Blaithin
June 30th, 2017, 11:53 AM
Hello one and all :)
My story starts with my love for long hair. Somewhere I think I still have a pony tail from Kindergarten when it was all chopped off to a bowl cut (Thank you 90's!). Through a variety of mommy made decisions it gradually grew out (and got rid of a perm :doh: ) and, once again, I had my wonderful long hair back. Then I decided to try and rock a boy short, pixie cut. Whether that was rocked or not I can't really say, but, once again, I've ended up back at my long hair. It's my vanity. It's thick and straight and so it might as well be long too! That's how I figure it anyway. Never really had any goal for length. It just grows until I decide I want a change. I think it's pretty close, if not already past, the longest I've ever had it right now though.
I've never been big on dying it and never been brave enough to dye all of it. That thought terrifies me because I'm just not sure how it will react LOL And since it's usually been growing out, regular trims just aren't my thing. If the ends are starting to look bad, sometimes I go in. Sometimes I just cut it myself. Not like it's full of layers and things that I worry about.
Anyway, this spring I decided to get some highlights. It's been years since I've highlighted it and thought the brown could do with a little pop. However, because of the years and years and years between my association with any sort of hairdressers... there was some miscommunication this time around. Maybe she said a word and I just didn't catch it or thought it meant something else or figured it was a fancy term for highlights. I mean... highlights are highlights aren't they?
Well I don't have highlights. I'm now blonde from the tops of my ears down :blueeek:
I gave myself a month or so to get used to it, but it's still just not my thing. I want my old hair back. But I don't want to start a vicious cycle of dying and damaging it. So on another forum about cows, Henna came up. I was intrigued. I started researching. Google lead me here. I was intrigued even more. I made an account. Here I am ;)
Every now and then I experiment with how I handle my hair. However I've never really had a go to resource, just things I hear and think I might try. I live out in the country and I'm outside quite a bit. Also work is a very dry environment and Canadian winters... well that just sucks moisture out of hair. So when it starts to get static-y and frizzy, I start thinking of trying something new. I have a boar hair brush but it doesn't really help get oils to my ends. I'm blessed with what seems an excessively oily scalp so have always hesitated with things like leave in conditioners and deep conditioners. But then, somewhere, I heard of what I call backwards washing. I put conditioner in everything from the pony tail down and usually let that sit while I read a chapter or two in the bath. Then I shampoo just the scalp and rinse it all. (Saving tonnes of shampoo this way too!) This had such good results I got a little bit braver and even started using an oil - again, just from the pony tail down. I think my hair is the healthiest it's ever been now!
My next step is going to be trying out a dry shampoo. Any particular brand suggestions? I refuse to shampoo more than twice a week as I don't want to dry my scalp out. But with the work with cows and the greasy scalp and all sorts of other stuff... sometimes my hair just starts to collect things (cow poop....) so I think dry shampoo may fit in my routine well. In the past just wet washing it out doesn't seem to work well and leads to tangles. However after reading about it on here, I may give that a try as well.
I'm also going to continue my research about henna. Because of my two tone hair and the blonde it may end up being a really bright coloured, two tone disaster so I'm not sure how brave I am. I'm thinking Cassia first just as a treatment and see? But then I read things about minerals in the water making it go green and since I'm on well water.... Ahhh! Anyone have experience with this? I'm not sure if I have the patience to wait for it to grow out LOL
That's my hair story though :) I look forward to digging in deeper here and learning a bunch more!
My story starts with my love for long hair. Somewhere I think I still have a pony tail from Kindergarten when it was all chopped off to a bowl cut (Thank you 90's!). Through a variety of mommy made decisions it gradually grew out (and got rid of a perm :doh: ) and, once again, I had my wonderful long hair back. Then I decided to try and rock a boy short, pixie cut. Whether that was rocked or not I can't really say, but, once again, I've ended up back at my long hair. It's my vanity. It's thick and straight and so it might as well be long too! That's how I figure it anyway. Never really had any goal for length. It just grows until I decide I want a change. I think it's pretty close, if not already past, the longest I've ever had it right now though.
I've never been big on dying it and never been brave enough to dye all of it. That thought terrifies me because I'm just not sure how it will react LOL And since it's usually been growing out, regular trims just aren't my thing. If the ends are starting to look bad, sometimes I go in. Sometimes I just cut it myself. Not like it's full of layers and things that I worry about.
Anyway, this spring I decided to get some highlights. It's been years since I've highlighted it and thought the brown could do with a little pop. However, because of the years and years and years between my association with any sort of hairdressers... there was some miscommunication this time around. Maybe she said a word and I just didn't catch it or thought it meant something else or figured it was a fancy term for highlights. I mean... highlights are highlights aren't they?
Well I don't have highlights. I'm now blonde from the tops of my ears down :blueeek:
I gave myself a month or so to get used to it, but it's still just not my thing. I want my old hair back. But I don't want to start a vicious cycle of dying and damaging it. So on another forum about cows, Henna came up. I was intrigued. I started researching. Google lead me here. I was intrigued even more. I made an account. Here I am ;)
Every now and then I experiment with how I handle my hair. However I've never really had a go to resource, just things I hear and think I might try. I live out in the country and I'm outside quite a bit. Also work is a very dry environment and Canadian winters... well that just sucks moisture out of hair. So when it starts to get static-y and frizzy, I start thinking of trying something new. I have a boar hair brush but it doesn't really help get oils to my ends. I'm blessed with what seems an excessively oily scalp so have always hesitated with things like leave in conditioners and deep conditioners. But then, somewhere, I heard of what I call backwards washing. I put conditioner in everything from the pony tail down and usually let that sit while I read a chapter or two in the bath. Then I shampoo just the scalp and rinse it all. (Saving tonnes of shampoo this way too!) This had such good results I got a little bit braver and even started using an oil - again, just from the pony tail down. I think my hair is the healthiest it's ever been now!
My next step is going to be trying out a dry shampoo. Any particular brand suggestions? I refuse to shampoo more than twice a week as I don't want to dry my scalp out. But with the work with cows and the greasy scalp and all sorts of other stuff... sometimes my hair just starts to collect things (cow poop....) so I think dry shampoo may fit in my routine well. In the past just wet washing it out doesn't seem to work well and leads to tangles. However after reading about it on here, I may give that a try as well.
I'm also going to continue my research about henna. Because of my two tone hair and the blonde it may end up being a really bright coloured, two tone disaster so I'm not sure how brave I am. I'm thinking Cassia first just as a treatment and see? But then I read things about minerals in the water making it go green and since I'm on well water.... Ahhh! Anyone have experience with this? I'm not sure if I have the patience to wait for it to grow out LOL
That's my hair story though :) I look forward to digging in deeper here and learning a bunch more!