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As much as I love my thick mane, it's getting harder to maintain it. ike the rest of you, I want my hair easy to take care of. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for the past few months. It was so difficult to style it that I would just keep in a ponytail.. I was near becoming a "losyang mom"! Good thing I have honest and great friends who told me to go for a a hair makeover!

And where else to go but Creations Salon by Lourd Ramos!


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DIY hair coloring has taken a whole new meaning for me since I have recently (just this year actually) conquered coloring my hair on my own. Once with Revia -and then, L'Oreal Excellance. And guess what? It is easy, cheap and it didn't damage my hair.


This is the exactly what Watsons Philippines want to know when they launched their "Color Your Hair Bold" campaign. Revel at the Palace was transformed into a runway for them to showcase popular hair colors lot of brands that will help make your hair color dreams come true!

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I really don't consider myself a hair care expert. I'm just like you constantly looking for that it product that addresses all the needs of her hair. Given how much I color and chemically treat it, I need one that takes care of it and help keep it from drying, which is usually the result when you keep on damaging it.

I have a few favorites lately and that includes the L'Oreal EverPure Sulfate Free Color Care System. I don't immediately go for organic. The ones I've tried before dried out my hair completely, given me dandruff or didn't wasg off the pollution off of my hair. It was painstaking but I thought I was doing myself a favor. When I got sent the this new sulfate-free line from L'Oreal, I didn't really put too much thought in it. Rather it took me awhile before trying it out.

But when I did, it lathered well, the scent was amazing (rosemary, juniper and mint) and it felt like I was really cleaning my hair. The best thing though is the effects it had on my hair. I started using this when I had my hair colored and during the course of time I was using it, my hair didn't looked dull after several washes. My hair was shinier, softer and vibrant just like when I had my hair colored.

I have to admit that aside form the fact that it's sulfate-free and cares for my hair color, the reason that I have bought this set twice is because of the scent! I love anything that has mint. It's so refreshing! But with the blend of rosemary and juniper, this has given me a spa-like experience with every use. :)

No questions ask, I definitely recommend the L'Oreal EverPure Sulfate Free Color Care System! Especially if your concerns are the following:
  1. Wants to go sulfate-free
  2. Want to maintain vibrancy of your hair color
  3. Wants cheaper organic hair care products
  4. Wants less drying of the hair but can't give up the rich lather that regular shampoo does.

EVER Pure Moisture Shampoo, P449 - Lathers really well and the scents is really luxurious. Doesn't dry out the hair like regular shampoo.

EVER Pure Moisture Conditioner, P449 - Easy to use, leaves the hair softer with every wash. It's like any other conditioner but smells spa-like and rejuvinates the hair after the washing.

EVER Pure Moisture Deep Restorative Masque, P549 - I used this at least twice monthly. Effects are immediate and you'll notice your hair is glossier.

EVER Pure Leave-in Conditioner, P549 - provides a shinier frizz-free hair. Used this after washing, before blow dry or curling my hair. Definitely gives a smooth finish like that of a magazine. Closes also the cuticles for softer appearance.







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I told you all about the new revolutionary hair care treatment, L'oreal Steampod by Rowenta. Now let me tell you about my experience since L'oreal Professionnel Philippines and Bench Fix Salon
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Having had long hair for most of my life, it was only until recently that I got interested in styling them on my own. And that’s from a girl who have several hair styling tools in her stash. Yes, I am that lazy.

With long, thick and unbelievably unruly hair (think Merida of Brave), I use to just settle with putting it up on a pony. But late last year, while I got around to seeing how a stylist curled my hair... I thought, why not.. and I picked up my hot iron curling tool from Vidal Sasson and started curling my hair.

At first it took me about 2 and half hours to style it. This includedthe blow drying of the hair after bathing (which took so long since I have super thick hair). I stop in between as my hands and arms get fatigued. The “mane” problem I had also was that I had trouble sectioning my hair. Thankful for the lesson I had during the Bench Fix Salon Hair Styling Tutorial, I took the tips and tricks and it really made my life so much easier.

But most of all, a good holding and styling product was the real savior! Nothing like seeing the labor of your hard work (and I call styling my hair a hard work. It is!) hold up from all the humidity and pressing against the back of the chair I sit on.


Meet my Prostyle Fuwarie Curl Styling Mist! It’s my “secret weapon” for the bouncy vavavoom voluminous hair ever since I got it.

What I like about Prostyle Funwarie Styling Mist:

The Scent – as much as I like aa product because it does its jo, the scent can affect my decision to purchase it Fuwarie has a sweet and subtle scent that mesh well with my body chemistry.

Longer hold – like I said, curling my hair is a lot of hard work. I have about 1 apound of hair in my head and curling it is no feat especially since I only have a one-inch barrel curler. I also have thick strand and making the curl form is a diificult task altogether without a styling product. Funwarie curl styling mist makes my hair easier to curl and in turn, lessening the time I have to run the iron through my hair.

It’s a Heat Protectant, too! - This, I think, is the reason why it’s garnering praises on and offline. Rich with animo acid, Funwarie Styling mist not only helps hold the curl and keeps your  masterpiece in place, it also helps strengthen and protect the hair. It lessens the burning or hair blisters caused by the heating tools and nourishes it to bring back lost moisture in your hair.

Prevents Discoloration - since most girls like who loves to tinker with hair are most likely to have colored hair, too. Styling it can cause other problems other than making hair brittle. Frequent use of heating tools can also cause dullness of your hair color. Not a good thing if you've spent 




How to use Prostyle Fuwarie Curl Styling Mist:

On freshly washed fair:

  1. Towel dry hair.
  2. Spray on ProStyle Fuwarie Curl Styling Mist all over hair.
  3. Use blow dry until hair is only half-way dry.
  4. Spray on Prostyle Fuwarie on hair especially parts that heating tool will come in contact with.
  5. Style as usual.


On already dry or day old hair:

Day old hair holds style much longer based on my experience.

  1. Brush hair as usual
  2. Section hair starting from the base of your neck. 
  3. Spray each section a 2 or 3 times with Prostyle Fuwarie  as you go along.
  4. Curl as usual.

The feel is like that of a hair spray but unlike it, your hair has natural movement and it has none of that chemical scent.

I'm not adventurous when it comes to hair care or hair styling product. I tend to stick to what I know. But I'm definitely glad that I got a chance to try Prostyle Fuwarie Curl Styling Mist. It's definitely on my top hair care products especially in maintaining my digipermed curls or creating bouncy glamorous one!

It may be a bit expensive for a Php450 bottle but if you want to achieve a hair style worthy of a magazine cover, then I suggest grabbing this one. :)

Prostyle Fuwarie is available at Beauty Bar stores all over Metro Manila.




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Continuous stream of high pressure steam. Pro Keratin Technology....

Definitely a lot of great big words that rings beautifulky in my ears. Hair care innovator L'oreal Professionnel and Rowenta (maker of the first steam iron) collaborated in creating the first ever hair smoothing steam iron that guarantees to give you the best results for your type of hair. And with the technology of hair products from the house of L'oreal Professionnel, you are nearer to having great looking hair.



It's the first in-salon straightening and smoothing tool that is definitely degrees higher and better than your regular salon ironing tool. While the latter can only straighten your hair, L'oreal Steampod does so much more, such as:


  • Repai and nourishes hair
  • Smoothens and seals ends
  • Provides brilliant shine
  • Has long-lasting results
  • And the ultimate care from pro-Keratin and steam

This new hair care gadget also prevents "thermal shock effect" that our hair experience from flat ironing tool that burns and causes hair brittleness and dryness. That is why many stylists and hair experts tell us that we should lessen the use of such tool or at the very least, use products for damaged and processed hair.

Steam is the key and with this it properly distributes heat, gently opens up our hair cuticles and seals the ends without damaging or burning the delicate strands of our hair.



Presently available only at selected Bench Fix Salons, they offer 2 services with the use of L'oreal Steampod by Rowenta.



Keratin Steam Care Service is for those who are concerned with frizziness, wants to bring back nourishment to their hair and especially for those who have highly sensitized hair (brought on by frequent coloring, bleaching, rebond, perming, digital perming or combination of).

The effect lasts up to 3 days and more if you use products that specifically targets your hair concerns. With continuous use (of at least once every month + home care), you'll notice a reconstructed hair inside and out, noticing less dryness and breakage.


Keratin Bond Service is probably the next best thing that happened to hair straightening technology. Still using the the ultimate repair of Pro Keratin found in X-tenso Care, your hair will look sleek and straight in less time spent inside the salon and looking more natural and healthier compared to the regular process. In comes in two style you can choose from, Ultimate Straight Smoothing (straight and silky to the ends of the hair) or Natural Straight Smoothing that is straight and shiny with natural movement.

Supplement your Steambond experience with the specially developed hair care products that has Pro Keratin Technology and Formaldehyde-free formulation.



If you're curious about L'Oreal Professionnel Steampod and it's #hairrevolution campaign, please do visit their sites - Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube.





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A lot of you have been asking what products I use in my now digipermed hair. So sorry that i have been remissed answering them. When it comes to hair, I feel that my confidence falters
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Was nothing short wonderful.

Just look at the result after spending about two hours inside the sleek spacious salon of Hair Philosophie. The interiors reminded me of those old pre-war buildings in New York with all the bricks and wood work station. It sort of felt like the cast of RENT was about to burst in to do a song and dance number. Yup, it was that roomy.

Still, the salon, despite it being in one of the busy streets of Makati, maintained a kind of sanctuary. It's quiet and unassumingly posh. Definitely something I seek to go to when i'm just about ready to hang myself at work. Nothing like a quick mani/pedi or hair treatment to get me in the mood and forget that my clients are sort of trying to suck the life out of me.

Of course, this visit was an invite from Ria, the salon's PR Rep. She must have felt that my dry thick hair needed a boost. Other than that, she really wanted to showcase what this salon can do for all us working girls in Metro.

From dry and utterly thick wavy hair, I transformed into a what I can say a vavavoom-move-out-of-the-way-Farrah Faucet-bouncy curly hair.



When it comes to going to salons, I feel as if I'm an expert already. I know what I want and not because I'm a snooty bitch who thinks she knows so much or that she's a glorified beauty blogger who knows better than everyone. It's just that I've spent a good amount of time inside different salons and have tried too many treatments that I have a good enough knowledge on what my hair needs.

But I liked to be surprised once in a while. No harsh treatments like hair color, rebonding or relaxing this time. I just needed a color boost that will also lessen the dryness of scalp and the tips of my hair.

Allan, my hair stylist that day, knew exactly what I needed. When he recommended Kerastase Chroma Riche for my hair, I knew already that it was the answer for my currently dry and dull hair. So we proceeded to do exactly that. Allan gave Benjie the task to remove all products off of my hair with a  cleansing shampoo. Then after a bit towel drying, Allan applied Kerastase Chroma Riche mask all over my hair.

After which, Benjie encased my hair with seran wrap. Wrapping the hair is crucial as this process opens up the hair and allows the products to seep in more than just leaving it out in the open. Effect is a much softer hair.

Twenty minutes later and quite a lot of fun chikka time with Ria, my hair was rinsed off and it remarkably felt lighter already. No surprise there since Kerastase really does deliver when it comes to their products. No disappointment, just fabulous results. 

What was quite the thing was when Allan and Benjie started styling my hair. OMG did I transform. I should know, I've never looked this good. And they only used magnetic rollers on me! Allow me to beckinese and say "Ang shala ko lang!"

Treating you of course with photos I took of my visit. :)






what my hair looks like before (still wet from my morning bath)


Shampoo to get rid of the anti-frizz product I used for my hair


Application of the Kerstase Chroma Riche mask


Twenty minutes waiting game... There's free WIFI so there was no downtime for me. Also, Ria and I got to girl talk. Yup, salons were made for women who loves to talk. :) Hehehe!


And the styling begins...


Will it be worth it? :)


Whoah...


Whoah!!


I was simply impressed. I never looked this good with curly hair. I usually like mine stick straight because of how crazy thick it is but this gives me a whole new perspective.

Of course, I don't always recommend you to leave all the decisions to your hair stylist, especially when it comes to major hair treatments like coloring, rebonding and perming. Think of going to a salon as a collaboration and a relationship. You need to like the salon and you need to like the stylist and vice versa. It's not a one way street. It's all about consultation and negotiation. They are there for reason and because they are expert. And you are there because you want a change, how big of a chance you want is exactly what they need to know. Open communication is the key. :)

Yes, going to a salon is like any other relationship you have. :)

Hair Philosophie definitely has got the class and style anybody would want in a salon. It's got the impressive interiors, spacious rooms and working stations. Courteous and observant staff who aren't too hard sell on their treatments and procedure. 

I do look forward to visiting this salon again, if only to get that perfectly bouncy curls that Allan did for my hair. 


Lunch time seems to be a good time to visit since it had the less traffic. I noticed that clients came in around the afternoon already. I suggest having an early lunch and take advantage of a quiet escape at Hair Philosophie.


Hair Philosophie is located at 117 Tordesillas St., corner Bautista, Salcedo Village, Makati, tel no. (02) 836 768.



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When it comes to hair, there's one brand that never fails to impress me. That brand is Kerastase. The first time I was introduce to this brand was at David's Salon in Sta. Lucia East Mall. My family home was just across it and my mother frequented that branch for her haircut, rebonding and hair coloring. Back then, I had severe dandruff problem. And when they offered my mom to purchase their anti-dandruff line, she bought me the shampoo and conditioner.

It was expensive so my mom asked me to use it properly. Within 5 days of using Kerastase Bain Gommage, my dandruff disappeared like magic. What's great was that it didn't dry out my hair compared to regular mass brand anti-dandruff shampoos.

I didn't know exactly what a prestige brand Kersatase was. What I knew was just it was great! So even when I learned the ropes of taking care of my hair and when I have extra budget, I look to Kerastase for intense hair care. Right now, I use Kerastase Oleo Relax Slim Masque for my rebonded hair, Bain Chroma Rich Masque and Chroma Sensitive for to maintain the color.

But applying them can't be done at one time. What I do is deep contion my hair with the Oleo Relax Slim on Sundays and the Chroma Rich Masque or Chroma Sensitive on Saturdays. It takes a lot of my time for sure since deep conditioning needs about 20 miuntes of more for you to see fabulous results.


It's a good thing that Kersatase came up with a new invention! And they call it Fusio-Dose. It's a first of its kind and it targets everything your hair could possibly need. The idea of Kerastase is to provide the hair with a healing treatment with immediate results.

Fusion of the Concentrate (those in the bottles) and Boosters (Caps with intense ingredients), when combined together creates a tailor-made hair treatment that targets all hair damage.


Kerastase makes it easy to spot your Primary and Secondary need with this ingenious slide tablet.


Fusio dose Primary Need Concentrates and Secondary Need Boosters.

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Now, time for my hair analysis.


Don't you often feel hypochondriac when it comes to your hair? That you often think that you have the driest, worst hair compared to others? I'm like that. With the Kerastase hair analyzer, I discovered that my hair is a somewhat healthy after all. It's dry where it's suppose to be from rebonding and hair coloring, but my hair cuticles aren't as bad as I thought it was! Thank God for nifty gadgets like this!



Given that my hair's primary need is rebonded and colored but incredibly thick and dull from outside stressors, I was recommended Double Nutri-Huile for Instant Nourishment and Softness. Amped it up with  twice the dose of  Ionium + Argine Booster for In-depth nourishment and Polyphenols + Ionium for protection of coloured hair.


Here's a video on how the Primary Need Concentrate and Secondary Need Boosters are mixed.


After everything is mixed together, this is how it looks. Such a tiny but powerful product!


The cap is then replaced with a sprtizer cap and applied to your hair from roots to the tips.





Then, a head massage follows. There's no need for heating or hot machine to infused this treatment on to your hair. It's very safe and really nourishing for your locks. after 20 minutes, your hair is then washed off of the fusio-dose and then you're ready for blow dry.


Immediately, I felt a difference even with my hair wet. It felt lighter lighter and easy to untangle. Having had unmanageable hair for half my life, I know when its behaving...this time it certainly was!


To prep for the blow-dry, Kerastase  Nectar Thermique was applied on my hair to protect it from the heat. This also gives added shine and nbourishment to my hair.



The Result....




Sleek, softer, shinier looking hair.... It's Kerastase. Enough said!

Fusio-Dose ritual starts at Php1500 at David's Salons, depending on your hair thickness and length. And it takes only about an hour. Great to grab one during lunchtime or after work if you don't want to deal with traffic just yet. I suggest not to wash your hair the next day to let the treatment seep into your hair better .

The results are still visible after 7 to 9 washes (5 to 6 if you wash your hair daily). But the dryness of the hair will be forever reduced! Since I use products that targets my hair concerns, along with the Fusio-Dose, my hair looks a lot healthier and softer. No more frizz and tangles. And the weight of my hair certainly lessened that I didn't feel the need to frequently ponytail it.



Will I do this again? Definitely! I love the results. It's like medication for the hair! Think cold medicine and vaporrub in a nifty little bottle but instead of targeting colds, it heals and repairs your hair and provide immediate relief

I don't think I need to convince you that this Kerastase Ritual works. The name alone says everything. Holiday is right around the corner, this is a great time to look your best and give yourself something your hair deserve! :)


I got to meet Laura Charlton, daughter of David of David's Salon. At such a young age, she's very accomplished! She confesses that she's not a natural blonde but her hair is kept soft because of treatments like Fusio-Dose! She even says that we Filipinas have more care for our hair as we frequently get hair treatments done to maintain its softness! :) Yes, Laura, Filipinas take good care of themselves inside and out!

Do you agree with me?





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