This is what my hair looked like after taking it down from 3 days of a french classic tucked under.  When I was putting it in, I mixed up some gel of aloe, jojoba oil, and the slightest bit of honey.  I only used that a couple times, when I realized that it was not a good idea to go to bed at night with my hair smelling like food.  Next time I'll try it without the honey.   ::)  The staying power of the curls though I'm sure was helped by the fact that every morning I would wet down my hair, and the bandana I wore, and let that dry throughout the day.  I wish I had gotten a picture of my hair up.  It had a bunch of wispies by the end of the trip, but it stayed up better than I expected.

http://photos.imageevent.com/rainbow4497/valerieshair/small/ljicon.jpg

The fun part of watching my color grow out is to see the natural shape my hair grows in.  I've been really wanting to try out a V shaped cut, but I think it will make the ends of my braids too thin.  

Beautiful!

Wow!  Your hair looks great!!  What is your tattoo of?  I wanna see! ;D

Don't you just love braid curls??  Yours are beautiful.  

I agree that skipping the honey might be prudent when camping in the wilderness - don't want to encourage the critters, big or small, to join you at night!

wrote on Aug 20^th, 2005 at 3:59pm:

Wow!  Your hair looks great!!  What is your tattoo of?  I wanna see! ;D

My tattoo is the outline of a goddess with a celtic owl and humpback whale on the sides.  Whales have always been my totem animals, and owls are my husbands.  I got the idea from necklaces we bought years ago and finally had it done last October.  I still need to get the animals colored in, but can't decide how to do them.  Below is the full picture, I can't seem to get a smaller version of it--sorry!

http://photos.imageevent.com/rainbow4497/valeriestattoo/websize/tattoo%20fill%202.bmp.jpg

Your hair is so pretty, Valerie! The tattoo isn't too shabby either. Hehe! :D

Those braid curls are fantastic, and I wouldn''t cut out the old color. I think it really cool.  8) Thanks for sharing both the hair pix and the tattoo.

thanks everyone!

Valerie you have lovley hair!  I reminds me of a Medieval princess!  I love your Tat, I can't wait to see it finished. I think filling in the animals with blue ink would be nice!  Besides, black ink turnes blue anyway and my Tats are over 10 years old and were black and now are blue! ::)

Valerie,

Gorgeous.. just... gorgeous.  *totally jealous*  My hair would have been a complete frizz ball after three days.. *giggles*  Lucky girl....  ;)

So the honey may not have been a camping idea... but maybe for some regular at home stuff?

As for the tat... again, gorgeous!  Coloring the animals will only enhance the "wow" affect.  (which it already has a ton of!  WOW!!  ;D) I have a tiny cat paw print on right ankle.  (Cats are my totem animal, so I figured I'd share.  ;))

Thanks for the update on your tattoo, Valerie.  I think it is very cool and unique.  I have one tattoo that is not colored and one that is.  I couldn't decide what color to make my dragon so it is just the outline and shading.

8)

Mmmmm those are nice curls indeed Valerie.  :D

Just Lovely - hair and tats *rockerdudette* ...g

wrote on Aug 21^st, 2005 at 6:58pm:

I have a tiny cat paw print on right ankle.  (Cats are my totem animal, so I figured I'd share.  ;))

Strange question, but is the paw print from one of your animals, or a premade drawing?  I'm trying to get stamps made of each of my animals paws, and it is really difficult to get a good print to send to the stamp maker.  

AMAZING curls!!  :o  That tattoo is great the way it curls over your tailbone.  The clouds remind me of Chinese embroidery/artwork.

Cynde

I love the curls you got with the braid Valerie, just gorgeous!!

What a unique and beautiful tattoo, thank you for sharing that photo with us. :)

Your curls look so great!  Thanks for sharing =)

wrote on Aug 21^st, 2005 at 9:19pm:

Strange question, but is the paw print from one of your animals, or a premade drawing?  I'm trying to get stamps made of each of my animals paws, and it is really difficult to get a good print to send to the stamp maker.

It took some doing, but it was originally my cat's paw print.  I set out a HUGE piece of butcher paper on the floor and painted my cats' paws with water soluable non-toxic paint and had him walk all over.  One of the prints came out well (trust me, I had to take like.. three dozen prints to get one good one) so I cut it out and had it shrunk at Kinkos.  That's what I took with me to the tat artist.

Lovely braid curls.  Thanks for showing us what 3 days camping can do for hair :)

wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2005 at 9:14pm:

It took some doing, but it was originally my cat's paw print.  I set out a HUGE piece of butcher paper on the floor and painted my cats' paws with water soluable non-toxic paint and had him walk all over.  One of the prints came out well (trust me, I had to take like.. three dozen prints to get one good one) so I cut it out and had it shrunk at Kinkos.  That's what I took with me to the tat artist.

Thats a good idea, and I never would of thought of it.  Sounds easier than what I've been trying, holding the critter, dipping their paw in paint then trying for a good print while keeping them from freaking out.   Potentially messy, but I think it will give the basement floor character if there are a few random paw prints on it.  ;)

Your curls are amazing! And your tattoo is among the most beautiful tattoos I have ever seen!  :D

wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2005 at 12:35am:

Thats a good idea, and I never would of thought of it.  Sounds easier than what I've been trying, holding the critter, dipping their paw in paint then trying for a good print while keeping them from freaking out.   Potentially messy, but I think it will give the basement floor character if there are a few random paw prints on it.  ;)

*giggles*  Yeah, Farley (my kitty) really didn't like me putting paint on his paws, but he really enjoyed walking all the paint off....  ;D

That's okay, though, I gave him some tuna when it was all said and done so he was rewarded for his troubles... *giggles*

HEY! I missed this thread!

Valerie, your curls AND your tat are simply marveloussss  :D

doh i am weak, i thought i had replied to this!!!
anyways, totallmy sweet curls. my hair never did that to me grr.
cool tattoo, makes me wonder again about trying out henna for that.  8)

Very pretty  hair  :) Amazing curls

I'm to chicken to get a tatoo. Once upon a time I wanted a unicorn on my shoulder blade.  ::)

Wow, I love the curls.  That makes me want to braid my hair tonight so it will be curly in the morning!   ;D

Lynn