I put my hair up in a horshoe bun today (aka twisted loop--http://www.dressytresses.com/hair-styles/twisted-loop/default.asp )  I don't have enough hair to make a tail, but anyway.  The base of my twist is thick and when I twisted it, it somehow looks exactly like a snail shell.  It's so pretty and unusual.  I wish I had a camera because I'll NEVER make this happen again.  Ah well.

Scritching with my horn comb seems to have markedly decreased my flaking scalp and the aloe/eo mix has cut down on my oiliness as well as healing breakouts on the scalp.  The mix I'm using at the moment:

1/2 cup aloe vera gel
1 TBSP witch hazel
1.5 TBSP distilled H2O

Mix well.  

I have a 1 oz jar and I filled it about 2/3 of the way up with the mixture (I use the rest on my face for a moisturizer), and added:

1 drop basil eo
1 drop red thyme eo
1 drop cedarwood eo
3 drops lemongrass eo
10 drops lavender eo
10 drops lemon eo
5 drops rosemary eo
5 drops sandalwood eo

Stir and stir and stir again.

The thyme and cedarwood are new this time, so I don't know how well they'll work.  It smells pleasant enough.

After scritching I dab my fingers in the mix and slide them down to my scalp, trying to avoid getting any on my hair.  I massage it in well, and repeat until done.  I tried using a big glob but it ended up mostly on my hair.  My scalp feels a lot less greasy once I"ve finished which is nice because the scritching does tend to encourage oil.

AAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

The computer's been down for 2 days!  I feel like part of me has been shut off when that happens .  I'm taking advantage of it now, while it's working.  I'll bet a pair of LL hairsticks that the #$%& thing goes down again by this afternoon.

Anyway, hair's doing ok.  I wore it in 2 buns horizontally yesterday.  It just didn't look right; I don't know why but it didn't.  This morning I divided my hair into 2 ponytails, split each in half and made each into a little bun.  It has promise and looks very fancy.  Unfortunately they weren't holding well and I didn't have the time to fiddle with them, so I wrapped the lower pony around the base of the upper and secured it with my Snowy Night LL sticks.

The nettle shampoo bar is still doing great.  I ordered another one, along with a Rosemary Lavender Aloe and a Summer Citrus.  I love the shampoo bars.  They work so nicely and my haircare regimen is much simpler now.  Sometimes still I'll rinse my hair and reach for the conditioner before remembering that I don't need it anymore. 

Oh, WF, I loved those Snowy Night sticks.  You beat me to them.  What a great bead!

It's been a terrible day at work, I have a headache, I'm out of Excedrin Migraine, I haven't had time to drink my coffee yet, BUT.....my hair looks great.   It even got compliments.  I'm wearing yesterday's bun again, but I braided the top tail before coiling.  I guess I'll call it the double pony bun so I know what I"m talking about.

Bun is 4.25" by 2".  I think when I finally order the Bronze Jeweler's spiderweb snood I'll just go ahead and order the big one--4.5" by 2.25".  I'll fit that one by the end of the year if not sooner--Lord willing and the crick don't rise as my Grandma used to say.

Used the Rosemary Lavender Aloe shampoo bar last night and my hair is great today.  I love Chagrin Valley.

I was scritching my scalp with my horn comb Tuesday when Bogie wandered by.  I combed down his back--as a joke I swear ! --and he collapsed at my feet and insisted on being combed for 10 minutes.  His coat did look very nice, I must admit. 

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Bogie is a cat, but is unfortunately the closest thing I have to an SO at this time.  (to make it worse, he's neutered, too.  )

My hairsticks came yesterday!

I opened the first perfumed bundle and it was--my Miss Scarlet sticks!  Yay!  They exactly match my Warm Glow individual stick--we got ourselves a family!

Next bundle--Moroccan Twilight sterling sticks

oooOOOOOOoooooo.........................pretty.  Even prettier than the pic.  The colors are so vivid and I like the larger size beads.  I don't own anything purple, I don't wear purple. 

I may have to start now.

I do, however, wear a lot of turquoise, esp. in the summer.  Today, I'm wearing 2 birdsnest buns with my Moroccan Twilight sticks. 

I can't make one birdsnest bun with most of my LL sticks 'cause they're too short.  I wonder if I stuck one behind the elastic on the left and then the other on the right.....I"ll have to try it.

Hairwash night.   I made liquid cold cream Sunday using grapeseed oil.  It works really well.  My last batch I used Queen Helene's carrot hair oil which I don't use on my hair as it's too sticky.  I figured I could use it as a face cleaner and not waste it.  I was wrong, wrong, wrong.  Until I made my new batch, I hadn't realized how the heavier oil doesn't clean my makeup thoroughly, so I had to use soap afterwards.  Also my skin didn't like it at all.  I poured the rest of the carrot blend down the sink--away with you!  Begone!

I believe the grapeseed oil cleans better than the macadamia nut oil.  Unfortunately it is a rather lurid and murky shade of green, esp after adding a bit of shea.

My hair doesn't seem overconditioned today, so I'll try the carrot, milk, and honey shampoo bar again tonight.  I also got a summer citrus bar, but when I cut it into thirds it was still very soft in the center, so I'll let it dry for another week or so.  Besides, If May is any indication we're having a cold, wet summer AGAIN. 

Someone told me today we're supposed to have tornados again.   I remember 5 years ago when the tornados were here.  I was driving home and got caught in one, and I had nightmares all summer.  My house was struck by lightning 3 times (came through the phone lines and fried everything attached to them--phone, answering machine, modem, satellite receiver; fried the garage door opener; and screwed up phone service for a week).  The area sustained thousands of dollars in damage from the tornados, hail, and lightning (no deaths, thank God) and Bogie and I spent half the summer in the stinky basement.  Is it too much to ask for warm weather during the summer?  We're not even in tornado alley!

Besides, all of that humidity wreaks havoc on my hair.  8)

When I was a little baby, a tornado went right up the middle of the street my grandma's house was on.  We were all inside and the tornado didn't touch a blade of grass on her street, one street over it destroyed every house.
Then, when I was about 3 or 4 we lived in Bloomington, Ill. and the front yard of our house was struck by lightning which bounced me up in the air and right off the bed onto the floor.  I was petrified of thunderstorms for most of my life.  We were living in a lightning belt-every house in our neighborhood had lightning rods!
I hope your weather turns out tornado free and warm and sunny!!

I think the carrot milk and honey shampoo bar is a bit too moisturizing for my hair.   While my hair's not as limp as it was with the honey, beer and egg bar, it's still overconditioned a little bit.  Ah, well.  At least I just got the sample size of the carrot bar and it will probably work well for shaving.

Couldn't do a thing with my hair today.  I finally made a nice-looking french twist completely by accident, pinned it up and added a couple of LL hairsticks--one brown and one of my infamous orange ones (I"m now doing the same thing with seafoam green.  I own NOTHING that matches seafoam green and I don't really like seafoam green but I keep pining for the sticks in that color.  I"m sick. )  When I got in the car the whole thing loosened and was swinging around on the back of my head so I re-adjusted the sticks.  Then this afternoon the twist slumped to the side and looked deflated.  I think I need some hair Viagra.

I'm trying to find a better way to store and display my sticks.  I have too many to fit in the cups I've been using.  Last night I took some washi paper and made little pouches for my more expensive sticks and lined them up in a hanging makeup organizer.  It's ok, but I'm still not completely happy.  I"ll probably end up making something custom before it's all over, if I can keep Bogie off of my sewing table. 

I totally forgot it was Memorial Day Weekend.  I would have showed up for work Monday and wondered why everything was all locked up.