Girly Stuff

[skittledoo]

Did a little experiment with my hair. last night after I got out of the shower I twisted my hair up and bobby pinned it. slept with my hair pinned up over night and this morning I took the pins out. my hair was a little wild at first but I fixed it up. I think I like it.

and a full size picture of the final result

 

[Linds]

In unrelated girly stuff, I need a haircut. Badly. And my hairdresser lives a full day's drive away because I still haven't found a new one post-move. I've gone back to where I used to live just barely often enough to make do by scheduling an appointment when I am there, but it's been many months and there are no trips on the horizon.

I hate having to find new places to trust with my hair! Finding new hairdressers, doctors, etc. is one of the worst parts of moving.

What haircut are you getting when you find a hairdresser you trust?

It takes about two weeks for your skin to adjust/react to any new products, BTW, guys - so if you suddenly break out in a few days after doing OCM, don't immediately jump to it being the OCM causing the problem. It is more than likely existing stuff making it's way to the surface and would have done so one way or another. My dermatologist always wanted me to try something for 30 days before I tried to make a judgment call on if it was working or not. Give it a fair shake before throwing in the towel!

What Beanie said.

I've also been doing a lot of searches online now that I'm paranoid about everyone actually following my advice. From what I've seen there are a fair amount of people that have been doing it for years BUT they also went through a stage of finding out the right oil. A lot of them started with EVOO and switched it around, upped or lowered the castor oil, did break out a little bit, switched it around so they were doing it more or less frequently and some added a cleanser a few times a week.

There were also a fair number of people that loved it and then broke out at the 2 week-month mark and stopped completely.

Also seems like some people got some deep cystic acne. Some stopped when they got those others figured it was a reaction to the oil and switched it around to a different one.

 

[Red.Apricot]

I need to find a new hairdresser and have literally no idea how to go about doing that. Boo.

I still want to get the haircut I tried to get last time; my hairdresser failed hardcore.

I wanted this (never mind that it's on a man, lol): http://0.tqn.com/d/mensfashion/1/0/K/w/74266396.jpg

She gave me the same haircut I'd had for the last year, which is more or less this; http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrc8vPktk1rck3qgo1_500.jpg

 

[Shai]

What haircut are you getting when you find a hairdresser you trust?

Just a layered trim with face-framing sides. Pretty much the same haircut I'd had for the last 10 years lol...just the overall length varies from mid-back to shoulder.

 

[sassafras]

It takes about two weeks for your skin to adjust/react to any new products, BTW, guys - so if you suddenly break out in a few days after doing OCM, don't immediately jump to it being the OCM causing the problem. It is more than likely existing stuff making it's way to the surface and would have done so one way or another. My dermatologist always wanted me to try something for 30 days before I tried to make a judgment call on if it was working or not. Give it a fair shake before throwing in the towel!

No. Either it's perfect instantly or it's crap!

 

[-bogart-]

I need to find a new hairdresser and have literally no idea how to go about doing that. Boo.

I still want to get the haircut I tried to get last time; my hairdresser failed hardcore.

I wanted this (never mind that it's on a man, lol): http://0.tqn.com/d/mensfashion/1/0/K/w/74266396.jpg

She gave me the same haircut I'd had for the last year, which is more or less this; http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrc8vPktk1rck3qgo1_500.jpg

When I rocked hair that away , I would go to a barber instead of a salon type.
Look in the phone book. it is a cute cut!

 

[stardogs]

I found my awesome stylist by searching reviews online. She had the most positive reviews.

 

[Linds]

By the way Skittle, that turned out really nice! I like the end result a lot!

I found this which might be of interest to some of the people here who were saying they pretty much only wore pony tails, ways to spice it up a little bit

http://manouvellemode.com/2012/10/22/10-creative-ways-to-wear-a-ponytail/

I like this one

 

[Greenmagick]

Thats how I spice up my ponies and buns. I sometimes do a braid angled across my head into it, sometimes a braid straight back center into it, sometimes multiple braids, etc. It really changes the look up and are really quick still

 

[HayleyMarie]

So I think I need to cut down even more on the Castor Oil. I woke up with random patches of dry skin all over my face.

I wonder if I can just use the Avocado oil, without the Castor Oil.

And do you think your skin goes through a detox period after starting the OCM?

 

[milos_mommy]

Definitely - when I used OCM, I broke out a lot in really really teeny tiny pimples right after starting and it lasted about a week. I didn't get any big painful scary blemishes, though, which was nice (and what I was trying to get rid of).

 

[HayleyMarie]

Definitely - when I used OCM, I broke out a lot in really really teeny tiny pimples right after starting and it lasted about a week. I didn't get any big painful scary blemishes, though, which was nice (and what I was trying to get rid of).

I think that is what my skin is going through right now. I hardly get pimples. But I am getting tiny ones. Not a lot of them though, lets just hope they do not last very long.

 

[Greenmagick]

Did the headband no heat curl method last night (take a soft stretchy headband and wear it around your head...take sections of hair starting in middle back and wrap them around headband basically). Pretty pleased with the way the curls came out. Braids make waves not too unlike my natural texture, the little buns give me HUGE volume and tiny curls, this though, pretty nice soft big curls. Going to do it again tonight after brush and defrizz as I did it last night with no product on just washed hair. Its horribly humid so I have frizz for sure.

 

[HayleyMarie]

I consider this girly, its my favorite ring online store Leigh Jay Natch.

http://antiqueengagementrings.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?page=12&id=20

Looking at the rings makes my heart happy.

 

[FG167]

Did the headband no heat curl method last night (take a soft stretchy headband and wear it around your head...take sections of hair starting in middle back and wrap them around headband basically). Pretty pleased with the way the curls came out. Braids make waves not too unlike my natural texture, the little buns give me HUGE volume and tiny curls, this though, pretty nice soft big curls. Going to do it again tonight after brush and defrizz as I did it last night with no product on just washed hair. Its horribly humid so I have frizz for sure.

Are you following a tutorial? I can't picture how to do this but it sounds like it would be good for me!

 

[Greenmagick]

Are you following a tutorial? I can't picture how to do this but it sounds like it would be good for me!

I've seen it several places and my stylist showed me as well...just finally got around to trying it.

here is one :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rdfgu3zqY4

I used a thicker headband though and did it a bit differently - each section I wrapped all the way around and then smooshed it all together...then started the next section. But the idea is the same

 

[milos_mommy]

I've tried the fabric headband curls - and it's works really really well, on certain pieces of my hair.

The rest? Totally tangled together, couldn't get it off without cutting the headband, and then had to brush major knots out of my hair. I tried three times before I gave up. I think my hair is just way too long or thick for it, because I can't fit all my hair around the band without sections overlapping, if that makes sense.

Using a strip of fabric (especially silk) worked a lot better, at least I could get it out no problem. The curls were still a little bit intertwined and a few tangles, but I could see it working well on someone with less hair. If anyone with really long/thick hair has done this, I'd be curious how it turned out.

 

[Locke]

I consider this girly, its my favorite ring online store Leigh Jay Natch.

http://antiqueengagementrings.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?page=12&id=20

Looking at the rings makes my heart happy.

I'm not a ring/jewellery person, but some of those are gorgeous...I can definitely see myself with one of those for my future wedding.

 

[Greenmagick]

hmmm, my hair is not super long right now (its just to my bra strap) but it is incredibly thick. For me I just had to be careful to do each section on its on and on top of itself to give myself enough room....and then had to make sure to unwind in order as well

 

[milos_mommy]

hmmm, my hair is not super long right now (its just to my bra strap) but it is incredibly thick. For me I just had to be careful to do each section on its on and on top of itself to give myself enough room....and then had to make sure to unwind in order as well

See, even if I wind the hair really tight and keep it on top of each other, I can get about half of my hair onto the headband before it starts overlapping.