Today's hair

Today's hair is four small braids made with five strands each. Going to be lazy the next few days!

Product showdown

Philip Kingsley Body Building Weightless Conditioner
Philip Kingsley Moisture Extreme Conditioner

Philip Kingsley is a little out of the price range I usually like my products to be in, but every single product I ever tried from them has been really good.

Philip Kingsley Body Building Weightless Conditioner

Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum (Fragrance), PVP, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate.

Excluding water, there is 12 ingredients in this product.
2 ingredients rated a "2" for acne triggers. 14 %
1 ingredient rated a "1" for acne triggers. 7%

1 ingredient rated a "2" for irritant. 7%
1 ingredient rated a "4" for irritant. 7%

Excluding water, 6 ingredients are rated green for safety. 42%
4 ingredients are rated yellow-green for safety. 28%
2 ingredients are rated yellow for safety. 14%

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Philip Kingsley Moisture Extreme Conditioner

Aqua/Water/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Panthenol, Persea Gratissima Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Bis(CB-15 Alkoxy) PG-Amodimethicone, Silicone Quaternium-18, Parfum (Fragrance), Trideceth-6, lsopropyl Alcohol, C14-15 Alcohols, Trideceth-12, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Salicylate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Butylphenyl Methylpropional.

Excluding water, there is 26 ingredients in this product.

3 ingredients rated a "2" for acne triggers. 11%
1 ingredient rated a "5" for acne triggers. 4%

3 ingredients rated a "2" for irritant. 11%
1 ingredient rated a "4" for irritant. 4%

Excluding water and Bis(CB-15 Alkoxy) PG-Amodimethicone which COSDNA can't find, 17 ingredients are rated green for safety. 65%
2 ingredients are rated yellow-green for safety. 7%
6 ingredients are rated yellow for safety. 23%

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Shoelace bun

At my last attempt of the braided log roll, I had one more thought I wanted to try: Instead of using a hairstick to create a "scaffold", how about just using the Dutch braids themselves to weave the braids through?

And holy crap!

This looks awesome!
I haven't been this impressed by an updo since I got the rope braids to work for me.

This updo (I guess you can't really call it a bun?) looks so much more complicated than it is. It was very flat and super comfortable. A win all around!
I guess the only problem is, you need a lot of length to create this. I'd say knee length minimum.

I really thought I was onto something new, but after some digging, I found another blogger who have created this before (Well, more or less since she makes a weird detail when she starts the braids) Even under the same name. I was very disappointed by this.

I did however feel so inspired and enthusiastic after this, that I'm considering making a series on updo videos for practical updos for long hair: Updos that actually looks different and is worth your time to create.