Ombre Hair Colour and 5 Step Scena Plus Mucota Hair Treatment at Kenjo Salon on 28 Sept 2016

You know that your life is blessed when your hair salon sponsor, Kenjo Salon's owner, Joseph watsapp you to quickly drop by the salon to do the latest 5 step Scena plus hair treatment, a new exquisite treatment from Mucota.  It restores hair internally using ingredients found in hair itself.

As such, we quickly set an apppointment for this hair treatment with Soo Bin, my personally assigned hair stylist from Kenjo Salon, as she will be in London for two weeks soon.

I mentioned to Joseph over watsapp that I was considering to colour or highlight my hair as well as some hair issues which I was facing.  Joseph immediately texted me back saying that Soo Bin can do something for my hair colour and the salon has some hair products for me to try.  

I love Kenjo Salon so much for always taking such good care of me and my crowning glory!

So here I was back in Kenjo Salon.  After discussing with Soo Bin on the hair colour, I proceeded to take a photo of myself before my hair transformation... lol.

My hair was washed clean before the hair colouring process started.

Next my hair was blown dried.  It was so nice to get a wash and blow while relaxing away reading magazines.

 After my hair was dried, Soo Bin took over and started to section my hair to colour my hair.

And.... my dear readers, I decided to do something very different.  For the first time, I would be doing ombre hair colouring.

What is ombre hair colouring?  Basically, Soo Bin only coloured a short section of my hair ends and she chose magenta red for me.

 Joseph mentioned to me that Kenjo Salon is one of the very few salons that use Flamboyage stickers for hair colouring procedures.

Basically these are clear stickers so that the hair stylist can see exactly where the colours are applied so that the hair stylist won't need to guess where to apply the colours and the ombre effect will look awesome!

See how Soo Bin applied the colour to my hair by using the Flamboyage sticker.

 ok, the ombre colouring is completed and you can see where the colour was applied up to.

After that, a machine was put above my hair for the colour to settle in.

 Meanwhile, Joseph brought along 3 items, namely Davines NaturalTech Rebalancing Shampoo, Well-Being Conditioner and Energising Lotion.

NaturalTech is a product and treatment system specifically designed and formulated to solve the most common problems of scalp and hair.

Rebalancing Shampoo is a normalizing and rebalancing shampoo for problems of excess sebum production.
How to use:
Gently apply to damp hair, leave on for some minutes, then rinse.  Repeat application if necessary.

Well-Being Conditioner is a moisturising conditioner for all hair types.
How to use:
After shampooing the hair with shampoo, eliminate excess water and apply the product to lengths and ends.  Leave on for 2-3 minutes, then comb.  Rinse thoroughly.

Energizing Lotion is treatment for fragile scalps and hair that is prone to falling out.  It stimulates skin microcirculation.
How to use:
Apply to shampooed hair and massage into the scalp until it is completely absorbed.  Do not rinse off.

After certain timing, my hair was washed to remove the remaining hair dye.

After the hair was shampooed, we started the 5 Step Scena plus hair treatment.

This is a new exquisite treatment from Mucota that restores hair internally using ingredients found in hair itself.  It is specially formulated for asian hair types with advance Nano CMC plus (Cell membrane Complex), nano moisturizing amino acids, lipids and proteins.  The new advance CMC plus penetrates through hair layers effectively and replenishes lost CMC, restoring hair internally.

Step 1 is PH Balance & Detox by using Ethos to apply to the hair.  Basically, it is aftercare for chemically treated hair.  It helps detox and neutralize residual agents left from chemical treatment, thus preventing further damage.  Silk proteins and creamed further improves hair condition.

Afterwhich, it was rinsed off.

Step 2 is Scalp Spa which is using Essence Scalp Cream and applying to the scalp.  It adds moisture by replenishing the natural moisturizing factor (NMF) of your hair and scalp.  Restores the slight acidity of hair and scalp that tend towards alkalinity.  Effectively prepares the scalp environment for treatment and protects it from irritation.

Afterwhich, a special comb was used to comb through the hair to force the moisture into the hair shafts.  After this step, my hair was rinsed with water.

Step 3 is Adel which is Moisture Base Treatment that creates ideal conditions for treatment by deep hydration and restoration of natural hair elements.

It contains various elements which penetrates deep into the hair structure; mimicking natural moisture retention elements that makes hair soft and hydrated.

Step 4 is Brava which is Intensive Hair Repair.  It repairs a wide spectrum of damaged hair, creates a net-like structure in hair that prevents essential elements from flowing out and improves texture.

Final step is is Step 5, Calore is basically Lustre Protect & Seal.  This step protects cuticle by restoring hydrophobic surface.  Prolongs treatment effects in hair via super lipide; coating the outer cuticle with a 7-layered lamellar liquid crystal nano-structure and creating a pseudo-cuticle, keeping hair shiny, smooth and silky.

And we are almost done!

I love how my hair looks... shiny and silky!

Soo Bin did some hairstyling for me and my hair looked so romantic.

Thanks my beautiful Soo Bin for making my hair so pretty!

Kenjo Salon is located at 68 Orchard Road, #04-72, Plaza Singapura (New Wing).

Check out Kenjo Salon's website at www.kenjosalon.com for more details on the services it provides.
You can also follow them at the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/KENJO-korean-Hair-Salon-살롱-293791920773570/.  The salon also has an instagram account : kenjosalon, where you can see photos of hairstyles created by Kenjo Salon.

Good News!

Kenjo Salon is now offering 15% off for customers as long as you quote 'ElaineHeng'.  Give it a try if you want soft and silky hair!  I love the ombre hair colour service as well.

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Hair Treatment and Hair Cut at Kenjo Salon on 29 Jul 2016

Been a while since I last visited my favourite hair salon, Kenjo Salon for a hair trim and hair treatment.  Decided that I needed to do something to my hair that badly needed a trim so I made an appointment with Joseph, the hair salon owner, to visit them on 29 Jul 2016.

Joseph is forever so kind to accommodate my schedule even though I always text him last minute for hair appointments.

Kenjo Salon is located at 68 Orchard Road, #04-72 Plaza Singapura (new wing).  It is very easy to find the salon because you can see the big window signage as you take the escalator up to the 4th floor.

I always love coming to Kenjo Salon as I am very familiar with the people there and they treat me like their family, always giving me the best hair services.

Kenjo Salon's signage

When I walked into the salon, Joseph told me that there was a surprise for me.  He brought me to one of the seats and showed me this set of shampoo, conditioner and leave in hair treatment.  He said that Mucota is sponsoring me this set of Mucota Anti-Aging hair products for me to try... yeah!

Concept of Mucota Anti-Aging

Mucota's Anti-aging shampoo contains natural oil to form a protective layer of moisture on our scalp as we wash our hair  The key to moisture is not so much on water but oil.

Benefits of Mucota Anti-Aging Range:

Low degreasing power, leave a protective layer of moisture on the scalp therefore, scalp becomes healthy.

Hair becomes healthy, smooth and shiny.

Hair is healthy, therefore you have better control of your hairstyles.

My set consists of A/31 Shampoo:Moist Collagen Argan, K/51 Conditioner:Moist Almond Honey and Aire 09 Veil for Wave.

A/31 Shampoo:Moist Collagen Argan

For dry hair and rough hair

It give the effect of moisture

Enhance the hair texture

K/51 Conditioner:Moist Almond Honey 

For dry hair and rough hair

Maintain and repair the hair

It gives the effect of moisture and easy maintenance

Aire 09 Veil for Wave

Leave-in treatment to protect permed/wavy hair against UV-rays damage.  Provide the hair moisture and tame down the hair shape, providing a smooth and well-arranged permed/wavy hairstyle.

After understanding more about the products, it is time to start my Mucota 3 step hair treatment followed by a badly needed hair trim.

Firstly, the hair assistant helped me to wash my hair with shampoo to get rid of all the dirt and hair oil before the hair treatment.

Washing and shampooing of hair

Followed by Step 1 which was applying some hair lotion on the strands of the hair before Step 2 which was spraying some hair treatment onto the hair.

Soo Bin, my personally assigned hair stylist and her assistant busy at work

3rd step was the most interesting of all as this was the first time I ever see this nano mist machine.

Nano Mist machine

The nano mist machine is like a hair steamer but this time round, your head doesn't go into the steamer but the hair assistant will hold onto the mano mist nozzle which ejects nano steam onto the hair to allow the hair to absorb all the nutrients from the hair treatment products.

See the steam coming out from the nozzle?

This nano mist machine is great for those who do not have time to sit under the hair steamer for too long

After 10 mins, my hair is rinsed with water to remove excess hair treatment products.

Afterwhich, my hair is semi-dried before the final step.

Soo Bin and her assistant using hairdryers to dry my hair

3rd step is to spray some hair conditioning treatment onto the hair to seal the nutrients into the hair shafts.

This time round, no hair steamer is used. Instead my hair is wrapped in cling wrap to let my hair absorb most of the nutrients. 

Another 10 mins later, my hair was rinsed with water and ready for my hair trim.

The two hair assistants drying my hair before Soo Bin trimmed it.

hair drying in progress

After discussion with Soo Bin, she decided not to take off too much length from my fringe and from the ends.

As she knew that I will be attending an event after this, she gave me big curls for a more glamorous look.

Take a look at the final result of my hair style that day? Love it?  If you have any special functions to attend, do visit Kenjo Salon to style your hair up.

You can also check Kenjo Salon's website at www.kenjosalon.com for more information on the hair services it provides.  Kenjo Salon also has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KENJO-korean-Hair-Salon-살롱-293791920773570/ and an instagram account @kenjosalon where you can see photos of hairstyles created by Kenjo Salon. 

Make your hair appointment by calling Kenjo Salon at +65 6238 8083.  Kenjo Salon is offering 15% off hair services as long as you quote 'ElaineHeng'.  Trust me...You won't regret going there.

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Hairstyling at Kenjo Salon on 24 June 2016

I can't help but sing praises of my hair sponsor, Kenjo Hair Salon, for alway being there for me whenever I need any hair services.  I remembered I texted Joseph the hair salon owner just one day before 24 June 2016 and asked if I could drop by for a hair treatment as I would be attended a Hand Over Ball organised by Entrepreneur Organisation.

When i reached Kenjo Hair Salon that day, Joseph surprised me by saying he had arranged a hairstylist who is very experienced in hair styling to style my hair.... Yippee!

As I didn't have much time that day, I did a one step Mucota hair treatment instead of the usual 3 steps.  But I think it was already great enough to keep my hair soft and silky.

Always starting off with a hair wash

Followed by shampooing before rinsing away the shampoo.

 After applying Mucota hair treatment product onto my hair, the hair was steamed for the nutrients to be absorbed into the hair shafts.

Under the steamer for about 10 mins.

 After another run of rinsing, my wet hair was blown dried for the hair styling.

Feeling so blessed that I have two person working on my hair

The hair assistant was super cute... She did a victory hand sign for me to take a photo

Hair about to be ready

 I was trying to capture James, the hair stylist, in action.

My hair blocked him...sigh

 ok, I managed to capture a photo of James.  I must say, Kenjo Salon is made up of good looking hairstylists.  My usual assigned hair stylist, Soo Bin, was on leave together hence she couldn't work on my hair styling.  Soo Bin is a gorgeous Korean hairstylist and the first time I met her, I was like 'WOW... so pretty!

As Soo Bin was on leave that day, Joseph arranged for James to take over instead and oh my god... James is a good looker indeed.  He told me that he started to take up courses on hair cutting, hair styling and everything that is related to hair since age of 18 due to his interest.  Since young, he had to take care of his younger sister and he would tie her hair up nicely and he enjoyed that too.  That was why he decided to go into this trade.

 After discussion with James on the hairstyle that I preferred for that evening, we realised that both of us were thinking of going for plaits to channel a more carefree simple style instead of something over the top type of hairstyling.

And the braiding began

James' hands are indeed nimble... I can't do this well at all

Let's take a look at the final result... Do you like it as much as I do?

James designed this hair style with three different braids.

Back view of the hairstyle

I definitely can't do this hairstyle on my own

Front view of the hairstyle

A photo with the good looking James

Kenjo Salon is located at 68 Orchard Road, #04-72 Plaza Singapura (new wing).  You can also check Kenjo Salon's website at www.kenjosalon.com for more information on the hair services it provides.  Kenjo Salon also has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KENJO-korean-Hair-Salon-살롱-293791920773570/ and an instagram account at kenjosalon where you can see photos of hairstyles created by Kenjo Salon. 

Good news... Keno Salon is now offering 15% for customers as long as you quote "ElaineHeng".  Call +65 6238 8083 to make your appointment. :)

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