Braids

So hair was dry like a haystack again, can't wait until I buy new shampoo and conditioner, next weekend, so just one more wash with my old stuff. I misted on my leave in as usual, then oiled it and added the avocado butter for shine, and it was a bit better but it still felt dry and it continued to fly away.  Today, fancy hair day, I did I side part, pulled my hair all to one side then braided it accenting it with a barrette that's a row of hearts. Simple yet pretty I think. I still stink at braiding fancier braids, and I'm always so lazy to practice because I get tired of getting tired while doing it, the blood seems to run out of my arms and they get so tired. I can french braid, herringbone braid, twist braid, and dutch braid except my sections never show up well on the hair going into the braid and I can't keep my hair from parting on top even if I use hairspray. I use aloe gel when making my braids but it doesn't seem to do much, perhaps I'm not using enough. Maybe I'll convince myself to practice again today one more time... Oh and I can't seem to get the braids to start up by my crown, that's where I start them but some how by the time I get them finished the braid doesn't start there any longer... 

Wash Day and Other Notes

So last night I tried sleeping with my braid in a sock. Didn't work much better then my usual braid does. Probably because I toss and turn so much at night, don't know if I'll bother with that anymore or not... Today I'll be washing and I don't think I'll do any oiling or anything before I wash it. Feeling lazy and since I've done it for a couple weeks in a row I'm even wondering if it may start making my hair too greasy. We'll see. Also started doing scalp massage last night. I will be getting some jojoba oil to massage into my scalp from time to time perhaps it will convince my hair to start growing again.

Weekend Style

Just a quick mention of what I did with my hair today. My hair was finally under control for the most part today so I got to wear it only half up because it was finally cool enough to. So I just clipped it back with my silver butterfly barrette. Tis it. 

I have never attempted to braid my own hair, even when I could have. I had cousins that always braided my hair when I was really little. Now I can braid anyone elses hair without a problem!

Shower Drama

So I've finally skivved (sp?) myself out enough from only washing my hair once a week that I plan on go back to twice a week if my hair will let me. So I did a clarify routine seeing as I felt so grossed out, my hair had been looking particularly greasy. Hmm must be the jojoba oil I used with the scalp massage.  So I washed it with some of my mom's Biotin shampoo, I don't have any clarifying shampoo and we have so much left around the house so I decided to try it. Either the shampoo's terrible or my hair was so gunky because it did not foam up at all. I rinsed that out in cool water, then did an acv rinse, rinsed that out with cool water, then shampooed with my new shampoo. Well the stupid bottle said use a generous amount and I did. I had a bit of a problem trying to get it to wash out. The should seriously tell you exactly how much "generous amount" is too generic.  Then I applied the matching conditioner then put my hair up and finished my shower. I skipped my leave-in as I want to see how the clarifying and new products worked.

So I went to grab a new Venus disposable razor from the closet because I threw the other one out last week. I grabbed it from the package and noticed that there was no plastic cover over the razor head.  I looked in the packaging, it was a set of three, to see if it got stuck in there, nope. When I looked more closely at the razor it had gunk in the blades and black stuff on the head.  WTF! I think I had a used razor!  EWWWW!!! GAH I was so grossed out! I got stuck having to use one of the junky ones my mom buys.  I am so never buying disposiable razors ever again. That was just too nasty for words.

On a cleaner note, rumor has it I will be getting to go clearance shopping tomorrow. *does happy dance*  Wish me luck! 

Shopping

Angel Spun Yep I took the last one out of the package and that's what it looked like. *shudders*
My hair came out pretty good today. The very ends were a bit dry so I oiled them with my grape seed oil after I sprayed on my leave in. I think that may be because I'm getting close to needing a trim. It looked shinier overall though, and was certainly easier to comb out, so we shall see how this goes.  I wore my hair in a double flipped ponytail and was pleased to see that despite being twisted over twice the ponytail still was BSL length! Perhaps my hair is growing afterall. 

Didn't find a lot of good buys today, just a few. A green t-shirt for $1.80, a green hoodie for $4.80, a leather purse for $7.20, and the best, fall-weight Tommy Hilfiger pajamas, originally $74 for $10!  Not a lot but still great deals nonetheless.

Tanai wrote on Aug 17^th, 2008 at 2:13pm:

I do the exact same thing! I've never had very much self confidence, and I graduated High School early because I really hated how kids treat others. I guess it never gets better with age.