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Re: Rua's Wafflings
Reply #31 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 3:36pm

My mum and law trimmed my hair for me finally last night. I've been puttin it off for ages. I think though that I put it off for too long. I had quite a few splits, most of which I'm hoping were taken care of last night.
She only trimmed off a wee bit - less than 1/4 inch.

And I've decided that I'm unimpressed with my latest dye job which took place early last week. It's already gone brassy. Looks like it's back to Feria for me for next time. That's the one thing I hate about colouring red. It's so hard to keep up! Good grief, what I'd give for lovely NATURALLY red hair. Tongue

Haven't had any over the top dreams lately...but the week is young.

And Baby has been havin a go in my tummy...kickin and somersaultin around in there like nuttin' else! What a pet! Roll Eyes

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Babyfine Emerald Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 492 Gender:	Re: Rua's Wafflings Reply #32 - Dec 21^st, 2004 at 3:44pm That's a good sign the babys's so active!
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strawberryfine Emerald Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 415 US Gender:	Re: Rua's Wafflings Reply #33 - Dec 27^th, 2004 at 11:49pm Rua, That's so sweet! I hope you can enjoy every moment of your pregnancy-and then when the baby gets here-look at all the aunts he or she will have! SF
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Re: Rua's Wafflings
Reply #34 - Dec 28^th, 2004 at 12:29pm

My Journey With COing Begins....

As of two days ago, I decided to finally take the plunge and start COing. So far, I've loved the results. The first wash I did I used L'Oreals Elvive Conditioner. My hair felt fantabulous afterwards. I haven't ever been able to get a comb through my hair without struggle until now.

Then I made a slight mistake. My brother in law got married yesterday, so I decided after my CO wash to put my hair in pin curls. My hair was lovely for the wedding but absolutely tangled and a mess afterwards. So this morning, I decided to do a CO wash again using the same stuff. My hair is still really soft, but I reckon I may have to slightly dilute the conditioner, as it's a bit heavy for when you are not shampooing.

I'm not giving up on this yet though. Since reading the old CO thread that was dug back up from the Long Hair Care forum, I'm gonna keep it going.

Any conditioner recommendations or CO methods anyone would like to share with me? (Seeing as I am so new at this!)

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Reply #35 - Dec 30^th, 2004 at 10:26am

It's official.

I am a CO convert.

WHY OH WHY didn't I start this sooner? *smack in the gob*

Since starting this I've modified it slightly so that I am putting slightly watered down conditioner on my scalp to give a bit of a massage. I put one or two drops of very mild henna shampoo in the mix because the conditioner I'm using is quite heavy and it seems to do the business on lightening it up a bit.

Then I put straight conditioner on the ends and let it sit while I finish showering. Rinse....then cold rinse...then I'm done.

When I comb my hair wet now, the comb glides through without a fight. (I was having the hardest time before.)
And I am losing MUCH less hair which is amazing! Anyone who has seen my panicked posts about hair loss around this site knows how big of a deal this is to me!

As well as this...the little scalp buildup problem is slowly disappearing. And no more scalp itch! Who would've thought it?

There is hope for this fine haired lassie to one day have EXTRA LONG LOCKS! Cheesy

Yay!

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Reply #36 - Dec 30^th, 2004 at 10:44pm

Rua,

I'm so glad COing is working so well for you! I have no doubt that you will reach those beautiful extra long locks! It sounds like you solved your hair loss problem; whoda thunk it was breakage from tangles maybe? Sounds like you've got it well under control now!

How's baby? Still kicking and flipping? Take care of yourself!

SF

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eKatherine Emerald Offline Posts: 426 Maine Gender:	Re: Rua's Wafflings Reply #37 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 1:31am I think you're going to find that your hair color fades more slowly with the CO wash.
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Re: Rua's Wafflings
Reply #38 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 7:48am

Oh, I really hope so! My colour does tend to fade very quickly anyway. It would be great if the COing prolongs it! Do you find that to be the case for yourself too, eKatherine?

And thank you, SF! Baby is doing grand! Still flappin away in there. I'm 18 weeks now. Funny thing happened in church yesterday. I was singing a song and the baby started "punchin" me and having a flutter fit. I must have woken the wee one up or something cuz apparently Baby does NOT like Mum's singing. LOL!!!

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Babyfine Emerald Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 492 Gender:	Re: Rua's Wafflings Reply #39 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 2:32pm Maybe it means that Baby LOVES Mums singing !!
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Reply #40 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 2:43pm

My son did the same thing when dad played the piano one day don't remember what the song was but he loved it started jumpin round and kickin, he had never done that to anything else except when dad played the piano. Yours might be a music lover too, mine now hears a song on tv and dances to it, maybe thats what they were doing dancin in the womb. LOL

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Reply #41 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 2:52pm

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Maybe it means that Baby LOVES Mums singing !!

'Tis possible I hope! I come from a long line of music lovers. (Myself included.)

Thats sweet about your wee baby, Lego. I've got music playing right now while I'm typing (Dusty Springfields "Spooky" to be exact!) and Baby is just a-hoppin in there. I'm loving every minute. I've get this perma-smile on my face whenever Babe's this active.

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styg Diamond Offline ~¤ she shines in a world full of ugliness ¤~ Posts: 711 France Gender:	Re: Rua's Wafflings Reply #42 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 3:51pm Quote: I think you're going to find that your hair color fades more slowly with the CO wash. i was wondering that today too (i dyed my roots yesterday and am so happy with my nearly black roots). i was thinking of only using shampoo before and after dyeing, so just around 6 - 8 times a year.
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eKatherine Emerald Offline Posts: 426 Maine Gender:	Re: Rua's Wafflings Reply #43 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 6:10pm My color hardly fades at all, though I really can't say whether this is something I can attribute to CO washing.
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Re: Rua's Wafflings
Reply #44 - Jan 4^th, 2005 at 8:39am

I'm going away to visit my Mum in the states next week and I can't wait! I'm a bit worried as to how my hair is going to react to the very dry climate though. The last time I went there, my hair dried out really bad....but then again, I wasn't doing a whole lot to care for it at the time.

I'm really glad I've started COing. Hopefully that will give me some sort of a defence mechanism.

I'm curious as well as to how my Da is gonna react to seeing me. It will have been well over a year since I last saw him by the time I walk off that plane. I'm sure he'll be a bit bowled over to see me with a bump. (Even though he already knows about the pregnancy, I don't think it's sunk in yet.)

I'm planning to stock up on hair goodies while there. And beef jerky! And cheetos! YAY!
I have a friend here that wants me to bring him back corndogs, but I don't think that's going to be practical. LOL! Grin

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