Goal 1A: Try out new things (Hairstyles)

Sabi nila, your hair is your crowning glory. I kept this in mind whenever I want to try new hairstyles or cut my hair really short.

Those who have been with me in past 25 years of my existence, many of them were shocked when I cut my hair short after 20 years. My mom loves styling my hair, and she was my hairdresser since I was a child. She would give me the natural hot oil (from the fresh kakang gata) and we would bond during weekends for that. I only tried out a true blue salon when I was in 3rd year highschool when I decided to cut my hair short.

My hair is maarte. Just like what most of the girls say, depende yan sa parlorista (hairdresser) mo. My mom is not fond of short hair, so when I cut my hair, she said, "magtatampo yan. Papangit ang tubo". And as the saying goes, moms always know best. My first attempt of short hair was a failure, as it grows longer, it was not as good as before. So, I ditched my hairdresser, found a new one and cut it again. This time, gusto nya ang hairdresser ko!

Sadly, my hair and its hairdresser parted ways, so I decided to grow it long. That was 2009, and in time for the graduation pictorial. Several months after, I met my hairdresser again and cut it very short. I have Louie then, and he was my mom's kakampi on "no to short hair". But I know, I had to do it and it was a sweet reunion for my hair and its hairdresser.

For the second time around, my hairdresser left and I grew out my hair again. I never had major changes on my hair, I just need to cut it. I have virgin hair until now, no curls, no perms, no chemicals whatsoever. I had a boo-boo once, I tried curling my short hair on curling irons, and after 2 hours of curling it, I went outside for 5 minutes and after one big blow of wind, it went back on being straight. (My officemates love my hair because it was so "tamed", but I hate it sometimes because I can't curl it.)

This year, I asked Louie if I could cut my hair short (again) and to torture him more, I asked him to accompany me when I got my haircut earlier this year. I have been struggling to find a good salon and good thing I found Studio Fix by Alex Carbonell. This is where celebrities like Bianca Gonzalez have their mane done.

Hermes, one of their stylists, was the one who cut my hair and he noticed that I have true black hair, its so dark (maybe due to mom sessions I had way back), he recommend coloring my hair. I haven't done anything to my hair, just have it cut and so I passed having my hair colored. I do liked how he cut my hair and now, after a month, it had grown longer. In short, love nya si Hermes! Hiyang siya! :)

Now, as part of one of my goals, to try out new things, I will have my hair colored by next month! :) I don't want to do drastic changes on it, so I'm having dark brown color with blue highlights underneath. I just hope Hermes will be able to deliver this. My inspiration for the look are Jessica Alba and Vanessa Hudgens, since we nearly have the same hair styles now.