The Fruit of my (Butt) Pain

I inherited my dad’s greying hair genes. Not only me but my siblings as well. I spotted my 1st few stands of grey in my secondary school years. At that time, spotting a few strands of grey hair was actually quite cool. 

Many years later, spotting grey hair is no longer trendy and in Asians’ context, it is very visible. I have seen ladies who tried to grow out their greys but we just don’t look as good as ang mos. Plus the transition period is unthinkable. 

I have resorted to coloring my greys. In the beginning, I can go for 4 to 6 months before starting to look hideous. In recent times, this has been reduced to 6 to 8 weeks. 

Coloring the greys is not only only an expensive business but also a time consuming one. I was with Jean Yip for a long time, until that branch that I frequent pissed me off. They were super pushy with sales and charge so much and I felt frequently like a carrot head. Then, I started “jumping salons” and even DIY-ing. I didn’t quite care if I ended up with super dark cover or different shades, it is better than spotting peeking grey. Not only does grey hair makes one looks older, it makes me look unprofessional. 

My last visit to Jean Yip was months ago. I finally decided to go back, not only to color my grey but also to refresh my highlights and to treat my poor scalp. This is my 1st visit to the BPP branch. I was told that it would take 3 to 4 hours. I brought my laptop and the hair stylist was telling me that I can work while I had my hair done. I know, but I didn’t want to work. T.T

I am Lion King!

After the highlights were done, the hair dye were slapped on. I felt like I just dunked my head in mud. Super heavy.

After a painful 3.5 hrs and a very aching butt. I am finally done and I love the colors. Hohoho.

Did it cost me a lot? Of course. The highlight alone was $208 and this is on top of the coloring and treatment, that I had pre-purchased some time back.

Fortunately, I enjoyed my new hair very much, making my butt torture worth. Hopefully the highlights would make the new greys look less obvious. The hair stylist was telling me that I should go back to her and not DIY so that she can help with keeping the color consistency. I just felt my wallet lost some weight. 

Mummy Lim