Your hair is very pretty! My favorite style is the french twist with feather pins, soooo pretty! I love your color.

Thanks, both! 

I've been a bit worried of my color getting darker lately- these pictures showed that for no reason. Only noticeable thing is, that unlike during previous summers, this summer I haven't got highlights. No surprise, I've spent a lot of time indoors, and have also been protecting my hair outdoors on sunny days.

It's 5th day without washing today. I'm well heading for a new record in washing interval. At the moment, my hair is still looking good when it's up in a bun. That's a good sign, as I quite often need to resort in braided styles for last day before washing because of dirty look. I misted scalp with rose water to prevent "head smell". I'm prepared to wash my hair today, but it would be so cool to be able to stretch until tomorrow night and our traditional sauna time. But, we'll see what happens.

Hair is clean again. I ended up doing just a simple wash: SBV with honey beer and egg and improved ACV rinse, only some jojoba and rosewater for conditioning in the morning. Then a scarf bun with a pretty sky blue bandana. A comfy way to spend a VCHD.

I need to buy more rosewater the next time I visit Helsinki. The bottle is almost finished again. I wish rose water came in canisters. 

Discovery of the Day: I have found at least a temporary solution to my problems with cinnabun. I've used to insert both hairsticks from the same side so that they form < shape, which is pretty but has been troublesome for lately. It seems really to make the difference, if I insert the sticks from different sides so that they form X shape. It's of course, a bit more difficult to make, but the sticks hold the hair more firmly and also the resulting bun is flatter.

Another interesting recipe to try

Snowy's deep moisture treatment

1 part Fave moisturizing conditioner
1/4 part honey
1/4 part aloe vera gel

place in a cup and heat in a microwave for 10-15 seconds, just until warm. Wash hair and squeeze out excess, blot dry, leave in under a heat cap/shower cap/warm towels for an hour or so. Rinse well. Finish (you can add leave in) as usual. Great after protein treatments.

First the big news: my Ficcare arrived  .  It's such a pretty thing, so well made, and- above all, it holds my hair like glue and yet manages to feel super comfortable. I haven't ever managed  to keep my hair  up with a clip, but this thing really works. I'm so happy about getting it...and yes, already planning buying more. The only problem is, that I ordered a medium clip and it fits perfectly- which is a good thing right now, but I'm afraid that I'll grow out of it. First I thought I should order large ones next time- but then, there is LHC's swap board, and I could just buy a couple more perfectly fitting mediums and swap them when they become too small. I already hear certain Border Colors and Silver Primaveras calling...

Second big news is, that I managed to resist my temptation to order from MT for about 5 hours- now that I know what I must do in order to make them wearable, there just seemed no reason to hold back any longer.  I ordered three pairs, a bit simpler styles (I usually have my plain& simple season in fall). I'm such a hairtoy addict...but, how many addictions feel as good and are as harmless as hairtoys?

Third big news is, that I've finally figured, how I'm going to avoid a scarf and hood hell next winter. Searching Amish hairpins I found a site that sells plain winter bonnets! We don't have any religious minorities who have taken over bonnets, so I don't think I would raise too many misconceptions when wearing one (besides, my moslem-style winter scarves have already made me kinda immune ). Here is the link, I'm talking about Winter Outer Bonnet. My hairlife will be muchly improved next winter!

Today I and T were first at zoo and then went to see another house. I don't usually visit in places with lot of people, so naturally I observed besides animals people and ladies' hair. The disappointment! Everywhere there was fried, short hair, and longest I saw (on young girls) was above BSL. Even I would have stood out (but of course, I was protecting my hair from sun damage by wearing a scarf bun). Sad sight. I'm so happy for finding this site and knowing that my hair won't ever be chopped and fried again.
For house showing, I changed to French twist with Ficcare. It's almost unreal how well it holds and how nice it is to use- I'm now wearing my most perfect French twist in recorded history.  I'm almost sad I must take it down soon, as it's washing day again.

Busy day: first a long meeting, and then at home much writing to do. But I'm all done now and ready for weekend! Have I already told that I love my Ficcare  ? Ok, I guess I have- but let me tell that just once more! It held a French Twist from early morning until evening- an absolutely perfect French Twist, mind you! It felt so wonderful to walk around in my errands having totally amazing hair that looked as if I had jumped straight out from a hairsalon.  What an ego boost a pretty hair and a good hairtoy can be!
   As I had time before coming back home, I visited again certain department store's hairtoy department. There has been this barrette that I've drooled for at least a year- one among the very few quality hairtoys they carry. It's a Laurs' brand, pearlized creamy white color wide barrette with French barrette mechanism. There was just one left- and it was on sale! And now I'm wearing it and it looks just perfect. Of course, it's likely that I won't wear it in public until my hair is a lot longer, but it's gorgeus and I love it anyway. I also finally bought some more rose water, as pure rose water isn't sold anywhere in this town.  I also checked EO selections, but didn't buy anything- I still don't have a good idea on what EO's besides Lavender and Rosemary would be especially good for hair.

Have to do some research about that.

Honey Beer& Egg, ACV and deep conditioner last night. French twist with Ficcare today.

It was time again for combing table cleanup. Outside temperature and calendar both agree that it's very much summer, but I have already started to feel approaching fall. Well, it is August tomorrow... In any case, I can afford myself a few quirks, and being a seasonal creature is one of them.

So, half-unconsciously I put most of my spring/summer hairtoys back to cupboard and replaced them with more "fall-like" hairtoys. Away went flowers and feather pins. I replaced them with a couple more fall-like hairtoys. I found a couple of nice thingys of which existence I had almost forgotten and that deserved to be picked out into light (and possibly into use, if I ever manage to wear something cheaper) again.  But, most importantly, the combing table looks different and conforms much better with my mood. 

Note to self: I should really buy a few nice boxes and arrange my hairtoys that aren't in active use in those.

LHC is doing group order on Amish hairpins, and I decided to participate. I've been wanting to try these things for a while- everyone seems to think they're best hairpins around. But, I've just been hesitating- I always hesitate when I should do business with a new internet company  - and have been just generally procrastinating- I mean, it has sounded a bit silly even to me to order a couple of packs of hair pins from the other side of the globe! It's not like they're hairsticks  . But, that's taken care of now.

I've heard that some people have had problems with ordering from Headgamesonline. Just after I placed my second, bigger Ficcare order! I worry a bit- but, my last transaction with them was a smooth one and the clip is the best invention after my secret pear cake recipe. Must keep fingers crossed.

I'm wearing my favorite MT pair first time since Spring. The sticks are just a tad slippery, but they hold, and most importantly, the ends are now just perfect.  My new order has now been shipped -Kathy had some problems with it, and it took longer than usual for her to ship. But she emailed me and promised that she won't charge me shipping when I order next time. That's so cool! Truth to be spoken, I had hardly noticed the delay and definitely didn't mind it in the first place- so it's really great service from her part. 

Big decision: I'm not going to resume my quest for one week washing interval. The fact is, that I'm quite happy with where I am now- Saturday sauna has become a kind of tradition now, and if I wanted to prolong the interval between washes it would be quite troublesome. Instead, this twice a week washingl seems to work just well. So, I'm going to stay right here for a while.  And, this is an achievement too. This time last year, I firmly believed that my hair absolutely must be washed every other day!