Happy halloween!

I am spending halloween with my cats as a witch should! Not really celebrating, but here are pictures of the cats!


Someone did dress up for you!




Hair pictures

From a few days ago.






Today's hairstyle. 25/10-19 Neoma knot bun



Today's hairstyle. 23/10-19 Spirit bun










Today's hairstyle. 22/10-19 Cinnamon bun

A loosely twisted cinnamon bun.



Time for a huge change

Sorry but this post is going to be long...
 
As some of you know, I've been a CO-washer (conditioner only), for 6,5 years. It has worked great for my hair and scalp. It's also been easy to wash my hair this way.
 
Before CO-washing and after one year of CO-washing.
 
But few are the condtiotioners that my hair have liked (less than five in my entire life and I'm 28) and I'm also picky when it comes to ingredients. The one that I've been using for many years is expensive and they've adjusted the prize even more. I've found another one that I like, but the prize and bottle size is the same. And obviously my hair has gotten longer over the years.
 
So while I only wash my hair once or twice a month, one bottle only lasts two washes and that ends up being a lot of money after all. A lot more than I'm willing to spend.
 
 
 
So I've been trying to make my own conditioner. Not the "natural" stuff, but a real conditioner. Finding good recepies are hard and modifying them to my hair is even harder.
 
So I've been thinking...
 
 
I've written a lot about natural hair washing and conditioning on my hair forum, spent many, many hours reading about it and I've been making my own deep conditioner for years.
 
So what would be the most logic and economic thing for me to do? I do know which ingredients that works for cleaning hair and which that conditions it. I do know a lot about what works for my hair and not. I've actually tried a few things like washing with fermented rice water before. I do know even more now than I did back then.
 
 
So I'm now going to experiment, until I find the right balance between clean and conditioned hair, using natural ingredients, like home picked herbs and Indian powders.
 
It's back to experimenting and while it might take some time, I think that it's going to be worth it and while failing a few or several time, might be frustrating, I will also enjoy it! Because this is the type of thing that I find fun and interesting. (Remind me of this if I try to crawl back to expensive conditioners in six months!)
 
 
I'll probably buy one bottle of conditioner to use for Cristmas if I haven't succeded by then, since it is the one day of the year that I wear my hair loose.
 
Would you be interested in posts about my experiments? If so, tell me, because otherwise I probably won't write about it until "I'm done" and have settled into a new routine.

Today's hairstyle. 11/10-19 Hawser bun

Hawser braid in a bun.



Book review - Heaven's Silhouette: Iyarri Chronicles Book 1

 
Summary
 
They aren't angels, despite their wings, but fearsome warriors. Yet Aurelia has something in common with them. Why is that and can she find it out without loosing her life?
 
I bought my ex from Etsy NightBlooming
 
 
What I think about the book
 
The book is written in such a way that you can really picture the world that Melissa has created. She brings even the little detail to life. The characters really comes through and you can follow them through joy and hardship while they evolve in a very believable way.
 
It is written in a way that gives the story depth and meaning. You never want to put it down!
 

The design is also beautiful and you can see the effort that Melissa puts into every little detail of all of her creations.
 
I can't wait for the next book and I highly recommend the first!
 
Extra
 
You can also get oils or misters that smells like the characters here. The oils smells lovely and personally, I love Melissas oils for my hair. The Aurelia oil is one of my favorite hair care products, both because my hair loves is and because of the amazing smell!

"My hair at it's worst"

I've been sick, but since I participatede in a threat on LHC, "Show your hair at it's worst", I thought that I would share some less flattering pictures here too.
 
My hair doesn't look it's best when it's wet.
 
 
2007. A friend decided to "put my hair up" while I brushed my teeth.
 
2008. Yeah... And I did not eat my dog in case someone wonders...
 
Not really my hair, but a nice capture of me after driving a horse in 2008.

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