Hair makeovers are not a suprising thing for me. What have I not done to my hair before?
Colour wise, I’ve done bright red streaks. I’ve dyed my whole head purple.
Style wise, hey I even had cornrow braids once! Drove me nuts for a week lol.
Cut wise, oh where do I even begin! Had a ‘lala’ style of a mullet, I’ve went long, with and without bangs, and I’ve went short, with and without bangs, even asymmetrical.
Never mind the past decade, just look at the evolution in the past 2 years alone!
2009: My fringe was the same length as the back initially, then I went for bangs.
2010: From that, I chopped it all off for a short do, before cutting it again for an asymmetrical style.
Then I just let it grow and grow, and I kept trimming the ends while waiting for the shortest layer to grow out. Finally it got long enough to be equal length with the rest of the hair. The halfway length was really annoyingly out of shape, not to mention boring. I wanted to do something different this time. What have I not done to my hair before? Hmmm… Hey, I did straightening before, but I’ve not had curls! Soooo…
2011: Hunted for an online voucher and found a good deal on Groupon. Aaaaaand ladies and gentlemen, I got curls!
Ok it’s not the most flattering photo, it does not do justice to how it really looks like. Gimme time to camwhore more, I just got it done just yesterday after all lol. Different, isn’t it?? So excited lol.
However!
I was so thrilled with my new makeover, but I received quite a number of negative comments on Facebook that put down my mood. I do not understand why do people discriminate short curly hair as being “auntie”. Why is it that when celebrities sport short curls, it’s trendy and cool. But when normal people do the same, it’s old?? Talk about double standard.
However I am relieved that when I went to work today, most of my colleagues like it. So it proves my theory that the photos do not do justice to how it really looks like lol. My hair’s got so much attitude now that it’s as though my clothes does not match up :P And I need makeup to work it.
The stylist that did my hair today was telling me that he did so many such perms when he was training in Japan, but extremely rare when he comes back to Malaysia. He sounded almost upset lol. He was complaining about most ladies going for normal long straight hair, or soft digital perms. “Very nice meh??” he said of those common styles. “They DARE or not do this kind of style!” refering to my new curls. I could tell that he was having fun with styling my sort “explosive” curls lol. He kept tweaking it all the way to the exit. I love this dude :P He advises what would look weird, and encourages what would look good. And he doesn’t push me for extra stuff like treatments and colour. He just asked, I denied, and that was it. If I could afford, I would come back to him for my hair makeovers!
Anyway, I totally agree with what he said. I’m not particularly upset that people dislike my new hairstyle. They don’t like it, fine whatever. But to criticise it just because it’s not common here, now that’s just unjust. You don’t have to like it, it is a very drastic makeover, I know. But it ticks me off that people kept saying that it makes me look like an ‘auntie’! Really?? Am I the first person to sport short curls? Give me a break… Please be more adventurous. It’s only hair *shrugs* pth~
You oughta know by now that Jules does not conform. The norm tends to bore me. I have my attitude and having constant change of “strange” hairstyles expresses it. Oh-kaaaaay? *snaps fingers and bobs head side to side* Mm-hm!
So! Why did I decide to go for such an outrageous drastic change in hairstyle? Because I very well CAN, that’s why! Duh~ And that’s the way I roll :D
