I thought today would be my washing day, but my hair feels strangely clean again, so I'll wait until tomorrow. I wonder, where does this unnatural cleanliness come from. I haven't abandoned my goal of washing my hair just once a week, but it seems that since I stretched the interval to 4 days, things have become a bit complicated. I can wash my hair every 4 days in average, but sometimes it gets so dirty that it needs to be washed on 3rd day after washing day and rarely I can wash it on 5th. Complicated...but I'm still going to keep trying.

That is good to hear.  Especially since the cleanliness didn't last until night. My hair turned somehow into a grease pit during just one day, and just before sleeping I had to wash.

But, I'm still happy. I managed to make a French Twist. I found this old, sturdy 6-prong celluloid comb of mine, and gave it a try. It worked! I managed to produce a French Twist that lasted longer than half an hour. Not for the whole day, but I think that with little practice, I can make it. And it looked so good! I think it makes me look a bit older, but that's only a good thing. For some reason, people seem to listen older philosophers better than young. So, hopefully this will become my new secret ethos booster! 

Phew! I missed my journal during the update break!

Well, nothing really noteworthy hasn't happened these past few days- I've ordered a pair of hairsticks (couldn't resist those Caramello SE sticks any longer), honed my new-found skill with French Twists (I love them!) and gave my hair a clarifying rinse and XZ deep conditioning when I washed it.

And, at all times, I wish it was longer.

Trip to Helsinki was so eventful. Not only did I find new bandanas (I think I now own as many bandanas as quality hairsticks   ), but also good longhair sightnings on older women. One really elegant updo, and the lady who sold me those bandanas had a long, thick braid of graying hair- I think her hair must have been classic length. Remarkable thing was, that neither of these ladies had colored her hair- something very rare in this country where nearly every woman colors. I must say- those ladies looked really elegant and much more beautiful than they would have looked with shorter hair.

I feel really spoiled after these long hair sightings I've had lately- this has been most unusual time.

Thanks to Styg, I now lust a snood from bronzejewelers (well, I've lusted them but the ordering system has made me hesitant). I loved the look of plastic snoods, but even when my hair was flip length, I managed to break even biggest ones available here. I bet that could not happen with a bronze snood- at least with one that comes in different sizes.   But first, I've better complete my pending hairstick order...

Third classic braid day in a row, this time because my hair was so dirty that there was really no other way to wear hairsticks. I'm still excited about the spring, and Spring Forsythia hairsticks are just perfect for expressing the feeling  .
My braids have recently entered into a very uncomfortable length- the "tail" part seems always to be in the wrong place around my neck. I hope that this will get better as my hair grows...along with everything else. Can't wait to be able to make a good-looking rosestem braid.

I washed the hair- a "full treatment" including vinegar rinse, deep conditioner and dry oiling. I washed my hair early in the evening- nice to go sleeping with dry hair for a change.

My hair life's big theme at the moment seems to be waiting.
   Waiting for my new hairsticks and shampoo bars to arrive, waiting for reaching BSL (I checked from the mirror last night, and it's getting close) and lengths below that. Waiting for my hair to be long enough to make a nice long braid.
  At least, two first things don't require a long wait. Keeping my hair up helps with third- with my hair in a bun, I can feel like a longhair. Scarf buns are especially good at this as wrapping the scarf over the bun makes it appear bigger.

I'm beginning to think you might be right- my hair seems to grow fast now! Let's see how summer goes...

I'm wondering, is rapidly coming spring again causing weird reactions in my hair. It was so dirty that I had to wash it yesterday, and while I was at it, I cut about a ton of split ends (continued today). Last time I checked the situation was not long ago, and then I could find hardly any. I'm also shedding more than usual. But, if it is the spring, I have some hope that it'll pass in a few weeks just like it did when winter came.

As the situation is what it is, I decided to put an extra load of jojoba and rosewater in my hair and scarf bun them for today. I don't know if it will soothe my hair as much as I wish, but at least it soothes me. 

My spouse is recovering from a bad flu that lasted nearly last week. And guess what's my reward for nursing him? That's right...now I'm going down with a flu. This has happened so many times that it's almost a pattern: he catches the flu first, I manage to stay healthy just long enough to nurse him, and then when he starts showing signs of getting better and is fit enough for some nursing responsibility, I become ill.

I guess this means delay in my plans concerning sauna and oil treatment...

I found out that Argus Designs will be closed during remaining season of 2005. Just when I had fallen in love with their designs and was planning ordering. *sigh*

On good news side, I finally hardened myself and threw to charity bag all my shampoos and shower gels that I'm not going to use for one reason or another. I regret a bit my Body Shop Honey shampoo- but it just doesn't work with my hair. Also, a full bottle of deliciously smelling raspberry shower gel had to go because it made my skin awfully dry - with my delicate skin it was too high price to pay for heavenly smell. Plus a lot of other stuff. I hope that they make someone else happy And my shower has again room for new stuff...like certain shampoo bars.