I like the result. It looks very natural as long as I have a headband on (Maybe not as wide as this one next time?)
But the headband is definitely a must since the colour doesn't match 100% and it does leave a slight bump from the bangs. Maybe if my hair was short enough to "blend" in over the clip ins...?
April 1st is coming up... I wonder if someone would fall for this?
I had a cancelled meeting today and spent my unexpected free time on going to the first best drop-in hairstylist to get my fake bangs trimmed into shape.
The stylist thought it was hilarious and kept commenting how it was the strangest, yet cleverest job she has ever done.
A simpler french braid-based version of this one, just to check if the Elling woman-"wrap under" was a succes I could repeat.
And yep, I could. This gives some really good hold.
My best advice for doing this, is to make sure you pull, not push the ends of the braids in under the bun.
There's a lot of things I like about the new project: The workplace, the colleges. The fact that once I get home from work, I am completely done with work for the day. I can't even access the servers from home, so once I leave, any feeling of "I should also..." is completely pointless.
It's surprisingly awesome and I will miss the feeling of freedom once I'm done there.
What I dislike is the hours and the transportation. I leave at 6:15 in the morning and I'm usually home 17:15. Since I want to get 8+ hours of sleep, it means I go to bed at 21:00. It really doesn't leave a lot of time for things like spending time with hubby, blogging or vegetating in front of computer.
Or socializing. Or having time (or energy) to react to family drama.
Meh. I'm put back on my old project in april. Until then I will enjoy the good things at the project: Like one of my coworkers who brings her dog with her most days. He really believes the office belongs to him and that all humans are required to give him backrubs.
#Shameless selfie
Every bit as dumb as he looks, but twice as love-able!!
Feeling lazy today, so today's hair was my absolute go-to: A single braided nautilus bun.
Love this thing. Nothing beats it on stability and durability.
Yesterdays braid was a five stranded with a twist beginning.
I find the twist beginning to be a good help to start off the five stranded braid: The rest of the hair is very easy to split into 2x2 and the entire braid is easy to keep separated in strands.
So since I didn't like the texture of the L'Oreal Everpure lasting moisture leave-in creme, I would have to add something to give it some slip. That weird glue-ish texture didn't do anything good for my hair.
But my last mixed product ended up in a major fail, so this would require some testing.
Left to right, the products I have available to mix into the L'Oreal: Pantene 7 in 1 perfector BB creme, L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil, Haken natural baobab oil, L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil oil-in-cream, Mane 'n tail moisturizer-texturizer conditioner and of course the leftoverTonymoly hair serum.
Patch-testing each option by mixing 1:1 with L'Oreal Everpure lasting moisture leave-in creme.
About 5 minutes after mixing.
Pantene 7 in 1 perfector BB creme: Smooth. Nothing abnormal.
L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil: Small "pearls" of oil but otherwise smooth.
Haken natural baobab oil: Larger oil patches but otherwise smooth.
L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil oil-in-cream: Smooth but some odd "marbling" effect like it didn't mix 100%, but didn't separate either.
Mane 'n tail moisturizer-texturizer conditioner: Small clumps.
Tonymoly hair serum: Larger clumps, like the two products couldn't mix at all.
About an hour after mixing and mixing it again.
Pantene 7 in 1 perfector BB creme: Still smooth. Nothing abnormal.
L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil: Same small "pearls" of oil but otherwise smooth.
Haken natural baobab oil: Oil patches seems to "gather" and grow in size, but the overall product remains smooth looking.
L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil oil-in-cream: Smooth but with the same odd "marbling" effect like it didn't mix 100%, but didn't separate either.
Mane 'n tail moisturizer-texturizer conditioner: Same small clumps.
Tonymoly hair serum: The larger clumps can't be dissolved or absorbed at all. Seems the two products can't mix at all?
Touching and smearing products to feel the texture.
Pantene 7 in 1 perfector BB creme: Nice consistency. Little on the runny side though. Would need something thicker if I want to use it as a leave in conditioner.
L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil: Rather runny. The little oil "pearls" seems to dissolve and reform quickly.
Haken natural baobab oil: Really good consistency. I'm a bit suspicious of the oil patches though.
L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil oil-in-cream: As I started to manipulate the product between my hands to feel the consistency, it started to form up these little "lumps" like the product is separating further. Little firm, lumpy patches that doesn't seem connected to the marbled effect from the oil patches. Something about the way it feels makes me think the L'Oreal Elvital extraordinary oil oil-in-cream was the culprit in the last Frankenproduct fail and was the product that caused the other products to break apart and be spoiled.
Mane 'n tail moisturizer-texturizer conditioner: The small lumps are still there. Even when manipulating it with my hands, the lumps doesn't want to break apart.
Tonymoly hair serum: The larger lumps were impossible to break. The test sample got the texture of a jellyfish or something. Lumpy, firm patches "sliding" around in something slippery. Kind of nasty really.
After much thought, I ended up mixing a batch using the Pantene 7 in 1 perfector BB creme and two L'Oreal Everpure lasting moisture leave-in creme (plus a bit from an almost empty one) and some pumps of the Haken natural baobab oil. So about a 2:1 of L'Oreal and Pantene. I used it after my last shower and it was good. A little bit too runny still, but it lost that strange glue-feel that I didn't like while maintaining some hold. So far it haven't disintegrated. *Squints at it suspiciously* On a side note, I'm glad I kept the TonyMoley bottle. The pump offers the good amount of product for me.
So, the name itself is pretty promising: Ever pure.
Sounds nice. Or slightly pretentious. Not entirely sure.
It brags of "No sulphates"! But hides a small * behind it. On the back of the product, it then adds "No sulphate surfactants". Okay then?
I'm not actually entirely sure what that means. Anyone?
To me it sounds like "None of this!*" "*Uh, well, none of this but yea, totally a lot of another kind of this..."
It also says "Respects hair fibre". Well, isn't that nice?
Again: What does that mean?
I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to make my hair nice
COSDNA actually agrees with the claims and spits out a nice ingredient analysis.
Two UV-protection ingredients, only a single acne and irritation-warning and except for the second to last ingredient, everything is in yellow or green for safety.
Not bad at all!
Now for the bad news: The smell and the feel.
The smell is fairly accurately like glue. On the front, it brags about botanical oils: rosemary and peppermint.
Why couldn't it smell like that instead?
Yuck.
I'm all for keeping away from unnecessary fragrances, but this product could seriously have used some.
Also, the texture is really odd. Like glue.
It seems to have a rather drying effect on my hair too. Like it sucks the moisture out of it and makes it dry faster.
