Tag: Blonde hair
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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’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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Gimme Hair Ties vs. Burlybands: Which One Came Out Ahead?
This post may contain affiliate links. If you use them, it helps keep the blog going, which I appreciate. We are in the home stretch of this hair tie experiment. Last time, I put two coil hair ties head to head. It was a closer call than I expected regarding which one earned a gold…
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K18 Shampoo + Conditioner Review: How It Works for My Blonde Hair
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. My last K18 review featured their purple shampoo, but somewhere along the way I realized I had basically bought almost everything they make. Instead of replacing my entire routine…
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Blonde Asian Chronicles: My Experience as an Filipino + American 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…