Life after getting mermaid hair

You get addicted to it. Like seriously. You'll start wondering why you never ever got it earlier in your life.

Bleaching is TERRIBLE for your hair, there's no way your hair won't turn bad if you bleach, no matter how much olaplex you add into the mixture. The maintenance after is also a real headache. Your hair is going to take up much more time and energy than your face ever did, which is ultra weird for me.

It took some getting used to when I first got my mermaid hair. As my face is generally yellow-toned, the cool colours(blue, purple and pink) just emphasised how yellow my face is. And I didnt like that at first. Especially when I look into the mirror without makeup, I look like some dead person.

My hair was fried too, it was the worst state I have ever seen my hair in. And that made me really upset too. Even a trip down to Chez Vous, splurging $200++ wasn't enough to get my hair back to how it was.

But once I came to terms with my damaged and dry hair, I started loving the colours I have on my hair. It was liberating. I have people all around me, saying that I'm crazy, saying how bad it was for my hair, and how I should treasure my natural good hair, instead of destroying it with bleach.

But I'm pretty sure deep down, they are saying, omg it's awesome and I want it too. I mean, my mom was totally against me getting mermaid hair. Now though, she's always going out with me, so I guess she must think the mermaid hair looks good beside her;)

I just gotta start putting stronger eye makeup and use suitable bases to cover up my yellow-tones. And problem solved.

I just had to spend more time and effort on my hair, meaning coating it with coconut oil before washing my hair with (Marc Anthony's Bye Bye Frizz) sulfate-free keratin shampoos and conditioner, as well as blow-drying my hair till dry with a special (Marc Anthony's Moroccan Argon Oil 3 Day Smooth Perfect Blow Dry Cream *this cream is phenomenal and actually DOES what it CLAIMS*) keratin blow-dry cream. Honestly, while my hair is still damaged, it is good enough for me to let it down and go out of my house.

Sure, some people will judge you for your hair colour. Especially in Singapore, such bold colours are deemed "deviant" by some of the more conservative few, although the majority of us are pretty open to crazy occurrences. One such incident was when I was ordering a meal at macdonalds. The waitress wasn't exactly rude or anything, but I saw her eyes widen that little bit when I spoke to her in perfect English. Haha, I had a good internal laugh as I wasn't sure if she thought I should be some singlish-spouting ah lian, or if she just wasn't used to Singaporeans speaking perfect English. *I don't normally speak perfect English, but I was fresh out of a lineup of interviews, which would explain why my natural instinct then was to speak in perfect English*

So anyway, I am currently very attached to my hair, and I have not an ounce of regret for frying my hair. The colours are unfortunately fading fast on the top layer of my hair as my bed is right beside a big window which means a halo of sunshine every morning, and since I have been waking up at 10 nowadays, it usually means around 3 hours of UV rays on the top layer of my hair *sniffs* I would probably go back for a touch-up, but I'm kinda interested in watching it fade till a silver (my hair stylist added a purple pigment in the blue and pink she used as it fades to a silver). Maybe I'll get a purple shampoo to maintain platinum blonde for a while. I DON'T KNOW! I'll see how it turns out.

If you're considering getting some crazy hair colour, GO FOR IT! Honestly, when you're old with budding white hairs, you'll be regretting not having gotten crazy colours in your youth. Be fully prepared for the maintenance and change though, besides that, bleach + crazy colours is an experience not to be missed.