Almandine
January 27th, 2009, 09:36 AM
I've done new things with my hair, so... I'm doing a hair update thing.
I took the advice of an older thread I made asking for advice, and switched to no-cone shampoo and conditioner. I was wary at first and wanted to go back to my Garnier (which is living under the sink just in case I need it) but it seems to be okay. My hair's soft, I think it might be softer than before but I'll need a few days to really tell. I'm still using the same anti-frizz serum as before though, because I have yet to find anything that works as well as that :/
Also, I dyed it. Pink. I've done this two or three times in the past and, true to form, it didn't affect my hair's softness or anything else, really. I'm very fond of the dye I use, which is designed for dark hair, especially because it actually shows up (I refuse to bleach). My plan this time was to dye pink, and put SFX Wildflower over it, so that I could get purple without bleaching. However, to my (pleasant and also not pleasant) surprise, two boxes of the dye no longer cover all of my hair. So the dye is more spread out and therefore not as bright as I wanted, and not bright enough to give the Wildflower the pop it's going to need. So I'm waiting a week or so (I did it last week) and then I will redye the pink so it'll be ready for Wildflower. I'm pretty excited that I will be able to do a colour other than pink, because although it's been my standard hair dye for years, I like to change it up.
Back to product: the only issue I have with the cone free shampoo/conditioner is the SMELL. It smelled okay in the store but it stinks like strawberry cough drops when I use it, and it makes me choke. I hate to waste things but I don't know if I can actually use it for much longer. I'll probably have to seek out a different kind. It's Suave Naturals Strawberry, ack. Scent warning, big time. I also picked up Herbal Essences Long-Term Relationship on a whim, because I wanted to see if it would improve anything. My ends did seem happier after I applied it, it's some kind of leave-in cream. Finally, I wanted to oil, but I couldn't get the jar open >.< so I couldn't. But I have been trying to get into some kind of schedule so that I won't forget.
Sadly I just snapped one of my plastic hair sticks right in two (I need better ones) but they came from Target and I have another, so I'll make do. I like the wooden ones better anyway, but they're real chopsticks so they're ridiculously long and I poke people in the eyes a lot.
A while ago I was asked for pictures, and so I present to you, before and after hair.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/zippoberry/Hair1.jpg
The room was too dark not to use flash, and I was too close for the flash not to make me look faceless. The hair was the focus anyway, so I don't mind, except I look like a creepy mouthless monster. Anyway, that's my hair before dying.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/zippoberry/Pink.jpg
And that's it now! I just took that. It needs to be more of a vivid pink like the way it was the previous times, but I'm still enjoying it before I fix it. Once again, scary mouthless monster.
I took the advice of an older thread I made asking for advice, and switched to no-cone shampoo and conditioner. I was wary at first and wanted to go back to my Garnier (which is living under the sink just in case I need it) but it seems to be okay. My hair's soft, I think it might be softer than before but I'll need a few days to really tell. I'm still using the same anti-frizz serum as before though, because I have yet to find anything that works as well as that :/
Also, I dyed it. Pink. I've done this two or three times in the past and, true to form, it didn't affect my hair's softness or anything else, really. I'm very fond of the dye I use, which is designed for dark hair, especially because it actually shows up (I refuse to bleach). My plan this time was to dye pink, and put SFX Wildflower over it, so that I could get purple without bleaching. However, to my (pleasant and also not pleasant) surprise, two boxes of the dye no longer cover all of my hair. So the dye is more spread out and therefore not as bright as I wanted, and not bright enough to give the Wildflower the pop it's going to need. So I'm waiting a week or so (I did it last week) and then I will redye the pink so it'll be ready for Wildflower. I'm pretty excited that I will be able to do a colour other than pink, because although it's been my standard hair dye for years, I like to change it up.
Back to product: the only issue I have with the cone free shampoo/conditioner is the SMELL. It smelled okay in the store but it stinks like strawberry cough drops when I use it, and it makes me choke. I hate to waste things but I don't know if I can actually use it for much longer. I'll probably have to seek out a different kind. It's Suave Naturals Strawberry, ack. Scent warning, big time. I also picked up Herbal Essences Long-Term Relationship on a whim, because I wanted to see if it would improve anything. My ends did seem happier after I applied it, it's some kind of leave-in cream. Finally, I wanted to oil, but I couldn't get the jar open >.< so I couldn't. But I have been trying to get into some kind of schedule so that I won't forget.
Sadly I just snapped one of my plastic hair sticks right in two (I need better ones) but they came from Target and I have another, so I'll make do. I like the wooden ones better anyway, but they're real chopsticks so they're ridiculously long and I poke people in the eyes a lot.
A while ago I was asked for pictures, and so I present to you, before and after hair.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/zippoberry/Hair1.jpg
The room was too dark not to use flash, and I was too close for the flash not to make me look faceless. The hair was the focus anyway, so I don't mind, except I look like a creepy mouthless monster. Anyway, that's my hair before dying.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/zippoberry/Pink.jpg
And that's it now! I just took that. It needs to be more of a vivid pink like the way it was the previous times, but I'm still enjoying it before I fix it. Once again, scary mouthless monster.