Friday, June 12, 2009

Recent hair

Since around the time I last posted, I decided that I wanted to lighten my hair a little. I hadn't changed the color of my hair since senior year of high school when I dyed it back to black for senior pictures. There are many things to think about--wedding hair, roots, highlights vs. overall color change, what shade of brown, how natural or weird it will look, etc. Jenni helped me out a ton, encouraging lighter shades of brown, and my stylist suggested highlights for the time being.

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I went to Salon Moka on Milwaukee by Ashland, because word on the street was that the owner is Japanese. It's not exactly a Japanese salon like Uni-Hair is in Arlington Heights, but it's a helluva lot closer than Uni-Hair. The owner/my stylist, Masa, is indeed Japanese, and it turns out he might have even known my dad back in the 80's. Anyway, the results are kind of subtle, which is what I wanted, except in brighter light. I am told that things will tone down a bit over time, so maybe I will have a more concrete opinion as time goes on. I kind of thought that highlights were 1999 or something, but I guess it depends on how they're done. And to Masa's credit, when I was walking away from the salon, I was stopped by two young girls who asked, "Excuse me, where did you get your hair done? It looks nice." It was kind of bewildering; were they spying on me? Anyhoo, I also need to figure out how to get my hair did-did for the wedding.

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Aside from that, the other hair news I have is that I got another headband from American Apparel with the remainder of a gift card. I decided to get the tealish-blueish one, and I layered it with the purple one I wear often, to get THROWBACK ARIZONA DIAMONDBACK COLORS!

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Matt Williams

Not that I'm fond of the Diamondbacks, or know who this Matt Williams person is. I just thought it was funny that their colors used to be purple and teal, but then I read on Wikipedia that it wasn't teal, but turquoise, and further, there were reasons for the color choices:
...Turquoise was chosen because the greenish-blue stone is indigenous to Arizona, copper because Arizona is one the nation's top copper-producing states and purple because it has become a favorite color for Arizona sports fans, thanks to the success of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns.
I do have a couple of D'Backs, or D'Bags, as some might say, on my fantasy team, and Carlos Quentin got his start as a D'Back with the older colorway. This headband combo matches my my purple mosaic Outdoor duffel bag, and my teal/turquoise umbrella. It's been rainy on-and-off, and I've been using that bag from last summer, so I take pleasure in matching those accessories with ones for my hair.

6 comments:

Sean P said...

Sehr schoen!

Sean P said...

By the way, I wish you were wearing your goggles for the picture with the plastic bubble on your head. It would really have brought the whole thing together nicely.

Jenni said...

Wow, now I want to dye my hair back to brown and get some American Apparel headbands to match a baseball team I don't really like. I have hot pink already...probably not too helpful.

kei said...

Sean P, I owe you emails, sorry! But thanks for commenting here. Now that you mention it, I also wish I had those goggles with the bubble thing over my head. It blasted heat on my hair on the foil things, which I guess speeds up the process of highlighting/dying. It was kind of creepy and I slouched a little so as not to be entirely consumed by the it.

Jenni, I recommend looking into throwback colorways, because it seems AA colors tend to be more compatible with those. Anyway, you should definitely pamper yourself while your knee heals. Have someone bring and do everything for you!

kei said...

BY THE IT

Sean P said...

That's okay about the emails. I'm sure I'm just rambling most of the time. It's kind of amazing to have the internet all the time. And by the way, I have now seen Kimo's extensive goggle collection first hand--goggles for every occasion.