Das SOCK BUN.

So my hair is ridiculously Asian, extremely slippery and thin, and I get extremely jealous of girls who have AWESOME hair they can do anything with. SIGH. Luckily for me there exists..... THE SOCK BUN. So here's how it works: 

cut toe off sock (tis crucial to remove foot from sock before attempting this).

roll sock "inside out" to create a donut ring

end up with donut (remember it is still not edible at this stage).

loop ponytail through the sock donut, and drag to the end of your ponytail.

NOW the tricky part.  Wrap your ends into the donut by rolling your hair into the sock. So that eventually all your hair will be tucked neatly into the sock and you have a perfect bun~

should end up with something like this...

No biggie right? WELL.

SEE HOW MUCH BETTER. zomgahh i know. the sad bun is even zoomed 

up closer and tis not near the size of das sock bun. So epic it must have the German prelude, "DAS" instead of the inferior English "THE"

as if that weren't enough, apparently it gives you curls like amazeballs. CHECK IT.

happy asian~

in other news, i bought some PURPLE VANS today

lurveee.

Nails of the Week: Revlon MINTED with handpainted zebra print in BLACK.

I have a photobombing pomeranian.  Can you spot him in another photo? lol

Hola, OMBRE

You should probably know that when I get bored... shit goes down.  The other day my hair was in the line of fire, and I decided to dye, no dye and BLEACH it at the same time.  When I itch for change, I go big.

This is what I had before mission FRY-HAIR began.  A loverly dark red, purple in certain lighting.  WHY MEL? WHY GET RID OF IT??

Well, random reader asking rhetorical questions that require an answer in a confusing paradoxical way, my hair grows super fast (some say its because I think too many dirty thoughts).  This is the growth only a month after dying it! SO. Tools to conquer my dirty thoughts.

AHEM you are in the way, fluffy one.

Here's what I bought specifically for this project:

Kaleidocolors tonal powder lightener in BLUE

Salon Care 30 Vol. creme developer

Colorful Protein Color Filler in #6 GOLD

Red-Gold corrector PLUS

iON Color Brilliance in DARKEST BROWN

Now, I didn't just want to dye it all one color, oh no that's just too simple and I'm much too complicated for that.  Ombre hair seemed like a viable solution to curing my dirty minded roots and short attention span.  What is ombre? It's basically a coloring technique that gradually goes from one color to another, typically with lighter ends.

comme des celebres~

Ideally, I would not turn into Drew Barrymore, but here's where I started.

Since my hair was already dyed, I tried to protect it from further torture by using a protein color filler.  Let it sit for 20 minutes, or one episode of Russian Dolls.  Oh yea. I watch trashy TV, like IQ-lowering stuff.... yeaaaaaa anyways. After washing it out (no shampoo!) I dryed it.

BLEACHING.

Mix up gunk according to package directions, and apply gunk to end of hair.

NOTE: if you apply all the bleach at once, it will ALL be the same color.  To get your ends lighter than the mid section of your hair, the bleach has to be there longer! SO, start with about 2 inches at the ends to bleach.  Watch another episode of Russian Dolls. Then apply bleach to another inch of hair, reapplying to the ends you've already done.  Continue until you think you've gone high enough, or when you run out of episodes of Russian Dolls to watch.  

Now, this still doesn't solve those nasty red roots have, so I'm going to dye my roots a natural black at the same time the bleach is developing.  

 Apply to roots and the hair that isn't being bleached.  When done, wrap ends in foil and watch a full episode of Teen Mom.

BAM. turns out when you bleach red hair, it gets REDDER. But me gusta. And no more roots that give away my dirty thoughts!

Now, my ends did not feel fabulous, but after a few deep conditioning treatments (I use Frederic Fekkai 3-Minute Technician Color Care Hair Mask) It has almost fully recovered from my torture.  Maybe I'll bleach the ends a bit more for more differentiation (muahahaha!)  

Until next time, pilgrims. XOXO

 

Nice to meet you, I think...

Soooooo I am finally starting up a blog to organize these weird and twisted thoughts I harbor in my Korean mind.  To start off, my name is Melody.  Last names are irrelevant in this circumstance don't you think? I mean the only reason you'd really like to know is to stalk me, and that in my own hypocrisy is really, really creepy.  From the aforementioned you might have already figured out that I am Korean, I stalk through social networking, and I like my coffee with sugar AND artificial sweetener (yes, my caffeine preferences are deducible from what I have written, if you get to know me better).

I have two babies. A twelve year old girl and a four month old boy.

  This is Pepper, my baby girl.  Acts 1/12th of her age, passions include tennis balls and people.  Dislikes include fly swatters (I swear we don't beat her).

This is Ninja, my 4 month old.  Is more fox-bear-cat-dustball than dog but I still love him. He weighed in at a monstrous 2 lbs last week.   

This is the lair of Bernie the Betta.  I do not remember when I acquired him, but I do know that he will never die.  An admirable quality in a fish.  Bernie, like Pepper and Ninja, is also black.  Guess the saying is true, once you go black.... you end up in a wheelchair.  Oh wait, only for white chicks. Not Koreans, okay.

I guess that is all I should introduce the readers to so as to not scare anybody away.  My postings will be quite random.  Tutorial on ombre hair next? Je ne sais pas.  Ah yes, to add to your confusion my writings may be laced with french phrases (6 years put to good use!).  Leave me comments, requests, queries, and suggestions!