Are You A Rainbow Head? - GIVEAWAY ALERT!

I started getting my hair dyed in high school since it happened to be "all the rage" back then to go a shade lighter than your natural hair color or have blonde-ish highlights put in. I naturally have dark brown hair that shifts to a medium brown in the summer when I get too much "sun" exposure. Through the years I enjoyed getting my hair dyed till I reached college and started taking my course seriously. You see, it's a big "no-no" for nurses to have crazy hair colors (I still don't understand why!)
So back in college, I had to say good bye to hair dyeing sessions till I graduated. Or so I thought! Even as a registered nurse, crazy hair colors were prohibited. So now that I'm currently on a quick hiatus from my job as a nurse, I've decided to take a risk and get my hair dyed a crazy color. Which brings me to this really cool giveaway I stumbled upon the RAINBOW HEAD shop!
Based in Pasig & Makati, Rainbow Head is an online shop that is an authorized reseller of Manic Panic hair products and they're being very generous by giving away 1 year's supply of hair dyes!



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Going Black...

Do any of you remember these photo? *lol!*

Well it's been two month since I last had my hair treated at RStyle salon. I even blogged about it here. 

I've been itching for a change and I just knew that this would be the perfect time to "go black"... My natural hair color is a dark chocolate brown, and through the years I've bombarded it with lighter hair dyes because I secretly (well it's not a secret anymore) want blonde-ish hair. Now that I'm a bit older, my fascination with darker hair colors has also started. I initially wanted dark red hair, but that would be difficult to explain to my nurse superiors once I'm back in the hospitals so I decided to go black instead.

 My hair last week...

My hair earlier this morning...

I got to RStyle salon arounf 9:30am and asked for Izah again since I'm comfortable with her expert hands. We talked about me going black and she did advise me against it because black would be a bit difficult to layer a lighter color on if I decided to go light haired again alter on. Instead she advised me to go for a black-brown shade from Cynos called dark brown. She said it would still appear black unless under direct sunlight where it would register as a deep chocolate brown. So I said "let's go for it"... 3 hours later I had a lovely shade of brown black hair! *photos taken with my iphone4*

What do you guys think of my new black hair?

Does it look good on me? So far I've had several compliments that it suites me... I'm planning to go red by next year. *lol!*

So, what's your current hair color?

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RStyle Salon ~ A New Experience

Before I left for my Singapore trip last month, I had a quick trim & a protein treatment at a local salon. Due to the lack of time, I wasn't able to have a new color set into my hair. Needless to say, my hair looked terrible and I had to bear with it. It has been a long time since I last had my hair colored so I was really itching for a change. While in Singapore I saw an ad posted by my "twin" & close friend Shanne regarding a new salon back home. I decided to give it a shot...

So yesterday, at around 11 in the morning, I stopped by R Style Salon located along Pilar Street, Corner Villalobos, Zambaonga City. The salon is owned and managed by Shanne's close friend Roland & his family (Mallarez-Khalaf). The salon is a cozy little nook in the corner and is located along a very convenient spot in town with the bustling of several other shops nearby. After you get yourself pampered, you can simply take a 5 minute walk towards several shopping malls in the vicinity! Now that's what I call convenient...

Roland (far left) along with some of the staff...

Comfy sofa-like chairs...

Clean walls, sleek swivel chairs and huge mirrors...

PROMO till end of July 2012

Blow drying my hair after the initial wash.

Applying the dye...

Hair treatment. (I honestly forgot what it was called but it really left my hair soft & shiny!)

As you can see in the photo above, my hair was a disaster prior to my "hair pampering" session at RStyle salon... When I stepped into the salon with Shanne, we were greeted by the friendly staff & Roland. I then told them that I wanted to get a haircut & coloring for my hair and asked what shades/colors were available. I was handed a rather large color display and we went through the different color selections till I found a color I liked... I was initially planning to do an ombre-style but was too afraid to subject my already unhealthy hair to bleaching to I ended up with a shade under the "natural" category called light blonde. Ironically, it really didn't look blonde on the color board nor did it look blonde in real life but it was the color I wanted to go for. It's a very light brown-ish red that really brings out the "fairness" (or what's left of it) of my skin. Later on, I got a lot of compliments saying my hair made me look a lot more "meztiza"! *blushes*

After the initial wash & half blow dry, the coloring dye was applied onto my hair in sections. I'll admit I panicked a little once the dye (cream form) started setting in because my scalp started to tingle. It was a sensation I wasn't accustomed to so I asked it it were normal and apparently it was. It can be a little uncomfortable to some but the the staff beautician, Izah Mae, gently massaged my scalp to ease away the tingling sensation & my nervousness...

After a couple of minutes, the dye was rinsed out of my hair and the treatment was applied. Honestly I don't recall the name of the treatment but it made my hair really smooth & silk plus it smelled divine! At the end of the treatment, I was given a good blow dry and a lil bit of styling went into my hair then I was all set.

I liked my whole RStyle experience and paid P2600 for everything, including a huge tub of Cynos hair mask which I consider a very nice investment on my new journey to healthier hair. I plan to go back to RStyle salon very soon to try out some other services they offer there.

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