Upon occasion I will get emails asking about my hair. I have been getting my hair cut by Jules Chan at Dekko for probably 10 years. I first went to her at Architects & Heroes downtown when I was ready to chop off all my hair (and the dregs of my PERM), and then I kept following her around all over the place. Now she has her own salon….AND…now I live on the same block as Dekko! So awesome! She now has a blog, JuJuChan.com that includes Hot Hair of the Week and styling tips. Her focus on the blog is Asian hair, but I think a lot of the tips can apply to everyone. She also takes questions, and I proceeded to abuse this privilege!

Check out her latest blog entry in which I ask her about brushes for back combing!

On the topic of hair color, I use Virgin Rose by Special Effects, sometimes with a little Atomic Pink thrown in. Jodi at Dekko colors my hair now. I am too scared to bleach my own hair at home. I prefer the “better safe than BALD” approach to funky hair color!!! If you also prefer to have your hair professionally colored, you may want to ask what colors they provide in the salon. Otherwise, you can also ask if you are able to bring in your own color (which I do).


Also, only 24 hrs left in my Popcorn ebay Auction. Don’t forget!

I have been tagged by Jocelyn of Cutesypoo fame! I think of her as the Eggtart Lady.

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:
1. The Star Trek Movie!!! HAhaha.
2. My first Spoonflower.com order!
3. The subsequent new project using the Spoonflower fabric!
4. The Chan Family reunion in Paris/Florence come June!
5. Enjoying my new make-up free eyebrows during the hot season!
6. Getting rid of the stupid rock garden that came with my loft!
7. Hopefully sharing a craft fair booth with my BFF in July! (fingers crossed….! pick us! pick us!)
8. My new bedroom furniture arriving on Saturday and the new bedroom makeover!

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Got eyebrows tattooed.
2. Ate congee with pork and thousand year old eggs for lunch.
3. Walked Bibi and Bunny with Hairy.
4. Chatted with my BFF and applied for Renegade together.
5. Put 10 lbs of Chinese buns in the freezer.

6. Finished a new Twinkie Chan graphic wallpapery thingie.
7. Watched lots of old 90210 on DVR!
8. Made plans to see new horror flick on Friday (I love horror flicks, even the really bad ones!)

8 Things I Wish I could do
1. Be better at business thinking..i am too creatively minded..(copying this from Jocelyn…DITTO!!)
2. Teleport.
3. Sew.
4. Be better at ACCOUNTING!
5. Make things solely from my yarn stash and not buy new yarn (always impossible…)
6. Have a candypink fro!
7. Finish my sleeve and start my new tattoo idea (no funds, boooo on un/self-employment!)
8. Not be so grumpy all the time (poor Hairy!)

8 Shows I Watch
1. old 90210
2. Top Chef
3. Lost
4. ANTM
5. Project Runway
6. The Hills
7. Flight of the Conchords (by default cuz Hairy loves it)
8. anything on HGTV

People i am tagging!
1. BullyGrrl!
2.Lovely Little Deer who is having a fabulous giveaway right now!
3.Hairy
omg I totally ran out of steam on this tagging thing, I picked Didi and Hairy cuz I know them in real life, and Becky because she is having a blog giveaway. I suck, but I have a feeling anyone else I’d tag wouldn’t do it anyway 😛 😛

The first tattoo I ever got was actually with my mom AND ON MY FACE.

This happened about 8 or 9 years ago, and I’ve been putting makeup on top of them for a while now since they fade so quickly, so finally, my mom and I went to get them re-done today. I made my mom go first even though she was in the middle of eating a scone. Just because I’ve been tattooed a bit more since the first time, doesn’t mean I still don’t feel nervous!

This time, they called it eyebrow “embroidery,” and instead of only using a little mini tattoo gun, this woman used a line of needles attached to what looked like a paint brush handle, and she did most of the inking BY HAND, with little pokes and strokes, and used the mini tattoo gun only a very little bit.

I’d have to say that the experience was more annoying than painful. It kinda made you want to sneeze. And now, afterward, my face hurts a LOT LESS than last time. I couldn’t smile or emote with my eyebrows last time without wincing, but now there is a slight tingle and that’s about it. I am crossing my fingers that I don’t STICK TO MY PILLOW like last time.

They are definitely a lighter brown than I’d prefer, but she said that since I am young(ish) and have fair(ish) skin, that I shouldn’t have super dark brows. I do have black eyeliner and pink hair, so I kinda don’t know how that all goes together….!

I took a quick Photobooh pic before my appointment (no eyebrow makeup) and after (still a little puffy and shiny from ointment).

This lady goes back to Hong Kong for 6 months, so in November we may go back for touch ups. If it fades really super light, I might ask her to darken it at this point, but I’ll just go with the flow for now! It will be very handy in the summer so I don’t sweat off my eyebrow makeup, but I think I may still darken them for photos. We’ll see what color they heal into!