ah, you notice too how most long hair sights are pretty scary!! i had a few good ones at a marriage this weekend, but that gal has had long hair for many years and trims often obviously. but the ones i know myself or usually see in the streets ... my god! this site totally changed my perception on long hair lol although the last time i had long and rather dry hair (silicones of course) it never looked that bad! i wonder how so many people grow hair but don't care how it looks besides the length.

Ok, update comes now.

http://www.longlocks.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=gallery;action=display;num=... Here's my today's braiding experiment. My hair was dirty and I wanted a braided style, but still something new and different. The braid I went out with was a bit tighter and better made, but otherwise it looked like one in the picture. It lasted very well and was comfortable- and I was happy, feeling that I had most beautiful hair in the whole Capital Region. 

I bought some colorful, narrow satin ribbons for my next braiding experiments...

When I got back home, I went and washed my hair without ACV. It felt squeaking, though that feeling lessened a bit when I did my last cool rinse. Now my hair is drying, and it seems to be just as soft and nice as always. So I guess that the squeakiness isn't anything to worry about. Next time, I'm going to try Rosemary Lavender Aloe.

I also placed another order to Ida. I ordered soaps for both myself and my mother, whose skin is very similar to mine. She was so excited when I told her about these soaps.
  For myself, I ordered: Carrot & Honey complexion soap
                                    Rose Petal Geranium soap
                                    Carrot Milk& Honey shampoo
                                    Nettle shampoo sample size

I guess my shampoo needs are satisfied for rest of the year. 

The book I've been working with, is finally going to press and the publishing party will be in early May. I better start planning soon how to wear my hair there.  I'm certain that I should continue my styling experiments.

It is difficult! I don't really know, how I managed to choose just a few.   ???

Now my hair is completely dry, and it feels nice, but somehow not quite as super nice as it was when I used ACV. I can't quite put my finger on, what the difference is... But, I guess I'm going back to that, at least for a little while. I've found lately a few recipes for making ACV rinses with honey and/or herbs, so maybe I could try something like that...

I think that I'm on a braid mood today, so if my hair allows, I'm going to try again some fancy weird braid. I just love fancy weird updos and wait eagerly for the day I can start making Princess Leia styles.  It's really nice, how in all scifi movies the ladies always have beautiful long hair, usually in nice updos. Clearly, longhairs are ahead of their time  .

15 bars  ! That's a lot to review  ! I'm looking forward to hearing of them. My second shipment has been just sent, I received an email from Ida about that. *bounce*

I also completed this months' hairstick shopping. Well, actually I thought I had completed it yesterday, but when I came to the shop there was this PERFECT blue pair I've been hunting for so long. I hope my shipment isn't packed very tightly  . I'm still working on the concept of keeping a break in my hairstick shopping so that I could afford hairtoys from other interesting sites...but it's just so difficult when there are all these to-die-for designs. Well, I'll do it one day. It just wasn't today. 

I begun this morning by spending a rather long moment dusting. For the most part, I like my hair. Except splits and the poofy look it has when it's down. I hope that thel latter will correct itself with growth...and I just need to live with the first. After finishing my dusting I put an extra load of jojoba oil to my ponytail part, misted everything with rose water and put everything into a scarf bun. That seems to have become to my instant conscience-reliever procedure.

I did the oil treatment, this time I mixed both Rosemary and Lavender EO with jojoba. The smell was really good, even spouse commented it. 

Getting the stuff out of my hair, on the other hand, wasn't so easy. I didn't manage to clean my hair with shampoo bar (on a side note, otherwise I think I like Rosemary Aloe Lavender bar) though I tried to wash very thoroughly, and had to wash again this morning with my gentlest detergent shampoo. I hope my hair doesn't mind getting two vinegar rinses on successing days. Anyway, it's drying now and I hope it's clean. I added some leave in conditioner to ends. If my hair still feels bad, it's definitely not due to lack of trying from my part!

Yesterday it was very warm, and today seems to be just as great day. We're going to nearby forest to look awaking nature (and first morels if we're lucky...) I guess that means a scarf bun.

After oil treatment my hair has been so soft, that it's actually annoying. Yesterday, after a long fight, I managed to put it in a cinnabun with hairsticks. That cinnabun wasn't prettiest of its kind- essentially a tight ball that looked way too small for my taste. Anything better-looking just wouldn't stay. But it lasted through the day.

I hoped the situation would have been better today, but as it started to become evident that I wasn't so lucky, I decided to do something really historical.

I did a half up style. I did a center part, took just a little hair from the sides and secured it with a small elastics. I'm quite happy with the result. My hair is just long enough for not looking pathetic, and the style doesn't make me look too feminine. I guess, that with my humanoidish face that won't be a problem, really. At the moment, I look like fat elf. In other words, I'm quite satisfied. I have quite a few clothes that should suit this style very well...
  It also looks like my dusting has paid off. My ends look good, and they don't thin too badly. A little trim in beginning of June should take care of that.

It seems that my shedding season is finally over. I haven't shed much for past few days, and today's shedding was next to nothing.

No, I haven't used conditioner with shampoo bars. First time, I wanted a "pure experience" as I had heard that they could be used without conditioner. The result was so shiny and soft hair, that I decided that I don't need a conditioner next time... to this day, my hair is totally happy.  I use jojoba oil, though, to my very ends after hair has dried. I tried to wash once without a vinegar rinse, and though it didn't cause a hair disaster, the result was somehow not quite as nice as with the rinse.  Hard to say what it was...maybe the shampoo left a little residue or something.  ??? So I'll keep vinegar rinsing.

Twin Dutch braids...hmm, well, first you need to make a center part. You will also need small elastics, since you have to secure the first braid before you can occupy your hands with second one. You should start both braids from sections closest to your ear, or they can become asymmetrical. For me, right side is more difficult to braid neatly than left, so I always start from there (when my hands are rested and I have plenty of patience). You will need to take hair just a little- much less than if you were braiding a single braid, or the result won't look nice and tight. If you want to braid anywhere but straight down, you change direction by taking more hair from one side and less from the other side...oh, and as symmetry is important, you will need to check the mirror often. Usually, when I have finished Dutch parts of both braids (before I start to braid the "tails"), I secure them and check the result. If it isn't good, it's then easy to make corrections. If I like what I see, I usually combine the braids and secure with a large elastics, then take small ones away. I do this even when I intend to do two finishing braids as in the picture. It's somehow more handy...

I'll come back to post my review of Rosemary Lavender Aloe later. First, I must do the day's work. I'm so happy for having opportunity to study and work at home. From hairstyles point of view these home days are also nice- even those little restraints I keep when I go out, are gone and I can do anything that comes to my mind with the hair. Usually, though, it's simply a scarf bun or a cinnabun with hairsticks.

Yesterday evening wind rose, and as I went out, I got a chance to experience for the first time, what wind does to loose, fine hair.  So, I think that I better think very carefully and check the weather forecast before deciding to leave a big portion of my hair down.

Third logging in here today. Maybe I have finally time & clear enough head for actually finishing my hair journal entry. 

There are a lot of hairtoys I should shop when I finally manage to take break from ordering LL sticks (after I've completed my next order. For sure. I'm serious. My collection IS soon big enough. I can do it. Rapunzel should cooperate just a bit more and design something really ugly for a change. Maybe she could for a month or two design only hairsticks in neon green-orange-beige... ) Ahem. Where was I? Yeah, making a list of hairtoys I should buy in near future.

1. A ficcare Maximas clip or two from Headgamesonline. I don't possess a single hair clip, and have heard so many positive reviews of Ficcares...I'd love to give it a try! Border color maximas look really good...

2. A snood from Bronze Jewelers. I'm still wondering about the size. I'm tempted to order the biggest they have but am not quite sure.

3. French Twist comb or two, maybe from Hairboutique.
They carry both France Luxe and Evita Peroni...
I remember the time when Evita Peroni was sold in Finland. My hair was then pixie... X(  I guess that their hair jewelry was just too expensive for local taste.  Now we have only one department store that carries a small selection from Laur's. They are a bit more expensive hair toys and look like they're good quality, but unfortunately the selection consists of barrettes and hairtoys that are too small for my hair.

I love simple prongs and forks that Argus Designs carries, but they're out of business for rest of the year.

Oh yes, it seems that I'm going to do all my significant hairtoy shopping online (except bandana scarves...). I'm outgrown and outeducated (sp. ???) from shopping in local shops. I wonder, should that also be counted as a milestone in my longhair journey...