March 2016
Hello I’m Agent M!
I love accessories and have since made it a big part of my career with my blogshop @theordinaryco !
Here are some of the accessories that I’ve curated!
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Accessories are beautiful but you have to match it with the right nail colour and even hair design to bring out the overall look.
As my hair has remained a boring black for a very long time, I decided to take the plunge and go for a vibrant hair colour for the first time in my life.
And no, I didn’t read any reviews.
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So, my hair ended up like this after the initial bleaching.
Drier and drier, and yellower and yellower with each wash.
I went to another hair salon right before CNY to fix my hair as the initial bleaching done was not even! However, it didn’t seem to help Image may be NSFW.
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So what this means is that I bleached my hair TWICE and coloured my hair THRICE… IN ONE MONTH.
This is how my hair looked like afterwards.
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Quite disastrous… I know.
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My hair was also stiff and hard to comb through.
When Agent G asked if I would like to go for a hair treatment that can help, I gladly said Yes!
The salon who is attempting to help me with my hair is Artica Hair Studio.
They are usually known for giving their customers vibrant colour designs that require bleaching so I hope they have the right solution for me!
Consultation
You may get a little lost the first time you go down to the salon.
(Because Far East Plaza is just that bit confusing)
There are two Artica outlets close to each other.
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The place may be a little small but still kept relatively clean and new.
I am glad to have the owner Juno attending to my hair.
He checked my hair condition and assured me that the treatment he has in mind can definitely help improve my hair condition.
Juno isn’t that big on explaining the treatment thoroughly but here’s what I researched later on.
The Treatment that Juno is doing for me today is the Tibolli Trioxxy Hair Treatment.
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This is a Keratin Treatment. As damaged hair is porous and cannot retain much nutrients and water, it becomes malnourished and frizzy. What Keratin Treatment does is that it coats the hair with Keratin so that nutrients and water cannot leak out of your hair. It also increases the water resistance of your hair so water cannot enter and cause your hair to become frizzy.
Keratin Treatment is the possibly one of the best treatments to do for bleached hair because it is often too damaged for other hair treatments to repair. Coating it with Keratin is one of the most sustainable ways to make sure that you can comb through your hair and make it feel soft and silky for months!
Note however that not all Keratin Treatments are the same. Some Keratin Treatments are better than others due to the quality of Keratin used. Tibolli is one of the benchmark Keratin Treatments to use in the market because
- It is formaldehyde-free. This is important as typical Keratin Treatments however release formaldehyde which is carcinogenic and therefore bad for health.
- Tibolli contains Trioxxy, a patented mix of Keratin Treatments that nourishes the hair even as it coats it, repairing the hair further!
The Tibolli Trioxxy Treatment process is below:
1. Hair Wash
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This is no ordinary hair wash as it uses the Tibolli Pre-Treatment Craving Clean Shampoo, which incidentally smelled like cherries!
This shampoo is important as it removes excess styling products and impurity build up. It also soothes and cleanses the scalp, providing nourishment to strengthen the scalp!
It also opens the hair cuticle, prepping it for the Tibolli Trioxxy Hair Treatment later on.
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2. Application of Tibolli Treatment Cream
Next, Juno applied the treatment cream carefully and thoroughly to ensure that every single strand of hair is coated with the Tibolli Trioxxy Treatment Cream.
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The Tibolli Treatment Cream contains the special blend of Keratin proteins Trioxxy, which plumps up the hair cuticles before coating it. This helps to repair the hair from within!
According to Juno, this treatment will also make the hair smooth and sleek for up to 5 months for ANY hair type!
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Fingers crossed!
Note that Tibolli Trioxxy Keratin Treatment can also be used to straighten your hair!
I didn’t go for that as my hair was already naturally straight. Therefore, what the Tibolli can do is to help me maintain my natural hair texture while repairing my hair.
3. Application of Heat
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Yes, that is a plastic cap over my head. We must be unglamorous before we can be glamorous, haha.
Once the Tibolli Treatment Cream is fully applied to my entire head, the plastic cap traps my body heat to help the treatment cream penetrate my hair.
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To accelerate the process even further, Juno decided to use this machine to heat up my hair evenly.
4. Tibolli Treatment Cream is applied again to the ends of my hair
As the ends of my hair are more damaged, Juno decided to apply Tibolli Treatment cream a second time for extra nourishment.
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5. Hair Wash
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Cold water was used during the hair wash as it helps to close and seal up the outer cuticle layer and all that awesome Trioxxy from the treatment.
6. Activate the Keratin by Ironing
The next very time-consuming step is Ironing. Ironing helps to activate the Keratin Treatment by keeping it coated around the hair shaft.
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This step took about 20 to 30 minutes as Juno was very meticulous in ensuring that every strand on my head was ironed thoroughly!
That’s it!
The Tibolli Trioxxy Hair Treatment is complete after about 2-3 hours!
Just a reminder of how my hair looked like before:
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This is how it looks like NOW.
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Tadah!
Just to show how soft and silky it has become:
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As you guys can see, my hair is much more lightweight and soft, and super easy to comb through.
My hair has also become visibly lighter and shinier!
That’s what good treatments are supposed to do: make your hair colour brighter as healthy repaired cuticle allows hair to bounce off more easily!
Then again, I had the benefit of having my hair blowdried and ironed professionally.
Will the Tibolli Trioxxy Treatment hold up after I get home?
Or will it return to this state? Image may be NSFW.
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ONE WEEK AFTER THE TREATMENT
Here’s how my hair looks one week on!
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Doesn’t that look a lot less like hay and a lot more like NORMAL HAIR?
My hair is also straighter, less wavy and a lot more manageable, reminding me about my hair texture before bleaching!
Even if I skipped blow-drying on some days, my hair is visibly less frizzy and still super soft!
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Although my hair was being VERY damaged at the beginning, I’m really happy to see how Tibolli Trioxxy Treatment has managed to give me back the softness of my pre-bleaching hair!
Definitely looking forward to FIVE full months of soft silky hair after this treatment.
I can’t thank you enough, Juno and Artica Hair Studio for rescuing my hair!
Artica may not be the most fancy or luxurious hair salon out there but its owner Juno has tried out numerous hair products and recommends only the best for his customers. It is this reason + my super awesome hair now that makes it easy to recommend Artica to all my friends Image may be NSFW.
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