I can't seem to find my other hair journal...  :P  Must've gotten deleted because I've taken so long to re-up on it.. that's okay, serves me right.  LOL

Well, let's see... I had made it down to classic length and then cut it back to waist about 6 months ago to get rid of some of the damage and to make my hair a bit lighter... my roots were flatter than flat no matter what I tried.  Waist length was doing me good for a while, but the heat of summer and the desire for a bit of a change when we moved to Atlanta, I cut my hair back to a little more than BSL.  I like it here, somewhere between BSL and waist length, though it's quickly growing back to waist length if it isn't there already.

As for hair care routine, I'm using the old shampoo and condition method.  Was using Burt's Bees sugarbeet and something for volumizing, really liked that, left my hair feeling good.  Part of the fun and interesting thing of moving to a metro area, though, is finding new products that smaller cities don't carry.  At the local grocery store they have a whole organic section   ;D  Yes, yes.. very happy about that!

I found Avalon Organics, Jason's, and Nature's Gate... and had to spend a good thirty minutes trying to decide what I wanted to try... (my sweetheart was understanding... he kinda rolled my eyes at me, said "Oh Lord" and went to look for some groceries.. hehehehehe!  Bless the man!)  I finally decided on Avalon Organics Lavendar poo and condish, and a bottle of Nature's Gate herbal condish, because it was on sale.

I'm a sucker for sales, if you haven't already guessed.   ;)

I also bought the Avalon lavendar face wash, because I was out of face wash and the store didn't have my usual brand.  I really like the face wash, btw.

I do like the lavendar condish, it's just slippery enough and soaks right into my hair.  The shampoo smells great (the condish doesn't have the same smell even though it's lavendar too..  :-? ) but I've notcied that my scalp gets greasier more quickly... not sure if it's the shampoo or something else, though... any ideas out there ladies?  

Haven't tried the Nature's Gate condish yet, though it smells loverly.  My sweetheart bought me a bar of sandalwood soap, so between the sandalwood and the lavendar, I'm one nice smelling gal... lol.  

Welcome back   :)

Welcome back to the wonderful world of hair blogging, novusfemina! I have certainly missed you.

Unfortunately, I haven't any suggestions to offer about the S&C as I have never really tried the organic variety.  :-/

Nice to see you again! I think your old journal is still here, cause I could have sworn I saw it on the third page.

Anyway, the greasies could possibly be from the shampoo. I once had a bottle of Alba Botanical shampoo, but it seemed to make my hair greasier than before I shampooed it. I stopped using that one fast.

juri wrote on Oct 9^th, 2007 at 8:13am:

Nice to see you again! I think your old journal is still here, cause I could have sworn I saw it on the third page. Anyway, the greasies could possibly be from the shampoo. I once had a bottle of Alba Botanical shampoo, but it seemed to make my hair greasier than before I shampooed it. I stopped using that one fast.

Thanks Juri!  On the third page, you say?  I think I need some new glasses...  :P  My eyes are getting terrible!

Yeah, I was considering the fact that I've seen on several boards that Avalon changed their formulas to include some things and that some people preferred the old version... wondering if some of those "added-in" products is what's making my hair greasy... if it doesn't dry right, it can be a little sticky too... hmm.  

You're welcome! It's okay. You're not the only one who doesn't read things correctly. A lot of times I skim my CNN homepage and mis-read a lot of things.

About the shampoo, it could be the new additions. I know what you mean about sticky hair. Several years ago when I had some VO5 Oasis (I think that's what it was), my hair always felt like it had some sort of residue on it.

i would love to see a picture of your hair.

brunette85