Impulse buy

I already have heat pads for my hair treatments, but these were so cute I couldn't pass them by!
Found them at Lidl for 20 SEK (16 DKK, 2 Euro or 2 USD)

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22nd: A little mascara. Nice. It looks pretty sample-sized so it might be good to bring in my shoulder bag.

23rd: Fuji green tea body scrub. I already got a shower gel in this line.

24th: A full sized body sorbet in the Fuji green tea line. I don't mind, but I find it a little odd that I got 3 products from this line the last 4 days. I wonder if this is their "good stuff" or something?

Christmas hair

I had the idea of braiding this glitter-garland thing into my hair for the Christmas party.

But I expected that it could be difficult and tangling my hair up, so I gave it a test shot.

It was a lot easier to braid in that I expected. But I think maybe this particular silvery glitter might be better for new years instead?

Something like a crown braid might be good with this!

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19th: Strawberry shower gel. Gosh, this smells good! Like actual strawberries, not nasty and artificial.

20th: Coconut body milk. Another product that smells divine. Gotta give it to Bodyshop, most of their products smells awesome.

21st: Fuji green tea shower gel. A full-sized bottle. Nice! Unlike the other two products, this doesn't really smell like anything. Hmm?

Well, here's a new: All 3 products are something I will use.

Milestone

I just chipped my last intact comb and realized I have found a bizarre new milestone.
My hair is now so long that when I put a comb down while doing my hair, I always have this annoying, sneaky little strand stuck in it. No matter how much I try to make sure it's not there, I always end up pulling it when I continue handling my hair and then *bang* goes the comb on the floor.

Weirdest milestone yet.
And now I need new combs.

Huh. I went looking for my lesser good replacement combs and found two broken ones in a drawer. Why have I kept these??

Look how identical the damage is to all the combs!
It's pretty obvious that they get tipped over the edge of a table and then drop on one side.

This is my second "destructive" milestone. I had one around the time where ponytails was the only updo I could do at all. I broke crazy many elastics! When my hair became long enough to do a self-stabilising bun it really took the strain off the poor elastics.

So I'm in the market for new combs and of course I would like some nice, hair friendly and high end ones again. But if I'm going to murder all my combs like this, it would be a huge waste of money to get some expensive ones. They don't get more resistant to being dropped on the floor just for getting pricier!

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16th: A facial buffer sponge. Hmm. Honestly I haven't purposely exfoliated my face since I got my Clarisonic brush. I might use this anyways.

17th: Vitamin E hydrating toner. After the craptastic tea tree toner I expected a skin disaster. Although COSDNA tells me it isn't that bad, I'm still not impressed. Seriously, is 10 separate ingredients for fragrance-purposes really necessary? I might actually use this though.

18th: Chamomile eye makeup remover. Eh. I might use this.

Wow. All 3 products are an unenthusiastic "Yea, I might use this." Meh.

Christmas hair

I decided to try braiding a Christmas ribbon into my hair. This time with a paranda-like start since the last one didn't look so good at the beginning.

How do people normally keep their hair detangled and smooth while they add the paranda?  Luckily my ribbons were pretty smooth, or my comb would have caught on it a lot.

I had some problems keeping the ribbons uniform on the sides of the braid. At around mid back they all suddenly switch to mostly one side and at hip to the other side. Meh.

I liked how fat it made the end feel!

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13th: A tough skin... stone? Kind of thing. Hubby eyed it with interest. I expect him to ask me how you work one of these the next time we take a bubble bath together.

14th: Nail polish. This is just not a flattering colour! In direct (Weak, winter) sunlight it had some strange neon, almost orange colour. In artificial indoor light it had a dark red, bordeaux, "lady is a vamp" kind of tone. I can't imagine this colour being flattering on anyone.

15th: Vitamin E night cream. So now I have a set?

Serious question here, you guys: Is this Christmas calendar getting into "Bitch eating cracker"-territory for me or is my lack of excitement justified?

Hair envy

The throwback Thursday-post made me think: The picture of me age 14 (ish?) must have been from right before I started experimenting with dyeing my hair.

I had a period from around 14-17 where I dyed my hair a lot. Mostly I bleached it a lot, I also had the whole mane green, I had so many different streaks, mostly green and blue.

Wait. Age 14-17, that was 17-20 years ago...

Anyways...

I honestly loved having my hair coloured like that. It was so much fun!
What I didn't love though, was that the colour always turned out puke green after two weeks. Of course back then I shampoo'ed 3 times a week and only used conditioner on my tips, so the colour (and my hair in general) didn't get the same care as I give it now.
But the biggest issue is probably that hair dye technology back then wasn't as advanced as it has become.
I see so many awesome, fun and gorgeous heads of hair in vibrant colours now!
Every single time, I feel a slight pang of envy. I miss it.

Don't get me wrong: I love my hair like it is. Otherwise I would have changed it long ago.
But I'm still allowed to be envious of  the more adventurous people out there having so much fun with the new hair dye technologies and techniques.

Rainbow hair

Sunset hair 

Or how about this one: 14 Reasons Why Rainbow Colors Look Gorgeous On Black Hair

(Can't link to individual pictures in that one)

Tie-dye

Fluid hair painting

Mermaid hair

 

 

  

24 colorful hairstyles

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10th: 15 ml Vitamin E day cream. Hm. I'll probably use this on my dry shins instead.

11th: 60 ml Rainforest brilliant shine conditioner. This will only be enough for my ends-only treatments, but I'll probably mix it in with something else for a CO wash. Has a good, discrete scent.

12th: 60 ml Peppermint cooling foot lotion. Uh, isn't this sort of for the wrong time of the year? Hubby eyed it and commented he would have loved it this summer. It goes into storage until then.