Michelle Phan has always been a favourite beauty guru on YouTube for me, she is the one that really got me started being interested in skincare and cosmetics.I once even went to a focus group set up by herself and her collegues, sadly she was not there but I had a really great time.
Having followed her for a long time now, I have seen the way she has changed, from being just somebody wishing to share her knowledge in her room to this millionnaire she is now! From that I have seen the way her videos change too, the period I enjoyed the most was when she was sitting in front of her TV which had picture on so she could use this as her backdrop, such as her NaNa tutorial and her Theme Park make up. This was when she was also apart of IQQU and she was working to make her own skincare products and this was what got me interested in skincare too.
Although she went through of phase of just being all Lancome, Lancome, Lancome and now, Ipsy, Ipsy, Ipsy (currently not open to international customers) in this particular video which she has called 'Broken City Movie Make Up' I feel like this video has definately captured what she used to be and my favourite part of this video is that she is using only using her fingers to apply her eyeshadow, not only how to put on but to blend as well. I have loads of brushes that I just keep buying a buying and in all honesty, this takes me back, your fingers are your best tools for definite.
Hello everyone!!!! I just want to start off by wishing you all a happy new year and all the best for 2013!!! Have you got a new years resolution yet? Mine is to work hard and acheive my goal of moving to Hong Kong like I have always wanted, I think it may take me a couple of years still but it is finally a work in progress. It has always been a dream of mine to move to Hong Kong, I love going there and I think life out there suits me more, I have always felt that I was too young and not confident enough to do it and I was in uni so busy with that but now I don't feel like I have anything stopping me and I am not losing anything or leaving anything behind so now is the perfect time to begin this adventure! Good luck with all your endeavours and I wish you all the bset of luck for completing your resolutions for 2013!! Back to the main purpose of this post, I finally got a chance to go to Mikami Salon!!! I have wanted to go for many years but since it is half way round the other side of the world in Hong Kong, I don't really get many chances! Really excited to share this because before I went I couldn't see much about it on the internet besides on their facebook page so I hope this helps anyone who is looking to go there!
I've just come back from Hong Kong so I am very excited to share everything that I got up to! The salon has been around for quite a few years now, the owner is a lovely girl and brilliant amazing photographer called Mikocokiki, I haven't had a chance to meet her yet but I caught her on the way out of the salon whilst I was walking in. I tried to read some reviews on the internet before I went but didn't find much...
The salon is conveniently located in the middle of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. Mikocokiki also owns a clothes shop (SP Fashion - which is also on the top floor of this building) and a nail salon (Mini Nail - This was below SP Fashion but it has just moved.) It was very easy to find even though it is not on the ground floor of the building.
What makes this salon stand out for me? Well for many years the spokesperson for the company have been 2 very popular HK models, Janice Man and Angelababy, they are both very gorgeous girls who have very long beautiful hair, they are both very good friends with Mikocokiki and combined with her photography skills, they look stunning as ever! The salon in my opinion is very good and aimed at those who are young and wish to have hair like themselves, very girly and young adult. I don't tend to like going to hairdressers and cut my own hair because no hairdresser has really ever given me what I wanted even though I show them pictures of exactly how I want it, it always seems to come out completely different! This is how long my hair was before I got it cut and digitally permed.
So first of all, when I walked in I ws greeted by staff and they asked me to sit down and wait a bit whilst the stylist got things ready. I had 2 lovely boys work on my hair, one was Kin who cut my hair and there was another guy who I don't know the name of...sorry!! But he was the one that did all the perming. They were both extra nice and friendly and I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone! Kin trimmed it slightly first and then proceeded to wash my hair. The price on the poster for a digital perm is $398HKD and then there is an added price dependant on which perm solution you went for. I ended up choosing the Matrix perm soution because I usually use Matrix hair dye so I have had quite good experience with it, this was at a price of $420HKD. This is what you look like with the crazy heating machine which gives you perfect curls! What's so great about digital perms is that each section of hair that is attached to this machine is that the temperature of the rollers are all at the same temperature thoughout so it creates a nicer curl.
After all this, Kin came back and chopped all my hair off )=. It was definitely for the best though, with my hair being so long, it meant that it was harder to look after and I never cut it... so it was super damaged to begin with and the perming process made it worse! So this is the final look! Straight out the salon! My hair has aways been dead straight and curling it would be quite a chore because it would never stay in unless I basically used a whole can of hairspray! Now, it is nice and effortlessly curly! I would definitely recommend Mikami Salon to anyone, the whole experience was great from start to finish, the whole process for me only took 3 hours so not long at all. To find more information please go onto their Facebook Page, its mainly in chinese though so if you have any questions at all, please feel free to leave me a comment below! One last note: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couple more clearer pictures of how it is now after about 4/5 days here and I had washed it inbetween too.
