Mid-January

My hair is doing well. I have not started working out yet. The beginning of school was not the time to start. Actually it was the sleep issue, lol! I got that together now, so yeah. So I have not been washing all the time yet. But it looks good, I tried putting the moisturizer mix and gel on at the same time. It came out pretty good, and the hand thing is working out. Happy with it! It is itchy....let's hope it is growing!

Busy and not much changing, just decided to do short updates.

Official Update is Here

Okay, with my hair being so short, and it being humid this week, I think I won't detangle for a little bit. The one day it was no humid out, it came out good still, but it keeps raining.....i think the weather got confused and said "oops, i forgot to make it rain in the rain season, let's catch back up". LOL!

I say that cuz yesterday, i didn't feel like detangling and i knew it was raining and it came out better, the curls were defined.

My issue is still that my curls are so small....like you know how people have like the big curls? Mine are so tiny, and when i try to finger curl using my hair, it looks like a knot of something. I remember when my hair was long after the first 7 months, that it was still small curls but bigger. So perhaps as it gets longer, they will just stick out better. I will see, I just wish i had the bigger looser curls. OH WELL! 

Update

Don't feel like doing a video and posting all.....and this is short.

So did the cowash half of the routine again yesterday. And it was okay....not quite as curly, i may have combed/detangled too much. I am gonna try not detangling next time.  

I have a huge issue with shrinkage sooooo that is a problem i am working with.

Also, i think i use to much moisturizier. I am gonna use less. I think i will apply it a little closer front to back but squeeze it less maybe.

My head is itchy.....but since i am doing the same stuff that helped it not itch, i guess it is growing! Ugh, ithat is what i hate about growing.....all the itching, lol! It does not itch bad yet, but enough. I think my hair grows faster when it is warmer out, sooooooo it may get bad in a few months....or if it decides to get warm again.

Also....school started this week. I am gonna try not to stress out and all. When i was stressed and down at the end of 08, nothing happened, but at the beginning of 08 when i was stressed my hair was falling out. Like I would wash it and there would be hair all over the tub, ewwwwwwww. So, yeah....let's not have that.

New Routine

The website I mentioned is http://cosmeticdatabase.com/index.php

Enjoy!

Video!!!!!

My first video! Yea! Please excuse the low quality and my random confused expressions, lol! I am still figuring this out.

wig photos...

Finally got them all uploaded....took forever, but anywho so these are pictures with the same wig but this first set i pushed it back to look shorter.....excuse my expressions....i was on ichat while taking them, lol!

I think this is around the length it will be by the end of the year....but it will be cut into a bob so it will look a little fuller.









I took these on my phone, whick is why they are a tad blurry. But this is the full wig and maybe my hair will be this long.....sometime in 2010? 

Right here is where i VERY QUICKLY cut off the length to show it more bob like....my photoshop skills are way better than this but i did it in like 5 minutes (for all the photos not each lol).

That one is cute...the above, lol! The most bob-esque i think

Cute too!....even though it is blurry

I like this one too!!!!!

So below is where i played with the pink.....again very quickly done, lol....within that same 5 mintues.
was trying to show a flipped pink piece...pretend (i will find photos later)

under layer pink
i like this picture! lol

under more


a little of both....still a nice style!
Soooooooo, this is basically what i have been talking about. Let's hope i can reach these goals....especially those ones i really loved, oh that would be great to have when i start interviewing!!!!

First Wash of 2009 details

Okay, so i forgot to put in the pre-poo while i was doing stuff, lol! So i just decided to give the shampoo and conditioner alone a whirl. And OMGGGGGGG! I missed shampoo that tingles....and I have never had conditioner that did. My head feels amazing right now! Yeaaaaaa!

And I realized some flaws in my regimen. So I will be washing everyday now becaue I will be working out. I dont want to over shampoo...or deep condition 800 times a week. So I think I am going to wash 3 times a week, cowash 4 times a week, and deep condition on the wash days. My workout schedule is 6 days a week. 4 cardio only, 3 cardio with strength, so I think I will be washing on cardio/strength days and cowashing on cardio only days. But where does that leave day 7???? LOL! Oh, i already accounted for it, never mind! 

I need to start talking about other stuff....eventually i will start posting photos i find of styles i like. Oh and the photos i took earlier, I will put up tomorrow probably!

I found my wig!

LOL! So thought i would post some photos i took. It is actually a long wig, but i pushed the length to the back so it would look like a bob! This is where i expect/hope my hair will be by the end of the year! The wig's length is like 3 inches longer than it looks here....maybe 4.

Just realized that i would have to change the format, so since i have to do that, i will go in photoshop later and actually "color" where i want it to be pink, so there are live photos.

Coloring thoughts

I know i talk about this like i am doing in tomorrow, but it helps me think of all the possibilities BEFORE it is too late.

So previously I said I would dye all my hair blonde and just add rinses. But that could get pricey. So I remembered before when i was gonna go my hair out (and nver did), i was going to let my fro get fairly large and then do like a "triangle" of color on the top. Like from my forehead to almost the top center. And back then it was gonna be a blonde area with red all around.....still diggin that idea, but i want to preserve all the strength i am giving it. especially on the sides and back. My hair grows well but those areas tend to get a little weaker because i lay on my sides especially. So I think what i might do instead is do that idea. But keep the rest black. So this would put my area that can be dyed on the top of my head, not on the under part, but i think that is okay. because when it grows out, it will end up toward the bottom anyway. And the styles i have in mind work well with that. 

When I have hair, I am a bob person....They have always complimented me well, and i love them. They can be both chic/sophisticated and fun/playful. And as long as you don't have a definite bang, they are versitile. Part on the sides, the middle, or my fav was no part at all (although that was back when i had a dandruff problem, lol).

Also, maybe i do the triangle one time, then when it grows out, maybe i will move the area, that way i test it out. And when my fro gets really big (in like a few years), it is possible that it wont look bad having 2 colors on the sides. I just know with a smaller one, it could look a little funny.

Triangle-point will begin at the forehead and go back. It may also be a diamond. And i dont know if it will begin in the center of my forhead, it could be off to a side a tad bit. If it is off to a side, then if i part it or just push my hair in that direction, it would end up under the black automatically.

The coloring will take place after the first couple straightenings. I want to be sure i have a good amount of hair first. I am thinking I want my hair to be at least past my chin before i begin coloring. By that i mean my hair on the sides and back. The front is always shorter for me, so it might be at my chin (10-11 inches). It is highly possible that the coloring may not even happen in 2009. But my hair is full, and the fullness does help when there is less length, so if i feel it is a good and full bob, i will do it. The area that will be colored will most likely be like a flip or spiral or swoop of hair that extends from the top to one side. I don't plan for it to be the full length of my hair. Which is why the fullness plays a big part. When i straighten it, if there is an area that is like at least between my eyes and nose, i will go ahead and color it.

And if all else fails I can be Cleopatra Jones for Halloween! LOL! Oh which reminds me, i need to work on my revised idea of a Harlee Quinn outfit.

First Wash of 2009

I have photos somewhere of my hair before....i will just use some christmas photos i think, lol! Oh wait, i got it cut since then.....well looks the same.

So anyway, I am about to wash my hair with my new products and test my styling stuff. I put some of the gel on my hair last night just to see and that spot was still soft....good look!

Recall, if all goes well my new regimen is as follows:

PREPOO using mix of VO5, ORS Olive Oil Lotion, Tea Tree Oil (ORS or Parnevu is what the other one is). 

WASH using TTO shampoo, TTO conditioner, and Silk Elements Moisturizing Treatment.

STYLE using mix of Garnier Fruitisse Sleek and Shine Leave in conditioner, Olive Oil Lotion. Then applying Silk Elements Liquid Gel.

Oh forgot to state changes. 

I will apply the prepoo every morning when i first get up and put on a plastic cap before my workout. That way I can be doing something and the heat generated will help it work.

For the wash, i am thinking of another way. I always get in the shower wash m hair and all those steps put in the deep conditioner and then bathe. But i think I will wash my hair and all, put the deep conditioner in, do the other getting ready stuff, then get in the shower and bathe and rinse it out. That way it has longer to work. Then once I get out the shower, i just have to lotion up, get dressed and style my hair. I will continue drying it with a scarf, i like that :)

And of course I will wear my new bonnet at night or when lounging around.

Sally's Visit

Oh! I am happy I was too lazy to get up and go to Sallys the last few days, today there is a sale! Don't know how long it will be going, but yea!

So I got the Shampoo and Conditioner for 2 for $10 (5 each) instead of $8 each! And I got some more of my beloved deep conditioner (on sale for 6.99) and I got the liquid gel (not on sale but only 3 something). And 2 applicator bottles (2 for $3, instead of 1.79 each). And i got a bonnet. didnt get the one i mentioned because i would have to pay 2.39 every month and a half, no thanks. So i got one that was 2.49 but is supposed to stay on your head (as opposed to friction with the pillo pushing it off).

I also went to Publix and bought some Vo5 conditioner and more Fruictisse. Sally's had the Silk Treatment butttt i opted to leave it because it was 7.99 for a kind of small bottle. I didnt feel it was worth it. The Fruitisse was actually cheaper at PUBLIX than at WALMART.....major gasp there! It is usually 3.94 at walmart, it is 3.23 at publix. I went to 2 because the one by Sally's was out of it, but that's where i saw the price. So i was going to go to the one right by my house on the way home, but i was next to another one when i ran other errands. So yea! Saved money twice! The VO5 is like anywhere between .78 and .94 at walmart...it changed at some point, soooo yeah, but at publix it is 1.09 so i bought 2. 

I talk about reorganizing my entire life in my fitness blog (not there yet, doing it after this one), and i mention reorganizing my whole apt. As part of that, i have issues throwing things out sometimes, so stuff i know i wont use, i will just put in the back or in a box in my vanity, but i am gonna sort the stuff that is in my current routine and have it up front and read. Although i have alot, so it is possible the current stuff will all be on the vanity with the rest stuffed underneath, lol! we shall see!

So, this is my official product list.

Pre-Poo

-VO5 strengthening conditioner

-ORS Olive Oil Lotion

-Proclaim? Tea Tree Oil/ORS Tea Tree Oil

Wash

-GVP Tea Tree Shampoo

-GVP Tea Tree Conditioner

-Silk Elements Olive Oil Moisturizing Treatment

-Shower comb

Style

-ORS Olive Oil Lotion

-Garnier Fruitisee Leave-in Conditioner (Silk and Shine?)

-Silk Elements Liquid Gel

Okay, with that said, I still have alot of my CON shampoo, so I might just give that bottle to someone. I think I have more because I stopped washing twice everytime. And I Co-wash more. I read about shampoos not being really good for you and blah blah blah, but whatever. I just dont want it to be wasted and just sit there in my cabinet. As for the Biolage, there is not much left in it, so What I will do is, I will use it up, but i think i will use it when I co-wash. I wash my hair like every other day usually, so maybe once a week i will use it instead of the tea tree one. It was too expensive to just use in my pre-poo, lol. And once it is gone, then that will be the end of it. As for the style section. I think that area is fine. It will all be done wet, so it should be fine.

I got 2 applicators, probably dont need both, but oh well. So the shampoo is gonna go in one of them. Shampoo is supposed to be applied to your scalp only, not your hair (because of the danger issue....sulfates i think). The rule is shampoo your scalp, condition your hair. So i will use that to apply it directly to my scalp. The pre-poo will go in the other one. And the style section obviously in the one it is in now. Luckily my vanity should not be too crowded. But i will have to put the bottles in something alone. 

Wash stuff will just be in the shower, but the pre-poo stuff and style stuff will need to go under the sink.....crowd city down there once i get stuff situated (perhaps a box is betteR). So just the applicator bottles and the gel go on my vanity. I decided to do alot of the bottles because when i traveled recently, i had way less huge bottles. so it was alot less stuff i had to take with me! I will continue that. I keep my deep conditioner in a really small food container (it never goes back in the kitchen), and it holds about 2 to 3 washes worth of conditioner. Maybe I should save the biolage for when i travel. It is a smaller bottle than the tea tree conditioner is. I dont travel much but it is a thought.

I may start combing the pre-poo with the comb too, i will think about that. Oh! speaking of combs. So i looked at the comb in the store. It looks just like mine BUT the teeth are actually closer together and it is smaller. Also, the balls are like silicone covers at the ends of the teeth. A quick way to cover a manufacturing issue if you ask me, and luckily it worked out. I will keep mine. It was about the same price, maybe cheaper. Okay, soooooo, i think I covered everything. 

Oh forgot, so in the fitness blog i discuss getting back on my workout plans. This will help my hair too, because being healthier promotes hair growth! yea! 

See, it is a brand new me!