Japanese Hair salon in Singapore <Hair Salon MICHAELA in Singapore>

Good morning world, good morning everyone, I ’m Carol from Hair Salon Tokyo Michaela. Today I want to share with you how I bravely stepped out of my comfort zone to try.  Some things really need to be tried to make progress, so that you can see the infinite self.  Just like me at the beginning, I did n’t dare to apply hair colour to customers at the beginning. I did n’t dare to do anything here. I started slowly from finding models to applying hair colour to myself.
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 And originally I would n’t check if the colour was coloured, then Aya San taught me how to see if it was coloured, and slowly Aya San also let me try and sometimes asked me to check whether it was coloured, I was really afraid  I ’m afraid I ’m not careful and I ’m afraid of mistakes. I have tried several times soon and I have confidence in myself. Maybe it ’s because of Aya San ’s trust in me. I also thank her for her trust.
​​​​​Here I want to tell everyone that if you take the brave step, you will see a different self.
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Thank you. 

To those who are reading this blog entry right now, Thank you for all of your support. 

We all know that Singapore are going through tough times right now. But that's life. Joel Ostend once said "'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events." Even though most of us are stuck at our homes right now, some of us still put in hard work in our craft. We constantly uses these times to reflect on ourselves as we wish to improve on our very own sets of skills. Times like this are very rare as we usually got distracted by a tons of other stuff but right now, it's time to focus on the things you really set to achieve long time ago. 

Despite the short time in the salon, I really appreciate all our Stylists,Assistant and as well as our Receptionist for their patience and their big heart. They had been growing and nurturing me in all aspects in life. Like most of you were already aware that our stylists really worked their ass off to provide a better environment and services. Constantly delivering promised result and obtaining achievements via their workmanship. It really inspire me a lot at the end of every working day to see how they make a difference in another human. 

"Blessed are the hairstylists, for they bring out the beauty in others" 
-Vidal Sassoon.

For me personally, the working of hair is architecture with a human element. The architects in our salon is so far the best I've seen. Some people might argue that it's hard to build a house with mud and soil while some says it's harder to design the house for us to stay. But from what I see, the most difficult thing in life will be making plans and progress to achieve what you're set to achieve at first! Planning is essential and important! 

If you haven't book your next haircut appointments with us, please do so! All of us are very eager to serve all of our customers again! See you guys soon!

By the way, this is Kenneth from Hair Salon Tokyo MICAELA writing! Cheers!

 

Hello, this is receptionist Clara from Hair Salon Tokyo MICHAELA. 

 

Did you know, at MICHAELA, we provide not only English but Japanese hardcopy magazines for both men and women?

In Singapore, the only place that carries a wide range of Japanese magazines would be Kinokuniya Bookstore. And sadly, Kinokuniya stores are closed like MICHAELA as part of the ongoing Circuit breaker till 4th May until further notice. But they do have their webstore open! 

 

Today's topic will be about 6 Japanese womens magazines that we MICHAELA subscribe to monthly. 

 

With today's technology, everything is more convenient. Language barrier is no more a problem when you can now translate web pages on the spot via Google Chrome browser. (But only for online contents, not the scans!)

 

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Ginger

https://gingerweb.jp/

 

Source: gingerweb.jp

   

Featuring fashion, beauty, lifestyle and work contents geared towards the cool, trendy, and naturalistic look for the twenties and thirties. 

Fans of digital copy can rejoice because of the free access to highlighted page scans of the latest issues and past issues with the page titles you can easily translate.

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25ans

https://www.25ans.jp/

 

Source: 25ans.jp

 

Featuring contents of fashion, lifestyle, beauty, wedding, fortune and princess for those in their twenties to the late thirties. (You heard me right, princess, specially dedicated to Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge). If you are more into the elegant look, this would be for you.

The page preview for the latest issue includes not only scans of highlighted contents and a short transcription of the page but a link to the full digital copy of it as well(without transcriptions).

 

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美人百花 (Bi-jin Hya-kka)

https://bijinhyakka.com/

Source: bijinhyakka.com

 

Featuring contents based around feminine/cute fashion, beauty and lifestyle for ladies in their twenties to mid 30s.

Sadly, no scans for their issues available but their web contents are worth the read. 

 

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VERY	https://veryweb.jp/

                                             

Source: veryweb.jp

Casual and minimalist styles for the thirties to forties and moms, with all rounded content from beauty, fashion, lifestyle, outdoors, food, culinary, maternity and child.

They have a preview page for the latest issue with transcripted headings and short descriptions with scans of highlighted pages. 

 

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InRed

https://tkj.jp/inred/

 

                                        

Source: tkj.jp

Their web contents for the thirties and mid-forties revolve around beauty, lifestyle and fashion and they have a two page scan preview of the upcoming issue of June! 

 

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美st	https://be-story.jp/

                                             

Source: be-story.jp

This is the go to site for topics about skincare, makeup, hair, body, lifestyle and health/food for ladies in their forties and fifties.

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As we only carry one copy per issue, it is subjected to availability. Or do let us know in advance if you would like to browse these magazines in the salon during your visit.

 

Thank you.

 

Till next time!

Do check out my other posts:
Haircare: Hair Oils
Hair Colors: What's your hair color?
Basic Haircare: Haircare for better hair days
How-To: Curling Iron Basics

The moment I opened my eyes and breathed the air, I knew it was a good day beginning .  I ’m Carol from Hair Salon Tokyo Michaela. I still want to share these two short sentences with you here. This short sentence is simple but makes me understand a lot. This short sentence has “don’t worry about what everyone else is doing; focus  on what you can do to sustain an ecosystem that is centered on satisfying every customer's need "
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and the short sentence inside it made me understand that a job is not to follow what others do and you have to change it, but to understand your customer needs to do  change.  There is also a short sentence "don't dress for the job you have, dress for the one you want"
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but it made me understand that not to serve because of workmanship but to do what I want to serve on my work , so in  working will not feel very tired and stressful.
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Wish everyone have a good day,
Thank you. 
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The sun enters the room through the curtains, and the moment the eyes are opened, the beautiful day begins again. Good morning. This is Carol from Hair Salon Tokyo Michaela.  Today I want to share with you the interesting facts of my hairdressing industry.  I did not have any interest in hair at first. At that time, I was more interested in design when I graduated, but because my grades did not go to some universities, otherwise it was the tuition of other universities, the cost is relatively expensive. In the end, I originally planned to directly  I came out to work in the society, but my family told me that it is better to learn craftsmanship, at least I will not know what I want to do in the future, and finally I also chose the hairdressing industry, learning to learn more and more interested in the hairdressing industry.  Let me understand that the original hairdressing industry can also be related to design. It also slowly completed the college and successfully graduated. Soon afterwards, the society officially entered the hairdressing industry. In this industry, I understand that it is not enough to learn, because fashion is this thing forever.  Keeping advanced is to keep learning such as dyeing hair because it can have different changes, such as highlight, ombre, normal colour, etc.

Finally, here I want to tell you that even if you ca n’t enter the industry you want to enter, you can still find something that interests you from your current work, and you have to keep learning. I am also glad that I did n’t give up my haircut.  industry.
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Thank you.