Pampering Moments

Every single year I crack my head thinking of what kind of formal dress to buy for my university annual ball. Girls DO NOT usually wear the same dress twice for the same event! Reasons?
1) Because we want to look different every year.
2) Because we don't want our every ball pictures to look the same.
3) Because our dates (if any) do not want us to look the same.
4) Because wearing the same dress is boring.
5) Because we SIMPLY WANT TO BUY NEW ONE! =)

Hmm... I actually did repeat wearing my dress. But it was for a different event. So the above reasons still apply!

Basically this year I chose something very different from the normal dresses I usually buy. This is a traditional dress. It has a very high neck collar, cut in sleeves, a fitting waist and slits up from the sides. Plus a touch of sexiness.

A bare back cheongsam.

Every single year I crack my head again to decide which saloon to go to. Girls preferred to get their hair and make up done by someone else. Reasons again?
1) Because (again) we want to look different every year.
2) Because we don't have such good skills to do our hair and make up on our own.
3) Because we want to look pretty.
4) Because our dates (if any) want us to look pretty.
5) Because we SIMPLY WANT TO BE PAMPERED! =)

This year my housemate and I decided to try out Kairos Hair Story, a Korean saloon since we heard quite a number of good feedbacks from our friends. We made our appointment at 3.00pm but we were late for half an hour. We have a good reason for being late. Melbourne cab telephone booking system is not efficient! So, we ended up arriving at about 3.30pm. Though we were late, they still put a great smile when we walked in. They had patience in doing our hair and make up even though they had another upcoming appointment. They did not rush but make sure their job was done to the perfection. Talking about good work ethics, Kairos Hair Story has it.

My pampering session started with a hair wash. It was good but if there were a bit more massage it would be perfect. I kinda let my hair designer, Jang Hee to decide on my hair style. I just told her I wanted my hair to be all up. She took a look at my dress, gave me a nod and started curling my hair with cool pre-heated hair rollers (ok lar... I am a bit jakun! I never see before mer!) I am pretty excited as I never in my life curled my hair before. I looked like I was having an Afro when she took the rollers down. All of the sudden my head grew a few inches bigger! She then started pinning and spraying my hair. Pins and spray. Pins and spray. Pins and spray.When she was doing my hair, she looked so serious. All she did was giving me a smile here n there. The other times when she talked was talking in Korean to her assistance directing her what to take. She used up a total of 45 PINS and probably half a can of the spray for my hair up. You should see the way she sprayed my hair. It was as though she was using her full force pressing on the aerosol trying to kill a cockroach!

After my hair up, I was then led to the make up room to have my make up done. I also told my makeup artist, Amy Park to do whatever she wants as long as I look pretty. =) She too took a look at my dress. She came back and said, "I will use pink, a little bit of red and a very thin eyeliner for you!". I really love her make up skills and she was really professional at it. At least she understood what type of make up suits us. My housemate who is usually very fussy loves her make up too. When a fussy girl never complains, it literally means very good.

Amy asked me if I would like to put on a fake eyelashes. I never tried it before. It only costs ten dollars extra. Why not right? I did it and my eyelashes were so freaking long. But beauty comes with a price to pay. About six hours later, the glue started to dry up. Whenever I blink my eyes, the glue 'poke' the bottom part of my eyes. I was practically tearing and the remaining night, I forced myself not to blink so many times. No more fake eyelashes for me! Thank you very much!

Halfway doing my make up,
Amy: We will do manicure for you.
Me: Errrr...
Amy: Is FREE!
Me: (happily smiling..) Oh okay!

Weee... I got myself a free manicure!

Kairos service is so good, they even asked us to get ready in the saloon so that they can touch up and put glitter on our bodies. While we were getting ready, they kept coming to us to make sure everything looks alright. They seemed more excited than both of us.

By the time everything was done, the clock struck 5.45pm. We took two hours and fifteen minutes! And OH MY GOD! I seriously can't believe how I look! You don't get shock as well okay?


Yup... this is me! I look really different don't I? A nice way to put it, I have an oriental look. A not so nice way to put it, I look like an ah moi. I look super duper Chinese. I know I am Chinese but I felt I look extra Chinese that night.

My hair designer, Jang Hee. She doesn't look that serious afterall in this picture.


My make up artist, Amy Park.


Both of them did a really great job in creating an oriental look for me. Honestly, I did not really fancy the 'curry puff' head. I did not expect that my statement of '...my hair all up' will turn out to be like this. However, I can't deny how well the hair style and make up blended in with my cheongsam.

After snapping more than 20 pictures in the saloon, we decided is time to head to our big night. Amy was so nice, she did not charge us for the fake eyelashes.

Free manicure + free fake eyelashes + excellent service. I am definitely going back there again.