Welcome

Hello! My name is Jillian, other wise known as the all knowing Panda. Just kidding. I used to blog over on a Japanese server (ameblo), but it SUCKS. Majorly. And I don't speak/read/write Japanese, so you know, not really working out for me. I liked the emoticons though.

Anywho, this is my new blog PANDA LOGIC. I look forward to filling it's cyber-pages with fashion advice, hair and make up tips and updates on my utterly boring and yet so very interesting life. I hope you enjoy it. And in honour of this lovely new niche, I shall christen this blog with a personal update. MY HAIR COLOUR!

As seen in the photo above, my hair colour was a very, very dark brown. And that's after EIGHT months! I've had blue hair, red hair, partially blonde hair, orange hair, brown hair, the works. I've been trying to salvage it from it's flat-iron hell state, and it's been a tough eight months. Not really, I just like to dye my hair. Anyways, I digress.

I am an avid follower of the Japanese "GAL" fashion, so it's always been a goal of mine to try out blonde hair.

Well.

I did.

Sort of.

My hair guy (Fouad) said my hair wasn't quite ready to go straight to a blonde colour as of now, so he told me to start off with a lighter brown and blonde highlights. So that's what I did! And I am ever so pleased with it. He always does a great job on my hair, and it always smells fantabulous afterwards. For readers in Windsor, I would definitely check out Shaara Hair (3873 Dougall Ave. [519 - 966 - 5910]). They are awesome.

Anyways, back to me.

Sorry for moderately crap quality photos, but thats what I get for trying to take pictures at 8 p.m. Anywho, I'm working my way to a full-on blonde look, hopefully in a few months I'll be able to step it up a few notches. I've joined the Light Side.

This brings me to an issue commonly discussed in Western Gal communities/forums. The issue of gal hair colour. What IS a gal hair colour? When asked, many would answer blonde. But that isn't so. Of course, it is one of the most COMMON shades of hair, but it is not necessarily the only hair colour. To be specific, Romihi (Hiromi Hosoi of egg magazine) has had many different hair colours, most recently pink! It's becoming more common for gals to have more reddish hues and darker browns.

I personally like the blonde look, but I could still pull off the gal look with my previously extremely dark hair!

It's all about the charisma, the clothes, the make up and the hairstyle! You don't have to be tan, you don't have to be blonde. You just have to be wild and get sexy! My favourite gal motto!

Another gal hair misconception: long hair/big hair is a MUST. NOT SO! Many gals now (not necessarily in mags) have bobs, or wear straight, FLAT hair styles! So you don't have to have expensive extensions down to your waist, and you don't have to spend hours teasing and fluffing your hair. Although many people do prefer the puffy/long hairstyles, I'm just saying it is never a MUST.

In my opinion, fashions shouldn't have such extreme rules. The rules are what usually brings the fashion community (at least in Western communities) down. I'm not saying it will completely crash and burn, oh no, it will certainly thrive. But for the wrong reasons. For example, the lolita fashion communities on LJ. I ABSOLUTELY love lolitas and what they stand for, but there is so much wank and hate. It just ruins the fun of it for lots of people. Although, reading loli_secrets can be really fun and entertaining. But I just don't like that so much hating goes on in these fashion communities. It's the age old question:

WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?