
I hope you guys already prepared for Christmas and everything went well in your life. Today topic will be about my experience with Salon Vim, Singapore. If you been following my Instagram, you will know how many time I change my hair color, from length (short, medium to long) and even the color from black to silver. I love to change my hair salon and hairstylist. I try several salon since I moved to Singapore. The salon that I already try are Jean yip salon, Tony and Guy, Shunji Matsuo and Salon Vim. The reason I choose Salon Vim is because the advertising where several local influencer are given sponsorship and their hair colour look good, so I was thinking ‘why not try it?’
Then, I persuade my sister into doing the color at Salon Vim. We both do, my hairstylist called Elise (if I’m not wrong to write her name). My first impression about her is she really done her job very well and look at my hair turned after wash on picture below.
The hair is highlight with silver and the color base is brunette. It does look like I almost dye 100% my hair into silver but It just the outer look. This is what I like about her, because she took initiative by suggesting me to do the hair color (picture below) and she also advice for using conditioner or hair serum.
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The second time is with Eric, which is my sister hairstylist. I coming when Elise is not on duty, it’s Monday! She off that day. I don’t want to create an awkward moment between these predators, which I think Eric is not predator still at this time. I do the hair color. He told me to do purple. The reason, hair stylist ask you to dye your hair pink, purple, or red is because these color will be so quick to fade away and you gotta run back to your hairstylist for the touch-up.
I was a former hairstylist for nearly 5 years and I know about hair, for sure. At the cashier, he asked my Instagram account and since I got quite following that makes him immediately asked me to post my hair photo that we took after hair wash. He loves to take a snap shot of his creation and post it to Instagram and I don’t mind to help him in advertising his creativity for free. He is now moved from Bugis branch to Wisma Atria. |
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The picture below is after I washed. Taken for sponsorship of HairStory hair balm. My hair condition is pretty dry. Since I have to do bleaching again because my hair is growing and I want it to turn into silver like the first time (1st picture), so Eric have to bleach it. After I wash it for the 3rd times, the root color turned into ombre, which I feel so pissed off since I paid about S$400.00 and total I spend is S$1000.00. |
The reason that I dislike the salon is because:
- The service is pushy
- The hair color doesn’t turned well after I wash my hair.
The reason I like is:
- How enthusiastic the hairstylist to create creativity by reading the customer
- They love their jobs
You can blame that I don’t do hair treatment or my hair are really bad! anything! that makes my hair color into ombre. Before you judge let me tell you something hair color is using a color ingredient that is very strong, called hydrogen peroxide. If you having experience of scalp itchiness during the procedure is because of hair color. That is not because the salon using bad products but it’s because you are allergic to the color ingredients called p-phenylenediamine. Trick it by leaving few cm of your hair root, so it won’t touch your scalp.
If you happened to curl or straighten, you shouldn’t dye your hair for 1 years. If your hairstylist tells you that “it’s okay, you can wait for 1-2 month” that’s a totally a lie, your hair will turn worst than ever. Hair treatment will not gonna save it. Hair cuticle only accept this amount but you already exceed the amount, hair couldn’t take up that amount and it causes hair fall and scalp swollen or wound that turned into bleeding that will make extra space for dandruff.
In this condition, your scalp is so sensitive and it doesn’t produce oil that actually works to protect your scalp and cuticle. You should leave it unwashed for 3 days to let your scalp produce oil. if your scalp is wounded seek immediate medication for the wound from professional. Do not leave it untreated. Application of all types of conditioner, hair mask, hair spa or do any kind of hair treatment, will only give a temporary result. Hair treatment can only be done before the hair problem occurs.