Blonde Asian: Medium Maintenance.
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Start Here
I think a lot of people land here and don’t know what this is. Some probably think it’s something else entirely. I get it. The name doesn’t exactly help. This blog is about my experience as a Filipino + American woman, first generation, going blonde and figuring out what that actually takes. Not just getting…
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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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Carrying Boxes Into My Childhood Home
This post is different from the content I usually write, but it’s here to give some insight into my life. This is primarily a blog about being an Asian + American woman with blonde hair, but I think it’s important to have some perspective. I write a lot about hair, what works for me and…
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Can Root Clipping Actually Give My Hair More Volume?
Some links are affiliate links. If you choose to use them, it helps support the blog at no cost to you, and I really appreciate it. Why Did I Try Root Clipping? As I am the sole proprietor of this blog, I always need to find more things to write about and/or potentially try. I…
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What Actually Happens During My Blonde Hair Appointment?
This post may contain affiliate links. If you use them, it helps keep the blog going, which I appreciate. I wrote a post about what happens after I go to a blonding appointment. I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me to write about what happens at the actual appointment. I know there are…
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My Accidental Hair Color Correction After Dyeing My Hair Red at 30
There’s something about milestone birthdays that makes you think harder than you should. Especially those that end in -0. When I turned 30, I had been on my blonde curve for about two or three years. I somehow got it in my head that it was time for a change. So obviously I needed to…
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Harry Josh Ultra Light Pro Dryer Review: Five Years Later
This post may contain affiliate links. If you use them, it helps keep the blog going, which I appreciate. I bought my Harry Josh Pro Tools Ultra Light Pro Dryer in 2021 after having the same hair dryer for about eight years. I never bought the cheapest hair dryer, but I also had never been…
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I Have a Lot of Hair. Why Is My Hair So Flat?
Any Asian woman can probably empathize with being blessed and cursed with the hair we’re born with. We generally have a lot of thick, dark hair, and at some point, a lot of us have sported it long. On the other hand, our hair tends to be super straight and can appear rather flat. Is…
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I’m Testing Hair Tools to See What’s Actually Worth Using
I really had fun with my hair tie experiment. I actually found the hair tie of my dreams, and I found out that there are a lot of hair solutions for people with long, thick hair. Now that has concluded, obviously I needed something new to fuss over. It didn’t hit me until I started…
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What Hair Styling Is Actually Worth the Effort for Me
This post may contain affiliate links. If you use them, it helps keep the blog going, which I appreciate. When I was in high school, I’d get up two hours early to make sure I had enough time to shower, dry, and style my hair to a T. I enjoyed it. Any leftover time was…
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The Hair Tie That Finally Won My Hair Tie Experiment
I started this experiment because my hair was super long and the hair ties I was using were total garbage. My head hurt all the time, I was redoing my hair every 15 minutes, and the hair ties themselves kept blowing out. All of those things are disruptive. After trying all of these hair ties,…
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The Time I Scalp Bleached My Hair
There was a period where I consistently scalp bleached my hair. I’m not exactly sure how long it lasted, but I know it wasn’t even a year. The first time I ever heard about scalp bleaching was when I was a sophomore in high school. A girl in one of my classes had just gotten…
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I Worry About the Day I Can No Longer Be Blonde
Being blonde has become part of my Filipino + American identity. As I see things change around me, I sometimes think about the big things that could change too. Enter: What if one day I can’t stay blonde anymore? I know it sounds vain, but I do think about it. These are some of the…
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Why I Use Highlighting Foils Instead of Scalp Bleaching
There are many ways to go blonde. The easiest way is a wig. I know that’s probably not what you were expecting, but it’s true. In all seriousness, almost all of my time as a blonde has involved foils. There was a period when I switched to scalp bleaching, but eventually I decided to go…