Blonde Asian 101

One season back during my BJ days, FW2011, Betsey premiered “Pink Patch” – her diffusion line filled with her iconic prints & bright punchy colors. She had us, her showroom employees walk in the line & debut it at NYFW… with one little catch – we all were to dress up like her! Yep. bold red lips, dark eye make up & bright blonde wigs.

The walk was a little embarrassing… (see style.com for references hah!) but being blonde that night was so much FUN! Honestly, it was just the freshness of a new look – a clean slate, a new personality. And it planted the a blonde seed in my head.

Photo on 11-18-14 at 2.13 PM

Then Daul Kim went platinum, Soo Joo Park, and countless asian fashion bloggers in between. I was staring at photos for hours and couldn’t get the idea out of my head. I finally did a bunch of research, had a couple consults, and decided to just do it! Because… well, if not now then when?  (Plus… #yololife)

So, how’d they do it?

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