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Growing and graying gracefully
Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 2:57am

Starting a new journal Grin

Here goes:

My hair is about 20 inches long. My first goal is BSL and then see from there if I want to go longer. My hair is dark brown with lots of gray and white "wings" on the side. I rotate several different shampoos: a blue shampoo for the white hair , one with tea tree oil for my scalp, a lemon scented clarifying shampoo and a honey moisturizing shampoo. My favorite conditioner is the honey one from the Body Shop. I don't rinse it all the way out and I rinse with cool water.

I usually wear my hair in a french twist. I have been experimenting with a french braid lately, but don't quite have the hang of it yet.

I need to have a few inches trimmed off because the ends are getting wiry and are dry no matter what I do. The biggest obstacle seems to be getting around to making the appointment Undecided

That, and I hate to lose the length.

A personal note: I recently found out that I'm going to be a grandma! Hooray! Grin

That's all from me for now. Nighty-night!

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Sakina Stardust Offline August 2O1O @ the Louvre Posts: 3399 Arizona Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #1 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 3:49am Congratulations on starting your journal AND on becoming a grandma. I know how hard it is to need a trim but to be in the early stages of growing it out. I say get the trim so your hair looks good and healthy. Who wants long ugly hair? Good Luck!!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #2 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 12:34pm A grandma! Yippee for you! Your hair sounds lovely - keep taking care of it!
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silvermayne

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Re: Growing and graying gracefully
Reply #3 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 2:21pm

Sakina: Thanks for the push! I went ahead and made that appointment. Next Saturday will be my first haircut in over a year! I think I'll ask for two inches off all over (it's in about 3 different layers) and then shaping of the bottom layer into a U. Then about every six months, have the U trimmed again until all the layers catch up. Sigh! This is going to take forever! It should be just the way I want it by the time I'm 60! But seriously, I'm just glad to have hair. My baby sister is starting chemo next week and will lose all of her beautiful long blond hair Cry

Poor baby!! Sure puts things in perspective!

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Sakina Stardust Offline August 2O1O @ the Louvre Posts: 3399 Arizona Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #4 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 2:43pm I've been in the same place, wanting not to loose length and still needing a trim. I still get trims every 10 weeks, I'm prone to splits 'cause I've got wavy hair = dry texture. Sorry to hear your sis is having chemo. I wish her well. Glad to have you back!
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silvermayne Ruby Offline Posts: 76 Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #5 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 3:07pm Thanks, Sakina, it's great to be back! I'm so excited-- I figured out the tickerfactory countdown thingie! Next I may figure out how to get a picture posted. Of course, I'd have to get a digital camera, figure out how to use it, THEN figure out how to post it! So that'll be a while!
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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #6 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 6:25pm lol silvermane...I am totally in the same boat with the digicam. Someday, eh?
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #7 - Sep 2^nd, 2006 at 8:05pm We'd love to see pics of your hair!! Hurry up and figure every thing out. When it comes time to post them here, we can help you out if you need it - just let me know.
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Re: Growing and graying gracefully
Reply #8 - Sep 6^th, 2006 at 5:13am

Welcome Silvermayne and congrats on becoming a grandma!!!

Just to let you know, you don't really need a digital camera to post pics online. If you really want to post pics here or anywhere else online, you can take your pics on a Kodak disposable camera and when you get it developed, request that they do it on a cd rom and then you can put them on your computer to share in emails or whatever you'd like. It's very easy and it costs less than $5.00 (not including the price of the camera), I've had to do this on occasions when I'd go out and mistakenly forget my camera at home. I believe most drugstores do this nowadays.

Good Luck!

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silvermayne

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Re: Growing and graying gracefully
Reply #9 - Sep 9^th, 2006 at 5:39pm

La Diosa: thanks for the info about posting pictures. I never thought of doing that!

I got my hair trim today that I have been so nervous about and it went very well. I even told my hairdressser about the longlocks site and she wrote it down and said she wanted to take a look at it. She commented about what good condition my hair was in, so that's when I mentioned where I was getting my info. She has long hair herself and totally understood what my goals are. She cut off the smallest amount she could and still take care of the fuzzy ends. Whew! What a relief! Grin

I don't think she understands why I like my hair gray, but she supports me anyway. So I guess I'm pretty lucky, huh?

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #10 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 2:30pm You are VERY lucky indeed! Hang on to her - she is a precious gem in the hair salon world!
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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #11 - Sep 11^th, 2006 at 7:28pm A rare gem indeed, silvermayne! You should give her something nice...a small token of your appreciation, just to say thanx for understanding. I definitely would! Everyone should have a hair lady like her.
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silvermayne

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Re: Growing and graying gracefully
Reply #12 - Sep 29^th, 2006 at 9:43pm

My husband and I met after work the other night to go to dinner with his brother and his wife and I decided to wear my hair down, which I almost never do any more. I put it into curlers in the morning before I went to work and it turned out real nice. Got a lot of compliments during the day. The nicest compliment, though, came from my husband. When we got home that night he said to me "your hair looks so pretty tonight, when I first saw you, I thought you looked like you did when you were 25". I was so surprised because he almost never comments on my appearance at all. By the way, we will be celebrating our 30th anniversary next week.

(It's so funny that while I'm writting this post, all the little smileys are winking and rolling their eyes and smiling and kissing and crying. I feel like I have an audience !) Grin

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #13 - Sep 29^th, 2006 at 10:18pm I bet that made your week! Congratulations on your upcoming 30th anniversary. You now join a dwindling group.
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silvermayne Ruby Offline Posts: 76 Gender:	Re: Growing and graying gracefully Reply #14 - Sep 30^th, 2006 at 12:43pm Thanks, BB! Yes, I have been lucky in love and believe me, I am grateful for it.
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