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Feb 15^th, 2006 at 6:39pm

So here's my first entry.

I am listening to Jeff Buckley--Lover, You Should Have Come Over. I can't listen to him without mourning him. In a few minutes I will open up the nice bottle of Chianti my husband gave to me for Valentine's Day and pour myself a small glassful. Then I will do my dinner prep work, chopping and measuring. I'm making Tofu Pad Thai with some veggie or other, gotta check the fridge. I washed the jojoba oil out of my ends this morning and decided that I can't stand the stuff straight on my hair, so I will save the bottle for the whipped shea I plan to make soon. Oh, here comes Stevie Wonder on the iTunes. Later, Jeff.

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #1 - Feb 15^th, 2006 at 7:26pm Welcome to your own personal journal! Now it is payback time - we get to know more about you! A wine lover - that's something we have in common.
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panpeus Diamond Offline Posts: 604 Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #2 - Feb 15^th, 2006 at 7:41pm It's great to see that you started a journal, hun. =) I can't wait to get to know you better. Anais Satin does not like jojoba oil straight out of the bottle, either. She's got good recipies for leave-in treatments. Best wishes to you.
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #3 - Feb 15^th, 2006 at 9:28pm Hi LJ, I'll be keeping up with your journal too... Payback time indeed! eville
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Reply #4 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 12:09am

A Bit of LJ Hair History

The Mullet, Or What My Mother Called A Pixie Cut, Third Grade, 1980

Senior Portrait, 1991

Blonde, 1998

Last Real Haircut, 2003

Today's Hair, In Which My Husband Took A Picture To Show Length But Not Color, Since The Sun Is Hiding Behind A Cloud This Morning, And As You Can See I Have A Long Way To Go Before BSL, And Please Make Note Of The Spot Of Dried Blood On The Left Shoulder Of My $8 Shirt From Target, Which Was The Result Of Too Vigorous Nighttime Scratching With Newly Grown-Out Nails

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #5 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 1:51am waiting.....waiting.....waiting........
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Angel Spun Ex Member	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #6 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 3:16am Hey LJ...congrats on starting your hair journal. I'll definitely be keeping up with it too. Did you have some liver & fava beans to go with that Chianti?
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Reply #7 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 11:58am

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Did you have some liver & fava beans to go with that Chianti? Wink

You have just quoted the #2 scariest movie of all time, behind "28 Days Later", the #1 scariest movie of all time. After reading your post I am now forced to run screaming through my house to turn on all the lights. Even though it's 9 o'clock in the morning.

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Reply #8 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 1:25pm

Newbies love to post.

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Today is Thursday. I last washed my roots on Tuesday. Before SBV, Day Three would be also known as "Put The Hair In A Hat Or A Ponytail And Hide Day", but now it's not so bad, really. A question for the veteran LL people: if brushing should be avoided to minimize damage, how does one distribute natural oils from the roots to the ends? Because I think I could get away with not washing longer if I had a way to get the oil out of my roots and onto my length.

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Reply #9 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 3:02pm

Love the picture of your current hair!

As for distributing the natural oils - I have dry hair so I don't have much oil to distribute. I currently wash my hair about every 6 or 7 days. A few people who do brush, use a soft boar bristle finishing brush. It is not intended to detangle, it is used after you have combed your hair. The brush is used on the top layer of hair to smooth it and distribute the oils.

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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #10 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 3:16pm Lovely photos I use a horn comb or a hardwood comb to distribute oil. Oftentimes, like Bikerbraid, I don't notice much oil until the 5th or 6th day after a wash. It definitely depends on the wash method... Hope this helps Anais
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Reply #11 - Feb 17^th, 2006 at 1:42am

Wow, LJ, your hair is beautiful! Shocked

It has so much body & I love the colour! What a lucky lady you are...

I have never seen "28 Days Later," but the Hannibal Lecter series are among my favourite movies ever made. Wink

Anthony Hopkins is probably my overall favourite actor of all time, and his infamous Lecter role has a lot to do with that. I don't think anyone else could have done it better.

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A question for the veteran LL people: if brushing should be avoided to minimize damage, how does one distribute natural oils from the roots to the ends?

Personally, I don't distribute oils. I wash them out and then add oil only to the very tips where it's needed. I have very fine, thin hair (like spiderwebs), so too much brushing kills it. Tongue

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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #12 - Feb 17^th, 2006 at 2:03am Congrats on the journal, LJ! You have lovely hair. A boar brsitly brush (BBB) is good for distributing oil, but, in my experience, sometimes it can over stimulate the scalp and cause it to create more sebum. These days I usually use a boxwood comb.
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Reply #13 - Feb 17^th, 2006 at 12:41pm

Thanks, everyone, for your compliments on the hair--here is a pic that finally shows my real color:

It seems from the advise you've given that I am going to have to buy a real comb (oh darn), maybe after Hubby brings home some more bacon.

I washed with Chagrin Valley Honey, Egg & Beer (CVHE&B) and did an ACV rinse. The shedding is unreal, both during and after the wash, but that could be because I am only washing every two to three days. Note to self: must buy some Drain-o at the weekly shopping trip tomorrow, I find myself standing in six inches of water by the time my shower is over. Does anyone have any environmentally-friendly drain-opening suggestions?With the shampoo bars it takes some time to get my whole scalp sudsy, to the point where my arms are freezing cold because they've been out of the water so long. Minor inconveniences, all worth it in the end because my hair is sweet and silky and soft once it dries. Now I just need to find that perfect natural product for my ends...any suggestions, ladies? I have plans to make my own patchouli-scented whipped shea, do y'all think that would work for ends?

I am in imminent danger of losing this post. The lights are flickering from the freaky wind storm. I love this windy, wet weather, but it means that a cold, cold front is coming. The high tomorrow is supposed to be 16 degrees *brrrrrr*. Here is the view of the windy, blue, grey, wet, crazy weather from the window next to my workstation:

*pause in posting to clean up a poop diaper, which is really a very rare occurance since my son is mostly potty trained, or so I thought before this minute*

I cooked up some Winter Vegetable Soup and a turkey breast yesterday afternoon. I purchased and cooked the turkey breast with a heavy heart, because I know just how breeders manage to provide such large breasts to market (http://ww.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1511/realturkeys1511.html) and now you do, too. Hubby and Son were asking for some non- (or is it un-?)nitrited sandwich meat, and I relented. Today is a laundry-doing, bathroom-cleaning, for-the-weekend-preparing sort of day, so I am sure I'll be online quite a bit.

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Beesan16 Diamond Offline Posts: 677 st. louis, MO Gender:	*Re: ~~ LJ's Journal ~~* Reply #14 - Feb 17^th, 2006 at 7:44pm Wow your hair, and hair color looks wonderful I'll definitely be keeping up with your journal, and looks like you're a good cook, with great recipes hint,hint
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