birthday treat...

Love my nails? They are done by Sylvia of Her Nails! Check out her post at http://hernails.blogspot.com/2010/07/all-things-cute.html I'm now a hand model. Haha...

Sylvia combined two of my favourite looks into one! She used pink glitters gel as the base and acrylic designs and swarovski crystals on top. Since she knew I love ribbons and laces, she used both to design, and she added hearts and pearls too! In short, it is a combination of all my favourite things! I think she did a great job! Lovely, aren't they?

Now my nails look unbelievably sweet! And the 5 hours is well worth it! I took the day off to pamper myself and get to know my online friend Sylvia! Our first time meeting in person and we hit off with lots of subjects to talk about! And time flew past without me even knowing that we spent 5 hours together! Sylvia is really a sweet and lovely babe.


I believe this is a beginning of a friendship that is going to last a lifetime.

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After doing my nails, I decided to make a trip to Orchard to do my hair! I had intended to celebrate my birthday by changing a new look... and since my good friend, Winnie had chosen that day to hold her wedding, I took leave today specially to do my nails and hair.

Yesterday, I went shopping and met this sweet and cute girl from this shop Ztyle with beautiful curls! She told me that she did it at Reds Hair Salon at Takashimaya. So I decided to give it a try! At first I was undecided between going back to Shunji Matsuo and look for my Korean hairstylist Gerard Lee, so I gave them a call to book my appointment, but too bad, Gerard is off today. So Reds here I come!

By the time I reached Takashimaya, it was already 6.15pm, so it was straight to the directory, look for Reds and headed straight to Basement 2 where the shop is located, went in and told them I wanted to do digital perm. Since it is my first time, I was game to try any hairstylist and give myself a surprise. I was assigned Lionel Tan.

Lionel had a very clean cut look with shot cropped black hair and neat spectacles, black shirt and black jeans. My first impression? He does not look the least like a hairstylist at all! I thought he was a customer! LOL. At first, I was a little apprehensive. He looked more like an accountant than someone in a fashion industry. I expected to get a hairstylist with funky, wierd hairstyle with a bold hue of hair colour, which was quite typical of hairstylists in Reds.

So I told him I wanted to look like a Japanese girl with the type of curls you see in those Japanese magazines. Lovely. But in my heart, I just crossed my fingers that my curls will not turn out a disaster. And guess what, I walked out a satified and happy customer!!! So satisfied, I immediately booked a second appointment with Lionel to colour my hair on Sunday!

Will post my photo when I'm done on Sunday! :)