Today's hair

The braids from yesterday actually worked pretty well. 

I guess because the thinner braid is hidden on the inside?

Well, that's pretty good to know: I don't have to be so careful to split the two braids equally.

Today's hair

Usually when I do the royal bun I split the two braids in equal thickness. Tomorrow I'm going to try one where the bottom braid is significantly thinner.

Sensitive skin sucks!

In my Lumene Christmas calendar last year I got a glow boost essence. At first I was suspicious, because it contains vitamin C and that often comes from sea buckthorn, which I'm, highly allergic to. An ingredient check proved it didn't, so I used it and loved it. 

I loved it so much I've been getting the full sized ever since.

Then later in the calendar, I got a cream in the same line. I put that one in my "to use" pile and sort of forgot about it.

Some weeks ago, I had to travel for work and grabbed that cream because it was a good, small size.

After two days, my skin had freaked out on me: Itchy, sore and with a weird, bumpy texture. I tried to get a good picture of that weird, sandpaper-like surface.

Why?
Because although the essence doesn't contain sea buckthorn, the cream does.

When you have sensitive skin or allergies, always, always check your ingredient list. Just because one product in a line doesn't contain a certain ingredient, it doesn't mean everything else doesn't either. Sigh.

One of those days

I really like this webcomic about married life. He has some about living with a woman with long hair, that hubby says he can relate to! (Pfft. I'm the one who always finds hist chest-hairs everywhere!)

Packing for sun

Looking forward to warm weather and lots of sunlight on Tenerife!

For my hair, I'm packing Stuhr hair protection spray which packs some serious SPF, and L'anza leave in protector which had the highest amount of sunscreen inrgedients of the two L'anza leave ins that I checked up on.

Today's hair

Slightly messy from sleeping on the braid, but the bun looks fine.

Also it seems to have developed some more shine overnight?

I guess the cuticles needed some time to settle after the deep conditioning.

Deep conditioning finished

Yep, that actually seemed to work. 

Now that it's dry, it seems completely back to normal.

Funny how things that works for you still manages to just slip out of your routine-rotation?

Deep conditioning part 2

Well, the hair was seriously pissed off after the protein.
I really hope it calms down after this.

Deep conditioning part 1

I'm free tomorrow, so I'm doing an overnight deep conditioning with protein in it.

Tomorrow I will follow up with a protein free conditioner for the entire length. 

Hmm. This is something I haven't done in a while?

It was one of those first really good hair advice I found on LHC: To do a protein treatment first and then follow with moisture, because it should make the moisture penetrate better.

Will be fun to see if it actually works as well as I remember it...

Follow up from the other day

I've had my meetings with both bosses and I got what I wanted!
Boss at work #2 immediately signed on it (I guess since it actually favors her more this way) but the boss at work #1 took a little more work. The condition for me grouping my work days together more was that I had to accept more hours. Not a lot: just two more a week.
I accepted.