Thanks folks

The complete set
Hazelnut 7.5" new collection
Royal Jacaranda 6.5" new collection
Agatewood 6.5" new collection
Indigo Royal 6" new collection
Ribbons in Agatewood 6.5" new collection
Rosewood Burgundy 6.5", old collection
Applewood Chinese bun stick, old collection
Crimson Ironwood 6.5", old collection
Cocobolo Macassar 6", old collection


and I am deeply, deeply grateful. ::sigh:: They're my babies. I love them.

Beautiful, beautiful sticks! Your collection is absolutely gorgeous! I'm regretting that I didn't order Agatewood. But I did order Indigo! 

Can't wait to hear from Mamacat... *bounces*

Hey ladies, isn't Mamacat a darling? ? ? ?

Hi Gabi My theory is that people tend to order blues and greens more often (when it's included as a choice) because it complements the vast majority of human hair colors. Redheads look best with greenish tones, blues tend to look good with auburns or browns, etc. The trick, I think, is to choose a color that will be good contrast with your hair while generally looking good with the wardrobe. Although.. I have to admit I have not been following any of those guidelines because my hair is almost-black. As long as there is contrast with my hair (except with the Jacaranda).
The biggest consideration I've had is the mixability of the colors - whether or not I can mismatch pairs and make them look good (Indigo can be paired with Agatewood, Crimson Ironwood with Cocobolo or Rosewood Burgundy, Rosewood Burgundy, etc. There are probably others but that's the gist)
I've also seen some women choose metal hair toys by the tone of the metal, e.g. people with golden tones tend to stay away from silver tone hair jewelry.

Hair. I did another CCC with ACV rinse yesterday, which felt wonderful. Washing routine hasn't changed much. I think I'm going to fall into a routine of washing my hair once a week, so that the wash would land on the same day every week. Lately my hair has felt long, although it seems to have stopped growing for the moment. I've resisted measuring for quite awhile now, and I haven't combed much either. The next measuring date should be October 31. At this point the length is a total mystery, but I suspect it hasn't crept much past the 31" from the most recent measurement. I'm hoping to eyeball it and play "The Minute Game" with my hair such that it's "The Yard Game", trying to estimate the EXACT moment it reaches 36" and not measuring until exactly then (The Minute Game: the game where children cross the room in exactly one minute, without looking at a timepiece. The child closest to exactly 60 seconds is the winner.)

35mm camera stuff. Last night I loaded the film into the camera without resetting the release button (the one that allows you to rewind safely without ripping your film in two). So I rewound the film without realizing that I could have opened the camera anyway because no shots had been taken, the film was still in the cartridge. I over-wound and the tapered film end was rolled into the cartridge. So... I turned off the lights and burrowed under a down comforter and "furry" blanket, and in complete darkness took apart the cartridge to fumble with it... It was definitely comfortable, but there were the worries that (a) someone would wake up, come in, and turn on the light or (b) that I'd run out of air and pass out, leaving the film unsealed until morning . I fumbled in hopes that I might be able to insert the tab back into the slot, before sticking the roll back in the cartridge. LUCKILY! and I mean LUCKILY, the slot (stupid stupid stupid) was open on one end so it was possible to slide the film in sideways (however giving myself a little slack because it was dark. Very dark.)

Heheheh!!  Now I know how to fend off hairdressers. 
And your battle with the camera film was funny too.   

Cynde

Hilarious 
I really enjoy your sense of humor

Thanks everybody However I can't take credit for that humor because it is drawn from RapunzelDelight, a website with lots of old vintage pictures of longhaired ladies.

WonderlyWroughte's Giovanni and chunk of cocoa butter arrived. I can't express nearly HOW MUCH I love the Giovanni Direct Leave-in. I applied some just now and my hair is much much softer than it's been in a long time, (Thanks to TBear and Daneille for their innocent positive reviews on this product, aka enabling)

Hair. doing well. My last wash was on the 13th. I did a quick rinse yesterday afternoon. We had a thread on another board about "weekly routines", i.e. what we do with our hair through the wash week. This is something I had down to a formula a few months ago, but now I've become really spontaneous about it.
Wash day usually on a Sunday: (meaning I'll do a full wash today evening) CCC with PAT-GT, ACV rinse, Suave CS, KLG. Wet comb, let dry (almost), then sock curl for bed.
Second day hair: remove socks and unruffle for the day, wear hair down, or in a bun for meals or work.
Third day hair: fingercomb only. Depending on the resulting wave pattern and whether it looks good, braid or wear loose.
Fourth day hair: comb, scritch, etc., wear braided for the day, occasionally switching to a bun. Occasionally apply shea cream or BSO
Fifth day hair: same as above
Sixth day hair: same as above
Seventh day hair: get urge to do a hairwash, usually end up doing a hairwash.

Bear called himself my "nemesis and soulmate in one". We recently had a groundbreaking (? for lack of a better word) conversation about metaphysics/religion/literature/art/sex... and it's made us so much more intimate.

Anais, they are some very sane values that you have, I admire that.  Do you think he meets them?