Despite the
cheerful title, today’s Igor is a cranky Igor. My parents came to visit two
days ago and I showed them around Lund where we managed to get caught outside in what can only be
described as a tropical downpour complete with the streets turned into
rivers.
I didn’t think much about it until I spent all day yesterday
sneezing and feeling sluggish. Damn!
Well, I ended up cancelling the yoga class I was going to
attend with Chemist Friend today, just to be on the safe side. I really, really
don’t want to get sick.
Of course having cancelled the class, I’m now feeling almost
completely fine.
Then I decided to do a girly beauty night instead only to
find that my beloved epilator had died on me. Sigh! I mourn for it. It has
served me well these past… 10(?!) years. Oh well, pedicure and face mask and
all will be done anyways.
The good thing is it gives me lots of time to spend with you
guys! *Creepy smile*
First, I would like you all to take a read at the comments
on A bit more of Q&A. I think stories like these should be
required reading, not for having long hair but for being a person living among
other people in general. Sheesh. I don’t hold much love for the human species
in general, but this still left me lost for words.
I like the “horseshoe bun”. (I think I may give it a go, if my tailbone length hair is long enough.)
If it is comfortable and stable, then you have found the solution to your problem on your own. ;)
Super Clips (http://www.ficcare.com/Products.aspx?collId=56) can hold more hair than the Maximas style. Unfortunately, the choice of colours is quite limited. Have you looked into these?
Camille
I actually bought a set of two of those in large and black. I
only kept them in my hair for a grand total of 2,3 seconds in 3 attempts. I
think they have too much of a “scissor” effect instead of a “pliers” effect and
all 3 times they shot out of my buns. It wasn’t nearly as funny as it sounds
like: One of them nearly broke a mirror. I ended up
trading them away.
About your border Ficcare clips flaking along the edges... Well, I have a blue one and it does that too... I would not buy clips from the Border collection again. However, the Lotus collection have a better finish, although the design is not for everyone...
Camille
*Nods*
You know, its weird/funny that before I bought them,
everyone seemed to rave about them but after I bought them it seemed to be
common knowledge that duh, the border collections totally flake, didn’t you
know that? Argh.
Wow! Gorgeous! I had no idea these photos were from a phone--what kind of phone is it? It's pretty darn good!
Darkhorse
All my pictures are taken with my Nokia N82 which is a
really old model. I’ve kept it because it has a good camera with a good flash.
Unfortunately I really need to replace it now because the battery is dying on
me and I refuse to pay the very high price to replace the battery when I can
buy a new phone for that price (Seriously, F you Nokia. That is so not cool!)
And even more unfortunately, I’m super picky when it comes
to phones: I don’t like touch screens so it needs to have a full slide out
keyboard for texting and a camera that is better than what I have now (5 MP) and
a good flash.
I would swear I saw a nice Nokia the other day with an 8 MP
camera, flash and slide out keyboard but now I can’t seem to find it on the
website or any other place at all, so WTF? Frustrations!
I’ll probably end up getting this one though: Link. Even though the camera isn’t better, which is what I wanted.
So pretty! This style really suits you, Igor :) I like the idea of securing the 'do with the braided-in scarf. Does the other braid slip? I know it looks like it firmly sits between the Dutch braided part and the scarf braid, but I would like to know if you threw in a few pins for fortification ;)
Ohtawen
No pins!
The first braid started slipping, but then I held it in
place and wrapped the second one around my head and held it in place with it. At
some point where I wrapped the excess scarf around the braids, I wrapped it
around the “loose” braid ends and pulled them through and around with the
scarf.
Errh, I’m not sure that explanation made any sense at all?
I’ll put it on my to do-list to take pictures of the process
next time I do this style!
Dear Ida, I can't figure out how to post a private message to you, so please forgive me asking here: I've hair nearly as thick as yours but not nearly as long (I'm hovering between classic and a bit below, I always cut back). I have to wash my hair every 2 days, otherwise it's a greasy mess that ichtes. And I just can't seem to get my hair entirely dry. I wash in the early evening, leaving it open to dry. But my nape never seems to dry, it's always a little damp and looks greasy, even if I shampoo with harsh stuff. Since you have thick hair as well I'd love to know how you do it. Thanks! Greetings from Germany Anni Gothic Lolita from LHC
Gothic Lolita
Hi Anni!
Hm, gosh I think it sounds like you have a separate scalp
and hair issue going on here. Lets start with the scalp: I do get some
itchies/flakies but they seems to have almost disappeared now which leads me to
conclude it was a winter problem from being cold and moist outside and hot and
dry inside… But if yours persist even though its summer now, it must be
something else. I know I have seen threads on itchy, greasy scalps but I never
really paid attention to the so, hmm, on top of my head…
I wonder if your harsh stuff is maybe so harsh that it
irritates your scalp into producing more grease. Have you tried scalp scrubs
such as sugar scrub or cassia? If you have a tendency to get flakies, these
will be a good supplement to your shampoos. Have you tried ACV rinses or dips
to finish your washing routines? ACV will help restore pH problems if that is
what irritates your scalp. (One tablespoon to a normal kitchen bowl sized
amount of water) Other than that, I wonder how hot your washing water is: Too
hot water is known to provoke greasy-attacks. Does my memory fail me or was
there something about Monistat fixing scalp issues too? Hmm? Anyone?
About your hair, I wonder if maybe it needs a good
clarifying. Hair that feels “confused” with dampness or greasies some times
needs to be clarified. I know you wrote “shampoo with harsh stuff” but I still
wonder if it is the “right” kind of harsh. After a clarification hair should literally
squeak (!) which is the sign that all the natural oils have been stripped. If it’s
done with the right shampoo, it shouldn’t be necessary to repeat it.
On the other hand, I wonder how long the greasies have been
a problem. Is it fairly recent or is it ongoing? I know Little Orca had a
problem like this not too long ago and the only thing she could do was to wait
it out.
My hair seems to dry slower when it needs to be conditioned.
It quite feels like my hair needs to conditioner to fill it up and expel water
or it will act like a sponge for a long time.
I think what I would recommend is to look for “the right”
kind of clarifying conditioner available in Germany, shampoo it without
following it with a treatment and see what happens. How your hair acts after
that should tell you more about what state it is in. I’m fairly sure I saw an
article on LHC about what you can tell from how your hair reacts after a
clarifying?
Other than that, I would try washing at a lower temperature
and finishing with ACV rinses.
I hope you figure out what’s wrong!
Hi Igor I heard you were the expert on biotin and I have a cystic acne outbreak on my face from too much biotin. My doctor wont help me and it hurts so bad =( Do you have any advice? Im sorry to admit but I used to think you were wrong and biotiin was harmless but my doctor said it was deinfetely from biotin so I want to be anonymous
Anonymous
Hi Anon.
Sympathies!
I really feel sorry for you. Cystic acne is absolutely
horrible!
For those who haven’t experienced it, I can describe it as
having a splinter in your face. Except that it doesn’t just hurt, it has that
distinct sick feeling to it like an infected wound. I’ve experienced a lot of
pain in my life, broken bones and really bad sprains but cystic acne is up
there on the top 10 of the most painful things I’ve ever been through. Usually
when something hurts, you can do something to relieve it: Put ice on it or put
the injured limb up, but with one of those nasty underground zits there is no
relief. It sits right there in your face at all times, hurting when you eat,
you smile or even when you shift positions in your sleep!
My advice is this:
Look up anti-inflammatory foods (I could do that and give
you a list from Google, but go through it and find something to your own taste
instead) and eat a bunch of them.
If you can get away with wearing a band aid on your face
during work or school, do that. It will keep you from scratching and further
irritating it.
When you can get away with it, smear the strongest Tiger
Balm on it you can find. Try just putting it on the “cotton” part of your band
aid.
When picking a band aid, pick the cheapest and most “plastic-y”
ones you can find. You don’t want something that actually allows your skin to
breathe, you want to create a real little sauna under there. Heat and moisture
will help promote circulation and help your body clear it up.
Once you think you can actually drain it (Which is never as
soon as you think or wish anyways!) try steaming it for a long time to open the
pores before squeezing.
