How Blonde Hair Changed My Life
November 09, 2016
There's this one thing that I am proud of doing
before everyone else, and that's dyeing my hair. Although it’s considered as a bad
action 10 years ago, I really wanted to dye my hair and changed my appearance
in the name of fashion. 10 years ago, I was just a normal middle school student
who loved Japan so much and idolized Ayumi Hamasaki and other J-singers.
Yes, I wanted to look like her so bad
!!!
Whenever I said I would like to have my hair dyed blonde, EVERYONE
always said to me
"No, it only looks good on Caucasian"
"Asians don’t suit blonde hair"
"Do you want to be alay with
orange-y hair?"
"You think you look good with
blonde?"
"you won’t pull it off"
"yea some Japanese can do it but they're
so fair-skinned!"
"black hair is the best"
"you don’t appreciate what God has given
to you"
"you're not pretty enough to have blonde
hair"
"natural is always the best"
"black hair suits you well"
etc etc . . .
Those words from people around me had affected
me to not pushing outside my limit, but I believe that I could!
And I was like, "whatever, I want to challenge
myself!"
So I went to salon
nearby my home with my father. And I had 4 colors because I thought it was cool back then (I didn’t have the
picture anymore because it was on friendster LOL)
I had half side of my hair black and
another blonde. The bottom part had pink and brown highlight, which resulted my
mom screamed at me once I reached back home. She burst out crying because her
child suddenly joined Emo - Visual Kei style that looked like satan LOL
My father and I just giggled
I used to think I looked so cool back
then but turns out if I looked back again, I looked like shit LOL
I looked so hard to find the picture but the earliest I could get was 8
years back, this was taken on 2008 with my vkei lover community friends of mine
back then LOL (Kalo ga usah pakai, gimana?
I was one of them, could you guess
which one is me? LOL
Answer is, the left front, blonde girl
with pink phone
We used to think flip phone was so cool
because it looked like Japanese mobile phone
Ah what young age XD
And this was taken on 2009, when I was
17 years old in high school which I think still looked not too bad! LOL
This was at Japanese event held by UI.
My hair was that orange-ish blonde because at that time I still didn’t have a
sense and knowledge about hair
However I was one of the pioneer in my
school in terms of dyeing hair *proud*
My mom and society never really
approved for my taste in dyeing hair because in Indonesia it was seen as a
rebel or naughty girl, it wasn't common to see people with colored hair back
then. Talking about hair dye was even more advanced, do you even remember like
10 years ago if people used eyeliner, some would talk about them?
It's unlike now where I see some high
schoolers already understand how to put make up on and have a lot of make up
products, regular teens back then was still far from fashion
Life has gotten better for my hair when
I started blogging. I got recognized easily compared to other beauty bloggers
back then because of my eccentric hair. Among tens or hundreds bloggers in the
community, I could say a part of my success lies on my hair as well because
clients can recognize me as they can spot "that blonde girl" from far
away.
I keep mentioning that there were
better bloggers back then and I got a lot of opportunities and recognition
thanks to my eye catching appearance that I had been doing. I still believe
that even up to now
And thanks to that, my career in
blogging could advance further even made it to full-time career. For now I do
believe my career is not only relied on my hair but also other aspects,
nevertheless my hair was one of the main factor in the beginning
In current state, there are thousands
of bloggers in Indonesia and I have seen so many bloggers with rainbow colored
hair, and I am no longer the only white-haired girl. I would say instead of
feeling competitive, it makes me happier because I am no longer an outsider, I
have companions that also change beauty and fashion industry in Indonesia
And do you know all those comments that
were pointed at me back then that I wouldn't pull it off? Now even my mom said
I looked good with light hair! A lot of people praise my hair and it has become
quite an ice breaker topic with new people. Also, I get a lot of jobs with hair
brands to feature their products that's specified for colored hair!
It's something that I didn't even imagine
10 years ago when I got out from my comfort zone and challenged myself for a
new look.
A woman can do a
lot of small step that can make their life better. Like I decided to change my
hair colour. I often do experiments like this to make small changes in my life.
One of the small change that I did is when I was challenged to wear super slim
napkin a.k.a. pembalut tipis (that I never tried before, because I was always
choose the thick one). So, I recently tried the new Laurier Super Slimguard
that’s sent to me, and it changes my world...
The new one has 1mm thickness that feels super light and lets me to do many activities without feeling limited! You gotta try it!
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For me, dyeing my hair is 1mm step that leads me to bigger paths.
For other people, there might be other ways to change themselves into a better
person. Try something different!!
Maybe you can try changing your fashion
style, changing your make up style, or maybe dyeing your hair, or try a new
pixie cut that you never try before?
You might have deep potential that you
don’t know but because everyone always thinks your potential is limited, you
don't dare to break through the wall. BUT your life has endless possibilities
and I would like you to be more confident in changing your life
Who knows that the quote of "That's
one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" will work on
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This is my
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luck
to every woman out there!
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