Blonde Asian: Medium Maintenance.
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Blonde Asian Chronicles: My Blonde Hair Timeline
Going Blonde as an Asian Woman (Over 10 Years, No Disappearances) So you’re Asian and you want to be blonde. Welcome. Pull up a chair. This post walks through my blonde hair journey from the perspective of an Asian + American woman who has been blonde, in some form, for over ten years. Writing this…
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The Friendships That Surprised Me the Most (How They Actually Started)
Some of the most important friendships in my life started randomly. I’m kind of annoying in the sense that I have many best friends. I know that’s not how it traditionally works, but I’m not very traditional. Life has a way of deciding for you. You don’t always see it coming, and you definitely don’t…
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The Hair Tie Experiment: Testing Hair Ties for Thick Hair
I kept snapping hair ties and dealing with constant ponytail headaches, so I started testing hair ties that claim to work for thick, dense hair. This is how I’m figuring out what actually works.
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My Actual Blonde Hair Routine
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy through them. It doesn’t cost you anything extra. My hair routine as a Blonde Asian formed from trial and error, not research as we usually think of it. I’ve already talked about what happens…
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Blonde Asian Chronicles: The Blonde Hair Products I Actually Use for Long, Thick Blonde Hair (Real Recommendations)
This post may contain affiliate links. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Blonde hair already forces you to pay attention. Being an Asian + Filipino woman with blonde hair makes it even more obvious. Aside from the financial investment to get here,…
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Why I Keep Choosing Tower Crystals (From My Collection)
It’s that time of the month. CRYSTAL TIME! Crystals are one of those things where shape matters more than people admit. It’s fair to say one of the first things I notice about a crystal is the form it’s in. Towers have always stood out to me. There’s something about them that feels more intentional.…
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K18 AstroLift Review on Bleached Blonde Hair as an Asian Woman
Affiliate Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. If you buy something through these links, I may earn a small commission. It helps support the blog at no additional cost to you. If you’ve been following along, you know by now there are a few K18 products that have genuinely changed my hair game. Because…
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What Actually Happens After a Blonde Asian Hair Appointment
Some links may be affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It looks good, but it doesn’t feel like mine yet. My head just got doused in chemicals. Bleach, color, gloss. On top of that, @the.livedin.artist styled it, so now there are styling…
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When My Creative Brain Stops Working, I Do Something Else
Being a choreographer with my specific brain means I’m almost always thinking about how movement and music can work together. Even when I’m not actively choreographing, part of my brain is usually processing rhythm, phrasing, or how a piece of music might translate into movement. A lot of that comes from the range of people…
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Teaching Non-Dancers: What 20 Years of Choreography Has Taught Me
Teaching Choreography to Non-Dancers Is a Different Skill I’ve been a choreographer for over twenty years. If you paid me and the check cleared, I showed up. Early in my career I thought the job was mostly about technique. Knowing the counts. Building phrases. Getting people to execute movement correctly. Over time I realized technical…
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Hair Is the Best Makeup I Own
The Moment I Realized Hair Was Doing the Work I realized pretty early that hair was doing more for my face than makeup ever could. Even as a child, if I ran a brush through my hair I suddenly looked presentable. My mom liked keeping my hair long because it was easier to style for…
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Blonde Asian Chronicles: My Experience as an Filipino + Asian Woman Going Blonde
How This Even Became a Thing People notice when an Asian woman is blonde. Sometimes it’s subtle. A double take. A quick question about whether the color is natural. Occasionally someone just blurts out that they’ve never seen an Asian woman with hair that light in real life before. After a while you get used…