hehe i just typed my name into an aol name origin thingy and this is what it said....
Julia, a 3-syllable girl's name of Latin/French origin, means: Soft-haired one; youthful.

well....my hair is pretty soft! teehee
~*FB*~

well this afternoon i CO'd instead of the usual shampoo then tonnes of conditioner   

i found a discarded bottle of Sunsilk daily repair conditioner in the shower rack so i decided to use that rather than use loads of my fructus long and strong. it was kinda weird putting conditioner on the top of my head and rubbing all through! i put on my rather fetching shower cap and went about my showering business. when i rinsed (which was for about 5minutes in warm then cool water) my hair was soooooooo silky..though not as silky as when i use deep conditioners...but still..wowie!

when i combed out my hair and oiled (when wet) my hair felt thicker some how...but i dismissed it.
now its dry, my ends feels great and im all soft and shiny....but my roots feel coated and my scalp is itchy  me no likey..i dont feel as clean as normal  i want to wash my hair again.....but ill leave it until at least tomorrow. my hair better be non-greasy tomorrow cos the boyfriend is coming over for the whole day and i want to look nice. its been ages since we've had a whole day together (he's been living at college in london....once a week visits are NOT good 
  ) now he's back but i dont want to be greasy!!!! why does my hair have to be difficult??!! grr.

back to shampoo and conditioner a la Fructus long and strong i go....

~*FB*~

when i woke up this moring my hair was sooooo greasy *bleurgh* so after i went food shopping (parents are on holiday....i have to fend for myself  ) i jumped in the shower, clarifyed with pantenes clarifying shampoo and then used pantenes winter repair and protect deep conditioner....my hair feels and looks so YUMMY!! i ***love*** that deep conditioner!     

to the hide my greasy doo this morning i decided to do a plain bun but it didnt work so well today so i did the '2 parter' bun (where you make a bun with the top layer of hair..stick it... then wrap the lower layer around that and stick it) worked wonderfully! lovin' that style 

went for an evening walk with the boyfriend, my hair looked so nice i decided to let it free...the gentle breeze felt fabulous in my hair...and he likes my hair to be down    we took some sunset photos but it was over cast so the sunset wasnt very easy to see  hmpf! ohwell.....
my best friend is coming over tomorrow...we're going to relive our childhoods and watch lots of disney videos!!!! little mermaid....beauty and the beast......*sigh* memories! hehe...two 19 year olds watching disney haha!!

ahwell....its 11pm so i think i'll go to bed....im a sleepy (flaming) bunny. tata.
~*FB*~

i washed my hair yesterday and its all soft *drool* i loooove my hair when its all shiny and soft teehee.
i bought a metal barette (sp?) today! its so pretty with little purple crystals on it  im lovin' it!
i think ive developed a hair toy obsession    hehe every time i have a bit of extra money it goes on hair thingys! owell...lots of interesting hair-do's 
my parents came back from their holiday today...they bought me this really cool chinese money toad....its a statue of a toad with a slightly open mouth. you put the chinese coin in its mouth and point it towards your door to bring you money luck. its so mystical and cool!
anyhoo...im off to try more hair styles with my new toy!
~*FB*~

LOL!  We love you too =)

*various grumbling noises* double vodka drinks.....no no no no !!! ow my head. i went out with my ladies last night and made the mistake of having double drinks instead of singles. i was up basically all night feeling bleurgh but managed not to be sick and fall asleep at 6am. im a moron   feeling slightly better now but still have that feeling of grossness. anyhoooooo....
i was annoyed this morning cos i didnt detangle my hair last night and i wore it down whilst out so it was tangle city!
i washed yesterday morning and it looked fabulous when dry....then i went for a walk with the boyfriend and it fully dried in the breeze! yum! now my hairs in a figure 8 bun (a rather gorgeous one actually!) so my hair will have more volume when i let it down this evening to go and see boyf....and itll have nice waves too.
its not been very sunny recently so my hair wont be growing like a crazy thing (it seems to really grow in the sun   ) im not measuring at all this month so my growth will be a complete surprise at the start of august.
ow.....my head......

for the second time in a row i let my hair go 4 days without a wash (out of sheer laziness...not experiment  ) so this morning when i woke up my hair was *whoa* greasy.....think plastered to your head! ew. but ive just washed so im feeling all fresh again 
for the past few nights ive slept in a french braid (im getting good at them-squee!) so my hair had mucho volume...it was so lovely and thick!! but this morning it looked frizzy...although it wasnt cos when you felt it it was so soft and smooth. im back to straight and 'sleek' 
yesterday i was wearing the top i used to wear to get my hair trimmed (i would get my dad to trim it in line with the bottom of the top) i looked at the back of my hair in the mirror and noticed that its at LEAST 2 1/2inches longer!!!!! woooohooooo!!! i always got it trimmed back to about hip length before long locks...that wouldve been ALL my growth over the months between my trims! grrr! owell...im growing now! yayness!
i decided that, although im gonna trim every now and then to tidy up.....im going to embrace my uneven ends....to hell with a thick, blunt cut. i can do that when my hairs long enough to sacrifice the thinner last few inches of hair....thats when im a bit longer than classic. then ill cut the last few inches off to get rid of the damage i did to my hair before longlocks. i hope i keep to that!
~*FB*~

its official...my hair type is 1b/F-N/ii woo!

my hair is getting pointy at the ends....must be strong....will not trim as ends look okay......will wait til hair is reeeeeally long to cut off thin ends......

Drummergirl08, if youre reading this, you are such a sweetheart! youre hair is going to be uber long and gorgeous with all the advice here  ive been feeling all warm and fuzzy all day 

last night i had a go at rag curls. it went ok, but the rags i used were too short and flimsy  my hair was coming out a bit this morning where i slept on it so the curls were less curly on one side of my head. the results still were pretty though  once i get some longer, sturdier rags i'll try again.
today was wash day, so i did. however the washing machine was on at the same time as my shower so i had NO hot water...it was freezing!!!! so my conditioner didnt stay on for as long, but i think i rinsed well enough. even with jojoba oil, my hair isnt as soft as normal. but ive noticed that my hair is always softer on the day AFTER washing....especially if ive had it up. madness!
my hair is finally getting thicker....or feeling that way anyhow  yayness! ends are still thin but are looking better cos i trimmed yesterday or whenever it was *bad memory..like a fish*
~*FB*~

You know we love you, flaming bunny! ((hugs)) I hope things work out for you. And if you ever need someone to talk to, my e-mail box is always open. 

Hang in there - remember we are all here for you.  I'll think happy, good thoughts for you.  PM me if you need to.

i washed a day early again today *bad me* if im good and dont fiddle with my hair on the  second day my hair will stay completely grease free...but i fiddled....a lot. i wanted to try a few styles but ended up with the greasies. if i get greasy on the second day, my hair is gross on the third day. cant have that cos im going out tomorrow! so i washed and OILED. my hair feels nice. havnt combed it since it completely dried but i can tell...i hope  meep...oh the rambling!

~*FB*~

at my aunts party yesterday i had to use my hair to protect my shoulders/arms from the hot sunshine (i forgot to put sun cream on in the mad rush that was my morning). now my hair looks a tad frazzled...though it feels ok. but my arms arent sunburnt! hazzar!  my poor, poor hair...*talks to hair for a moment: dont worry baby, i have some deep conditioner for you* i hope that will sort it out  ???    *fingers crossed*

its weird..its like my hair is a living creature and feel guilty for being cruel! madness!! 

in other news....i wore my hair in a braided bun on top of my head to bed last night...i looked like a demented pineapple but it stayed pretty much perfect! however when i took it down this morning my roots hurt a bit and my hair was HUGE! hehe. its all gravy though.

im off to wash a day early (again..i know, i know) so i can slather my poor hair with deeeeeep conditioner and keep it on for aaaaages. poor thing is thirsty! 

~*FB*~

so i dont obsess with my ends or growth this month (dont want to get trim urgies) im going to keep my hair up almost all the time. i did this whilst at college cos it was easier but now im at home for the summer i seem to wear it down more (maybe thats cos im seeing the boyfriend more...hmmm) so new resolution.........



there....that should do it 

~*FB*~

i decided to do a crown braid today....not a real one but im ok with faking it! (its just a braid pinned to my head)

it looks quite cool...it gets all my hair up and out the way...me likey! i added the 2 butterfly grips to pretty-up the void in the middle  

ok...i havnt combed out my hair yet but its dry. there are waves....but nothing amazing. theyre more like kinks  oh well! maybe i didnt leave the towel on for long enough, but my hair doesnt dry kept in a towel...just stays damp once the excess water has been absorbed.

~*FB*~

explanation and instructions....

http://naturallycurly2.com/curlscene/entry.php?id=140&entrytype=articles&;

its a method of enhancing curls or waves....i thought i had waves which were hiding...but i dont 

hope that helps x

the day before yesterday (after i clarified and deep conditioned) i decided to get all my wet hair out of my face by doing an infinity bun held with a single hairstick. after each hour of it being held up i let it down for a bit and shook my hair so it would actually dry  

when it was eventually dry (about 8 hrs!) it had lots of waves..although these were mostly combed out...but my hair was so soft and thick and had such lovely movement!!!

so from now on....if i wash my hair on a spare day where im doing absolutely nothing...i will damp bun! yay!!!

~*FB*~

thankyou!!! ive always been a bit worried about my thinner, pointy ends but youve made my day!

my hair is very strange. the back part grows quicker than the rest of my hair. i trim this blunt but a) it sort of twists to the side, and b) my hair grows back pointy. im not trimming for a good long while since my hair is growing slowly at the mo so im dealing with the pointyness!  cos the front parts of my hair are naturally shorter ( ???) i get this really deep V shape, which im learning  to love.

to achieve this the 'natural' way, i suppose you'd have to go without trimming for a long while. or cut the V into your hair----though to cut a lot of would be heart-breaking so i wouldnt suggest it   
id love to have blunter ends so enjoy your hair! 

the hairsticks i made.....

http://tinypic.com/3ad4y

i really like them! i still dont know how Rapunzel does it every day....mucho respect for you!

im in pain though...yesterday evening i was taking a stroll through a woodland with the boyf and a branch thwacked me in the face scratching my eyelid! it hurt like hell and whats worse is the scratch doesnt look much so no one sees what im moaning about! when i get injured i want it to be obvious so i can moan and get pity!   still hurts to blink.....  <<that what i look like cos i cant open my left eye properly! hehehe!

~*FB*~

Nice bun and hairsticks.  Hope your eyelid recovers quickly!

I buy packages of plain Chinese bamboo chopsticks. You can cut them off the length you need. Then, sand them smooth, both ends and the length, and spray them with auto spray paint. I'm thinking of wood stain and polyurethane, but I haven't done it yet.

meep...maybe its the fact that i couldnt be bothered to oil my hair or the fact that i didnt dry it in a bun but my hair seems thinner...no, finer...thats it. i think its the not drying in a bun cos my hair is almost stick straight. madness!!

~*FB*~

Hahahah! I did the same exact thing when I reached 250! Congrats

i LOVVVVE how my hair looks after its dried in a french braid!!!!! oh my god its so wavy and cool!!!!!!!!!!

hug for my hair!!

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh alright.....just for you Bikerbraid  

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i looooooooooooooove these waves!!!!  

clap clap clap clap clap!    Wonderful!  I love the waves!  Thank you for sharing!

Your waves are lovely, flaming bunny!

/Kate

ok this is non hair related but hey!
the GORGEOUS boots i ordered online for my birthday arrived today, less than a week after i ordered them (they said 6-8weeks, which is why i ordered them now,,, my birthday is in october) but theyre HERE!!!!

mum wont let me open them yet to try them on and check the size.....theyre mocking me in their packaging! ahhhhh!!!!! theyre from www.dracinabox.com and called "simply magic platform boots" 5"heel and 2" platform!        

anyhoo....hair....yes......
ive been keeping it up in a french braid basically all the time so im on the 3rd day and only a bit greasy  but my roots are a bit flat and my length is poofy from braiding and brushing....i look a bit wacko!! 

~*FB*~

my hair actually seems to be filling out!! the V at the ends is getting less pronounced so the rest of my hair must be growing. and even though ive been shedding a lot recently it looks thicker! *does a super happy happy dance* 

Same with me, the mass of hair is growing larger, and the ponytail feels thicker in my hand, even though overall it's the same length as it was in April, when I started to take proper care of it.

ive finally started my degree (yay!) so i can ignore my hair and stop fussing with it......it tends to grow and behave if i dont pay attention to it. hopefully my november measurement will make me squeal with delight    hehe.

ive decided that im not going to measure my hair again until the new year cos im soooooooooo bored of being disappointed each month  and then i shall only measure every 3 months....better results that way! mwaha!

im also washing my hair less cos of my college work load. i dont like the icky greasyness on my scalp but that can be hidden with hats and scarves (not to self....buy a hat) but when my scalp is greasy my length is super uber soft! woohooo!!! i lurve it  ill also keep more of my hair as i lose a family of squirrels everytime i comb out my wet hair  ahwell!

i did a teeny tiny trim yesterday....ends look a bit neater. i didnt feel bad about losing a bit of length now im not measuring for a while. its mad that i feel guilty about trimming! like im going to hurt my hairs' feelings!  crazy lady!

GRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!! ok...im still mainly concentrating on the health of my hair but it doesnt seem to be growing    i think im going to take up scalp massage. but then again i may be surprised...its hard to see growth with this much hair. i want it to be at least 38" when i measure again in January. i have grown to loathe that 37 number 

i bought the best hair scarf thing the other day for £2.99!! its all satiny and a gorgeous electric blue colour! woo! another addition to my "hide the greasy unwashed hair" collection  im getting used to only washing twice a week...so much less fuss!

i dont know why but ive only been wearing braids and things recently....todays the first day in ages that ive worn hairsticks/a bun. ive decided that infinity buns and damp weather do wonders for my volume...i took down my hair after coming home from college and it was all thick and lovely which cheered me up after walking home in the dark whilst it was raining.

i found out some great news from a friend! she has hair thats just below the shoulders....soon shes cutting it to just below her chin to get rid of her layers, but then shes growing it to about her waist!!! yay!!! i'm taking it upon myself to coach her  so much fun! shes the first person to say "cool" when told about me growing my hair to my knees...everyone else looks puzzled or says "wont that get annoying?" OR thinks im joking. its a mad, mad world out there....occasionally scary.

hmmm.....

if i had magical hair powers, i would.....

-heal all the damage
-heal all the splits
-make it so my hair can never damage or split again
-make all the strands below shoulder length all the same length (i like my face framing tendrils above my shoulders)
-make sure i had an inch growth every month without fail! (i'm limiting it to an inch cos you cant have everything can you?  and i wouldnt want to reach my goals too quickly as it takes out all the fun)
-no more itchy flaky scalp with horrible white crud *yuck*


oh if only i had these magical hair powers  


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yesterday at college i was cutting off the odd split end when my friend turned to me and said "i wish i could reach my hair like you" (meaning that i could bring the ends of my pigtails up to my face for closer inspection...but she only has shoulder length hair so cannot do this). my other friend chimed in saying that my hair was "so long"  
i told them that i was still growing.....telling them about my dreams of knee length hair (when i told them this, they looked like this >>>   but in a good way...i think   ) they THEN started asking me if i would ever cut it off. i said NO WAY!! even when they asked about cash incentives. i ended up telling them about how attached to your hair you get after you care for it so lovingly and have been with it for a long while.

i love hair conversations!

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its so random...i look in the mirror just now and all the little tendrils that use to get in my face are shoulder length!   wowie! they will go into an updo, but after a while they fall out. its ok though....they can be tucked behind my ears  

tried something new out this evening when washing.

cos im so bored of combing out my hair and applying jojoba EVERY time after i wash (its so tedious for me), i decided to dilute some (if you call it that) in a cup and do a final rinse on my ends with it.

now, because i also use this cup to dilute my shampoo...it got a tad frothy on top (only a bit cos i had rinsed the cup....though obviously not thoroughly enough) so i had to do i quick rinse after i applied the jojoba+water.....though i couls still smell the jojoba after this so i dont think i rinsed it all away.

my hair is still wet and currently in a bun to keep it out of my way (my back gets cold and damp...not good in november!) so i'll have to post the results tomorrow. i hope it works cos it means i can be a bit more lazy! woo!

but think of it this way - what a great day of conditioning!  8)

i completely forgot that i havent deep conditioned in aaaaages so im starting that again asap....this winter weather is making my hair a bit dry and staticky (sp?)

Increasing use of rosewater helped me to get rid of static, and now my hair is very soft and very well behaving...for a change.

How do you deep condition your hair? I'd like to learn to do that at home myself. Now I use just a hair mask, but it's not really the same.

i just deep conditioned and my hair is feelin fine! it was so easy to detangle after washing  hair bliss!

ooo ooo ooo!!! i got a job yesterday working at a Christmas shop!! it'll only be for about 3weeks cos the shop will close down after xmas but YAY!! my first job!

thanks Bikerbraid! 


i havent been able to go online in a week cos of my job and college....its the end of term so i had a huge project to hand in. its all done....college is over for xmas so wooo!! im back here! the job is going well, but its hectic! sooooo many people...all day....my feet really hurt and im covered in glitter ALL THE TIME!!!  the money will be jolly though   


not much to report on my hair....tis the same, i think its growing (i cant wait til my january 1st measurement!) ive been neglecting my split ends so i had to cut quite a few yesterday...but ohwell!!


...and i think thats it! wow my life is exciting(!) 

Are you taking any vitamins flaming bunny? I have been taking GNC Ultra Nourishair plus im on prenatal vitamins and it helps. When I'm taking vitamins my hair grows really good.

I haven't measured in months, but when I do, I stand in front of a full length mirror and look myself in the eyeballs. Either way FB, you've got such gorgeous hair and plenty of length to spare! lol I'd give my hair a vacation if I were you!

Hugs, Anais

yesterday i got the BEST compliment!!!!!!! i was waiting for some friends in a shopping centre (wearing hair down btw) when this older woman (around 60/70....with very short hair) suddenly came up to me from behind saying "ooo what beautiful long hair!" i said thankyou and she continued to coo and tell me that it was beautiful and very long   she also asked if i took care of it by myself, she was surprised when i said yes..but it was a "wow" kind of surprised. she told me it was lovely again and went on her merry way...leaving me beaming   ive never had such a long winded compliment! yay. though, if i do say so myself, it was looking pretty good since it was freshly washed that morning, air dried completely straight and very silky since i soaked my hair in jojoba oil for about a day before washing   tralalalalalala!


this helped cushion the blow of being completely stood up!  ohwell...its not like im going to see these "friends" again cos they were from my temporary job...but still 

luckily boyf was available to whisk me off to dinner and stop me feeling like a complete loser  love him!

try a 1/3  jojoba/aloe vera mix on your hair (just a small amount, like a drop of oil and a little blop of AV) and spread it as if you were oiling ... makes hair way less slippery and if you comb it out, the hair is very soft ... AV works in strange ways lol!

Lily of the Desert, 99% gel.   

i wish i could write in here more but nothing new is happening in my hair!!! it is just plodding along merrily.....i'll keep you informed if anything fun happens!

i finally cut the face framing whatsits.....i think i dod a good job of blending them into my normal hair! go me!


ive made a very big decision (well, it feels big for me) im thinking its time for a change.....

im cutting off about 10" of hair


.....not really. had you going though didnt i? no? ohwell then.

anyhoo! back to the change im actually going to make. ive decided that its time to say goodbye to the Fructus Long and Strong shampoo and condish. after saying "its nice...but not wonderful" for quite a while, i suddenly thought last night...."if its only nice, why arent i looking for something thats wonderful for my hair???" ive been using it for the best part of a year and ive realised that over that period the condition of my scalp has gotten worse. ive always had a slighty flakey scalp but never (to my knowledge) had the white itchy white gunk on a regular basis. maybe this is because i used to wash my hair every other day or maybe not. all i know is im changing shampoo/conditioner. ive been using head&shoulders instead of long and strong shampoo for a while now anyway. i might go back to pantene. now, before you throw the rotten vegetables lemme explain  before i found hair forums i always used to use Pantene's volume s/c (an endless battle to make my fine hair thicker) and my hair always looked lovely. id probably use the "classic clean" range though. i dont know. im going to browse the shampoo isle and the supermarket and see whats out there.
what i liked about pantenes volume shampoo is that it "creates a clean foundation" or something like that....basically i think its slightly clarifying. but i have no need for the volume thing so i wont be going back to it.

hmmm...what a puzzlement!   

bleurgh....ive got several areas of yellowish/white gunk stuff on my scalp. its not itchy...just gross  i normally have a bit of this but the patches are bigger, well not bigger, but thicker *shudder*
i investigated my scalp with a mirror and found a chunky patch on the right side of my head (sorry about the TMI)

i think i'll stop using pantene shampoo and use head&shoulders with the pantene conditioner. i really like head&shoulders but for some reason have never used it as a regular shampoo...maybe cos it doesnt have  matching conditioner...me being that weird.

ive also started wearing my hair up in bed again....it was getting tangly and ive noticed more splits than usual.

deary me  will the great hair-goddess ever be happy?

ooo thankyou!

my scalp is actually better since ive started using Te Tao s/c so phew!

What a beautiful hair fork.

Recently I've been on a bit of a 'make my hair browner' kick. Sometimes I get tired of the inbetweenyness of my brown/blonde hair and I, for one, would like to be part of the glittering throng of 'brilliant brunettes' So I've bought Sunsilk's brunette enhancing leave in stuff and also (on another occasion) Superdrug's brunette enhancing deep conditioner. Both contain chesnut 'extract' or whatever, and the Superdrug one also contains henna!
Sunsilk Leave in
Other Sunsilk leave in's I have tried have been excellent and left my hair soft, if a little coated. However, this one (which I applied to damp hair after washing) just made my hair a bit tangly and difficult to comb. Although I DO think that my brown bits were a bit more radiant...constant use could produce good results I think. The smell was a little weird too. I don't think I'm a fan of the chesnut, as nuts go.
Superdrug deep condish
This stuff comes in a HUGE tub and is sort of sparkly! It's really nice and thick too. It was so satisfying to just put my hand in and scoop the thick goop out! So that went on in the place of my normal conditioner. It said to leave on for 5-20mins depending on the amount of treatment needed. I wanted to leave it in for the full 20mins but I really couldn't be bothered to stand around in the cold with a shower cap on so I got back into the shower after about 7mins. When I rinsed it out the water swirling down the plug hole turned orangey-brown...I guess that was the henna! When my hair dried the results were exactly the same as the Sunsilk leave in!!! I don't think my hair likes chesnuts either...thats probably why it fails to commit to the brown colour. *sigh* I'm definately going to try both products again...I can't throw out full tubs of stuff can I??!!!!! Heresy! I think I'll just leave the Superdrug stuff on for aaaaaaaaaaages and maybe not sleep on my wet hair after using either, cos that leads to tangles.

I wanted fun, soft brunette hair dammit!!!!

I still can't believe my hair brushes the tops of my thighs!!!!!!! It's crazy. 

I'd love to see a picture of you gilbralter bun. 

Hang in there - it sounds like you will reach your knee-length goal - keep up the good work.