Hair drying and chores
While waiting for my hair to dry, I sometimes have to do stuff like laundry or eating. And since I don't want to completely stop the drying process, but also can't have my hair everywhere, or on the floor while leaning forward. I put it up like this, with a claw clip, and it ends up a lot shorter.
I don't know if it was how I washed my hair, but the indigo have been washed out a lot from my roots. This hasn't happened in years!
And here's just a picture of me and my almost det hair.
X - X-braids
I'm almost done with this challenge! Any suggestions for a hairstyle on Y?
Paranda
Getting ready for At The Gates
Warrior braid with hair beads.
Today's hairstyle. 01/11-19 Braided Neoma knot bun
Hair pictures
From a few days ago.
Today's hairstyle. 25/10-19 Neoma knot bun
Today's hairstyle. 23/10-19 Spirit 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 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.
"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.
NightBlooming
I recieved my package from NightBloming today. I've been so eager to get it!
The book is so beautiful! My pictures can't do it justice.
As a patreon to Melissa I got to choose the number and bookmark.
Five oil samples from her book and also selkie and dragons blood. How great isn't it to be able to read a book and to have oils, smelling like the characters?
The oils smells lovely and I can't decide which to try first!
You'll been given reviews of all the oils and the book here, when I've tried them all and read the book.
The salve and detangler are stuff that I've ordered before and love. I also have a full size of the Aurelia oil and it's one of my favorite hair products!
I'm truly addicted to NighBlooming and I'm thinking about making a post about all of the stuff that I've tried, somewhere in the future. Is this something that you would like to see?
Mid thigh lenght!
Since this was my goal when I began growing my hair 12 years ago, this is a huge milestone for me!
I did of course extend that goal a few years ago.
115 cm. I'm hoping to reach knee by the end of 2020...
My journey to black hair with henna and indigo
So here's the second part about henna and indigo. (First part here) This part is about my journey.
Here's my natural haircolor. Mars 2014.
August 2014
I used henna for a while, before starting the process of getting it black.
The first time I used indigo, I used the two step method, but since I couldn't find any good instructions, I had to experiment a bit on my own with time and how to mix it.
January 2015
After the first/first few applications, I got a reddish brown color.
One thing that I should mention here, is that I'm lazy. I mostly went a few months between applications, so the process would have been quicker, if I had done it more often.
Mars 2015
Mars 2015
November 2015
After a while, I got it black, but even without washing my hair, it faded to brown in a week.
Mars 2016
But I didn't give up. I continued to dye my hair with henna and indigo and it began to stay black longer. After a while I was able to do roots and not all of my hair everytime.
April 2016
Eventually I had to do full head applications only twice a year and now once. My hair doesn't fade much at all.
August 2017.
February 2019.
Roots september 2019.
So was it worth it, can I recommend it and how long will I keep this up?
It was and is worth it for me. I can have my favorite hair color without damaging my hair! Now I only do my roots every other to third month or so and a full head touch up once a year. So while it takes a full day, I still don't have to do it that often.
If anyone else are sure that they want black hair for a long time and are ready put in some time and effort, I do recommend it!
September 2019
I will continue to do this until my hair becomes grey. Not just a few hairs, but when it starts to truly become grey. Then I will grow out the grey and it will take years. But hey, I'm 28. My mother's soon 57 and still not grey and I think that I take after her, so I'll probably keep this up for many more years!
Today's hairstyle 19/08-19
A twisted lazy wrap bun with a hair sword and a selfmade flexi.
Today's hairstyle 18/09-19 Lazy wrap bun with accent braids
W - Warrior braid
Warrior braid made from two French lace braids, two rope braids and two English braids.
Also, this is how I'm mostly dressed at home.
V - victorian rag curls and some steampunk
Today I was at a steampunk fair with a friend and her boyfriend. We had lots of fun!
I did victorian rag curls, although they had kinda' disappeared when the picture was taken.
It was actually quite comfortable to sleep like this.
I bought another hat from imperialfiddlestick.
These.
And this!
U - "Upside down" braid and bun
Only five more styles to go now!
T - The Tessera
For T, I made this style by Torrin Page.
But I didn't start with ponytails.
I added a bit of decorations.
