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Thanks BB
Reply #180 - Sep 7^th, 2005 at 10:07pm

Length and trims Thanks so much BikerBraid

I think it's just a hair slump that I'm going through. Lately I've been unhappy with the tapering of my ends (And without a hair therapist, this is frustrating. insert exaggerated sigh Grin

) When I go home tonight, I'm taking off at least 1/4 inch. That will make things a little more even down there, thicken up the ends, and take out some worn-out hair that I should have cut off a long time ago. Come to think of it, I've trimmed maybe three times in the past two years. One trim was at my grandmother's house while still at mid-back length, the second time was in December 2004, and the very last time was at home (recently, during the warm season of this year). Otherwise there were still a few S&D's but few and far between, some random Eureeka moments where I ran to find scissors for a found split, and not much else. So a trim is in order. Forward march!

Hair. It's been in a damp braid all day, and I don't get the "bump" when damp braiding. I think it's because when crossing one braid strand over another, the hair will not tighten as much while damp (the slickness of dry hair will allow the crossover loop to loosen a bit) I don't know if that makes sense. So with damp hair, there's a little more friction and all the crossovers will stay nice and tight.

Hair is the least of my concerns right now though. I AM enjoying my hair for what it is, there's no doubt about that. But there's so much IRL to be done and so little time. I limit my hair time to about 1 hour per day and that includes board time... By limiting my activities to 1 hour, 2 hours, whatever, it's really helped with productivity and concentration. I can tell myself, "I've got this hair/cleaning/[subject] stuff out of the way, now I can apply my full self to other needful things"

Now...... .... ...... who moved my cheese?! Grin

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Sakina Stardust Offline August 2O1O @ the Louvre Posts: 3399 Arizona Gender:	Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin) Reply #182 - Sep 8^th, 2005 at 4:07am Now...... .... ...... who moved my cheese?! I love that book! I read it over again at least once a year.
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Anais Satin

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Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin)
Reply #184 - Sep 8^th, 2005 at 7:54pm

Oh no! Nothing like lost cheese, or an overly enthusiastic boss. Wink

I did a survey on June 1 about hair. Now I'm going to do it again.

June 1

Goal hair length: Golden Ratio, or about mid thigh, or about 44(?).
When did you start growing your hair? A couple summers ago
What is your average monthly growth rate? 0.75"
Do you trim your hair, if so how often? very seldom (about every 6 months) and it's a microtrim
What supplements do you take? N/A
Do you eat any special foods for hair growth/nutrition etc? No
Do you do scalp massages? No
What is your favourite shampoo? N/A
What is your favourite conditioner? Suave BioBasics
Favourite leave-in conditioner? stuff I make myself: shea butter, jojoba, Lemon EO, BPAL Eggnog. (Jehovah's Sheajoba).
Favourite deep conditioner or treatment? N/A
What are your favourite basic oils? shea butter
What are your favourite essential oils? BPAL, hehee
What is your favourite product of all time? shea butter!!!!
What is your least favourite product of all time? straight jojoba oil
Is there anything you would never put on your hair? (-cones/quats etc) sea salt, ETA after Snowy's fiasco.
What do you like most about your hair? its color!
What do you like least about your hair? its color!
Do you colour your hair? Strangely, no, but I threaten to.
Do you clarify? Yes, ACV every other wash
How often do you wash your hair? every 9 days
How long does it take to dry? 6+ hours
Do you prefer you hair up or down? down
What is your favourite updo? figure 8 bun or single braid
Bangs or no bangs? no bangs
Whose hair do you aspire to? Elle, Hairstorm, KBF minus the color, not that I don't love the color anyway
Do you keep a hair journal? Yes
How many hairtoys do you own? 3 pairs of Mamacat sticks, 1 Mamacat curtain rod, and velvet scrunchies. I donated or sold the rest.
What is your favourite hairtoy? Anything Mamacat, I am a Mamacat Cult Member to the very death and can't wait until she takes commissions again.
Brush or comb? Comb (Magic 5: Ric Vest Pocket, Ric LH comb, MP Rake, Rachael Stephens #42, LML horn comb)
Do you use hot styling aids on your hair irons/blowdryer etc? None
Do you make/sell any hair care products? Earthsticks
What is the last hair-related thing that you bought? I seriously can't remember. Probably conditioner.
Share a funny/inspiring/shocking hair story if you have one: I started growing my hair out because of a bet. So far I'm winning this bet.

September 8

Goal hair length: Short term: Tailbone, Long Term: Golden Ratio, or about mid thigh
When did you start growing your hair? A couple summers ago, maybe, I'm not even sure anymore.
What is your average monthly growth rate? maybe about 1/2"
Do you trim your hair, if so how often? very seldom (about every 6 months) and it's a microtrim
What supplements do you take? N/A
Do you eat any special foods for hair growth/nutrition etc? Come to think of it, yes. I eat my homecooked meals from scratch, that include lots of rice and fish.
Do you do scalp massages? No
What is your favourite shampoo? N/A
What is your favourite conditioner? Suave BioBasics
Favourite leave-in conditioner? stuff I make myself: 3 kinds of shea butters, mango butter, jojoba, Lemon EO, BPAL Eggnog. (in total, "Jehovah's Sheajoba").
Favourite deep conditioner or treatment? N/A
What are your favourite basic oils? shea butter
What are your favourite essential oils? BPAL, hehee
What is your favourite product of all time? shea butter!
What is your least favourite product of all time? straight jojoba oil, except for skin.
Is there anything you would never put on your hair? (-cones/quats etc) sea salt, ETA after Snowy's fiasco, and lanolin which feels like pine tar.
What do you like most about your hair? its color
What do you like least about your hair? its color
Do you colour your hair? I tried henna on my bangs, loved it.
Do you clarify? Yes, ACV every other wash
How often do you wash your hair? about every week or so nowadays because I only have time for it on weekends, rarely a weekday
How long does it take to dry? 6+ hours if I let it be, less than 4 hours if I use a microfiber towel
Do you prefer you hair up or down? down
What is your favourite updo? cinnabun or single braid
Bangs or no bangs? really really long bangs
Whose hair do you aspire to? NicoleZoie, Kleis, Elle, Hairstorm
Do you keep a hair journal? Yes
How many hairtoys do you own? 3 pairs of Mamacat sticks, 1 Mamacat curtain rod, and velvet scrunchies. I've donated/sold the rest, except for the Argus stick which I use for a stir rod.
What is your favourite hairtoy? Anything Mamacat
Brush or comb? Comb (Magic 5: Ric Vest Pocket, Ric LH comb, HeavenlyHarvest horn comb, Rachael Stephens #42, LML horn comb)
Do you use hot styling aids on your hair irons/blowdryer etc? None
Do you make/sell any hair care products? Earthsticks
What is the last hair-related thing that you bought? I haven't officially bought them because they haven't arrived yet, not paid for yet: more hair sticks.
Share a funny/inspiring/shocking hair story if you have one: I started growing my hair out because of a bet. So far I'm winning this bet... but my bettee (bettor?) hasn't actually mentioned it for the past couple years. Wink

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Anais Satin

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Trim results
Reply #185 - Sep 8^th, 2005 at 8:05pm

Yesterday I trimmed "too much". No, it wasn't really too much, it just didn't feel good to trim more than a dusting. It was my first non-dust trim since I started growing my hair. I haven't had this much taken off since summer of 2003. I trimmed about 1 centimeter off the ends, using Feye's method. In the end I took off a lot more than 1 centimeter off the ends because the 1cm applies to MOST of the hairs. I snipped more than 1cm off all the extremist hairs. June feels a lot shorter to me than she should. The ends feel better, tangle a little less, but it feels like a lot more than 1 cm. I also need to do a dust trim soon because a real trim forced me to cut a lot of hairs at a time, which compromises the snipping motion. The best thing to do is snip quickly and few hairs at a time. That way you don't "crush" the ends off, but to actually CUT them off cleanly.

All in all, though, I will keep in mind that:
(1) This trim was completely necessary because of the worn out ends, and it's all for the best
(2) I didn't take off THAT much, and
(3) My ends look fuller

Hair. did a regular CCC wash last night using the usual suspects. Then I coiled it up into socks and went to bed. Then this morning I rolled it up into a bun and that completely messed up the curl pattern. Instead of having sock curls, I have hair that flips one way or another, and straight ends. So tonight I'm going to try again and keep note of exactly what (Exactlywatt?) makes sock curls perfect.

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khrome Stardust Offline 1bM/Ciii Posts: 1035 santa barbara, ca Gender:	Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin) Reply #186 - Sep 8^th, 2005 at 11:19pm What was Snowy's fiasco? I must have joined too late to hear about that one. How do you like and dislike your hair color? I tried sock curls a couple weeks ago. For the life of me, I couldn't get them to stay. I'm still going to try again sometime. Cynde
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Thank you
Reply #187 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 6:33am

Thank you Cynde

Really I have a love-hate relationship with my color.

Sometimes I love how the sun shines through it, but other times it seems so monochrome and dull. Texture experiments really help with those phases.
Snowy had a horrible experience with sea salt which I don't know the details of.. but I just know I won't risk trying it (nor lanolin). Yikes! Shocked

And sock curling does take a bit of practice. I hope it ends up working for you. Sometimes layers make it tricky.

Anais
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More recommended reading

High Risk by Ken Majid, Emotional Vampires by Albert Bernstein Ph.D
Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Hair. Corrected the uneven wave issue. I've also been more accepting of the recent big trim. My hair isn't sufficiently oiled so it hasn't been sectioning into defined braid waves lately, but that will soon change. Lately I've been doing a single braid and haven't had time to test out the bun cover yet.

Planting more sunflowers. Because..one of my three sunflowers (on the same stalk) got picked! The culprit even left all the petals on our patio. It's an open patio, with no railing or wall so anyone can step onto it as they please. It looked like my sunflower was the victim of a "he loves me, he loves me not" kind of thing. Otherwise I would have suspected a hate crime!!! Of course I love my flowers and in the style of Napoleon Dynamite, "Whaddya THINK?!"

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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin) Reply #188 - Sep 10^th, 2005 at 7:21am I can't believe someone plucked all the petals off of one of the flowers. Some people. Sheesh. On a lighter note, that's a nice bun cover you're making.
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Reply #189 - Sep 12^th, 2005 at 1:12am

Thanks Juri

Saaay, you're fast-approaching your goal of waist length! Cheesy

Prayers, blessings, and memories to all who were touched by the events of September 11th 2001, and to everyone who was not.

Went to the public library again and checked out oodles of books from my list in a killing spree. It was kind of like going through a shopping list. I haven't devoured fiction so greedily for years, because I've read strictly nonfiction for as long as I can remember. Here is a list of my current reading, asterisks by those I highly and severely recommend:

A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway)

short stories by Virginia Woolf

The Well of Lost Plots (Jasper Fforde)*

The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)*

Spilling Clarence (Anne Ursu) *

The Boy on the Bus : a novel (Deborah Schupack) (haven't started yet but it's supposed to be really really good)*

The Soul of Capitalism : opening paths to a moral economy (William Greider)

The Secret Life of Dust

The Joy of Pi

The Book Lover's Cookbook : recipes inspired by celebrated works of literature and the passages that feature them *

Hair. Last hair wash was on the evening of September 7th, which makes today fifth-day hair. I've been ignoring my hair for the most part, although wearing it loose more often, especially on a computer with a fast-approaching deadline, when talking to strange men, when in line at the post office, or when going down to sit by the lake. Otherwise my usual do's have not changed much. The usual cinnabun with Mamacat sticks (I've recently become accustomed to using only one stick, even though it's been possible to do for the past few months. One stick gives me a sense of security. With two sticks, one could lose a single stick and not be able to tell that it was missing. With a single stick, one would definitely be able to tell)

In other hair news. Swapping some BPAL for Giovanni Direct Leave-in, which according to reviews is a really good leave-in conditioner. It's also one of those "a little goes a long way" types. I've never really believed in leave-ins because of two terrible past leave-in experiences. However this one looks very promising (if anything because it's a lot of natural extracts). The only downside is the expense, I've seen the 8.5 oz bottle to be upwards of 6.00 a pop. And to me, that is a lot to spend on a product that runs out. As opposed to things like hair sticks (which last decades with proper care), corsets (which last up to a decade with proper care, and given I don't gain or lose weight) and combs which last until further notice. And BPAL, which lasts more than a year. I have been proudly BPAL free since May. Very proud, touting that thought around as if I'd quit smoking or something. Unfortunately, by the word "BPAL-free", it actually means "BPAL expense free", or, that I've quit buying more but not necessarily decreasing my stash by any amount. Sheesh.

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Moonchild Diamond Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 525 Germany Gender:	Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin) Reply #190 - Sep 12^th, 2005 at 7:13am When are you reading all these books, girl??? I need to make you my personal time-manager and I think you need to post book reviews 8)
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Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin)
Reply #191 - Sep 12^th, 2005 at 8:23am

You're welcome, Anais.

Yep, I'm only a couple of inches away from waist (yay!), and after that I need to get a new ticker for when I reach tailbone. I noticed that the ticker on your site says that it's not too long before you hit your short-term hair goal, too. Cheesy

"The Eyre Affair" sounds extremely familiar. I wonder if I read it before. Unless I'm thinking of another book, is that the one where Jane gets kidnapped by a literary extremist or a similar group?

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Reply #192 - Sep 13^th, 2005 at 4:34am

Juri, I think that's the one. The one where Thursday bookjumps into Jane Eyre and.. I think it also involves some sort of alternate ending to Jane Eyre.

Moonchild, expect book reviews in a few weeks, heehee Grin

Mamacat sticks arrived! But it's nighttime, so I have to wait until sunrise to take natural-light pics. Mamacat's ready-to-ship shots were better.

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khrome Stardust Offline 1bM/Ciii Posts: 1035 santa barbara, ca Gender:	Re: The Diary of Anais (Satin) Reply #193 - Sep 13^th, 2005 at 7:27am Nice Mamacat sticks!! Cynde
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