Hair update

'A mind is a terrible thing to waste
......a waist is a terrible thing to mind'


I dunno why I wrote that? Maybe because I can? Lol. Happy new month everybody! I am just so excited I finally get to go grocery shopping. Lol. I said I was sticking to a budget in this post and so far I have spent £12.27 on items with long shelf lives.

I have been getting tons of private emails about my hair. Lol. I have stuck to my deep conditioning method I blogged about on this post and I took some pictures of my hair on Sunday. The only change has been to omit the Avocado. Avocados are no longer in season and so are hard to find. That means if I do find them they will cost me an arm and that I am not willing to pay!

I tweaked my 'recipe' and I have omitted avocados ever since. I have also trimmed my ends 4 times since that post. WAIT! Before you scream, 'that's a lot', I haven't had a trim in forever! The first couple of times was me trimming my ends equally and the other 2 were 'search and destroy' missions where I trimmed strands that looked......should we say distressed? Lol.

Look at all that shrinkage! Lol. My hair is now BS length and I can tell it has grown since my last post which was also the last time I bothered to check the length. Bear in mind I have trimmed it 4 times and this is what's left. Lol

I have a jar of Mayo I use exclusively for my hair and this cost me 45p. My jar of honey cost 99p and my hair still grew. Do the maths and give your verdict. Lol

I finally finished my Boots shampoo on Sunday! Whew! Now I can hunt for a sulphate-free alternative that's better for my hair. I have some Lush bars I have decided to try. We will see how it goes when that happens. Lol.

And I have to mention I finally succumbed and installed a weave! The last time I did that was in July of 2011. I gave them up because the stylists I went to always competed to see who could pull my brains out of my scalp! I am not even joking! They braided my hair so tight my edges were non-existent! This one time, my scalp actually bled from the middle *shudders. I just got tired of the whole thing and decided to never subject my hair to all that torture.

It hasn't been easy keeping up with my hair and I admit I still don't do it as much as I should. Well on Sunday I caved in. I remembered this abandoned pack of weave from back when I used to have them, sat in front of my laptop and put the thing in myself! No aches, no pains, no breakage, my scalp's fine and my hair's protected. Lol.

Quite proud of my closure. This was my first look in the mirror and I went back to 'fill in the blanks' Lol

Some parts needed attention and I fixed that after taking these shots. I was quite proud of my work at the end of the day and will probs be doing this again. Lol

 Finally, my jar of honey is empty and before I recycle, I had to pay tribute to the Tesco value brand. Lol. This was replaced by the Tesco Everyday value brand and I will never see this label on the jars again. Quite sad. Tesco value and I have history mehn! Emosh! Lol.....plus I prefer the old brand on the honey jars! Yes! I said it! I don't always like change :-(

Gone but not forgotten........*throws into the recycle bin

P.S

Happy World Nutella Day!!!

I was going to post a recipe, I promise but in the end I started with this one and ran out of nutella :-(

You will need:

A teaspoon

1 jar of nutella

A mouth full of 'sweet teeth'

Method:

Unscrew your jar of nutella.....easy, easy does it, you have to coax the lid off like you are soothing a baby.

Grab your spoon, climb into bed and stab that jarful of chocolatey brown goodness......because in life, everyone deserves a break.

Love you darlings! xx

LW

Avocado & Mayo hair mask

Recently, a friend contacted me on facebook expressing how shocked she was at the length of my hair. Lol. I did tell you my hair was a wreck at some point in my life. Also, we attended secondary school together where we all had to cut our hair - some rules are not worth explaining. Lol.

Anyways, she wanted to know what I did to get my hair this way. Like I said before, for me it's been a trial and error journey and I am improving everytime. Thankfully, my hair is patient......there are times I think I deserve to be bald!

Here is what I told her:

"Major thing I do is keep it wrapped up. If you look at my post on Birthday Blues, I have pictures at the end of how I wore my hair. I always keep the ends tucked away. I have worn my hair out only once and promised to never do it again. Some people have hair for it, others don't and I have figured out where my hair is in that range. Lol. Afros are cute, but some hair types suffer more than others.
I don't jump around following products and trends. It's my hair and it does what it wants so I let it. Lol. If you noticed, I use regular products. Always have. I am changing my hair routine and will blog about that soon but I am still using my cheap hair products till they finish. I am not buying £20 worth of shampoo when my 79p one is still here. When it finishes then we can talk, 79p is still money. Lol.
Moisture. I am not too good at this because wet hair = a whole new process of conditioning and styling. This is where I am failing seriously and why I am changing my hair care routine. Moisture is very important and by that I mean plain old simple free WATER. I have a body spray bottle that's empty so I washed that, put water and there you go. I recycle my containers instead of spending money buying this and that. When my body butter finishes, I use the container to mix conditioner and all that".

As far as changing my routine goes, I now deep condition with natural products. I like to try things out for a while before I give my opinion on them. This is my second time conditioning this way and I am definately sticking to it. Not only is it better for the environment, my hair loves it - which is understandable. I love food so it's understandable that my hair loves it too :D

I am recycling this container and using it to mix my conditioning hair mask

Remove the flesh of 1 ripe avocado

Mash in a container till smooth

I used 4 tbspns of mayonnaise. My hair absorbs products easily so I tend to use small quantities. Use as much as you know your hair needs.

Add 2 spoonfuls of honey and essential(s) oil of choice - a drop each

Mix till it's smooth.......kinda looks like baby food. Make enough for just one use. I won't advise storing in the fridge for later.

 I applied the conditioner to my hair, wrapped with cling film and went about my business. I know I said cling film is fussy in my previous hair post but I've decided to figure it out as it's better at generating heat. Leave for at least 20minutes then rinse out completely with cold water. Be sure to rinse your hair thoroughly to get rid of avocado bits and the smell of mayo.

Avocados contain essential nutrients, proteins, Vitamins A, D, E and K, B vitamins, magnesium, copper, iron, folic acid, potassium and amino acids which repair and replenish dry and damaged hair.
The proteins, vitamins B and E found in avocados can also increase the strength and elasticity of hair, giving it a healthy shine and texture.

One thing I will say is, this is quite messy to apply so wear an old t-shirt and do it over a sink. On the bright side, your hands get moisturized in the process of applying.......2-for-1, my kind of thing.

Later lovelies,
Lady Womble xx