Keeping a hair diary

[Fallensnowwhite]

I am interested!! I think I might find some way to have a diary , I saw some of you do it through blogging, writing in a notebook and someone mentioned a phone app... I think I'm going to start myself a diary! I know I will kick myself when Years from now I finally reach a super long length and I wish I had kept track 😝 lol OP are you going to do a daily diary or just when you do treatments and experiments?

[Ophidian]

Hair journaling for the win: I've been recording all washes for a month noting how it felt since last wash, products used, extras (herbs, oils, honey, etc...), any pre-wash treatment, the wash itself, drying technique, and final results. I have been a weekly washer for a long time, and this hasn't changed through different wash method/product experiments. I always felt like my scalp needed something that I hadn't caught on to yet. Well, after a month of journaling I noticed that without fail, I would mention that I noticed some flakes around day four. No itching/burning/redness/hair falling out, just build up. Scritching and BBB-ing is a partial solution, but having realized that there is a definite pattern I am going to add in a mid-week wash (probably just WO) and see if that makes a difference. Writing down every tiny detail might feel silly, but for troubleshooting it is unbelievably helpful to have a record.

Anyway, I already mentioned this on another thread so apologies for redundancy, but I thought I'd share it here as a hair-diary success story

[pandabarrier]

I didn't want to obsess with how much hair I shed after a wash or daily handling, but when I went back to my notes I saw a pattern of losing more hair after scalp oiling, or trying to stretch washes too much. So scalp oiling no more!

[Garnetgem]

I started my hair diary a year ago i find it useful as i now know what to avoid,as it is easy to forget what used and when so this way no more mistakes!

i have discovered what my hair and scalp likes and dislikes so i can eliminate the things it don't like..

i even keep a record of the temp of the water and have discovered anything over 37c makes me shed..so cooler from now on..hair and scalp has improved as a result of the diary

[BJD]

What a wonderful idea, a hair diary! I keep track of other things, but aside from my hair length, I haven't written anything down. Time to get started!

Now to decide -- spreadsheet, paper or blog...

[TheCurlyMermaid]

This is a great idea! I've been using an app called Hair Journal, but I might enjoy it more if I find a pretty book to log my hair progress/thoughts in, and save the Hair Journal app for photo records. Or maybe tumblr?

[victorian girl]

I've started taking notes in a cute notebook, but I would also like to start a blog here (and to read all your blogs too - I'm sure they are very interesting!)

[leayellena]

I keep it in my blog.leayellena.blogspot.com/

[TatsuOni]

I use a notebook as a hair journal and have been doing that since the beginning of the year I've also made a hair growth chart to follow the growth recently

[PixiePuff]

I just recently started a hair journal after reading the newbie advice here.

I'm using a binder so that once I had more information in it I can organize it neatly. So far I have a section on what different herbs do, different recipes for hair oil, tips for henna use, products I want to try and my hair diary log that I started with my first homemade herbal oil.

I logged how I made the oil, when I put it in, when I washed it, what products I used during the wash and the dry method. My hair was still oily the next day so I logged That, my next wash, my cold rinse and how awesome my hair felt after. Then I measured and logged that.

I plan on adding a graph on hair length and thickness. I also want to add sections on ingredients in shampoo and conditioner and other products I want to try.