already colored their hair pink/purple etc!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SO I DECIDED TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU6fMvt59q3Oxg5ElyHtCkmEMh6OsHOK214cQd9fOYku1Yr1ZF3meQeyVzYvXdiKo-TQBuuPSWXFhtXD8gZhmACZUgvZ39tFnHf0yQAJMzpOS7JyzFMW_qcpYzJBkk50bJJ5hN3jYtDk/s1600/SAM_1117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU6fMvt59q3Oxg5ElyHtCkmEMh6OsHOK214cQd9fOYku1Yr1ZF3meQeyVzYvXdiKo-TQBuuPSWXFhtXD8gZhmACZUgvZ39tFnHf0yQAJMzpOS7JyzFMW_qcpYzJBkk50bJJ5hN3jYtDk/s640/SAM_1117.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last time with reddish brown hair! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I wanted matte brown hair with grey highlights initially but my hairstylist, Fiona, told me that I might have to bleach my hair more than once to achieve the color which means my hair would be even more damaged. Instead, green highlights would have been more possible with just one time of bleaching so I heeded her advice and went green!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLoi_F-M2nopj27P4pz7IVuLVzcuvRX6zQYc4Q7s0Ts7osf8qZMh4vpSz3xN8zsaVu2KuL4gqz6vkAzTSeYTjx374wmlILUOFWOc1z0Vudm-HHi_NNilOxkKI3pRzWxTvAbknLDEy3yY/s1600/SAM_1122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLoi_F-M2nopj27P4pz7IVuLVzcuvRX6zQYc4Q7s0Ts7osf8qZMh4vpSz3xN8zsaVu2KuL4gqz6vkAzTSeYTjx374wmlILUOFWOc1z0Vudm-HHi_NNilOxkKI3pRzWxTvAbknLDEy3yY/s640/SAM_1122.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BLEACHING IN PROGRESS!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqPhshzvOtjnGl3f-dyMNQPU8U5em39aRG11Fqn_DQBbtRpGIZ1BK1R8_8qsyH8IweXw_LPEcvFK4oEZEO4ySyifqrUMgdnDJSVIITF4Fy7Wnj5HEQqsrfDz93fK9r0mo-CipYbYCJgo/s1600/SAM_1127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqPhshzvOtjnGl3f-dyMNQPU8U5em39aRG11Fqn_DQBbtRpGIZ1BK1R8_8qsyH8IweXw_LPEcvFK4oEZEO4ySyifqrUMgdnDJSVIITF4Fy7Wnj5HEQqsrfDz93fK9r0mo-CipYbYCJgo/s640/SAM_1127.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting my green highlights up first before dying my whole head brown and.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>MY HAIR AFTER 4 HOURS IN THE SALON</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfpX4Ln0ru6UEx5CtB9_KN6gbkl0H7zcmJOqZ3rRYPM6NV5IEvx_8IIS52m_GaMi9ZHC10tkVxoL6Nkhoxw1GUyrEiKrpGsU5HosDfSqRETHdahlkjPULTpzcIpwJtJR3Qr-OCAqRNS4/s1600/014f12428b3211e2913d22000a9e2892_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfpX4Ln0ru6UEx5CtB9_KN6gbkl0H7zcmJOqZ3rRYPM6NV5IEvx_8IIS52m_GaMi9ZHC10tkVxoL6Nkhoxw1GUyrEiKrpGsU5HosDfSqRETHdahlkjPULTpzcIpwJtJR3Qr-OCAqRNS4/s1600/014f12428b3211e2913d22000a9e2892_7.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's actually a bit lighter in real life but my stupid phone camera couldn't capture it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZjkllyBiPXAFSINp1SDF_kA2mobdlZz9rZaCNsFL17OkW0n_yYhN_wqDMpy8NP_D2yY2jfg64Kzvveq9u6RuKkYF6cHqp-QMkecJI1zUZXrCQMmviLPokSWTV5YbjWPaZgdU6mff88A/s1600/SAM_1121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZjkllyBiPXAFSINp1SDF_kA2mobdlZz9rZaCNsFL17OkW0n_yYhN_wqDMpy8NP_D2yY2jfg64Kzvveq9u6RuKkYF6cHqp-QMkecJI1zUZXrCQMmviLPokSWTV5YbjWPaZgdU6mff88A/s640/SAM_1121.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yow yow came to accompany me :* then we went for our "date night" at shokudo!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA35NZ1soPNv7aSTv1QWizzcMq-wwM5WUOTAWOeGXMy0CWXw7c4Nbta5_aXu0N3NAG6tT8sXKJ1Vo3H000yVjx4CTQUsG8a29K5SA03wPLtGVrjoXmfAcYVo92HS38ZegVI4D0ME_OxGw/s1600/SAM_1129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA35NZ1soPNv7aSTv1QWizzcMq-wwM5WUOTAWOeGXMy0CWXw7c4Nbta5_aXu0N3NAG6tT8sXKJ1Vo3H000yVjx4CTQUsG8a29K5SA03wPLtGVrjoXmfAcYVo92HS38ZegVI4D0ME_OxGw/s640/SAM_1129.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Super yummy fried tofu!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpUMelTsxhYfPnXWevTV6_nybwrjYwMzF_HaSXtgKBVo9lTU-7IQ-me_ldtHaRy61F_W8REOYX3vMDvHJeVUOwesOCIM0W8Uct2CqrSeBpvwOZEHKOGxARmYXHjbSu5lbX68nwokMffg/s1600/SAM_1130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpUMelTsxhYfPnXWevTV6_nybwrjYwMzF_HaSXtgKBVo9lTU-7IQ-me_ldtHaRy61F_W8REOYX3vMDvHJeVUOwesOCIM0W8Uct2CqrSeBpvwOZEHKOGxARmYXHjbSu5lbX68nwokMffg/s640/SAM_1130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And omu rice! Damn happy he introduced Shokudo cos it's really affordable and the food's yummy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA_-PGYfS2BOXQzVSZBTHSuNqU5D039ClcHd78LWXSRh1IK34U13Z3-_OJ8Xz8hmIVo8-D76UbaKz-kXZ2Ujiw46hKOqxKpOdqU3ze6u9XvzyhFAvE7yZHVf9Hku25o-R1UIYKNUutqU/s1600/SAM_1133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA_-PGYfS2BOXQzVSZBTHSuNqU5D039ClcHd78LWXSRh1IK34U13Z3-_OJ8Xz8hmIVo8-D76UbaKz-kXZ2Ujiw46hKOqxKpOdqU3ze6u9XvzyhFAvE7yZHVf9Hku25o-R1UIYKNUutqU/s640/SAM_1133.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My actual hair color! Hahah Yow's pullover matched my hair!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8gYyzqUKitfEUyZBk0Kv4-LmjS4FJku3dU9oKdVNHMzrpSYXXr-yh9QZeysnKpU-njvPHNVl49-oyxVfd1IX03M_yaiCJZCfoOxsrY5HWdW2RQmWXkCjGw4x2Df54eWr7XIr7GDDPBM/s1600/67b59e2c8bad11e2aea022000a9d0ee7_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8gYyzqUKitfEUyZBk0Kv4-LmjS4FJku3dU9oKdVNHMzrpSYXXr-yh9QZeysnKpU-njvPHNVl49-oyxVfd1IX03M_yaiCJZCfoOxsrY5HWdW2RQmWXkCjGw4x2Df54eWr7XIr7GDDPBM/s400/67b59e2c8bad11e2aea022000a9d0ee7_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Went back the next day to do treatment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MUST MUST MUST DO TREATMENT AFTER BLEACHING HAIR!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfVgQPNoem_tgaUMsY5vBugM3ExTwDnUV4GhgiLufpVstKIiXGlvRhzqNyMMd-v75xIXPCKl6CdwxnR_asH-77L07br16TcXnvrx63P82a6ToRK3zWxXenPIqieWngWHTmVuISi45-UM/s1600/SAM_1136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfVgQPNoem_tgaUMsY5vBugM3ExTwDnUV4GhgiLufpVstKIiXGlvRhzqNyMMd-v75xIXPCKl6CdwxnR_asH-77L07br16TcXnvrx63P82a6ToRK3zWxXenPIqieWngWHTmVuISi45-UM/s640/SAM_1136.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I did the usual <b>Redken treatment</b> which you can read about <a href="http://sophiaxchong.blogspot.sg/2012/10/salon-vim.html">here</a> ! The Redken treatment helps to strengthen hair so it prevents damages and hair breakages from chemical works. Definitely very useful for people like me who loves dying my hair. I know of people who bleach and dye their hair often but don't go for treatments regularly so their hair breaks super easily. Like their hair break when they run their fingers through their hair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SO REGULAR HAIR TREATMENTS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZjmwu12hto__C9cszehxlh8Z0a-M7U_a_-sb92xlA1-qb2meXt419LIkVh8kKzw8VwaINU8f4r9q5KmATU15bzV0gdCM9193XgEW97JO1aMaAaQkhVIFJ1DbKwD9uVHAjQDrR4E1urU/s1600/SAM_1139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZjmwu12hto__C9cszehxlh8Z0a-M7U_a_-sb92xlA1-qb2meXt419LIkVh8kKzw8VwaINU8f4r9q5KmATU15bzV0gdCM9193XgEW97JO1aMaAaQkhVIFJ1DbKwD9uVHAjQDrR4E1urU/s640/SAM_1139.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hair after Redken treatment (: So much softer than it was the night before after I bleached it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_48o_zvC1zA7UNv9qWo30x38c7utP2qeRkWifLlCQTVFn5x8fVocIJ2HRA6Ft3JN2C55IzICqaBX4fzyEkdybG71-HXXdvoVuajo37PInhjQrXwwPK2Z7F3Pdhfacy0tBDdOiOCluyU/s1600/SAM_1142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_48o_zvC1zA7UNv9qWo30x38c7utP2qeRkWifLlCQTVFn5x8fVocIJ2HRA6Ft3JN2C55IzICqaBX4fzyEkdybG71-HXXdvoVuajo37PInhjQrXwwPK2Z7F3Pdhfacy0tBDdOiOCluyU/s640/SAM_1142.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As much as I love changes in my life, I wasn't very used to having super light hair with green streaks. My parents were also making a hell lot of noise about it and insisted I dye it back to dark brown or something. So I texted Fiona that I have to go back and dye it darker :( She was really nice to let me do it after a week after my hair rested from the bleaching!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-eW5YM7KIzE9OcSCJxDHmoDEKrDzl6UR9xnBs7kAA6oykQ4BNsgo-aNXEGzSF1oOB8Vl4-HRhzNAXj74cfsKpMAtJNzeliBM9H1va8AC3_n9wRrQd-MjAJoArr_9LeCpFjHcW8cCi_8/s1600/SAM_1152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-eW5YM7KIzE9OcSCJxDHmoDEKrDzl6UR9xnBs7kAA6oykQ4BNsgo-aNXEGzSF1oOB8Vl4-HRhzNAXj74cfsKpMAtJNzeliBM9H1va8AC3_n9wRrQd-MjAJoArr_9LeCpFjHcW8cCi_8/s640/SAM_1152.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Fiona generously gave me a range of products to protect my hair!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u>L'Oreal Vitamino Color Shampoo</u></b> - helps to lock the color and keep it vivid and vibrant for long</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u>Redken all soft heavy cream</u></b> - transforms hair with improved manageability, intense softness and lasting silky shine. It contains argan oil which creates intense softness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u>Mythic Oil (Rich oil)</u></b> - Contains argan oil and rich bran oil which provides intense nourishment to make hair more manageable and for easier blow-dry. Lightweight!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXI7iKfDxnrXR-4KqA-C6RyX_WhSLYkl-atLldeb7BM7ZDUzl5ceZpDWqPBGzKv5cX0M18T-bU3dzOeGmC7_AsS-cyJKEGzKF74WdSw1LKYC2q9XZKQVqnyJkvbzsWi_h3Kb97yQ6_VY/s1600/d7bb27b4906711e2b85522000a9e28f2_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXI7iKfDxnrXR-4KqA-C6RyX_WhSLYkl-atLldeb7BM7ZDUzl5ceZpDWqPBGzKv5cX0M18T-bU3dzOeGmC7_AsS-cyJKEGzKF74WdSw1LKYC2q9XZKQVqnyJkvbzsWi_h3Kb97yQ6_VY/s400/d7bb27b4906711e2b85522000a9e28f2_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See, my iPhone camera just keeps making my hair look darker but it wasn't even this dark!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goodbye to the craziest hair color I ever had IN MY LIFE hahaha.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jyyAwXZRRasUj7wqe6WZaYOY-R-ky9fGbJ9Zs4o-RU78eYIK3BhZTWGDQOYWbQhWn5yiZ7N1aUSfFWzcMDo7sXDeZpyIw77PjJT5mp2KG4IXEt5aMnD0qCXG5ktNDcv2qHuJiuFRvYQ/s1600/SAM_1158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jyyAwXZRRasUj7wqe6WZaYOY-R-ky9fGbJ9Zs4o-RU78eYIK3BhZTWGDQOYWbQhWn5yiZ7N1aUSfFWzcMDo7sXDeZpyIw77PjJT5mp2KG4IXEt5aMnD0qCXG5ktNDcv2qHuJiuFRvYQ/s640/SAM_1158.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I went back to Salon Vim and chose the color I wanted!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWTIiyWI-s_k6GNnB-rBB7uuiv5obvmgwDfCBuWrPSZZSBd_dd98gH427aUs7hMaD6JV0_7uALOQamaPMrEbISM03ogYZtcs072WiyyWAMKz8nVA2Jrdo_o_mrRcd7ITfH3OjmFYB-Iw/s1600/olivia-palermo-waves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWTIiyWI-s_k6GNnB-rBB7uuiv5obvmgwDfCBuWrPSZZSBd_dd98gH427aUs7hMaD6JV0_7uALOQamaPMrEbISM03ogYZtcs072WiyyWAMKz8nVA2Jrdo_o_mrRcd7ITfH3OjmFYB-Iw/s400/olivia-palermo-waves.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've always wanted to try ash brown and I love Olivia Palermo to death so I decided to try this color!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Repair B treatment with fibre cutic to reconstruct hair!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKltbOhWWWdsZGfZ5mRDMBMSMeRlscNfACA1XEK5M2S6DzBX7w4Y_3wMxtTpicQZicexRSnXr_0fbv2M2WYlgMhVoa7cEHm-sjGZV9XOtYLVHSjY6FW8yTE8MCKEaGDzWKZWMSqH_EmCk/s1600/SAM_1155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKltbOhWWWdsZGfZ5mRDMBMSMeRlscNfACA1XEK5M2S6DzBX7w4Y_3wMxtTpicQZicexRSnXr_0fbv2M2WYlgMhVoa7cEHm-sjGZV9XOtYLVHSjY6FW8yTE8MCKEaGDzWKZWMSqH_EmCk/s640/SAM_1155.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, I did hair treatment after getting my hair dyed but this time I opted for a different hair treatment from my usual Redken treatment!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">LOREAL MYTHIC OIL TREATMENT!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjGshh093NBIr5FkZma15tTI0r3-BC4V3DGVjegFfiVrtG3-KlKLQ77vlGKz-k08-sgtAeCr1ojacWQo8aiC0gwDON1oSTsOmJv7PCThLDFVQkrZ528CY2q2AsnMA-axFNL7YnZnlAJA/s1600/SAM_1159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitjGshh093NBIr5FkZma15tTI0r3-BC4V3DGVjegFfiVrtG3-KlKLQ77vlGKz-k08-sgtAeCr1ojacWQo8aiC0gwDON1oSTsOmJv7PCThLDFVQkrZ528CY2q2AsnMA-axFNL7YnZnlAJA/s640/SAM_1159.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure many of you have heard about the Mythic oil and I can only say it's awesome! I have tried their hair serum and I love it. It's my second bottle already and it beats ALL other hair serum I've tried before! So I was really excited to try their hair treatment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajxR4Rj7I8s0XiKtIZE-m-RcbwvurGWXyGsBsP1q3VnQnFAzZPfbRb2ZMnIwdtEmA6Ykenub55p5gMATDOMERqptV4dZr_GFdSdiOXWwvCqkzd0l67hr20FZjc7cayyPYB60EAjmvtdU/s1600/SAM_1164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajxR4Rj7I8s0XiKtIZE-m-RcbwvurGWXyGsBsP1q3VnQnFAzZPfbRb2ZMnIwdtEmA6Ykenub55p5gMATDOMERqptV4dZr_GFdSdiOXWwvCqkzd0l67hr20FZjc7cayyPYB60EAjmvtdU/s640/SAM_1164.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tadah!!!!! Done and my hair was a lot smoother and it didn't feel greasy at the same time. Meet my new hair color also! Absolutely satisfied and I had been getting a lot of compliments from my friends about it! Pardon my face, looked super tired that day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Now, here's a confession!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whoever told you that your hair WON'T spoil or become dry after bleaching or perming your hair is either lying to you, or they just have super good hair genes because truth is, your hair will likely become more dry and damaged after undergoing chemical works on your hair. Then you ask, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"LIKE THAT HOW??? I STILL WANT TO HAVE NICE BROWN CURLY HAIR!!!!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, GO FOR TREATMENTS REGULARLY!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot emphasize how important hair treatments are but you definitely would be able to tell from this blogpost cos I went thrice just within a month!!!! That's how my hair isn't super damaged from bleaching. For sure, it's more dry and harder to manage after bleaching but it's definitely better than my condition at first before I started on the treatments!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I went for another hair treatment at Salon Vim recently!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV4zu4-xH_hw2LiVxCcvGeERL11EFpEJE12TO9laUm0qrPyAKHn8mA920TiVUgQV20p59MvEeRZRGcNMimARziDRfMAHsiOZFqnn7yrAZ3fGikjWmEDejFIBnVdxutiRFuqxjIKD6bp8/s1600/73d56b3c9b5811e2bdcf22000a1fbe62_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV4zu4-xH_hw2LiVxCcvGeERL11EFpEJE12TO9laUm0qrPyAKHn8mA920TiVUgQV20p59MvEeRZRGcNMimARziDRfMAHsiOZFqnn7yrAZ3fGikjWmEDejFIBnVdxutiRFuqxjIKD6bp8/s400/73d56b3c9b5811e2bdcf22000a1fbe62_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Salon Vim is very famous for their hair treatments and they definitely deserve the accolades! They have a few types of treatments which cater to different hair needs and it's not the kind which will fade off after a few washes! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_I9ysybe82OYOT_L99oLwtBOw7eaaeT_WWLYJ8VdMMmpNJXp-T6dx2i0TMdxzhZaRCTvTwl8El3UaHNvknJkDZimA4nuNmFP1OBeMyJm3uQKnQyrQLMfboHhEAKk-9Q3m9bMSettuLgk/s1600/SAM_1326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_I9ysybe82OYOT_L99oLwtBOw7eaaeT_WWLYJ8VdMMmpNJXp-T6dx2i0TMdxzhZaRCTvTwl8El3UaHNvknJkDZimA4nuNmFP1OBeMyJm3uQKnQyrQLMfboHhEAKk-9Q3m9bMSettuLgk/s640/SAM_1326.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my hair before treatment. Doesn't look too bad cos I did 2 treatments 2 weeks before this, but after awhile it got a bit hard to manage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fiona urged me to try the new Japanese treatment which recently got introduced into Salon Vim. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a 2-step treatment called <b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Arimino</span></u></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While Redken helps to strengthen the hair, Arimino aims to soften the hair so it's more manageable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSgzd3XUvlS8S289aPEl5JG9fJHY_B6db9rXor143M_PDdR3i-P16nkURoo1I0-mpqPUycPsvy991C80Vq0O5GbdqoY4m4Ftzvk1iA1z46h0OW-LiuTilo-AEkVVZXR5yOXJvQMWIPQU/s1600/SAM_1327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSgzd3XUvlS8S289aPEl5JG9fJHY_B6db9rXor143M_PDdR3i-P16nkURoo1I0-mpqPUycPsvy991C80Vq0O5GbdqoY4m4Ftzvk1iA1z46h0OW-LiuTilo-AEkVVZXR5yOXJvQMWIPQU/s640/SAM_1327.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even the packaging looks so Jappo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So they rinsed my hair with a mild moisture-rich shampoo then we got started on the hair treatment!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qu8bZkq8kjWpAP8JxM3iDeSTRcHqo_MSOmXOR3sZDnl7l_8z0guK2Gr6jHGYXHtwwMvyPx4jJWAutC9Wa3fDPYu36gk_mv_aiqZf38ntRAj0hEjUGFcjJqkNz0QNcHYQGhipr11QP5g/s1600/SAM_1333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qu8bZkq8kjWpAP8JxM3iDeSTRcHqo_MSOmXOR3sZDnl7l_8z0guK2Gr6jHGYXHtwwMvyPx4jJWAutC9Wa3fDPYu36gk_mv_aiqZf38ntRAj0hEjUGFcjJqkNz0QNcHYQGhipr11QP5g/s640/SAM_1333.JPG" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Step 1 : ENRICH TREATMENT</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This step aims to nourish inside hair and repair, and also acts as the base of the next step. The inner repair of the hair is by liquid crystal emulsion technology!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Step 2 : HOLD CREAM</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This step basically further locks step 1 into my hair and protects the surface of my hair. It contains Camellia oil and shea butter which are really effective ingredients to attain softer hair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The whole process took about and hour, and voila.....SIGNIFICANTLY SOFTER HAIR!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJf0Sd5f0eUxYCjvaCnFEBt9lxFvPc-gRD9c11EhluvNvAcSycPTLw8TPeFrUGJwRIQBEG1FLeRe_qoIm1bwiy7prZ53UItlMUGNmdpdAyRSqRn-cLqb_fZWqFw4eKtyfi7T7ZGSc47gE/s1600/SAM_1335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJf0Sd5f0eUxYCjvaCnFEBt9lxFvPc-gRD9c11EhluvNvAcSycPTLw8TPeFrUGJwRIQBEG1FLeRe_qoIm1bwiy7prZ53UItlMUGNmdpdAyRSqRn-cLqb_fZWqFw4eKtyfi7T7ZGSc47gE/s640/SAM_1335.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtl_RdVh1v58rWWLeDflieGYTK5PsiR3EvdnHAKqm2-HZSsnwkIhuse4eDeZMGpFBPgJrFeOpXOCE1iBi9J74EOep26Knfch2R7xfp2oEMYwGScj3CPi2WXcmZLB15YnMbpv5rJlmqijU/s1600/SAM_1339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtl_RdVh1v58rWWLeDflieGYTK5PsiR3EvdnHAKqm2-HZSsnwkIhuse4eDeZMGpFBPgJrFeOpXOCE1iBi9J74EOep26Knfch2R7xfp2oEMYwGScj3CPi2WXcmZLB15YnMbpv5rJlmqijU/s640/SAM_1339.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've already washed my hair again after the treatment and my hair is still softer so this means that the treatment is lasting even after washing your hair!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDc9OtZ0XdE799pE8cv70MWVCQUHV4FeAuWfk4VETUhzvevyx3_f0K-OH4HTRekwqU-IKODRGDwDSK8BhJqxQgzp-hEBhMhQtNT2Tp_Jxof6VwDmlpos1jujxAStmNZJLkLvKzz5e8cR0/s1600/af5d01c09b6611e29f5522000a9f14ae_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDc9OtZ0XdE799pE8cv70MWVCQUHV4FeAuWfk4VETUhzvevyx3_f0K-OH4HTRekwqU-IKODRGDwDSK8BhJqxQgzp-hEBhMhQtNT2Tp_Jxof6VwDmlpos1jujxAStmNZJLkLvKzz5e8cR0/s640/af5d01c09b6611e29f5522000a9f14ae_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at how healthy my hair look in this photo!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be going back for another treatment in 2 weeks' time. 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