Rebonding at Auntie Xiuzhen's

Heyya waddup!

Finally ended my promos last Friday, freedom has never felt so sweet heh heh.

The past few days were totally awesome! There are so many things to share that I'm gonna split them into separate posts okiee.

So first up, I'm gonna share about my experience with Auntie Xiuzhen!

No la, not my auntie okay hahaha. She's a hairdresser and she opens a home salon.
(Disclaimer first ah this is not an ad! I'm just sharing my experience okie.)

Meaning, customers go to her place to get their hair done.

I found out about her through my mum's friend.

I have horrible frizzy hair and I wanted to get rid of them but I don't have the patience (like my mum) to apply hair cream and massage the roots every night.

(Before)
Loooooook my hair so cui :( I want soft and silky hair too!

So I told my mum I wanted to do soft rebonding because I actually liked my slight natural curls and I didn't want my hair to be super duper straight.

And you know, rebonding and soft rebonding can be quite ex in normal salons!

My mum helped me ask her friend and we got to know about Auntie Xiuzhen. We went online and Googled her and wow, she's really quite famous! The reviews are all good plus she charges a reasonable price (I got mine done at $65, hair length around chest level.) so we went ahead to make an appointment with her.

She doesn't do soft rebonding but my mum was nice enough to help me make an appointment with her so no complains!

When my mum tried to call her on Sunday she didn't pick up, but she Whatsapped and said she was away in Malaysia and asked us to give her a date and time. Surprisingly, unlike many reviews I saw that said they had to wait about a week or two, I got my slot on the next day (Monday).

On Monday I went to Auntie Xiuzhen's house alone. She lives in a HDB flat and many said it was hard to find the block. I took bus 99 and alighted at block 734A instead of bus 179 from Boon Lay bus interchange and alighting at City Harvest Church bus stop because I found it further to walk from there.

When I reached her house I pressed the doorbell but nobody answered and I was a little scared I got the address wrong. But I could smell the faint smell of those hair chemicals you smell in salons so I guessed I should be at the right place and waited. She was actually helping another customer wash her hair and she came to open the door after a while.

My first impression of her was that she seemed friendly! I was a kinda nervous cuz many people said she was fierce and probed into her customers' private lives. But nah, she only chatted with me about her trip to Redang Island and how she got tanned haha. She did ask about my age, maybe she couldn't find topics to talk about cuz she said I'm very young haha!

After putting on the cream. Quickly take a pic while I'm alone!

The entire process took about 2 hours, and about half an hour after I started my rebonding more people started coming in. She would alternate between helping one person put the cream and while waiting help the next customer. So in a sense she makes use of time really well!

After washing off the first cream. Quickly snap a pic again hahaha!

She has 2 hair dryers and she would pass one to me so both of us can dry my hair simultaneously.
Cool right?

Like some secret mission lolol later she suddenly open the door and see me zilian-ing how?!

I agree with all the reviews that her skills are not bad! It's so different from the first time I rebonded my hair while having a holiday in China. They applied heat after putting the cream and it scalded where the cream got onto my scalp. That was I think 3 years back? Auntie Xiuzhen doesn't heat my hair like that so I think it does less damage! I've never rebonded my hair since the last time so I don't really know how they do it SG salons haha. Aiya dun call me sua ku can anot??

After leaving Auntie Xiuzhen's place, tadaa~
Soft and silky hair! Although very straight and flat haha

I think Auntie Xiuzhen is a really special person. She sort of sees your personality by your hair texture and stuff, and she can be quite accurate. She says that I'm very 心软 cuz my hair is quite "weak", "很容易受伤". Okayy, kinda true la. She also believes that our hair is the reflection of our inner selves and we can improve our hair texture by first improving how we think. Hmm very special theory! It depends on whether you believe it or not, personally I'm an easily convinced person lol so ok la I tried to 心硬一点 ok hahaha!

Those were taken yesterday before I left for USS (wait for my next post soon ok hehe), one day after I rebonded my hair! Omg I can totally get used to the smooth and silky feeling AND not seeing all the curly wurly frizzes sticking out everywhere :D For now I have to be a little more hardworking and try to apply hair cream frequently so that I can have healthy hair!

By the way my grandmother helped me cut my hair (she used to be a hairdresser I can't remember if I said this before) in the morning before I headed over to Auntie Xiuzhen's. I heard that she only does rebonding, but actually no lehh I saw her cutting and dyeing hair for another auntie after me! Another girl (in her twenties) even requested to only rebond her fringe and she was charged $10.
I think it depends on what you want la, just tell her beforehand can liao!

So if you're looking for cheap hair rebonding in Jurong West you can find Auntie Xiuzhen!
Like I said this is not an ad so I shall not leave her address and phone number here. If you're interested you can google her (just type Auntie Xiuzhen) and there will be a lot of info! You can even check out other reviews from forums and blogs ^^

That's it for this post about my trip to a home salon! It was a different experience and I think it's really cool!
Can't wait to blog more now that I have more time hehe.
Byeeeeeee~