I feel like every other wash w/ my CO is working great, and the other ones, not so much.  I also feel like I am going to have to wash a lot more often, possibly every other day which doesn't thrill me.  This last wash was good, I'm not oily on top.  But my hair feels really heavy around about 4-5 inches down, kind of behind my shoulders.  I wonder if when I'm rinsing a lot of the conditioner is going there and then I'm not rinsing that part enough.   I like CO washing better than shampoo still.  Today is my first day after washing and I don't have any of the frizz I used to have.  It was easy to braid and survived a lot of moving around at the dentist and those headphones.

I started saving my shedded hair in hopes of making my own rat own of these days, although I still have to find the instructions.  I knew my partner was concerned when he asked what on earth this bag of hair was in the bathroom, and since then he keeps asking me if I'm making a hair doll.  To which I reply no, I'm making a rat to make my buns bigger.  He was very curious as to why I was suddenly interested in a larger bum.   And what my hair had to do with it. 

I really need to go through my bathroom and reorganize my hair stuff.  That was definetly something on my wish list.  Currently I have 3 open crate type things that sit under the since since we don't have a cabinet.  The top 2 are for my hair stuff and just never stay neat for very long.  The containers that I was using for hair ties and pins were cute but required 2 hands to open them which isn't a good thing when one is fully involved in a hair style and can barely spare one.  So I need to work on that area and figure something out. 

Also, we have a large deep closet in the bathroom that has a lot of storage room, but organization is difficult, because it is so deep and has shelves up so high. 

I wish that I was going to be working these issues this weekend, but I MUST get my photo album done for my parents, not to mention the pictures going to everyone else.  Now I've decided to do the album instead of the scrap book.  The scanning takes forever.  I still plan on scanning all the photos, but it will take me all weekend just to do that part, not to mention the cropping and the printing and the cutting and the arranging, etc. etc.  So now my idea is to give them the album for christmas.  Then use the scanned photos to start a scrapbook for them and give them a couple pages each holiday. 

I'm starting to think that CO washing might not be for me.  I feel like I am having to wash more and more often.  If I was going to the gym it would probably be okay, but since I haven't managed that either...
I really want to try a different conditioner before I give up on it entirely, I just never think about it when I'm at the store. 
And I'm thinking that I might try putting a little shampoo in the conditioner.  I don't know if that would defeat the purpose though.  I just can't stand washing my hair everyday especially in the winter.

I put a dab of shampoo in water to mix into my conditioner for my CO wash and lasted 2 days without getting greasy. 

Yesterday I CO'd, but started with dry hair then forgot to add any shampoo.  I'll probably wash tomorrow, but the results are not bad.

I've finally found a good way to wear my hair at night.  A bun on the top of my head.  I don't think my hair is *that* slick, but nothing will stay on it through the night and although a braid works, I worry that I'm damaging it by rolling over on it constantly.  This way my hair stays on my satin pillowcase and I have almost no tangles in the morning, but great volume and waves.

I just use a hair band w/out metal, wrapped twice around the bun.  If it feels tight I do a bit of a scalp massage to loosen it up a bit.  I haven't had any soreness or headaches.

This has been a long week for me.  I woke up Monday with the awful cold that is going around, and decided to stay home and try get rid of it right away.  It pretty much worked, I felt so much better Tuesday, although still not 100%, but I made it to both jobs, working 13 hours a day Tues-today.  I even made it to the gym yesterday. 

Today when I came home, I did a scalp massage w/ olive oil, then also massaged some into my length.  Let it sit for 15-20 minutes.  Took a long hot bath with jojoba oil mixed in for my skin and let my hair loose in the tub.  Then took a shower, CO'd my scalp and length, then did the brown sugar scrub Styg and Leia have been talking about.  My skin feels soft, I'm wonderfully relaxed, and I'm sure my hair will feel good tomorrow.  The only thing I'd add would be a couple drops of tea tree oil to my bath for my sinus' maybe. 

Jojoba oil makes a great lip balm too.