Color My Hair Salon Review / The Hair Story Continues: Do Blondes Have More Fun?

The last time I had blond hair was back when I was in college and itching to try crazy hair colors. I did an ash blond shade that looked all right when paired with my morena skin tone. I remember that the bleaching process was incredibly painful, with the chemicals stinging my scalp like crazy. This was pretty much my biggest deterrent when I was considering going blond again, but I realized that this is probably my last chance to try such an oddball color. (I'm turning 27 in September and I don't want to be 30 and still doing crazy chemical stuff to my hair, haha.)

Anyway, given my last horrible experience, I decided to try out the Color My Hair technical salon. Since their primary product is color, I figured they'd have more experience at it. As luck would have it, they were having a big sale on their treatments, and I was able to get a whopping 20% off the entire bleaching/coloring process!

It didn't take me long to select the loveliest shade of light gold from their color chart. They use MOD (but also have L'Oreal available if you ask for it), and the entire process took about two and half hours.

I'm not going to lie-- the bleaching process was *painful*. The first part where they just do the strands didn't hurt at all, but during the second bleaching where they included my roots, I was in agony. I had to fan my scalp with a bit of cardboard just to numb the sensation a bit... I'm so glad the air conditioning was cold!

After the two bleaching sessions, the color I chose finally came on. This part is usually not painful, but because my scalp was pretty raw after the bleaching, the coloring hurt also. :( This part lasted the longest, as it had to be a full 25 minutes so that the color could really seep in (the bleaching sessions only took a few minutes each).

After that, they washed it all off and given the stiffness of my strands, I requested an additional hair treatment. This just took 15 minutes and pretty much deep-conditioned my hair. I was really grateful that I decided to add this on, because it gave my scalp much-needed nourishment and pampering. Whew!

And the result?

I have to use my gold brow mascara to lighten my brows all the time now, and I didn't realize how much hair color affects your choice of makeup colors! I can wear all the light blue eyeliner I want now, though I have to leave the red lipstick on the shelf (it looks trampy with the blond hair).

All in all, I thought that the color was a refreshing change. I'm still trying to get used to the new color palette I have to work with (blond hair + tan skin), so expect some rather interesting makeup looks soon! :D

If anyone's interested in checking out Color My Hair, I paid P1280 for the wash out, P1280 for the color, and P600 for the optional conditioning treatment. All in all, it cost me P3,160, but their coloring for short hair (no bleach) starts at less than a thousand!

It's not the poshest of places, but the technicians are great and they really know their colors. (Randy was nice enough to keep careful watch on the bleaching clock because he knew how painful the process was.) You can find this salon at the 5th floor, Bldg. B, of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.

For appointments, call (02) 637-0717.

Stay beautiful, ladies~!