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Shiseido Permanent Hair Straightening

I recently got my hair permanently straighten because my ex-permed hair was becoming unruly and hard to manage. I really wanted easy to manage hair while preparing for my exams next month and getting ready to travel USA and HK in July!

So i did some research online for some places in Melbourne for Shiseido Permanent Hair straightening and found Romeo Hair ad Beauty from a Japanese website which had recommended this salon several times!

I found a deal online where if you go on a weekday from 10am to 1pm, permanent hair straightening (normal chemicals not Shiseido) was $160. This price included a free hit treatment (steam - approx cost AUD $100) and a hair cut (approx cost AUD $30)

I jumped at the opportunity and called them up and made an appointment, however I ended up going with the $250 package with Shiseido chemicals as I had previously bleached the ends of my hair twice - massively damaged.

Here is the before and after.

I love it because…

- its a Time Saver

I wake up and my hair is perfect, I swim and get out of the pool and allow it to naturally dry and its perfect.

- its Silky Smooth

It feels amazingly smooth and shiny! Having straight hair means that it creates the illusion of shine as your hair sits in the same direction, while curly hair if not properly prepped looks like wild grass or hair blown through a tornado… not a good look.

- Everyday is a good hair day

I now always look like I have put in amazing effort into my hair and it is impossible to have a bad hair day!

I dislike it because…

- Curling and Waves is difficult

Waves, curls, beach hair is impossible on straightened hair! Moreover you don't particularly want to curl that $250 dollar worth straightened hair… if you get what I mean

Service was great, the hairdresser Elly and her assistant were both lovely and I did not feel neglected or rushed when other customers came in like I sometimes do at other places I have been to. I received a hair mask for free from Elly for my to take better care of my damaged bleached hair. Have yet to try it, but will give it a go maybe next week.

This is not a sponsored post

If anyone wants to get their hair permanently straightened I would recommended coming here.

Free treatment and hair cut was definitely worth my 45 min drive in peak hour traffic!

Romeo Hair & Beauty

321 Clyton Road Clayton VIC 3168

TEL: 03 95437755

xoxo

Penn

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Summer Ombré

Melbournians finally got a small sweet taste of summer. Hot Sun. Blue Skies. Amazingly beautiful days!

And summer always makes me want to dye my hair lighter, because it makes me feel light, happy and for some odd reason less hot?! I didn't really want to dye my full head of hair, because my hair grows quite fast and regrowth happens almost instantly. So I decided Ombré was the way to go.

I purchased the L'Oreal Wild Ombré kit from Priceline while it was 30% off, AUD $14.75 after discount (however I heard from B that it was only AUD$10 at Target... after I did my hair)

I went for a lighter colour to what I actually wanted as my hair is a stubborn jet black.

The kit is easy to use, simple three step process to get the concoction ready for dying.

The L'Oreal Wild Ombré does contain bleach (silver packet) and therefore when you are doing DIY you must read the instructions carefully and take all safety precautions to protect your skin and eyes.

What I love about this kit, is that it is soooo simple. Reminds me of the Dummies books, this is literally Ombré for Dummies. If you require additional inspiration pop on youtube and there are plenty of instructions and tutorials on how to DIY Ombré. The video I used for my personal reference is the one from the L'Oreal Paris NYC account on youtube.

I put on an old tee, parted my hair from the middle, and then portion my hair into sections and clipped the top couple of layers.

It comes with an amazing application brush that makes it super easy, I applied the mixture onto my hair and applied it to my hair using a vertical motion.

I chose to apply in a vertical motion as I did not wish to have a dead straight line from where the lighter colours started, my aim was for it to be as natural as possible, with the bottom being the lightest, and for the middle to just transform nicely into the lighter colour.

If you believe you have stubborn hard to colour hair, or you wish to have a lighter shade, leave the mixture in your hair for a longer length of time and/or sit under your bathroom heated lights to encourage the mixture. However, the L'Oreal Wild Ombré kit contains bleach powder so your hair will get lighter!

You may check the progress of your bleaching by taking a section of hair, washing the mixture off, if the colour presented is as you wish, go ahead and wash it all off. If not, leave it on for abit longer under you get your desired look.

Because it is bleaching, I did find that the ends of my hair were dryer than usual, and also quite prone to knotting. So I have been taking extra special care of my hair.