Shunji Matsuo @ 313; Dark colours

Friends have been telling me how much they love to follow my hair adventures. They can never expect what's gonna come up next from me. And i said, "that's the most fun part about it; expect the unexpected."

And so this time i arranged an appointment with Nich & told her that, "just do what you think it's best for my hair." She went, "you mean you already gave up in choosing the hair colour for your hair?" I quickly rebutted, "no, of course not! I just believed that my hair will be in good hands." She chuckled away..

Yea, this is my hair before i wrote this post. The colour faded off very nicely uh? I like it because it's faded & it's soft. I did lotsa treatment on it because i knew i can't afford to leave it untreated, they'll turn into grass! 

And as usual, the selfies. Haha!

While doing, Nich was constantly explaining what was the idea she has in mind & how it will turn out to be. I asked when did she became to be so long-winded? She defended quickly by saying that she's not long-winded, she's just assuring me that i'll be well-informed that what is she doing to my hair, since i've no idea what will the outcome gonna be like. Tskk!

As anxious as i can be, i can't stop looking at my hair throughout the process. There you go....

I know it looks dark. While looking at it, i can't really tell what colour is it exactly. The outer layer has a slight touch of ash grey while my inner layer is copper coloured & my fringe is red. Besides this, Nich mentioned before that my hair is kinda dried up during those few times kf bleaching hence she's gonna apply treatment on my hair until it recovers. 

And so the process of treatment......

It took me 30-40mins for the entire treatment process. 

Look at my hair~ Isn't it soft & fluffy??

I know it still looks as if it's dry. So my plan is to go for frequent haircut, that way i can snip off my dead ends & have better & healthy looking hair! 

And this is how my hair looks like after 1 week of hair colouring & treatment!

If you're looking for a salon that uses good hair treatment chemicals, you may consider Shunji Matsuo @ 313. I'm totally in love with the products they used & of course their creativity. :)

Shunji Matsuo @ 313 Somerset
313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset
Singapore, Singapore 238895

Opening hours
Mon - Thu: 10:30 am – 09:00 pm (last appointment)
Fri - Sat: 10:30 am - 10:00 pm (last appointment)
Sun: 10:30 am - 09:00 pm (last appointment)

T: 6238 0226

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xoxo,
Queen

Shunji Matsuo @ 313; Kiss purple goodbye

My purple head has been with me for half a year. From a tie-dye purple blue to whole head of purple till i shaved my right side & not until i chopped my locks off, it accompany me through all my different phases of hairstyles.....

 I just couldn't bear have a change of new hair colour but i know i have to, goodbye purple. :)

Say HELLO to candy pinkish red. :D

I kinda like this photo. Tsk~ Can you see my dark roots growing at such scary speed & also my faded purple. I mean, not that it doesn't look nice at all, in fact i love this faded purple. But i really had to change a hair colour. I don't wanna be known as the purple head girl!

This time i wanted something pinkish yet red. I didn't know how to explain to Nich & of course i had a hard time trying to look for the photo references online. But i'm glad without all those, Nich still managed to capture what i wanted.

This time round i used 2 different types of dye, both Elumen & Matrix. Elumen was for my purple streaks in between my hair & Matrix was used to achieve the kinda of candy pinkish red which i wanted.

Saw that black equipment behind me? That's actually a steamer, it's a kind of treatment for hair. It's not hot, in fact you don't feel a thing at all. I love that because it helps to soften my hair so much more compared to almost a year ago, before i even came across Shunji @ 313.

Can you see my purple streaks within the bunch of messy hair?

Whoa! Pardon me for my sleepy look. I was really very tired from work. I have been working non-stop for 1 month w/o off days! Life of an interior designer. :( Anyway, i'm lovin' this pinkish red so so so much! And oh, i added purple streaks into it just so i thought it may blend off well with the red and probably i will not look as if my hair is on fire. Hahahaha!

I am still very amazed by how well Nich is able to capture my interest for hairstyles & colours. Besides understanding, she is always listening to my opinions on how i want my hair to look like, very patient with my lor-so-ness. Hahaha!

Almost a year with Shunji Matsuo @ 313, i'm still a very happy customer. To be frank, i've never had such good experience with any salons throughout the years, besides Shunji @ 313. :)

Don't forget to quote "Quinie Ong" to get 10% discount off all chemical related services & remember to call for an appointment in advance with Nich!

Shunji Matsuo @ 313 Somerset

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset

Singapore, Singapore 238895

Opening hours

Mon - Thu: 10:30 am – 09:00 pm (last appointment)

Fri - Sat: 10:30 am - 10:00 pm (last appointment)

Sun: 10:30 am - 09:00 pm (last appointment)

T: 6238 0226

Facebook: Shunji Matsuo @ 313

xoxo,

Queen

Shunji Matsuo @ 313; Straightening & treatment of hair

It's the time of the month again! Time to visit the salon to pamper my dearest hair. It's a monthly thing i will need to do. It's just as good as going for facial, pampering your face.

I've been thinking for the longest since i had been colouring my hair all these while, maybe it's really time i should straighten my hair. Afterall it's been 5 years from the last time i've rebonded my hair. Perhaps at this point of time alot may be wondering "straightening & rebonding, isn't it the same?" I used to think this way too until i met my stylist, Nich. She was the one who has taught me alot of knowledge on ways to take care of hair under different conditions. I must say she's a very helpful & thoughtful stylist among all that i've met.

Now let me tell you the difference between rebonding & straightening. Hair straightening is making your hair to appear in such way that it's flat, straight & smooth. Straightening of hair can be achieved using different methods.

For my case, i will not be using any hot iron plates as usually seen around in hair salons. I am using this.

These 2 packs of Cosme cream are the main ingredients to be used for straightening my hair. Yes, no hot plates needed at all! You don't have to worry your hair being damaged by the high heat from the hot iron plates at all. Very safe & good product, in my opinion.

Sorry for the bad angle. So this is how it looks like after being applied onto the hair. All you need to do is to leave it on your hair for 20-25mins & wash it off after that. Yes, that's all! :) During the process, there isn't any foul smell from the chemical nor there's any itch on my scalp. I really love this! Because it doesn't damage my hair, scalp & it's so safe! Best of all, the price of straightening is so much lower compared to rebonding. I must say, i am so addicted to straightening after this session. Haha!

After washing the chemicals off, it's time for hair treatment! I always believe in pampering my hair with a treatment at least once in a month or 2. Treatment not only makes your hair looks smooth, it will also hydrate your hair with the adequate water supply & keep it alive. If you're on a tight budget, you may try out those hair masks where you can get it off shelves at all pharmacies/supermarkets. They are pretty much helpful as well but it doesn't last for long.

These are the chemicals needed for my treatment this time. Sherpa is a kind of treatment from Japan, whereby it will be usually used after heavy dying/rebonding or any types of chemical treatment done to your hair. It will prevent the chemical from ruining the quality of hair & provides the necessary nutrients for the hair to grow healthily & retain the glow of it. So this how they do it.

say hello to the big jelly fish behind me!

And this is the end product.

this was taken 10 days after the straightening session

It is still very straight after 2 weeks of straightening & no matter what i do to my hair, it remains. Very satisfied with what Shunji Matsuo @ 313 can do, they always surprise me with their skills, knowledge & patience.

Try out the services & let your hair speak for yourself. :) Remember to quote my name "Quinie Ong" to get 10% off for all chemical related services!

Shunji Matsuo @ 313 Somerset
313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset
Singapore, Singapore 238895

Opening hours
Mon - Thu: 10:30 am – 09:00 pm (last appointment)
Fri - Sat: 10:30 am - 10:00 pm (last appointment)
Sun: 10:30 am - 09:00 pm (last appointment)

T: 6238 0226

Facebook: Shunji Matsuo @ 313

Till then, i'm gonna brain storm for my new hair colour! =P

xoxo,
Queen

Shunji Matsuo @ 313; Touch up of hair colouring & treatment

I said i'd be back very soon with my new hair colour right? Here i am! However i didn't change my hair colour because i'm not willing to part with this colour yet. Gonna keep it with me for another month or so. So what do you think of my new hair length? I had a few friends who couldn't recognize me. Probably i had long hair for the longest time ever that's why they need time to adjust. Tsk!

In fact i wasn't pleased with my hair roots as it's growing ridiculously fast! That's the thing about keep cutting hair, your hair tend to grow faster than you know! Saw the amount of hair grown out?

It was just 1 month ago since i last touch up! Read here if you missed it out. So this time i'm back to Shunji @ 313 to touch up as well for hair treatment, your hair needs to be pampered once in awhile. ;)

Look at the colour, it's kinda light in this photo so to touch up the colour is definitely a wise choice! Nich was asking me why didn't i choose another colour? But i just couldn't bare to part with my purple that fast, especially when i just had my new haircut. :)

In my last few posts i mentioned that i used Elumen hair dye, which is also an organic product. Very beneficial to the hair & it's all made up of natural ingredients. You can read up the posts here. This time round i chose to use this..

As you can see they have it in alot of colour tones, from gray all the way to white bleach & lightner. Yes, it's a japanese product(duh, you can see it for yourself from those japanese words). Lol. I went for the "accent shade" as it's the nearest colour tone to my purple. Can you see the various colour shades?

What's so different about this dye is that, there's totally no amonia smell from it! So obviously, it's another good product which will not harm your hair at all. FYI, exposure to amonia can cause serious health problems. It will irritate and burn the eyes, throat, and nose when inhaled, and in higher concentrations it can induce severe coughing and choking fits. Prolonged exposure to ammonia in gas or liquid form can severely irritate the eyes and skin, and result in permanent scarring of the cornea and chemical burns on the skin and lungs. Wahhhh!! Sounds scary hor? That's why i always prefer to use Elumen hair dye as it has no smell at all & this time round Amore hair dye. Your health, your choice. ;)

 This is the series which i've chosen for my colour touch up.

Ready for touch up~ Sorry if i just made you flip table with this "siao char bo" look of mine. =P

Had to wash my hair first before touching up the colour. I love it when i have 2 stylists managing my hair! =P 

So basically i had to bleach my hair roots before touching up the hair colour else the purple colour will not be able to be absorbed into the hair. After which this is the long & really tiring process you have to endure through. I had to sit there for 20-30minutes, allowing the bleach to take effect & i can't talk to anyone nor read anything. =\

So my crazy twinb had to do this

In fact there were alot MORE. I'm not gonna post all of them in case you guys start bombarding me for making you throwing up your brekky/lunch/dinner/supper/snacks or whatever. HUR!

And my mischievious stylist joined in the fun.. -_-

And after this process i had to apply purple colour onto it & cycle repeats. Yeah, i spent almost 4-5 hours there. HAHA! Crazy i know. But i think it's worth my time because who doesn't want to look pretty. :)

To all of you out there who wants to bleach your hair as often as i do. Please do take care of your hair. Go for hair treatment, sign up for packages if you can. Apply leave in serum when you're at home. This will really help to protect your hair. By bleaching it, is already very harmful. You don't wanna have a head of dry grass, right? 

So i did treatment for my hair right after my colour was done! 

You can read for yourself. This is an organic treatment within 3 simple steps. 

Firstly, it repairs & protect damaged part of internal and external hair. 

Next step, it changes the condition of your hair into Non-ion. 

What does Non-ion means? It simply means to prevent your hair of getting damaged from UV. 

Last but not least, the final step is to protect your hair by creating 2 layers of Non-ion barrier so that your hair condition will change into fluffy and shiny texture. 

This treatment is very useful, i've used it twice. I used to have a head of dry grass but now, my hair is feeling so healthy & fresh! So i really feel that hair treatment is very important! Do not underestimate it. 

See what i mean? It's soooooooooo soft, silky! I think even if an ant climbs onto it, it may just slip off! LOL! Okay i know i'm lame. HURHUR!

So what do you think? I know i know. Very pretty right? LOL! OKAY NOT SHY. Nevermind. :D

But on a serious note, if you really want to try Shunji Matsuo @ 313's hair treatment but you find it too expensive for now, YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT! BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A PROMOTION AT A DIRT CHEAP PRICE! OMGGGGG!

Seriously, $28 for a hair treatment with wash & blow in 1 of the top notch hair salon in SG? YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME! It's such a steal! Really just go get this groupon deal & try out their hair treatment & you will know why i'm so in love with Shunji Matsuo @ 313. I'm gonna be nice & put up the link here for you, no excuses! =P 

Shunji Matsuo @ 313 hair treatment groupon deal

Why are you still hesitating? Just purchase the groupon before it ends! You have till 31st July to utilize it. But should you really miss out this deal, fret not. Just make your appointment with Nich (my hair stylist) & quote my name "Quinie Ong" & you'll get 10% discount for all chemical related services!

Make your appointment now! Who knows we'll be sitting next to each other doing our hair! 

Shunji Matsuo @ 313 Somerset

313 Orchard Road, #03-26, 313 @somerset

Singapore, Singapore 238895

Opening hours

Mon - Thu: 10:30 am – 09:00 pm (last appointment)

Fri - Sat: 10:30 am - 10:00 pm (last appointment)

Sun: 10:30 am - 09:00 pm (last appointment)

T: 6238 0226

Facebook: Shunji Matsuo @ 313

xoxo,

Queen