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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: juri monogatari, part deux Reply #90 - Sep 4^th, 2007 at 10:45am Congrats!
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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: juri monogatari, part deux Reply #91 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 9:03pm Congrats on the competition and your hair too, it's beautiful!
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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #92 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 8:16am

Thanks a lot, Curlgirl, BB, Lisabelle, and La Diosa! Yeah, I couldn't have been more proud of them. They worked extremely hard and definitely deserved those awards.

Curlgirl64--Not sure if Kara is in the states, but there was English on the label so it might be. If not, I think any brand with a coconut milk extract of 90% would be just as good.

La Diosa--Thank you very much for the compliment!

Quick entry today, just so no one thinks I've completely disappeared again. Been busy with work and things in general. My town's 3-day fall festival was a couple of days ago and I was preoccupied with that. I've been reading posts, though, but haven't had time to reply to any.

Hair--Shipment from Mountain Rose Herbs arrived today. I'm going to try simmering the fenugreek powder in water and then putting it in as a deep conditioning treatment on Saturday.

Keeping up with the herbal rinses and contrary to what I thought, rosemary does indeed darken hair. It's fine with me, though.

Okay, need to go and finish prepping for tomorrow's elementary school visit. Till next time!

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: juri monogatari, part deux Reply #93 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 10:57am Rosemary darkens hair? Hmm....
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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: juri monogatari, part deux Reply #94 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 3:42am I thought it was sage that darkened hair,especially grey.Hmmmmm.
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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #95 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 6:26am

Hey, Trisha and Curlgirl, I had to look up some information on the rosemary and got conflicting info on whether or not it darkens hair. From my experience, I'll just say that it can darken hair, but perhaps not as much as sage (though I've never tried that). I don't think it colors grays that well because my white hairs are as white as ever. But the bleached portions I didn't cover too well with last year's henna-indigo treatment lost their orangey-red look and have a decidedly brown cast to them.

Ordered the jacket and corset from Mille Fleurs and they arrived a couple of days ago. Sensibility won out so I didn't get the bustle skirt. Jacket is nice and the corset top is extremely cool. The skirt and boots from Wild West Mercantile arrived the same day as the shipment from MRH. The skirt is bigger and longer than I thought it would be so it has to go back. The boots are quite nice and will go well with the Mille Fleurs jacket. Now I just need to get a proper fitting skirt.

My body clock is getting messed up. With the earlier sunsets and odd work schedules (this month I went to work on the weekend and got days off during the regular work week), I'm not always sure what day/time it is. This evening when I looked at the clock and found out it was 7, I thought "It's only seven?! I thought it was closer to 8." Because of the district-wide sports festival, I need to go to work this weekend and I know that won't help me any. Tongue

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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #96 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 6:12am

Right now I'm sitting at my laptop with a bunch of fenugreek mixture on my hair. I hope the effects are worth putting stuff that looks like, well I'd rather not say in case anyone's eating, on my head. This the first time I'm working with fenugreek and I'm note entirely sure what will work best. Anyway, before I went to work, I mixed about two spoonfuls of it with 1.5 cups of water. I let it sit in the fridge and it thickened up quite a bit. I put it through a strainer when I got back and then slopped it on my hair from the ears down. After squeezing off a bit of the excess, I had just a little leftover. I plan to leave it on for a total of 45 minutes. I'll write the results later.

Currently, my hair care routine is as such:
wash days
-CWC every four days with heavily diluted Nature's Gate Lavender & Aloe shampoo
-1st conditioner is Charcoal and Hinoki Oil (not sure if it's available outside of Japan)
-2nd conditioner is Giovanni's 50/50 mixed with honey
-herbal rise made with 3 cups water steeped for several hours with 1 spoonful rosemary plus 2 spoonfuls each of nettle and lavender
-trying to incorporate an ACV rinse with every other herbal rinse
-attempting to do a deep treatment before every wash. Preferred deep treatment is coconut milk with a high c. milk extract percentage

daily
-application of shea butter in the morning before styling hair
-alternating braids between and up dos
-hair is in a low ponytail when at home
-detangle before bed
-sleep with hair loose, but flipped over pillow
-try to do a bit of S&Ding, longer sessions on my days off

Man, my routine seems more complicated when it's written down.

edit: fixed some spelling and grammar errors

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: juri monogatari, part deux Reply #97 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 7:12am Isn't anything worth having worth the complicted ritual of taking care of it? "Quality in,qualtiy out". Juri,your hair is beautiful and it shows that you take the time and care with it !
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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #98 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 8:05am

Curlgirl--hehehe, I suppose so. I know the months of not taking better care of my hair was really starting to show. My hair was starting to feel like crud and in early June I was seriously considering cutting it back to waist because the bottom felt so dry. And thank you very much for the compliment! It is much appreciated.

Hair--Okay, washed it and did an ACV-herbal rinse. Hair kind of smells like maple syrup, but that's from the fenugreek. I thought it might be really overpowering, but it's not as bad as I anticipated. I think the Brazil Nut Moisture Mask from the Body Shop was the biggest offender to my olfactory nerves; it was just too strong for me.

Haven't drawn any conclusions yet about whether or not the fenugreek treatment worked, but I think I should see the results tomorrow morning.

I'm not sure if it's from the cooler weather or the herbal rinses, but this wash cycle, my hair seemed less oily and my scalp wasn't as flaky or itchy. I think nettle and lavender are supposed to be good for dandruff and itchies so perhaps I can thank them for this week's improved scalp conditions.

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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #99 - Sep 16^th, 2007 at 2:34am

Yay, got to leave work early! I keep having to remind myself what day it is. It sure doesn't feel like a Sunday to me.

Hair--The fenugreek seems to be a keeper. The results aren't quite as good as coconut milk soaks, but it made my hair soft and shiny. Since the cost of doing c. milk soaks each week really adds up, this will be a good alternative. The only down side is that my hair faintly smells like I ~~live~~ work in a maple syrup factory. Maybe I should put in a few drops of EO the next time I use fenugreek.

Had a hair mishap this morning. Before I left for work I put my hair in a claw clip bun. I noticed that the top clip felt loose and when I adjusted it at school, it fell apart in my hand! Luckily I had an elastic band in my bag and put my hair in a braid. I think this is the first time in a year and a half that I've broken a mid-sized claw clip. I wonder if Argus Designs finished redesigning their metal claw clips.

Work--Today was the second and final day of the district-wide fall sports festival. I stayed at my JHS and watched the volleyball games being held there. The school's girls' volleyball team lost one, but won one match the day before. Considering how they lost both matches last year, they did much better. The boys were last year's champs and they won both of their matches today. I don't really know how the scheduling worked, so I'm not entirely sure if they're the champions again this year.

Another ALT in my town was at the volleyball games today and we hung out a bit. At one point when my students were filing into the gym to watch the boys' team play, they saw me and the other ALT together (I'll call him Lanky, because he is). Some of the girls were looking at us with this gleam in their eye and since some of them saw me and Lanky together at my town's festival and only a couple asked who he was, I had to wonder how many of them think he and I are dating. We're not. Not that I wouldn't mind dating him, but apart from us both being fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, we don't have enough in common. Plus it would be awkward if we ever broke up.

Anyway, I just find it amusing that the girls automatically assume Lanky is more than a guy friend. And at last year's sports festival, some of Lanky's female students were asking him if I was his girlfriend. I think the reason why I find it all so funny is that I've, erm, never had a boyfriend (I've only been on one date) and in a weird way it's kind of nice that the kids think I do have one.

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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #100 - Sep 18^th, 2007 at 6:32am

AGH, I accidentally deleted everything I wrote! Okay, here's take two of today's entry. Hopefully I won't delete this one. Angry

Today was a cold, wet day, but not as wet as yesterday--it rained all day, nonstop. While I like rainy weather, yesterday was just depressing. Plus the river that runs through my part of the prefecture floods really badly during big rainstorms. When I walked by after work, the water level must have been at least four feet higher than normal. Some of the rice fields along the river got flooded, and I hope the farmers didn't loose too much of their crops.

Last month I was coaching a girl from H- city for the inter-city speech contest and she came in second. I was really proud, but later on I found out that her school has come in first place for the past 10 years. I was like "Oh, crap." But considering she's a 2nd year student and most of the contestants are 3rd years, I think she did extremely well. Lots of times 2nd year students don't even place. Anyway, her family was really happy and invited me over for dinner last night. I had a nice time eating with them and got to watch a video of the contest. Compared to some of the other contestants, she had a lot of feeling in her voice and didn't sound as if she was reading from a textbook.

To top off the great food and lovely handkerchiefs they gave me, I got paid(!). I hadn't expected any monetary compensation, so I was taken by surprise. If I were smart, I would have saved the cash, but instead I ordered a bunch of imps and a bottle of Samhain 2007 from BPAL. *looks sheepish*

Hair--It's doing fine and I've come to like the smell of fenugreek. It's embarrassing, but sometimes I sniff my hair to get a whiff of the maple syrup sent. In a way, the smell is oddly comforting. Roll Eyes

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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #101 - Sep 18^th, 2007 at 10:22am

Smell is very strongly linked to memory. I just have to smell roses to think of my grandmother. My mother is the scent of lavender. Sometimes I have deliberately "assigned" a scent to a memory, just to ensure having it and more vividly.

Probably the scent reminds you of someone who comforted you, or a situation you found comforting.

Fenugreek would remind me of the Middle East. I'm not sure I smelled it until then.

I know when I was in Saudi Arabia that I wanted to make a carrot cake, and it took me FOREVER to find the coconut. When I did, it had absorbed the smells of the other spices, which are just open in the shop, and I am pretty sure fenugreek was one of them. NOT a flavor you want in your carrot cake, let me tell you.

Also understand about the accidental deletion. Done THAT one more than once!

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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #102 - Sep 19^th, 2007 at 7:53am

texian.traveler--Very true about the smell thing. Sometimes I get a whiff of something and get a sudden flash of an event in the past. I think the fenugreek smell reminds me of pancakes-->America-->home. Since I moved out of the country, home is definitely where my heart is.

Eww, after tasting some of it, I don't think I would want fenugreek flavored carrot cake either. Tongue

Hair--Fenugreek'd and herbal rinsed this evening. I need to remember a couple of things when I do this:
1. Mushing the fenugreek powder in water works better than just stirring it
2. For a stronger rinse, the herbs need to be simmered in water for at least 15 minutes

BPAL--If anyone has tried any of the following from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, let me know how it worked for you. I ordered all but the Samhain in imp form and I'm curious if anyone here has tried these oils. I feel weird for buying so many imps, but I wasn't about to pay $13 in shipping for only 6 of them. I figure trying all these scents will keep me busy during the winter. Anyway:
Aeval
Arcana
Bewitched
Jack
Ode on Melancholy
Embalming Fluid
Kabuki
Psyche
Baobhan Sith
Catherine
Kumiho
Masabakes
March Hare
Dormouse
Eat Me
White Rabbit
Glasgow
Sophia
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Re: juri monogatari, part deux
Reply #103 - Sep 20^th, 2007 at 6:40am

I had gotten some imps from a certain fellow LongLocks gal(sweetie that she is

) and liked them so much. I signed up for their newsletter and had a list,just like you, made up of things I wanted to try. Jack was on that list. The three that I was given were Sophia,Magus and Yew Trees. I love wearing oils(have since I was in my late teens). Let me know how you like the ones you try! Hard to pick out of the three I have,but plan on ordering some myself though!

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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: juri monogatari, part deux Reply #104 - Sep 20^th, 2007 at 8:03am Curlgirl--How was Sophia? It sounded really nice from the reviews people were giving it on the BPAL forum. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait until at least mid-October before I can start reviewing imps. Slow turnaround time sigh, but I think the wait will be worth it!
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