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Beauty Blog (Archive)
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
11:43 AM (Pacific)
I bought a tube of "Sweet Sorbet" this morning. Its nice. A hair on the cool side for me but its still a nice everyday color.
I've been having problems getting my hair up into a bun. Its so long and thick that it gives me a headache sometimes when its in a bun. I found a nifty way to fix that problem.
First, I skimmed off a top layer of hair and twisted that into a little bun and secured it with a cotton scrunchy. Then, I parted my remaining hair into 2 sections, one over my left shoulder and one over my right. I twisted first one section and wrapped it around the 1st bun, then did the same to the 2nd section and secured the entire thing with a velvet scrunchy. This seems to take most of the stress off my scalp and distributes the weight of my hair a little better.
I've also decided to see if I can grow my hair at least down to my waist. I'm trying an experiment of washing my hair using conditioner rather than shampoo. I've only used shampoo once since Thursday last week. I should post a link to the article, it explains it better and in more detail than I ever could.
http://www.haarkram.e-something.de/articles/co_wash.html
I'm also having good results from using jojoba oil on my face. I've been using it for 3 days now and my skin is really looking better. So much better that I'm going to try using oils to clean my face with. I'll have to find the link. On yet another long-hair board there are tons of posts advocating the "OCM" oil cleansing method. You use a mix of extra-virgin olive oil and castor oil. I've not tried this yet but will start tonight. I'll keep results posted.
I ordered some mineral makeup off of QVC today. Again, good things have been read about this on various boards. Will post my experiences with this as well.
There's a really great little health food store 3 miles from my house and there today I bought a brush to use for dry brushing my skin. Years ago, a friend of mine did this and I've always wanted to dry it. Supposed to be good for your skin and body in several different ways all of which are escaping me right now.
~carol m
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