Next Morning

So sometimes when i wake up my hair is a tad dry....but it was still pretty soft this morning! And the grapeseed oil is unscented so i felt good!

Grapeseed Oil

Okay, so finally found a store with peppermint oil....so expensive. I got grapeseed oil for my skin so figured i will just try that instead. I am mixing it with EVOO and will put it in at night before bed.....not alot. Just to massage my head and cover my ends!

I picked it out today, looks good! it is growing!

Peppermint Oil

So I found places online to buy it but not a store. Well GNC has it but it is $20 for a $oz bottle.....no! so will have to order it! But I will be mixing it with some evoo that i have (you can't use it straight, it is too concentrated).

Anywho, I put in my moisturizer right before bed (deep conditioned late in the day), and it did help me sleep!!! so will def be moisturizing at night. And I guess since i wrapped it up right after, it was soft this morning. Will keep moisturizing at night!

I need to find something lighter though...(the peppermint) because my moisturizer is too heavy after a few days and so it would be heavy after one day.

Hair color

Okay forgot this before....I also plan to"Refresh" my color in a couple months. I want it a little lighter, so i think i will get the next color brighter, because my rinses will take better, i think.

I think the next color up is Light Golden Blonde. So I will try that.

I am thinking about doing it in July (right befre my birthday!!!) but am concerned about the heat. So we will see. Gonna try the rinse again first.

Also, when i refresh my color, I am not planning to do the roots.......right after I colored my hair, I looked at a before picture and loved the black. And then i saw a picture of lil mama with her black and blonde and loved it. So I am going to keep letting the blonde grow down, so it will be a mix. I think it will make it more fun when i do rinses!!!!

And I always forget to do this, but i want to moisturize at night too.....one reason i want to try the peppermint oil. It will help me relax!

Summer 2009 plans

Plans/goals!

Plans.....still waiting til October to straighten my hair. Recall i said never perming again! ever! no texlax! nothing of the sort, ugh! But what i decided to do as a treat to myself for making it a whole year (actually a year and a month). I will be finding a GREAT Dominican Salon and having them straighten it. That is 4 months from now. I am planning for October 26th to 30th....cuz Halloween is obviously the 31st and a saturday.

I am planning to get my hair trimmed soon....i may go to Curltopia. I have been keeping it up well, but have not had it trimmed in 6 months and think i should to be sure i dont grow it for nothing. I see and feel weird ends.

Since I met my "short" goal....the length where i said i would be happy if it got past my ears (going with the mushroom look). I am looking at longer now. By October i hope it will be shoulder length.....sounds like alot but it is actually close in the back now, so the sides can get there, i think. That puts the front probably down my nose, the sides at my chin and the back touching my shoulders.

Something I want to try is pepperment oil.

OH FORGOT! So I did move away from shampoo as often. I cowash mostly, shampoo like once a week. And it is working well. My hair holds the moisture better i noticed!

So yeah, gonna find a whole foods or just go to trader joe's and get some peppermint oil. Gonna deep condition a little more often (was doing once a week) now gonna do twice cuz it is HOT!

pictures coming soon....

forgot!

Okay, so have not written in here since march! dang! let's start with that hair style.

I had it for a week and forgot to get braid spray so it was itchy....nothing was helping it. it got dandruffy and i was done. but it was really simple and cute!

After taking it out me and my friend who braided it got busy so i never got it braided again like i said.

Easter, i colored my hair! GASP! I know I said i wouldnt but i did and am so happy because when i change my hair, it relieves stress. and honey! right after that there was tons of it!

So idk the color...it was dark and lovely and it was like a golden blonde (not the light golden blonde). My hair was DARK, so it came out not that bright but i like it. I did try the pink rinse on top of it, but you couldnt see it well. like just in a portion.

Oh! so, it has been growing very well....i picked it out about a month ago maybe? and it was pretty large. It could be longer for 8 months, but u know most of that was during the cold months. I am hoping it will grow more now that it is warm.

I am trying to be sure I keep it moisturized since it is so hot and it is colored. Have to keep up with that. The funny thing is, with the humidity, my curl pattern comes through really well.

But the shrinkage is crazy, so it looks short still. LIke it looks like it is the same length til i pull it and it's like wow! there is hair! and lots of it. Actually, i made avideo but it was long and never uploaded it. May make another. But it was like a short mushroom cut. Like i have a good length bang section. The ear area is past my ears, it is doing great! trying not to ramble so i will make a new post for my new goals. and another for photos!!!

Oh and my routine is roughly the same, but want to make one addition!!!!