LittleOrca
December 14th, 2010, 05:27 PM
I know I have not posted in a while. End-of-the-term stuff kept my busy and I just got back into town. I have wanted to post about my hair for a little while, but never had the drive. Now that I do have the drive, it is a pick-me-up needed one.
My hair has been a little bit of a brat for a little while now. Well, I guess it was my products more than my hair to begin with. I have used Garnier for years (save for some random experiments when I used other products) and I have always had great results. One time when I switched products my hair rebelled until I got Garnier back in it. Recently, my hair rebelled against the Garnier as well. After spending most of my shower rinsing my hair I would still find pockets of conditioner at the ends and have to dip my hair in water to wash it out. After this happened for a while, I switched to Herbal Essence just to get a break. UG! HE leaves my hair feeling waxy and nasty when it's wet, though it does feel "normal" when dry. However, I have noticed that after only 2 days of no washing with HE my hair is almost straight and I have to braid it to keep my natural waves in my hair (kinda ironic, no?) When I used my Garnier my waves would stay in. So now I'm both sighing at the HE and loving that it does not leave con in it as easily as Garnier was doing for a little while. I am confused by that, though, since I never had the extra con left in my hair unless I had forgotten to rinse around my temples. Can there be a happy compromise? Can I go back to my Garnier without having to spend 20 extra minutes in the shower rinse my ends only to find more conditioner when I get out anyways?
For a while, as I am sure some of you remember, I fought with myself to trim my hair or not. Eventually I did and even though I lost length (click here (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=2521&pictureid=83786)to see), I was happy with the results over all. Now my hair has almost grown back the length that I cut and stayed relatively the same thickness. That does give me hope that my hair is growing, but that the damaged ends are stalling it out where it is at. Some of you may think "Then cut off all the damage!" but I wont go from 41.5 inches to 12 inches. I'm growing out the "good hair" slowly and taking off the "bad hair" as it comes. Therefore, I will hang out at about 40 - 43 inches and know my goal length (floor) will appear farther away than it really is, but I have accepted that (even if I don't like it! lol).
Why the small reminder about my hair trim and goal and what not? Well, those of you on my FB friends list have seen at least one time when I mention "I wish my hair was <insert dream here.>" You send me messages of "Me too!" and share similar frustrations and we all share a moment. :) . I know I make posts like that probably once a week, sometimes more, but I never though of it as getting annoying since the main FB wall scrolls by pretty fast (at least for me).
Well, on Sunday I made the post, "Sitting in my aunt('s) living room on an old lap top pining for the day my hair reaches my ankles." A friend of mine from school posted in return, "Have you ever wondered, what will happen if that doesn't happen M? I mean your hair is lovely already. Some people's hair only grows so long and then it just thins."
UG! I know she added the "Your hair is lovely already" moment to be a compliment amongst this comment, but the comment as a whole bugged me. One part of me is saying, "She didn't mean anything by it. She was just being informative. Relax." The other part of my went "Omg, maybe I'm at terminal! -freak out-"
I kept my cool and replied with this (partially to calm myself down from the mini freak out): "I try not to think about that. I wont know my terminal length until all the damaged dyed bits are grown out and trimmed off. I used to have a very thick hemline, then I treated my hair like crap and put multiple layers of dye and left it down all the time where it snagged on stuff, especially the cheap chairs at OSU. Over the past 2 years though, I have gained 12 inches of "good hair" and while my ends have not shown that, due to breakage and trims, I will know if my dream will come true in another 11 years. :)" 11 years should have all my natural hair grown out and to my ankles if I can grow it that long... no wait, make that 10 years. Ooh! Just got a little excited.
But the FB comment and the washing issue have left me feeling low again. My hair right now feels dry and I am wondering if I should soak it in oil over night, tomorrow night since I have to be somewhere tomorrow morning and wont have time to wash and let it dry. I think my frustrations are clouding my thoughts and I just am not sure what to do now.
My hair has been a little bit of a brat for a little while now. Well, I guess it was my products more than my hair to begin with. I have used Garnier for years (save for some random experiments when I used other products) and I have always had great results. One time when I switched products my hair rebelled until I got Garnier back in it. Recently, my hair rebelled against the Garnier as well. After spending most of my shower rinsing my hair I would still find pockets of conditioner at the ends and have to dip my hair in water to wash it out. After this happened for a while, I switched to Herbal Essence just to get a break. UG! HE leaves my hair feeling waxy and nasty when it's wet, though it does feel "normal" when dry. However, I have noticed that after only 2 days of no washing with HE my hair is almost straight and I have to braid it to keep my natural waves in my hair (kinda ironic, no?) When I used my Garnier my waves would stay in. So now I'm both sighing at the HE and loving that it does not leave con in it as easily as Garnier was doing for a little while. I am confused by that, though, since I never had the extra con left in my hair unless I had forgotten to rinse around my temples. Can there be a happy compromise? Can I go back to my Garnier without having to spend 20 extra minutes in the shower rinse my ends only to find more conditioner when I get out anyways?
For a while, as I am sure some of you remember, I fought with myself to trim my hair or not. Eventually I did and even though I lost length (click here (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=2521&pictureid=83786)to see), I was happy with the results over all. Now my hair has almost grown back the length that I cut and stayed relatively the same thickness. That does give me hope that my hair is growing, but that the damaged ends are stalling it out where it is at. Some of you may think "Then cut off all the damage!" but I wont go from 41.5 inches to 12 inches. I'm growing out the "good hair" slowly and taking off the "bad hair" as it comes. Therefore, I will hang out at about 40 - 43 inches and know my goal length (floor) will appear farther away than it really is, but I have accepted that (even if I don't like it! lol).
Why the small reminder about my hair trim and goal and what not? Well, those of you on my FB friends list have seen at least one time when I mention "I wish my hair was <insert dream here.>" You send me messages of "Me too!" and share similar frustrations and we all share a moment. :) . I know I make posts like that probably once a week, sometimes more, but I never though of it as getting annoying since the main FB wall scrolls by pretty fast (at least for me).
Well, on Sunday I made the post, "Sitting in my aunt('s) living room on an old lap top pining for the day my hair reaches my ankles." A friend of mine from school posted in return, "Have you ever wondered, what will happen if that doesn't happen M? I mean your hair is lovely already. Some people's hair only grows so long and then it just thins."
UG! I know she added the "Your hair is lovely already" moment to be a compliment amongst this comment, but the comment as a whole bugged me. One part of me is saying, "She didn't mean anything by it. She was just being informative. Relax." The other part of my went "Omg, maybe I'm at terminal! -freak out-"
I kept my cool and replied with this (partially to calm myself down from the mini freak out): "I try not to think about that. I wont know my terminal length until all the damaged dyed bits are grown out and trimmed off. I used to have a very thick hemline, then I treated my hair like crap and put multiple layers of dye and left it down all the time where it snagged on stuff, especially the cheap chairs at OSU. Over the past 2 years though, I have gained 12 inches of "good hair" and while my ends have not shown that, due to breakage and trims, I will know if my dream will come true in another 11 years. :)" 11 years should have all my natural hair grown out and to my ankles if I can grow it that long... no wait, make that 10 years. Ooh! Just got a little excited.
But the FB comment and the washing issue have left me feeling low again. My hair right now feels dry and I am wondering if I should soak it in oil over night, tomorrow night since I have to be somewhere tomorrow morning and wont have time to wash and let it dry. I think my frustrations are clouding my thoughts and I just am not sure what to do now.