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Skyfire Ex Member	Re: Skyfire's Journal Reply #75 - Nov 4^th, 2008 at 12:38pm Trisha wrote on Nov 4^th, 2008 at 10:08am: Oh, that sounds heavenly! All of the warmth from the heated items and those yummy smells...NICE! I must say, it was just about the best part of yesterday.
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Reply #76 - Nov 5^th, 2008 at 12:27pm

Okay. I looked at some pictures of people with actually wavy hair, and I've decided; so far my hair still hasn't got much body, so I'm not going to consider it wavy. Not even 1b. It just stays bent from being in a ponytail, or behind my ears, or over my shoulders, and when it is longer we'll see if its weight doesn't straighten it out.

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Reply #77 - Nov 6^th, 2008 at 11:32am

CWC today. I haven't touched it with a comb yet and it's almost dry. Yes, I showered before the sun came up. It's been cold these past couple of days, but today is warmer.

I have been inspecting my super-thin spot, trying to get used to it and find its exact dimensions (am I obsessing?), as well as looking at the spots that those weird tentacles I mentioned on the sides of my head (the ones that are too short for my ponytail and poke out above my ears) and I found something encouraging, I think. Lots of tiny, 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inch long hairs, especially around the hairline on my forehead. I've allowed myself a little hope that perhaps my thinning was due in part to shampooing too much or perhaps a biotin deficiency (I looked it up; biotin deficiency is extremely rare, but practically the only symptom is hair loss), or maybe even putting my hair up too tight, and that perhaps I will gain back some thickness.

One can hope, anyway.

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Reply #78 - Nov 7^th, 2008 at 9:35am

No wash day today.

When I was little, a friend of the family was a hairdresser; he was extremely cool, admiring my long hair while perming my mom's asymetrical 'do and dealing with my sisters' teenage experiments (H and J are 8 and 10 years older than me, respectively). He was the one who fixed my hair after my stepmom did that weird cut on me.

Unfortunately, he passed away some years ago, but he gave us all advice that is used to this day. For example, I was complaining to my mother about those tentacles, and she said that he had told her about those; he said they were because of damage, and specifically they were damage from sleeping on ones side with ones hair in a ponytail. Huh. I looked at my tentacles in a mirror; and the side that I mostly sleep on had a bigger chunk than the other side, which I sleep on only occaisionally.

So I wrapped my pillow in an old silky shirt I never wear. Maybe I'll buy a satin pillowcase one of these days. And maybe my tentacles will grow out and add their thickness to the rest of my hair.

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Reply #79 - Nov 9^th, 2008 at 12:09am

Today I tried a CO, with the suave green apple conditioner. It went better than I thought it would. My hair seems to have more body afterward. I have a hair care book that advises that conditioning too often will make ones hair limp; that's certainly not how this worked out. I may wash tomorrow, or I may leave it 'til Monday. Depends on how I feel in the morning.

DH is sitting behind me trying to distract me, so I think I'll give him the computer now. Grin

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Skyfire Ex Member	Re: Skyfire's Journal Reply #80 - Nov 9^th, 2008 at 9:27pm WO today. I can feel the natural oils in my hair, but it doesn't feel dirty. Oh, that's all. I just got back from work and I'm tiiired.
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Reply #81 - Nov 10^th, 2008 at 11:39am

CWC today with vinegar rinse. I ran out of ACV so I used red wine vinegar. C1 was suave green apple, W was pantene classic clean, C2 was pantene beautiful lengths.

My hair feels nice and soft, but I would like more shine and smoothness. Shrug.

Oh, and I did a trim on Friday, Nov 7. Not sure how much I took off; maybe 1/4 inch.

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Skyfire Ex Member	Re: Skyfire's Journal Reply #82 - Nov 11^th, 2008 at 3:36pm CO today. I put my hair up in a dutch braid, and put the tentacles in some bobbypins to make them behave. I've got to go to work, and we'll see if the braid lasts. Oh, and I'm able to post because DH fixed the internet! whoooo!
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Reply #83 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 8:40am

I was going to do a CWC yesterday, but when I took my hair down from the dutch braid I'd slept in, I had all these absurd waves. So I wore my hair down to work, and my coworkers were like, oh! I never knew you had such wavy hair! Because I always wear my hair up in a bun at work.

'course, I paid for it later in tangles, tangles, tangles. Tongue

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Reply #84 - Nov 13^th, 2008 at 3:40pm

CWC today. My hair is happy-ish.

My wooden comb broke, and when I went to Target to replace it, they didn't have any!
So I have to use this too-fine not-seamless thing until I get a replacement. I'm verrry careful, but I can feel the snags.

Does anyone know where I can get a good comb for a good price without paying twice as much in shipping? I live in Northern California.

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Reply #85 - Nov 14^th, 2008 at 11:42am

I wore a silk shirt yesterday at work, so decided to leave my hair down, but put bobby pins in the sides to keep it out of my face. This is working fairly well. If I just leave it down, I can't keep my hands off it, probably because it hangs in my face and I can't stand it.

I'm going to do a WO or a CO later today, whichever I feel like, and then I'll be going to the Body Shop in the mall to see if they have a nice wooden comb. My internet research has suggested they might. I hope it's not too expensive. I'm on a very limited budget this week.

BTW, I was working at a different job yesterday than the day before, so one thinks my hair is wavy, the other straight. Grin

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Midnight Angel Ex Member	Re: Skyfire's Journal Reply #86 - Nov 14^th, 2008 at 1:31pm The Body Shop always has wide tooth wooden combs in stock. I'm pretty sure I've seen them in a basket or something every time I've been in there.
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Reply #87 - Nov 14^th, 2008 at 2:51pm

Yes, they had them; too bad I couldn't get one. DH's Online roleplaying game charged their monthly fee at precisely the wrong time and I had to pay a fee to the bank. Gr! I can probably talk him into getting me one tomorrow to make it up to me, though.

And I decided against washing my hair today. It looked fine, and it's not like I'm going out or anything.

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Skyfire Ex Member	Re: Skyfire's Journal Reply #88 - Nov 15^th, 2008 at 4:58pm CO today. I may leave washing 'til Monday, if I can stand it. No comb. Maybe next week. I'm going to try a flipped ponytail for work tonight. That's about it.
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Reply #89 - Nov 17^th, 2008 at 11:17am

The flipped pony on Saturday went well. I was surprised it stayed. I only wish my ends were in better shape.

CO yesterday. I like it, but I don't know how often I'll do two in a row. It's interesting, how different it makes my hair feel and look. It feels clean, but looks a little greasy.

I got the comb from the Body Shop! DH did give me $. I'll buy him something next week. I like it, it's nice, wide toothed, wooden, and I only had to sand it smooth in a couple of places.

CWC today. Considering a big proffessional trim again, but procrastinating. I'm chicken.

I've been having headaches. I have a minor one that's lasted about five days now. It goes away for hours at a time, then comes back, and sometimes gets worse. I have migraines maybe twice a year, and aura symptoms without the headache much more often. I'd hate to think this was getting worse. I'm pretty sure not, though; my neck hurts, too, so it might be tension, and my glasses are three years old, so that might be part of it.

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