{"id":160,"date":"2025-08-06T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T02:46:09","slug":"silk-press-in-tokyo-from-voluminous-curls-to-smooth-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Silk Press in Tokyo \u2013 From Voluminous Curls to Smooth Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you have curly hair and are struggling with volume or humidity while living or traveling in Tokyo, you&#8217;re not alone. Today I\u2019d like to share a recent&nbsp;<strong>Silk Press transformation<\/strong>&nbsp;I did for a client with a beautiful mix of&nbsp;<strong>3A, 3B, and 3C textures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcf8 Before &amp; After<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before:<\/strong><br>Her hair had strong natural curls and easily became voluminous and frizzy in Tokyo\u2019s humid weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9079.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After:<\/strong><br>With just one Silk Press session, we achieved a&nbsp;<strong>smooth, glossy, and lightweight straight finish<\/strong>.<br>No chemicals\u2014just technique, care, and the right tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9086.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9107.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317-1534x2048.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9317.jpg 1834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcac Client Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She kindly shared her thoughts after the session.<br>You can see her actual message below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2913-1024x881.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2913-1024x881.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2913-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2913-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2913.jpg 1206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Want to know how Silk Press works?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re curious about the products and techniques I use\u2014such as my approach to different hair textures\u2014please check out the detailed blog post below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/?p=150\">What is Silk Press? | Tokyo Hair Guide for Natural Curls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udccd Book Your Appointment in Tokyo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a&nbsp;<strong>professional Silk Press in Tokyo<\/strong>&nbsp;and want a stylist who understands textured hair, feel free to reach out. I\u2019m based near&nbsp;<strong>Omotesando \/ Harajuku<\/strong>, and I speak English \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25b6 Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acokumi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@acokumi<\/a><br>\u25b6 TikTok:\u00a0<a>@acokumi.silkpress<\/a><br>\u25b6 Booking Link:\u00a0<a>https:\/\/lit.link\/acokumi<\/a>\u00a0\u2190 \u2190\u2190 \u2190 \u2705 link in bio<br>\u25b6 Or DM me directly on Instagram!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have curly hair and are struggling with volume or humidity while living or traveling in Tokyo, you&#038;#821 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,60,62,66,58,65,61,57,56,64,30,29,63,32],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curly-hair-style","tag-3a-hair","tag-3b-hair","tag-3c-hair","tag-black-hair-tokyo","tag-curly-hair-specialist-tokyo","tag-english-speaking-hair-stylist-tokyo","tag-hair-salon-omotesando","tag-natural-hair-tokyo","tag-silk-press","tag-silk-press-before-and-after","tag-silk-press-japan","tag-silk-press-tokyo","tag-textured-hair-japan","tag-tokyo-hair-stylist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acokumi-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}