Yeah, I second Panpeus' question.
Also, where do you order ficcare's? The www.ficcare.com site is just the one home-page...
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Thanks for your help!

Felt experimental last night, and decided that it was time to try to create my very own deep treatment. I wanted to try something natural that would nourish my hair and make it stronger for winter.

So, this is what I came up with:

Winter Hair Food

1 tbsp jojoba oil
1 tbsp organic honey
1 tbsp aloe vera gel
one egg (preferably organic!)

Warm honey and jojoba few seconds (less than 10) in microwave oven. Mix well with aloe vera gel and egg. Wash and towel dry hair. Apply the mixture. Beware, it's liquid! Put on a shower cap, let sit for a couple of hours and wash.

Results: I think this was just what my hair wanted!  When I washed the mixture away, it felt instantly thicker and stronger. Today, it feels still great. Slight scalp itch I had is gone, and the hair still feels much stronger than before the treatment. I think I didn't get all the excess oil away from my length, but it's ok as long as I wear my hair contained- I'm going to let it be until next shower. In any case, there was much less excess oil than after my oil only treatments. In future, it might be fun to experiment with small amounts of EO's with the recipe, but I believe that I got the basic idea right. 

Winter food, huh?

I like that. Will definately try this next weekend. 

I hope you'll like Hair Food! Don't forget to let me know how it worked. My hair is still happy about it- it seems to love proteins so much that it would probably eat a steak if it could.

I received my Amish pins today. This time I had ordered shorter ones: 2" ones that are great for pinning up braids and other delicate styles, and 2.5" ones which are at the moment good for almost any style for me.

Still having major trouble with cinnabuns. I'm starting to get really desperate - and the smallest reason isn't that I miss wearing all my beautiful hairsticks! I have tried braided bun and twist braided bun, but they don't quite do the trick either. I'm in trouble. There must be a solution somewhere...I hope...

Shopped a bit in Helsinki today (caught no hair goodies). When I came from there I felt so crappy - walking in warm department stores in full winter gear does that - and washed my hair with Lavender Spice + usual ACV rinse. Now the hair is almost dry, and feels great. Winter Hair Food is a keeper.

SpiralStix really work- another day, another bun with Spring Daisy pair. I feel a bit limited having only 3 pairs of Spirals...though as everyone has probably noticed, Spring Daisy is one of my favorite pairs so maybe I can manage until I find a way to use regular sticks. *hopes that Rapunzel will post some gorgeous Spirals right in the beginning of December* .

Last night I was surfing when T sneaked behind me and started to play with my ponytail. He petted it, and suddenly I realized that he was petting rather down my back. I asked "Where does the end of my pony exactly hit?" He said that it's right below my BS! It must have something to do with my position- when I'm standing, my hair is still just a tiny bit above BS. But my first goal is very close now... 

Though the trim will take me a bit back. As I looked happily how down my hair falls, I also couldn't help noticing how thin my ends are. They are wonderfully healthy and silky...but thin. See-through thin (rather obvious as I was wearing a bright red t-shirt  ). I think I've shed quite a lot during this fall -I think my ponytail circumference has decreased a bit- and through right now I'm growing incredible amount of baby hairs, it will take some time until they grow. This might be my first "replacement" time- I've read that many people have such around BS. I'm also trying to keep in mind that a fortnight before trim is a terribly bad time to draw conclusions about one's ends...but in any case, I'm a bit depressed. The tapering visible in a braid occurs pretty far down though- maybe if I cut a little (like I did in June) I'll be able to take care the most of it. And maybe my new plan to trim less but more often next year will work. If not, I will probably forget about hip length at least for a while and will start maintaining the length at waist.

I second the love of SpiralStix!  They hold so well   I'll have to give your "twist" a try, BB.  I've never mixed a straight stick w/ a spiral.  Cool.

Snow is back, and the scenery looks like straight from a postcard. Yay! I hope that this time it would stay a bit longer (of course it won't, it's not even December yet).

Yesterday was a sauna day again, and I washed my hair with Lavender Spice shampoo and Cucumber Lime Yoghurt soap. I just oiled it a moment ago and put it up with my red Ficcare. It's first Advent, and so I thought that a Christmas look would be only proper. Family crisis or no family crisis, giving up little traditions that I and T have developed over our years together won't help make anyone feel better (besides, after three weeks of little sleep and much crying, we ARE starting to feel better, little by little. We have had long, good talks every day and have managed to behave even when we have talked about painful stuff. So, unless something really bad happens, I believe that if we remain patient and continue to work hard, we'll remain together.)

Back to hair. Dutch braids have still ruled as a home style- so comfy and looks a bit different. Yesterday, I managed to even make a decent bun with FuturiStix (Sapphire Ice as it was snowing). I'm still convinced that those little dents in their surface are not only interesting looking but also make the sticks to work better in my hair.

Speaking of hairsticks, this month has been really a test of will- not buying any LL hairsticks has been so difficult, even though I spent my hairtoy budget to other super pretty things like Ficcares, and even though my troublesome hair has allowed me to wear my hairsticks less often than usually.

Cynde received my SS gift. I hope she's going to like it- it was difficult (but exciting!) to choose a gift for someone with thick, dark hair. I'm pretty happy that I managed to come up with something that is not a "basic accessory" but a "toy" and that is hair friendly... ok, enough of hints!

I'm so glad to hear you're enjoying your gifts! 

Today, I'm enjoying of wearing a hairstick bun with just one Amish pin as additional support.  After weeks of trouble, wearing lovely Longlocks sticks (Raspberry Swirl) feels just wonderful.

Thoughts about coming trim: I measured my hair, 25.6 in (unofficial measurement as it's not 1st Dec, of course). It certainly doesn't look like that though as the ends are so thin. At the moment, I'm very tempted to do a bit more generous trim- maybe inch or even a bit more. I want nice, blunt ends soooooo badly. Maybe if I trim a bit more often in future I'll be able to get away with smaller trims.