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Re: Galadriel's hair
Reply #30 - Dec 7^th, 2004 at 5:40am

Today, I'm happy to announce that my Split End Project is officially over. For past two days, I have been able to find just a few splits, and now I think that I can relax a bit. I'll still check them regularly, but these daily trimming sessions I've had, are over. Grin

Of course, I have a new problem. For past few days my scalp has itched. It doesn't seem to be related with its being unwashed or recently washed, and the hair doesn't feel any different either. I haven't had any changes in my hair care routine. It just itches. I've thought that maybe my scalp is dry, and used rosewater. Can't say if that's working.

Other problem is the cold weather. I didn't really know that it's so bad for the hair. It hasn't been terribly cold (in Finnish standards), just a few degrees below freezing point, and I'm used to go out with just earmuffs. I guess that that habit needs to change too. It's so annoying that nobody sells good-looking hats that can be comfortably fitted over a bun! Sad

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Reply #31 - Dec 9^th, 2004 at 3:00pm

I'm back from hair salon. And am very confused about what should I do with my hairstylist. Should I dump her or something?

Oil treatment was nice. And she cut less than half an inch off- just the driest ends. But. In addition to pampering and care, I received vigorous brushing with metal bristle brush. That really hurt! And when she finished my hair, she made a hairdo that needed back combing Shocked

I just watched horrified when my lovely hair turned to something that might have suited for a troll. Then she finished it with heavy layer of hairspray. The result was beautiful but I couldn't feel really happy because I just kept thinking how my poor hairs would react to such rough treatment. Sad

Sure. It was a beautiful hairdo. But untangling the hair from those gigantic, glued curls that were essentially tangles back at home was definitely _not_ nice. And I'm afraid that with her powerful combing and brushing she actually damaged my hair.

I'm afraid to go to her again. And it's really sad because she's been my stylist for over ten years. Cry

But I've had so much trouble with breaking hairs that I don't want anything but gentlest treatment to my locks.

*sigh*

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Re: Galadriel's hair
Reply #32 - Dec 9^th, 2004 at 5:12pm

ah yes ... even when they manage not to cut of more than what you asked for, they still like to first torture you by washing and rubbing your poor hair with extremely hot water, asking if it's not too cold ... then comes the combing ... disaster (even after a deep conditioning, they sure don't want to lose too much time on combing). luckily you can refuse extra styling after a cut (and pay less cuze less torture haha) cuze once a girl like blow dried my hair for 1.5 h while constantly pulling my hair (she was going in layers of 1/2 inch a time hence ...)

i think the extra care they give to your hair is even more terrifying than the actual cut!

really, don't go anymore and wait until you can cut it yourself.

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Re: Galadriel's hair
Reply #33 - Dec 9^th, 2004 at 5:16pm

There is a simple solution to that.

Seeing as how she cuts your hair the way you want (which believe me, is very hard to find in a stylist), next time you go in for a trim, just ask her to do ONLY a trim. No style, please...just leave it wet. You could use the excuse that you want to braid your hair when you get home or something.

Of course, if she's brushing hard WHILE cutting your hair, then you've got a slight problem.

Good stylists are so hard to come by these days. I understand you're dilemma, especially since you've been with her for so long. Is she that rough with you every time you've gone?

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Reply #34 - Dec 10^th, 2004 at 4:44am

I am NOT feeling better. I have spent last night a long time (and am going to continue right after I finish posting) in cutting broken hairs. I don't know what my stylist did, did she break so much or whether her "care" just made everything that's damaged before to stick out, but right now my hair both looks and feels frizzy as broken hairs stick out of my head. If I feel my hair with my hand, I can feel the softness from oil treatment- and roughness from damaged hair, and I felt neither before yesterday. Cry

I have been annoyed with my hair before, but now I feel outright sad. Cry

Yes, she seemed convinced that my hair needs vigorous brushing with that horrible metal brush in every turn, especially when she blowdried it before cutting.
I don't know if she's always been that rough- this was the first time I visited salon since joining these boards and learning how to treat my hair gently. Before that, I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference as I have assumed (feel free to laugh) that hairstylists are professionals of hair care who know what is and what is not damaging for one's hair. And that if I tell clearly of my hair goals, they can take that into account when they are handling my hair. I have told her (and told her again yesterday) that I am growing my hair very long and that I want it to be in good shape.

Right now, I don't ever want to see her and her torturing devices again and have already got my spouse to promise that he'll trim my hair. After seeing me totally upset, fighting the tangles desperately he suggested that I should make a reclamation- but that's where my 12 years of friendship with that salon show.

At the price of visit to horror salon, I can buy a nice, horizontally striped t-shirt, and oil for making hot oil treatment at home.

It seems that I have acquired a nice, shiny new phobia.

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Re: Galadriel's hair
Reply #35 - Dec 11^th, 2004 at 6:58am

I had to spend two hours in trimming most of the damaged hairs. Angry

After that I washed my hair and vinegar rinsed it to get rid of all the styling goos. Vinegar rinsing actually hurt! I guess my scalp has small wounds in it...not surprising, really. Sad

Finally I oiled it with jojoba and sprayed rosewater.

Now the crisis is resolved, and my hair is again beautiful and feels good. As long as I'm not thinking all those broken hairs I had to cut.

My new phobia is doing well. No more hair destructing professionals for me. From now on, it's going to be just me and my hair minio...I mean my spouse, wide-toothed combs and lots of nice light oils.

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Re: Galadriel's hair
Reply #36 - Dec 11^th, 2004 at 11:20am

<<<<Galadriel>>>>

Unfortunately, most stylists are skilled at creating a temporary look for clients who don't care about the health of their hair. They don't have enough long-haired clients to see the long-term results of the damage they do, and since they honestly believe things like she told you, she's never going to try anything else to find out if it works better.

It's nice to have someone pamper you, but the stylist who can do better for your long hair than you can at home is rare.

My own stylist doesn't know how to comb from the bottom, so I probably won't go back there anymore rather than try to reeducate him, even though he is a nice guy and inexpensive.

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Reply #37 - Dec 12^th, 2004 at 1:44pm

I have been doing Christmas cleaning...actually for a while now. Roll Eyes

But anyway, I got this idea of listing my favourite hair toys. I actually have A LOT of hair toys- where have they all come from?
This list includes only a small fraction of my hair toy collection, just my current favorites. I don't count non-ornate hairpins or ordinary ponytail holders as toys, so they're not included either.

1. LL hairsticks. I've got 3 pairs now, and don't ask me to name my favorite. I love them all, a lot and equally. Can't wait to get to open the one I've spared for Christmas!
2. Other favourite hairsticks: a silvery hairstick with pink and amethyst rhinestones. Another metal hairsticks with faux pearls- this one looks like a magic wand. A long, black hairstick with drizzly, silvery finish and three rhinestones. Not very pretty but matches with one of my favourite sweaters.
3. Ponytail holders and scrunchies. I have found some interesting ponytail holders with beads that I can use with a braid. My newest purchase are two soft crunchies I use in rare occassions at home when I wear a ponytail. I also have a few ornate, beaded scrunchies. Sometimes I make a bun and put such an ornate scrunchie around it. I haven't actually had that style for a while. Maybe I should now that I remembered it...
4. Hair fork. The only hair fork I have is a long, wooden hair fork. It doesn't hold my hair, but sticked through a bun it looks very nice.
5.A small metallic comb with gray and clear rhinestones. It looks like a real hair-killer, but it isn't. This is a long-time favourite.

And then...non-favourite top 5

1. Cheap, plastic hairsticks I bought some weeks ago. I don't know why I don't like them...I just don't.
2. Hair clips and big claw clips. Even biggest claw clips are unable to hold my thick, slippery hair neatly. Same goes with big hair clips that are still very fashionable and available in beautiful designs. I haven't bought new ones since I found that they just don't work. I have some tiny claw clips that I sometimes put in a row on a bun- it looks quite nice.
3. Hair slips. I have few beautiful slips, but I haven't quite figured, how to make them to stay straight and to hold the hair at the same time.
4.Ornamental hair pins. I've tons of these and I've used to decorate my bun with them. They've experienced inflation after I ordered my first LL sticks.
5. French twist comb. It doesn't work and it's design is such that it can't be used to make any other style. Total waste of 2,5 euros.

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Re: Galadriel's hair
Reply #38 - Dec 13^th, 2004 at 5:52am

Today I'm doing something radical. If I manage to resist my urge to wash my hair, it's been 3 ½ days unwashed. It looked a bit dirty yesterday, but when I arranged it a bit I noticed that it had shine like never before and I thought just to...go for it. I have an important meeting today...to complicate matters. But I think I can still manage something passable by doing a braided style. Besides, when my hair is dirty, braids don't start unraveling.

Oh...and my scalp itch is gone. No sign of that after oil treatment. Have to remember that, if the problem reoccurs.

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Reply #39 - Dec 14^th, 2004 at 5:15am

Now my hair is again clean, oiled and rosewatered and it feels soooo great. ^^
I found lovely chenille thread scrunchies from a local store, and just had to buy some. They feel lovely, and I'm wondering, is there really no way to wear them outside home (ponytails are not my thing). Probably not, but I like them anyway.

I still have some damaged hairs and have trimmed them. I have made up my mind that I'll keep a break from growing length once I reach BSL in order to gain thickness. After some time there- let it grow long.

It's funny, that my hair is even now considered "long" by many people. I think it's still short. I don't think that even BSL hair is "long", more like "halfway there".

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Reply #40 - Dec 16^th, 2004 at 4:51am

I revived my crown braid project. This time, I followed Valerie's advice and started from the quadrant over my left ear.

It worked! I managed to finish the braid, for the first time. It was terribly loose, but I think that once I master the style, it will look really cool on me. And I should have time to practice it: I've been looking for new hairstyles online, but most of those are for really long hair and require twisting and turning that is not possible for me...yet. Where are hairstyling instructions for hair growers who have their hair in this maddening not-anymore-short, not-yet-long -phase?

At the moment I have 5 hairstyles that are really useful: simple bun (a variation, really, since my hair has grown), dressy bun, french and dutch braids and classic braid. Mostly I wear simple bun decorated with hair toys. I hope that on Christmas holiday I have spare time for experimenting new styles.

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Reply #41 - Dec 17^th, 2004 at 5:25am

I found new hairsticks from internet. Maiden's Treasures hairsticks are made of wood (natural color) and looked very pretty, so I placed an order...I know I know, I'm a hairstick junkie. Roll Eyes

But, the only thing I've been missing in Rapunzel's collections have been natural color wooden sticks with some nice beads. So I just couldn't resist when I suddenly found such sticks. Good thing is, that natural wood is always some shade of brown, so I don't need to buy SO many of them.

I found a measuring tape lying innocently on my combing table (yes...I have a small table/cupboard in hall where I've gathered all my hair stuff). I didn't measure length, just around my ponytail. It was 9 cm (3.5 in) this time, so it has improved one cm (½ inch) since last measurement. Now my only problem is, that I've had to trim lot of hairs from high, so my hair is far from being one-length. Must do something about that sometime.

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Reply #42 - Dec 18^th, 2004 at 12:00pm

Making simple buns has become too complicated lately, and I've switched to cinnamon buns. When I tried them last time, they looked sadly small- one good thing in simple bun is, that it looks big even in shorter hair. With a cinnamon bun, that's not possible.

And it's not necessary anymore, for my cinnamon bun looks quite pretty. I wouldn't mind if it was bigger, but it doesn't look sad anymore. It's also faster to make than a simple bun and doesn't require hair pins- a hair stick and a bun net are really enough. I'm wearing the style right now, secured with one of my LL sticks.

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Reply #44 - Dec 18^th, 2004 at 5:32pm

Do you mean my bun nets?

No, they are bought from a local store (I think they're available in almost every store that sells hair stuff), made of flexible nearly invisible thread- maybe nylon. Once spread on a bun, the result is practically invisible. These nets are available in natural hair colors and cost only a two euros or even less, which is good because they aren't very durable.

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