Collaboration with Lucidol L and Runway Bandits

Presenting the Sports Luxe Edition!

Hair products: Always a must for Picture Perfect Moments, the Perfect Date or the Everyday Look (And with my help of course *grins*)

Featuring the lovely Irina, we are definitely rocking the season!

Mandom Cozycot workshop on Hair and Makeup

Finally the much awaited workshop held on 5th Dec 09 is over with a success with good reviews for me and Mandom!

Me and partner:


Goofy me is actually kinda nervous.....

Check out review:

http://forums.cozycot.com/cozycot-offers/47095-thank-you-for-attending-the-lucido-l-hair-and-eye-makeup-event.html#post2188076

I was honoured to be the speaker for this workshop, to guide 20 ladies (specially selected) in the working industry to look groomed and chic for their everyday routine!

And the Mandom personnel, Kelly and Yun Wen were so fun loving. IT was great fun when we were discussing the layout of the workshop!!

Days before the workshop, I diligently prepared power point slides to further help in my explanations. Was actually feeling a bit 'kan cheong' because being the slightly anal perfectionist that I am, I was worried I'll screw things up. (Not that I don't know my stuff, just that shit happens you know?????)

On this important day I chose a black and white combi outfit and oxford heels. To look sleek and professional! (As in pic above)
Ahhh...... but looks are indeed very important to me. (No Im not shallow, just mindful) :D.

Too bad I didn't take any full length pics to show off my heels. Because on this day, a boy (cause he is younger than me) came to chat me up while I was waiting for Joey, my partner for the day.

His 1st pickline was, " Hi! I love YOUR HEELS and the way you look and I'll hit myself on the head if I don't come approach and get to know you." ......

HMMMmmmmmmmmm weird but interesting..... So that means I'm still 宝刀未老 la!! Can still manage to 'sort' some young punk...

It was a rainy day but luckily I think all the ladies turned up. It's great they are all so enthusiastic!

Mandom is sooo good to include full sized products in a goodie bag for us! Thank you Mandom!

In case some of you have no clue, Mandom- is a Japanese company, distributor for your ever famous :

Gatsby- wax; moving rubber

Lucidol L-Hair styling product range

Makeup products-shimmer shadows and lip plumping gloss!!!

Starting of the workshop... Stiff and upright posture.. Better not play a fool first.

Some Pics of me doing demo:

Ember







Yan fang

My helpful volunteers: Ember & Yan fang. I hope I get their spelling right.

After about ten minutes of intro and warmup, I started to loosen up and get a bit 'funnier'. At least I managed to make the ladies giggle a bit.

The 2 hours flew by pretty quickly and I was relieved that there were no glitches. With our help, most of the ladies managed to get the hair and makeup technique right somewhat.. :D

At least I made sure the basics were covered.

For the more complicated works! Just ring me! Hahahhahah

Gerra

Volunteers for trial of hair products- Sebastian

Went to volunteer myself as a model for trial of Sebastian's new range of products.

Products and styling for hair play a very important role on how good your hair look. In my opinion, it stands for 60% of the overall importance. Check out the magazine models and you'll know what I mean!
Of course I'm not forgetting about the cut and colour, which are important too! Although sometimes looking good is a lot of maintenance work, I feel it's totally worth it and that's why I'm here at your service! =)

Anyway, I got the Korean stylists!

And then there were Honkies, Taiwanese, Thai, Caucasians, Koreans, Japanese.....

of course taking pictures of my stylists are a MUST

End result of all the experimenting:

Initially my hair was styled into some korean tai tai style. Didn't suit me at all! So after some messing up and pinning it became like this =D
I love the volume look!
Volume is forever in and suits many Asian face shapes.

It was fun though.

How to maintain your new curls

I realised there are many of you who have no idea on how to maintain your newly permed head of curls. Therefore I am here to save the day!!

1st, having curly hair is NOT equaled to the same maintenance for your straight hair. You need more maintenance!

P/s: please always use conditioner after shampooing your hair. I've caught a few of you not doing so! tsk tsk....

The Essentials:

1) leave in conditioner or serum
2) curl wax
3) curling thong (optional)
4) makeup

ok

No.1. LEAVE IN CONDITIONER/SERUM---> this is to give hair a bit of gloss and shine. you don't want the hair looking like wheat.

No.2. WAX--> you need wax to keep the curls in place, to minimise the frizziness. Apply the wax, one dollop at a time, into sectioned hair until it's distributed evenly per section when hair is damp.
Detangle with finger, coat hair with wax, twist and scrunch.

Personally, i don't like using sculpting lotion or gel because when hair dries, it has the stiff noodle look. NOT appealing or sexy... I recommend Lucido hair wax for curls!

This wax revives curls and gives a strong hold without the stiffness!

If some of you don't want your curls too amplified by wax, its fine if you use more curl conditioner and a little bit of wax for softer curls.

No.3. CURLING THONG---> this is optional unless you want those really really nice bouncy waves/curls you see in magazines. If not, the wax should do a good job.
Note: Please always use a pre-heat protective styler or moouse before you thong to prevent too much moisture loss. Before you thong, make sure hair is DRY

No.4. MAKEUP---> having curls is a fine line between looking ultra sexy or ultra 'auntie'. Makeup obviously will bring out the wild cat in you. So, to be on the safe side, stick to eyeliner, mascara/falsies, blusher and peach lip shine. Basics. PERIOD.

Long luscious waves (Digital perm)

Beautiful curls need maintenance, and of course products are a must!
*budget and good: I recommend lucido hair wax (green cap for strong hold and pink cap for soft curls)
I created a lot of layers in her hair for her as this will create bounce and curls better. Without layers, it will resemble a "christmas tree"
- a VERY heavy bottom. Now, we've gotten rid of that, didn't we? ;)