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greek_lady Diamond Offline Carpe Diem Noctemque Posts: 698 Greece Gender:	Re: Iris' blue hair Reply #135 - Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 5:59pm Courageous lady! I'm with you on the big trimming if it is really needed. You will enjoy your hair much much more afterwards. Healthy and long.
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Re: Iris' blue hair
Reply #136 - May 27^th, 2006 at 2:34am

I did it, another 5 inches gone, for a total of 8 inches in the last month. It falls at my natural waist, 34 inches now. It feels good, it feels full, and it feels short...but good. I thought of it as release of all the dry and damaged bits I've been holding on to. And by letting them go I'm making room in my life for health, fullness and beauty.

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Reply #137 - Jun 10^th, 2006 at 8:34pm

I'm still loving the health of my shortened hair. I've worn it down more, braided it more, and just plain enjoyed it more. It should be back to my hips within 2 months I think too.

Its still doing the greaseball thing though which sucks. I managed to go 5 days one week, but now its back to every 2.

I went backpacking last weekend and did a french classic pinned in heidi braids and wore a bandana over it for the 4 days. I soaked it in shea butter, jojoba, and aloe before braiding. I came home to beautiful curls. Wish I could get that look any other way and be able to enjoy for an evening out sometime...

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Reply #138 - Jul 22^nd, 2006 at 8:23pm

My hair has had the halo of frizz for weeks. Aloe and jojoba oil would help a bit, but not entirely and they just contributed to having to wash every other day. I think most of it was going back to shampoo. So now I'm washing once a week with baking soda and honey with a vinegar rinse and dusthing my hair with cornstarch once in between. I dust it at night and by morning my hair looks as if I had washed it the night before. I've been much happier with my hair the past 2 weeks.

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Reply #139 - Sep 19^th, 2007 at 11:45pm

Time for a quickie update I suppose now that a years gone by... Shocked

After the baking soda/acv routine I tried water only for about 2 months. It got to the point where my hair didn't look horrible, but I was always terrified someone would touch it. It was so waxy. So I quit that and I think went to CO for a while. My hair was quite dull and greasy and no fun at all. Around valentine's day I switched to cones and have been much happier. I wash every few days--whenever its starting to look greasy with a little bit of pantene sleek and shine shampoo mixed with Suave's daily clarifying conditioner. Then condition with a knock off of pantene conditioner. My hair is much smoother and brighter and I'm quite happy with it. I try to keep up on my acv rinses as best I can to clarify. My hair is prone to splits (although its better than it used to be), and I really don't notice a difference between pre and post cone. I'm over due for a deep conditioning treatment. I always mean to do them on the weekends, but then put them off. My mother bought me a big tub of cholesterol that she has really liked on her hair and I've been meaning to do a long condition with it to see what I think.

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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Iris' blue hair Reply #140 - Sep 20^th, 2007 at 8:06am Hey, Valerie, nice to see an update in your journal! From your avatar and the pin curl pictures you posted, your hair is looking great!
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Valerie Diamond Offline Posts: 615 Colorado Gender:	Re: Iris' blue hair Reply #141 - Sep 20^th, 2007 at 9:01pm Thanks Juri!
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Reply #142 - Sep 22^nd, 2007 at 11:07pm

I did a deep conditioning treatment tonight with hair cholesterol. My hair felt nice and thick when rinsing it out--I'll have to see what happens tomorrow. Also, I actually washed the length of my hair tonight with shampoo which I never do. I didn't manage to clarify with vinegar before getting in my tub and wanted the deep conditioning to really be able to soak in. I doubt I'll do that very often.

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Valerie Diamond Offline Posts: 615 Colorado Gender:	Re: Iris' blue hair Reply #143 - Sep 28^th, 2007 at 9:09am The cholesterol is going to the top of my list for fave deep conditioning treatments. My hair has been so soft and shiny I love it. Plus, no mess in the kitchen! Just run it through the length, wrap it in a bun and rinse several hours later.
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Reply #144 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 8:53am

*dusts off cobwebs*

Wow, my length is the same as when I started this journal...

I am in the painful process of trying to switch back to CO. I did find a small bottle of the Suave daily clarifying conditioner that I used to really like and used that last night. I haven't combed yet, but I can tell that my hair is oily. I've gotten away with my normal buns the last couple days, and I'm hoping that holds out for me again.

I remembered to use a ton of conditioner and let it sit on my hair for quite a while, then massage alot as I was rinsing it out. Hopefullyy the transition doesn't take too long.

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Valerie Diamond Offline Posts: 615 Colorado Gender:	Re: Iris' blue hair Reply #145 - Apr 13^th, 2008 at 7:19pm I've had to add just a touch of shampoo to my 'washing' conditioner to really get the greasiness out, but I have cut out the cone laden 'conditioning' conditioner and switched to a cone free brand. So far so good, but I'm not loving it yet so I'm sure I'll keep trying different things.
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Valerie Diamond Offline Posts: 615 Colorado Gender:	Re: Iris' blue hair Reply #146 - May 16^th, 2008 at 9:37am I'm still having to add a bit of shampoo to my 'co' routine. My hair feels soft which I like, but I really want to cut down on how much crap I have in my bathroom.
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