dye hair @ the scissorhands clementi

*back dated entry*

since i am going for my wedding photoshoot soon, i have to dye my hair again since much of the colour has faded & hair in quite a mess.... so i was looking at those online deals & came across 1 from groupon = the scissorhands deals......

deal details:

• For $28, you get Hair Colouring or Creative Highlights and Basic Treatment (worth $250).
• For $35, you get Hair Colouring or Creative Highlights, Basic Treatment, and Shiseido H20 Water Hair Spa Treatment (worth $319).
• For $33, you get Hair Colouring or Creative Highlights and Basic Treatment with an Additional Hair Cut (worth $305).
• For $40, you get Hair Colouring or Creative Highlights, Basic Treatment, and Shisedo H20 Water Hair Spa Treatment with an Additional Hair Cut (worth $344). 

since i needed a hair cut to trim off those split ends, i opt for the $40 deals since it has everything at a relatively cheap price.... so after i bought the coupon, i made the appointment at clementi outlet since it is near school & i can just go over after work....

can see the different colour at the tip of my hair

the scissorhands @ clementi

i booked my appointment at 5pm but i reached there about 4.30pm as i hoped to finish earlier to meet my bf earlier for dinner... i thought it will take about 2hr but i was WRONG!!! the whole process took like 3hr+!!!!! & i shall elaborate later on.....

sitting down while waiting for stylist

my stylist is sandy... i would say a middle aged aunty... at first i was abit skeptical about her skill but i should not judge people by their age/look.... she is actually kind of pro wor.... & she is quite friendly too =)

then as usual, the staff will promote us their products & additional top up services.... so for the groupon deals, according to sandy the hair dye they used contained chemicals but if i top up additional $68, i get to use chemical-free hair dye which contain macadamia oil... fair enough, you want to top up for better quality stuff then you have to pay more & $68, isnt say alot of $.... but i was quite disturbed by the saying that the hair dye is chemical free.... i sort of give the roll eyes face to her.... cause ALL hair dyes CONTAIN chemicals!!! depending how you define chemicals... chemicals dont necessarily has to be a synthesized product, natural products like macadamia oil is a kind of chemicals... so far, according to my knowledge, henna is the only so call natural hair dye.... those whatever oils they add in for those "chemical-free" hair dyes will still have to contain some sort of chemicals in order to cause colouration of the hair.... i would think that those "chemical-free" hair dyes would mean they contain lesser chemicals & in turn cause lesser damage to the hair..... so me, being skeptical, i rejected her offer & just stick to the normal hair dye.... at first, i thought she will give me this black face & anyhow dye my hair.... but surprisingly, she didnt... she still exchange random small talks with me during the dying process.... which i quite appreciate that....

so she spent like 15min+ on that "chemical-free" hair dye & me filling in some survey forms for some groupon thing.... after that i went on to choose my hair dye colour... i want something on a darker brown as i dont want to act ang moh for my photoshoot... blonde hair & black eyebrows is a BIG NONO!!!! i choose 4/77 colour, which is a dark brown shade... sandy went to prepare the dye which took like another 10min+... so i kind of start the dying process like 5+.... sandy was really patient when she applied the dye on my hair... due to the large volume of hair i had... i think she spent almost 1hr to complete the process....

hair with dye

wrapped in cling wrap

after applying the dye & wrapped with cling wrap, the dye was leave on for like additional 30min.... another thing i like about sandy is that she uses the ear cap thing to cover my ear to prevent dye from colouring my ear....

ear cap

i think this ear cap thing is important.... i went to several salon before & i think so far scissorhands is the only one who used the ear cap for me... as all hair dyes are toxic to skin so we should minimize contact with skin as much as possible....

so after 30min, we went to wash hair, do that water spa treatment thing which is actually putting treatment on the hair & soak in water for maybe 10min or so... like oooookkkkaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy... very literal water spa....

by the time i sat back on the chair to prepare for hair cut is almost 7pm!!! i was like omg long.... sandy asked me how i want to cut the hair, i just say give it a trim & she suggests me to snip off like 3inch+ of ends... without hesitation, i just give her the green light.... then she also kindly help me blow straight my hair since i have natural wavy hair....

dyed hair =)

tada... that's the final product after 3hr+... i would say the colour is more of the red side... slightly lighter than what i expected it to be.... but i guess is still quite nice.... just need some time to adjust to the new colour....

the new dyed hair

sandy also suggest me to use their shampoo & treatment as the ends of my hair are quite dry.... 2 bottles for $20.... quite ok price.... so i bought them & mainly because she didnt hard-sell me the products, so i give it a go =)

scissorhands recycle bag

the $20 shampoo + treatment

in conclusion, i would say the scissorhands is ok... services is not too bad, colour also turn out quite ok.... but meanwhile i want to try out other salons so i didnt sign on any additional packages with them....


Near Clementi MRT
Blk 446 clementi Ave 3, #01-193 Singapore 120446
Tel: (65) 6774 2103
Operating Hours:
Tue – Fri : 11am – 9pm
Sat/Sun & P/H : 11am – 7pm
(Closed on Monday)

more details can be found from their website here....