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I'm sensitive to air. Not the concept of air being murky or clear, but the air that a certain place or space possesses, that it exudes — I'm sensitive to that. The particular air of a particular space is one of the most important factors governing that space's atmosphere. Usually the atmosphere is composed through interior design or lighting, or composed through music. These days the trend is for the visual and the auditory to act in combination to bind together the atmosphere of a single space, and recently I understand it as 'people' too coming to affect the space. The reason I brought this up first is that it's related to the topic I'm going to write about today.
A few days ago I dyed my hair. The process leading up to the dye was very satisfying. I won't get into a discussion about the price. By my standards, it's ingrained in my mind that dyeing usually costs over 50,000 won. If I recall my first hair dye, done at a franchise called Jacques Dessange — back then my hair was long, so with the length surcharge it came out to 55,000 won. Compared to then, about 7 years have already passed, and this time I chose a roughly 49,000 won product.
The process went like this.
1) One day my stylist told me that since summer is coming, it might be nicer to change my hair color and go around with it before summer fully sets in.
2) At first I didn't want to do it out of worry about damaging my hair, but since my trust in my stylist is almost infinite, I thought brightening up around summertime would be nice too.
3) I started picking a color. This process was a bit hard. Trendy colors like ash tones or khaki brown weren't even on my radar. Those colors weren't 2nd or 3rd choice — they weren't ranked at all. So while picking, I landed on purple.
4) Blue also seemed like it would work. I was going to go red, but she suggested purple, so I went with purple.
5) After agonizing over when to do it, I just abruptly settled on it.
6) Heat treatment - apparently it makes the color come out better..
7) Roots - left for later since they take color quickly..
8) Done
I went with purple but it came out in a brown tone. It seems that's because I didn't bleach. But I didn't want to go as far as bleaching. If I bleached, it felt like my hair would all crumble apart, and I didn't have the confidence to handle that on top of everything.
The stylist seemed amused watching me get nervous. I was a bit nervous that day. Especially since it had been so long that I wasn't mentally prepared.. and I was anxious about my hair texture too, I suppose.
Pros
1. Looks brighter
2. My image softened a bit
3. I broke away from black for the first time in a while.
4. It's not a trendy color.
Cons
1. You have to take care of your hair a lot. Serum, essence, oil, vinegar, and so on..
2. Every time I rinse my hair, I realize my hair has been damaged. Avoiding any damage at all is impossible. As my stylist said, even if it's fine when dry, the damage shows when the hair is wet.
3. I end up paying new attention to my clothes.
About this much..
The reason I wrote about atmosphere earlier is that, given the nature of a college-district hair salon, I think a very lively atmosphere is necessary, and that atmosphere had vanished. The first person I saw gave off too cold and heavy an impression, and the salon seemed to have changed from its always lively, energetic atmosphere into a weighty, solemn one. If they had at least played classical instrumental music, it might have suited it well, but the music was early-90s and early-2000s songs, so it couldn't keep the rhythm.
What a shame. If it ends up like this, people like me who went because we liked the bright atmosphere will sense something off the moment we walk in — or maybe it's just me..
I hope the atmosphere has returned to normal by the next time I go.
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