My mother really hates my red hair.  She says she always thinks of me as a blond. I have no idea where that came from.  I've never been a blonde (genetically that is).  I have dyed my hair blonde to match my mother's expectations but it makes me look like a walking corpse.  All washed out and pale.  Two weeks ago being aggravated about several things at once I decided to darken my hair.  My hair took on so much color at once it was almost black.  UUUUGGGHHHH!!!!  This was a Friday and the next day we had an out of town wedding to attend with people I hadn't seen in ages.  All I heard all day were comments about how sad I looked or how tired I must be feeling.  By the end of the day I was almost in tears.  And besides all the negative comments my carefully chosen outfit looked horrible on me (it would have gone great with RED hair!)  I admit it, I'm a little vain.  My husband could tell I was depressed and kept trying to cheer me up.  Asking me what was wrong and all that.  I just couldn't tell him what was wrong.  It seemed so silly I could be depressed over my hair color.  He is a very understanding guy but that would have seemed silly to even him. So I got my hair color fixed.  I think of it like a hair color speeding ticket.  I won't soon repeat that mistake.  My husband is just happy that I am back to my old self.

So I resolve to once a week journal here until my hair is just below my shoulders.  That is my target length and the longest it would have ever been.  This seems a good way to track my progress and resolve my frustrations without taking it out on my hair.  It seems whenever I am upset or bored I turn on my hair by cutting or coloring it.  I need a better outlet for my frustrations.

My hair care routine:  I have been doing conditioning only followed by a weak vinegar rinse.  That has really kept my dandruff under control.  I wash about once a week or after strenuous activity that really dirties up my hair.  I use shampoo and conditioner for red hair and once a week do a deep conditioning tx mixed with about a teaspoon of henna for red hair.

My last deep conditioning tx was a homemade avacodo/banana/henna conditioning pack.  My hubby was very "upset" I put a perfectly good avacado on my head instead of making guacamole.  It worked surprisingly well except for the part about trying to get the banana out of my hair.  I kept finding those little banana strings in my hair for hours eventhough I brushed and brushed.  Think I will stick to commercial deep conditioners from now on.  Sally's is only 5 minutes down the road.

Wow!  I never thought of that!  Thanks 

Wow this is so cool.  But now that I've put that up there I have to stick to my diet.  I went to the ticker factory, set up my ticker and used the first box of code.  Ta Da!!

You are so not alone on that color part.  I  am having to deal with black hair deposits, too.  It gets me bummed out sometimes, but I just try to stay busy with artwork and cooking.

It is good to hear that you got your haircolor back on track.  I look forward to reading about your journey.

My hair is 9 inches from crown to ends.

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I knew I wouldn't have time to do thickening work on my hair on July 23 (going out of town) so I did the work July 22  instead.  I used Millennia Mud reconstructor mixed with a touch of red henna to help perk up my color.  I was really amazed at how well it worked.  My hair got really big, well atleast to me and behaved exceedingly well down on the humid coast of Texas where I spent the weekend.

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I did touch up work on my hair using the new Revlon Color matching touch-up kits.  It worked well.  The next date for astrology haircare is Aug 20th--all my books say it's a good day for a haircut and I could really use one.  My hair is looking a bit scruffy a la Meg Ryan in the 90s but it doesn't make me look nearly as cute.

Sorry to hear about that, ChiliPepper! Hopefully you'll be able to get that inch back soon. But at least it didn't take two months to grow an inch. That would have been worse.

Good luck with the interviews!