Style Jam @ Electric Sekki, part deux. Being a quarter Hong Konger I haven’t spared a moment for my routined personal indulgence i.e make up, stylise my hair and paint/file my nails hence the pale naked face above, I looked ghastly. A zap of pink lips in Photoshop would have done the job nicely, but peeps this is my real un-aged face.
Gahhh, I’m very much in love with those multi-print trousers by Something Else by Natalie Wood, can I have it?
The un-necessarily air cons on HK public transport gives me a dismissive shrug, the temperature fixed at 15′c full blast in winter seems illogical, is that why HK residents fall sick so easily? Hello? It leaves my Brit-Chinese skin a much drier complexion and my hair too a drier scalp, without equivocation I do not want to be seen picking flakes off my hair on crowded trains (#HongKongProblems).
A while ago I was invited by Electric Sekki to have a fun dressing up session as part of their Style Jam project, in the past they did sessions with HK prominent bloggers Valerie Soh, T Like Bubble Tea, Sam Is Home, Cindiddy, Fashion Hedonism and Superwowomg.
Without further a do, a new haircut and not a zap of make-up in sight (too lazy), here’s my first look.
2 years of uncut hair, heavy in weight, irritating scalp, flyaway strays, knotted in some places, static but still healthy and thankfully not a single split ends thanks to my mum’s weekly nutritious soups.
My impatience grew and wanted to feel like a cloud, so weeks before the Lunar New Year I took a trek to Salon Boku in Sheung Wan to get them wacked, the salon is founded by Creative Director and trusted hair stylist friend Porky Chu, also a former stylist from London. My last hair cut was apparently cut by Porky at a different salon in Sha Tin 2 years ago. I couldn’t help but seeing the shock of his face, taken in by surprise by the length of my hair and awkward grown-out fringe like one of those Lhasa Apso breeds.
To those who knew me in post-December 2009 I had a blunt bob and a dare devil angular fringe in the shape of a triangle…question mark, oh come on it was a cool look. Don’t remember? Fine I was no importante.
A standard size, open planned hair salon in somewhat felt like boys only college common room (a function room where college students hang about at break times), relaxed atmosphere and un-flinched by its mixed wooden decor and concrete flooring in the style of east-endy London hair salon. An added bonus to keep you curiously noted they have a giant flat screen tv, some selections of girl-friendly dvds, vintage bric-a-brac displayed on shelves (unrelated significance) and a cool looking electric guitar and tiny amplifier which makes you think ‘is this the place where the cool lads hang out to play?’
Thanks again to Porky for giving my hair a new lease of life! Pictures to come soon.
Salon Boku, Room 2101, Workington Tower, 78 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Rabbit toy and Chinese red envelopes – courtesy of MCM (HK)Wishing my family, friends and readers a very Happy New Year…again. To those who were born in Dragon year (i.e my youngest sister), it will be a good year to improve yourself, take calculated investment risks and to build wealth. Most important of all, live well.
Sam Edelman event at Lane Crawford.These Sam Edelman‘s encrusted Chameleon-like killer heels are perfect weaponry to lure preys on multiple dates. Appetising and lethal.
