Extra Care for Damaged Hair

So not too long ago, I've bleached my entire ends to achieve a bit of Ombre hair. It adds more texture to my hair but getting chemicals into it has dry out my hair even more. Not to mention, my hair was pretty damaged even before this not to say it was not well treated but it wasn't easy to have gorgeous, soft, shiny hair for me. That's one of the reasons why I chopped off my long locks. As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I'd love to share my current hair care routine. It's more on how I take extra care of my hair.

Organix Renewing Morrocan Argan Penetrating Oil 

I had this for awhile now but I'm just starting to adore it. It's great for detangling, tames the frizziness and adds moisture to my hair before I blow-dry my hair. It's light, non-sticky and has a great scent of argan oil. It does not work well on blow-dried hair, it feels a lil sticky on the hair so I'd only reach the product out on damp hair. I purchased this in Singapore, pretty amazed with the amount of products I could find there that are not available here in Malaysia. Can we please have the complete range of Organix, dying to try each of them.

Redken Smooth Lock Heat Glide

Before blow-drying or straightening my hair, I'd grab my recent purchase from Hair Depot that was on 20% discount. On the first try, I was already impressed. It makes my hair looking incredibly healthy, glossy, sleek and completely tames the frizz. The serum is awfully thick that just glides through your hair with a strong lovely scent of almond. I'd divide my hair into 2 or 3 sections and apply 1 pump for each section of my towel-dried hair. I then apply 1 pump evenly to my ends if I get the flat iron on, my hair gets silky straight and stays on till the next wash. Since it's so thick do limit to 2 pumps to avoid your hair feeling sticky and weighed down. 

Loreal Professional Mythic Oil Colour Glow

I use this on dry hair whenever I need extra care to it. I apply especially on the dry parts and comb through with my hands. The oil is light, non-sticky. It comes with a pump to help dispense the oil with the right amount. It leaves my hair more manageable, soft and adds more shine with just a few pumps. I love how it is specially made for coloured hair, making the colour or highlights healthier-looking. I really love the smell of it as well, it smells luxurious and as if you got your hair done in the salon (salon-ish smell)

Balayage and Ombre Hair?

I can't help it but to browse around for this hairstyle that has been around since 2010. Not a single celebrity that can't rock the balayage and ombre hair,  even my favourite youtubers are rocking it too such as Zoe Sugg, Michelle Phan and Claire Marshall. If you don't know what balayage and ombre hair is, it is where you have highlights all over your hair or the blonde bleach/hair dye all over your ends. By doing ombre and adding highlights it'll give more texture and natural flow to your hair. The balayage effect is done by sweeping the bleach/hair dye vertically to the strands of your hair. It'll frame your face even better when you have highlights along your fringe. Here's a few pictures for you to imagine how gorgeous it may look on you! Trust me I've been googling and I just can't stop loving the style.

All images taken from Google

As it's been days I've been googling, watching tutorials of DIY Ombre Hair. Learning how it is pretty simple to do it at home, don't have to be too precise or professional guidance during the application. The messier it is, the greater effect you'll get. So the heck, I'm doing it! I'm on break, I've chopped off my hair and I find myself already bored with my current hairstyle. So why not? I've always admire with Kylie Jenner's hairstyle, as she has dark hair like me and most Asians. For darker hair it is pretty hard to get it blonde bleached, it's very stubborn. Even hair dye in lighter shades for me takes time for it show.

All images taken from Google

So I did get on doing the balayage and ombre hair at home, stay tuned for the updated post of the results on my hair! If you follow me on twitter, you would know it turned out.


What's your colour for your ombre hair? Blonde? Caramel Brown? Blue? Pink?

Liese Straight Style Mist

Let me tell you something you may not know about me... I have the most stubborn hair! Frizzy, dry, damaged well I've described it well enough for you there. To make my hair stay straight and sleek is never easy. I would have to blow dry my hair and then straighten it for a better result. Now that just shouts, DAMAGED! 

So recently I decided to give this Liese Straight Style Mist a try since I ran out of heat protecting spray. What attracted me to it was the description and the affordable price (around RM 20). It claims to straighten the hair with curl inwards and for round bangs which is perfect for short hair girls like me. You'll just need the hairdryer to style it and to eliminate unwanted frizz. I just get excited to try any frizz-free products but ends up disappointing me just after one use.

It's been two weeks of using it and I must say I'm glad I have this by my side. It has made it easier for me to style my hair straight with the hairdryer. I'll avoid using the straightener as it makes hair frizzy with this product. So for me, I don't think it protects my hair from high heat straighteners. Usually, I'll wash my hair the night before and surprisingly I'll wake up with half of my hair straight. Other than that, it comes with a pump so no hands needed.

Usually, I'll brow dry my towel-dried hair layer by layer. Before anything, I'll apply the hair oil and even after as you can see how dry my hair is. I'll spray the mist till my hair is moist. One downfall for me is that I need a lot more product for it get the job done. I'll hold my brush towards my chin to get the curl inwards. It seems to be working for me at the moment, I'd definitely repurchase this.

What's your trusted hair styling product?