Back in November I shared with you my lavendream hair c/o the BEST hair dream team ever: Sir Jude and Miss Rose of JuRo Salon Exclusif. I ended that post with a statement that I don't think I'll be going back to black anytime soon.

A couple of weeks after that blog post, I turned into a purple belle, all thanks to Sir Jude and Miss Rose!

On December 4, I marched into JuRo Salon Exclusif for a haircut. I was ecstatic to be sitting on JuRo Salon's magical chair again! Sir Jude, ever the wizard with a pair of scissors, worked his magic on my hair and I felt even more chic in no time!

My roots peeked out after my haircut and we all thought it provided a nice contrast against the lavender, but Miss Rose had other plans. She said she'll color my hair purple-blue, and how could I refuse? In just less than three hours, I went from being a lavendream girl to a purple belle!


With my purple-blue hair and my pixie cut, I couldn't help but remember my childhood fantasies of being a purple faery! I'll be like Tinkerbell, only with a cooler outfit and edgier hair. Hee.

Now that it has been almost a month since my visit, what are my post-purple thoughts?


It's easier to maintain than my lavender hair. When I had lavender hair, I had to use the Elgon I/care Haircolor Rinse Coloring Conditioning Cream in Viola Intenso (Deep Violet) at least once a week to make sure the color remains vibrant and does not fade into oblivion that quickly, whereas I never had to do that with my current purple hair.


I was happy to bust my bright lipsticks out of storage again. When I had lavender hair, I only ever used my pink and nude lipsticks. Now I also get to use my reds and plums again! My purple lipsticks haven't seen the light of day in weeks, though, because I don't want to look like a walking ube jam. Heh.

In case it's not obvious yet, I am SO HAPPY with my hairstyle and color that I really don't want to go back to black anytime soon! Thank you so much, Sir Jude and Miss Rose! More than my awesome cut and color though, it's the duo behind JuRo Salon that makes the experience much more enjoyable. December is one of their busiest months and it was full house that night owing to the fact that many people were booking appointments for their holiday makeovers; I'm sure they were already feeling tired but we never heard a peep. The JuRo power couple remained energetic and jolly all throughout the day, and emphatically swapped stories with everyone. Such is their passion and dedication to their craft, and it shows on how happy their customers feel not only upon leaving the salon, but also days and even months after the JuRo Salon experience! I can personally attest to this!


If you are in the mood to treat yo'self to a New Year Makeover and you have the means to do so, then I highly recommend that you contact the JuRo duo for a consultation by calling (02) 822 5673. I promise you that it'll be a life-changing moment. I don't even know why I made do with my haircuts from before; Sir Jude and Miss Rose forever ruined other salons for me, and it's worth it.

Krissyfied Makes was officially launched at Bloggers United 10 yesterday, and the first products I sold under this dream brand are my watercolor postcards.

I lugged everything from my home to the bazaar in World Trade Center and organized and designed my booth myself. I wanted to paint a new poster to put in that white frame but I didn't have the time so I just put my Agrabah watercolor painting in there. I know it still looks barren but considering it's my first time to do this I am quite proud of what I did. (Maybe next time I can even add more products and sell more items like notebooks and memo pads? That's the dream.) What do you think? 

Acknowledgments time! I would like to thank the following: Aisa, Ana, and the rest of the BU Squad for making BU10 possible; Alex, John, and Jona for being fun booth neighbors; Anne for visiting; Miah for coming and scanning my watercolor paintings (the postcard wouldn't have been possible without him and his scanner, heehee); my officemate Patrick for lay-outing the postcards; everyone who dropped by my booth to chat with me about my paintings (I especially liked those who recognized my tribute to How I Met Your Mother); everyone who bought from my booth; and everyone who've been sending me messages to order! My heart is grateful. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I am selling them for P50 each or P200 for a bundle of five. Please email me thru mail@krissyfied.com for orders. I am also selling them soon via the Shopee app. 

That's it for my mini advertisement of my wares. Hee. Here is this week's Currently!

READING
The Kobayashi Maru of Love by Carljoe Javier.

WRITING
My Christmas shopping list.

LISTENING TO
My Only Wish This Year by Britney Spears.

THINKING OF
Birthday plans, Christmas plans, rest-of-the-year plans.

FEELING
Harried. Can the rest of the year go a little bit slower, please?

LOVING
My hair because I am now a purple belle thanks to JuRo Salon Exclusif! Sir Jude gave me a rockin' pixie cut with an undercut. It's so pretty. I honestly haven't decided yet whether I like this better than my lavendream hair. I will post about my new hair soon!

WISHING
The rest of the year goes smoothly. Christmas is a little more than two(!!!) weeks away and I am starting to get anxious.
How are your holiday plans coming along? I hope everything goes smoothly for you, too. ♥

When asked what my favorite color is, I always couldn't give a straight, definite answer. One moment it's yellow, next time it's pink, other times it's teal. Purple always belongs to the top five, though. Whether it be violet, magenta, or lavender, I love the whole spectrum of shades of purple.

And so when I got the chance to sit on JuRo Salon Exclusif's magical chair again, I took the opportunity to get my dream hair color. No better time to experiment than on my last year in my 20s, yes?

I have been wanting to dye my hair this shade since forever but I never followed through because I have every reason to dread and doubt this decision. Will it look good okay on me? Will I attract unnecessary attention? Will I be able to pull it off? What finally pushed me to go for it? Knowing that I can trust Sir Jude and Miss Rose to NEVER let me [and my hair] down plus the additional encouragement from my boyfriend. Now, having had this hair for four weeks now, I say YES! to every single one of those questions and, at the risk of sounding narcissistic, let me say that I love it.

Let me walk you through my experience on the road to my lavendream (lavender + dream) hair. Yep, totally coined that term while seated on my JuRo Salon magical chair.

On November 23 I arrived at JuRo Salon in Kensington Place, BGC for my 10 AM appointment, all chirpy and jumpy. It was the StrangeLit book launch the next day and of course I wanted to look great. Prior to that, the last time I was with this magical hair duo was a little over a year ago, so we chatted a little before we went to "work". What's amazing is that it was like no time has passed at all; we easily fell into comfortable conversation, swapping stories and anecdotes like three friends catching up. They're two of the best and most respected people in the hair industry yet they don't have any airs at all. Passion for their craft oozes with every snip of the scissor and brush of color, and sitting on their chair is a big privilege I am really thankful for, if only to be a living witness to their level of expertise and dedication.

Sir Jude giving me the iconic Vidal Sasson Five-Point Haircut

According to Sir Jude (and as verified by the world wide web), this haircut is one of the most iconic yet complicated to execute. I felt so giddy that I now belong to the roster of people with this signature cut that includes Rihanna, Keira Knightley, and Grace Coddington. I may have a love-hate relationship with my hair, but in that moment I don't think I've ever loved or appreciated my hair as much. It held the precision haircut very well, and I really hope there's a magical button I can press so that this hairstyle and length can stay forever. 

Next it was Miss Rose's turn to transform me.

My hair underwent three bleach baths, each eliminating different color tones (reds, bronzes, and coppers for the first and yellows on the second) but all serving the purpose of providing a clear palette with which Miss Rose can work her magic on. 

I remember when I first had my hair dyed red almost two years ago. It hurt like twenty pairs of hands were pulling on my hair that I was nearly in tears and almost begged the stylist to take it off. Except for the blue streaks that Miss Rose did on my hair last year, I've actually never had my hair bleached before so to be honest I was a little scared. Thanks to Miss Rose's skillful hands and this little potion below, I didn't have any reason to! 

Free of silicone or oils, Olaplex links broken bonds in the hair during and after chemical services making them stronger than they were before. Because of Olaplex, my hair actually came out better and softer, not fried nor damaged like on those bleach horror stories!



Blondes have more fun! I almost didn't want to proceed after seeing my hair this white because I thought it looked cool. But nope, I came here for one thing, and so...


For this session, Miss Rose used Elgon on me. Elgon is an Italian brand that originated in Milan, international capital of fashion and style, in 1970. The brand grew by formulating and producing color cosmetics and has been working for over 40 years with professional hairdressers who believe in the power of beauty and creative capacity of their work. Today Elgon is present in over 70 countries and currently holds an Innovative Training Academy in Florence. They have also sent Sir Jude and Miss Rose to different countries across Asia as well as regions in the Philippines to train hairdressers and share their craft. I'll let you see for yourself how it worked on me. Dun dun dun dunnn...

My Lavendream Five-Point Haircut from the back while Sadness looks on, jealous of my hair

So bold, so lush, so lavender! Frankly I felt like I was a fairy! My boyfriend loves it, I love it, everyone loves it! I am in love with the color and cut and I don't think I'll be going back to black anytime soon.

Sir Jude and Miss Rose also gave me more Elgon products for maintenance and color care. I got the Shampoo and Serum from the Elgon Argan Haircare line as well as the Elgon I/care Haircolor Rinse Coloring Conditioning Cream in Viola Intenso (Deep Violet) and I have been using them ever since! I especially like I/care; I use it when I feel like my hair starts looking dull (as lavender hair is wont to do) and it instantly becomes a healthy and vibrant shade of violet again!


In conclusion, Sir Jude and Miss Rose are the best people to ever happen to my hair and I can't stress this enough. You pay a premium price but it if you have funds to spare, why not? I guarantee that it's a magical experience from beginning to end. The best thing about it? This kind of magic is not fictional - they can really perform your biggest fantasies for your hair and make it a reality. I should know, I experienced it myself.

My favorite look with this hair: lined and mascara'd eyes, sparkly lids, and pink lips Mauve, hot, rosey, pale - all shades of pink work!

Another year beckons, and if you're looking to transform your hair [and your life in the process], then book a consultation with them soon by calling (02) 822 5673. They get crazy busy come the holidays (case in point: there were six other ladies in the salon with me including my friend Phoebe, but they're masters in multi-tasking and not once did I feel neglected) so get on that phone now.

I know I said I've dreamt of having this hair for so long, but I didn't know the extent of how much I wanted it until I finally had it. Even now I look in the mirror and get pleasantly surprised. Right now I already have roots but it still looks good! (Shameless plug: Follow me on Instagram for lavendream hair updates.) Thank you for this transformation, Sir Jude and Miss Rose!


Disclosure: I work in PR and JuRo Salon Exclusif is one of our clients but I was not compensated nor requested to write this review. All opinions are my own. Read my blog’s complete Disclosure Policy here. 

Until early this year, I would wonder how some bloggers would say they are too busy to blog and just couldn't find the time to post a new entry or so. I would think, huh, if they really love blogging, then surely they would find time for it? 

This "self-righteousness" bit me in the ass when the last quarter of the year came. I know I'm big on hyperbole and I have a tendency to exaggerate but I swear, I found myself juggling too many things and between my new job responsibilities when I got promoted, my social life, and my individual passionate pursuits I just found it too difficult to spare time to whip up a few words for this website. I would go home late almost every day and in the rare occasion that I get home a little early, I would prefer to just read a book and basically stay away from the computer.

Case in point: this post comes two days late. Tsk. I have a lot of drafted posts, and I'm putting this out there so I would get pressured to work on finishing them ASAP. Heh.

Here is this week's Currently!


READING


Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Miah introduced me to the podcast and I was instantly hooked! It took me a lot of phone calls and effort to get this but it's all worth it because I got the last copy and it was on sale!

WRITING
A list of things to bring to Boracay. We're going there for a work trip tomorrow and I have already started packing.

LISTENING TO
Nate Ruess' Spotify Session. He is perfection.

WEARING
My comfy pajamas. Sleeping shortly after publishing this!

THINKING
... and disbelieving that Christmas is ALMOST HERE! I really really really need to work on my Christmas list soon.

My kind of Christmas

FEELING
Frazzled. Still, I make sure to find time for:

Quality time with my family This is my cousin Gab and his sweet surprise to me when we were at the cemetery last All Saints' Day.

Quality time with my friends This is The Breakfast Club turned The Dinner Club at our belated birthday surprise for Sheila

Quality time with my boyfriend I'm sad though because date nights will be lessened significantly because of his work shift

LOVING
Life. Cheesy but true. I've never been so busy but I've also never felt so alive, heh.

WANTING
A vacation.

NEEDING
Massages, please.

WISHING
I have more time in a day just so I can do more and have more time with the people I hold dear.

There you go. I'm hoping I can write more posts this weekend. I'd like to share cool events as well as my planner for 2016, hee.

How about you, how have you been? I hope you're taking care of yourself and taking good care of your heart! ♥

Just so you know, I don't do things half-assed.

Yesterday, to introduce my story A Sky of Wishes at the StrangeLit book launch, I wore the galaxy.

The launch was held in Recession Coffee (thank you!) because what better way to celebrate new ebooks than with gadgets and coffee? The place was positively packed with authors, family, and friends who went all the way to Eastwood for this special day. 

It was a beautiful day for dreams to come true. The fact that it was already my second time to do this (my first ebook was launched in April) didn't make it any less exciting and thrilling! I wish I took more photos, but I seriously just wanted to breathe it all in that I only got a few. I couldn't stop grinning!

It's impossible to tell you how grateful I am for all the love and support I have been given by my family, friends, and readers of my work. I write not because I want to get rich off it but because I have untold stories waiting to be shared. Thank you for fueling my wishes for these stories to see the light of day! You inspire me endlessly! 

After the launch I was supposed to host a winner chicken dinner for my friends, but I ended up spending the rest of the day walking around TriNoma and SM North EDSA with Miah. We capped the night with delicious ice cream, and it was perfect.

Huge thanks to everyone who already got a copy of our ebook! If you did, please post a comment, send me an email, or tweet me so I can send you a postcard! For those who haven't yet, you may go to this link. It's at a very special price of only P45 for a limited time so clickity-click! I'm also giving away copies here!

I couldn't have wished for a better way for this day to unfold. I'm storing the memories in my little pockets of joy in my heart so I have something to use when the blues come. One of my biggest dreams is to be published, and this year I got to do it! TWICE! My gratitude cup runneth over for everyone who helped me make it happen.

Next dream: A TANGIBLE BOOK THAT READERS CAN HOLD AND SNIFF. Thanks in advance, Universe!