A few weeks back I felt inspired to twist my hair. But I wanted it to look and hang differently than when I do my twists on wet or dry un-stretched hair. So, I decided to blow dry my hair and do mini twists.
I washed and conditioned my hair, sectioned in about 8 sections, applied a leave in and some CocoShea mix, then blew it out all over until it was pretty strait (yet fluffy). Once it was dry, I began to twist very small sections. And I twisted and twisted and twisted. Until 3 hours later I had this:
I loved these twists and my fiance (tee hee that is fun to say!) adored it. He said it was one of his favorite ways I wear my hair. These twists lasted all week and were fun to wear up, down, pulled to the side and pinned up. Here, I braided he front down the side and wore the back in a low ponytail.
The only drawback for me is that I like to wash my hair once a week at least and the time and effort put into these did not seem worth the short shelf-life. So, if I do these again it will be for something special or because I really just want to wear them that way, but not a frequently recurring look. To maintain them, I just wore a satin bonnet at night. I did not add any other product to them before I washed my hair again.
I know right the name is super hilarious. 'Ji pa ban' is hokkien for 1 million bucks or something. Hao xiao!!
And Jipaban is brought to you by the same folks who gave us Nuffnang. Since Ming is one of them and it was his birthday and also coz Jipaban is awesome, I'm gonna tell ya all more about it!!
We all know that Singapore has A LOT of blogshops. Now I know I stated before that I disliked blogshops coz all their clothes are similar + low quality. But times have changed and as more and more blogshops came along, the worst ones get sieved out and the quality has improved by leaps and bounds. I mean of course there are still shitty ones lah but cannot just discount the good ones coz of them. :)
Now the problem with surfing blogshops... We have to click on so many pages to find out if new collections are launched... Sometimes I just want to see all my favourite blogshops at once, buy 3 dresses from 3 different stores, add them to ONE shopping cart, and pay at one go.
AND NOW I CAN WITH JIPABAN!!
Jipaban is basically an online shopping mall with (currently) 50 blogshops participating in it, including the famous ones like Bonito Chico and Ohsofickle etc, and some are even launching exclusive collections for Jipaban!
Perhaps it's a biz idea that we all hoped will happen one day and now it has. Awesome.
Jipaban Universe with 50 blogshops
It's not as simple as just asking a bunch of blogshops to put stuff into one website. I just began surfing Jipaban today and it's chockful of other features to make your shopping experience SO MUCH MORE FUN!!
Sorry I know I sound damn hyper but I'm really very impressed with the website lah! The last time I was so excited about a website other than my own is when I realised you can snoop on people's scandals with facebook. *gossipy
1) Building your own goddamn mall
My mall with super a lot of shops coz I'm greedy lol
Don't wanna see some blogshops coz their items are not up your alley? You can choose all the blogshops you like and put them into your own personalized mall!
Your mall can have different levels (machiam I really own a mall with 3 floors) for different genres somemore *faints*
Mad awesome now at one glance you can check out all the thumbnails of the blogshops to see if they have new items! Somemore you can shift the thumbnails around to arrange them in the most pleasing way *faints again*
2) Can have profile + friends + updates ala facebook one wtf
My profile
Why so amazing one?? I don't know when shopping started to be so fun - you can add all your friends and kpo what they buying or like... Can even have wishlist to hint hint what you want for your birthday!!
And you can buy what I bought to copy my style!! On hindsight please don't do that. -_-
But if you are the irritating private sort of person you can choose to only show your profile to friends, or no one at all.
3) Egg on or smash
My egg-on list
This feature is damn fun lah!
If you are undecided on whether you want to buy something, you can put it on your egg-on list and friends can vote on whether you should buy!! Click Egg-on for yes and Smash for no!
4) No more writing nasty long comments to pay
Easy payment - don't ask me why my cart for $571.45 worth of things. Too many chio items to buy!
The thing I hate about blogshops is paying. If you bought clothes from them before you'd know you have to leave a comment with loads of details. Don't need to fuss with that anymore!
Address is stored and payment methods/delivery method are chosen from dropdown menus. Only left transaction details to be filled in!
Easy peasy!!
Gotta love Jipaban!!
Here are the items that I bought:
Happy boh? I've been looking for that dress with the heart-shaped cut out at the back for ages now! (New Look got but my size is sold out)
Jipaban’s anchor tenants are BonitoChico, Ohsofickle, Ohmymuffins, Access-ed and Singtel.
Wanna know more? Confused by what I'm yabbering about? Well you can watch videos:
p/s: Besides being for shoppers, Jipaban is also an awesome invention for wannabe retailers! Dreaming of having your own blogshop but don't know where to start? Opening a blogshop has never been so easy - no need to buy domain, design blogskin etc. All done for you!
"Rent" is only $100 per month (for bronze category) and you get all the hits you need from shoppers from Jipaban!! Honestly I'm thinking of opening one except I'm too lazy.
So I'm back in HAWAII! Wooot I'm just home visiting my family for 2 weeks. I love coming home. It seriously never comes home and as much as things change or stay the same idk there's just something about coming home! But I did this look yesterday when I went out sorry it's kind of blurry =[ and my eyebrows are like MAJORLY effed I need to get them done soon! haha But here we go
[i tried to hide myseatbelt lol]
FACE + Benefit You Rebel Tinted Moisturizer + MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC44 + MAC Select Sheer Loose Powder in NC40 + MUFE HD Powder + MAC Strada Blush [contour] + MAC Stark Naked Blush + MAC MSF Natural Duo in Medium Dark/Shimmer [shimmer for highlight]
EYES + MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot [base] + MAC Da Bling Eyeshadow [lid] + MAC Fashion Groupie Eyeshadow [crease/lower lash line] + MAC Shadowy Lady Eyeshadow [outer v/lower lash line] + MAC Blacktrack Fluidline + MAC Brow Shader in Soft Charcoal/Maple [brows/highlight] + Stila Kajal in Onyx [waterline] + Covergirl Lash Blast Luxe Mascara
LIPS + MAC Creme Cup Lipstick + MAC Nymphette Lipglass
There was no come-to-jesus moment. No staged revolts against creamy crack. No late night epiphanies.
Eight years ago, I got my last perm and just never looked back. I didn’t walk out of the appointment vowing never to get another perm. I just never went back to my stylist, who I had been with for years.
I initially started off with braids and over the next several years wore a variation of sis twists styles. I received lots of compliments. When my hair was freshly done and even when it was time for maintenance, people would stop me all the time and ask me for my stylist’s business card. I even started a sis twist trend at work. I was often told how natural my hair looked.
But it wasn't natural. It wasn't MY hair.
I decided that I wanted to run my fingers through my hair. Everyday. In its natural state. I briefly considered my options. I had a beautifully thick head of hair. I could start wearing my hair out in various twist outs and roller sets. I could rock my fro. The possibilities were endless. It would allow me a chance to really get to know my hair and to see what it can do–good and bad.
However, I’ve always had loc envy. There is nothing like a crown of well-maintained locs – on women and on men. As I started researching, I discovered Sisterlocks. In talking to women who have them, I just knew they were for me. It just felt right.
My lock anniversary is on May 1-2, 2010. Join me on my journey towards fully loving and embracing the bend of my hair.
UPDATE: Thank you to all my readers! I am so excited to be marrying this man and I am so grateful for all the well wishes. Now...so much to plan! We don't have a date yet but my mind is already spinning with the details of dress, hair, cake, hair, cake, hair, cake. Ok, so the hair and cake are two really important parts to me! We plan on a very small event which makes me very very happy. I will share more as the weeks pass. Thanks again for all the love and support!!!!
