Let me see if I can catch up; there's a lot to ramble on about. I'm taking a vacation day from work today and it's heavenly being at home pursuing whatever I want for a day... sigh... I need more days like this. I'm ready to retire! Hopefully that will happen in about seven years.
On Saturday I went to Farlow's Salon and had Brent Jones dry dust my hair. Just to make it clear, Brent is the long hair specialist there. Farlow's per se is not a long hair salon. Charles Farlow owns the salon, but he is not the long haired specialist there, Brent is. Anyway, I'd thought I wouldn't trim until I reached my waist, but I was
so close (most would have considered it waist) and my ends were getting uneven that I decided to take advantage of his invitation and get those ends tidied up. My length his now 31", so I lost a little, but I'm happy and looking at the picture below, it's still practically dead on waist. Here are some pictures:
The pictures above show the whole length and you can see I didn't lose much of it. The trimmed hair on the left is brushed more than the hair on the right, so it doesn't look as wavy. I like the wavier look much better, but like the ends on the left picture better. The main reason I got a trim was because I was starting to experience more tangles. Looking at my uneven ends, I can see why. Here is a close-up of the before and after dusting:
Brent did a terrific job and I'm thinking about getting into the routine of having dustings every 8 weeks now. I'll gain length, but my ends will stay nice and even. I love how it feels so much thicker after a trim - even a tiny one. While I was there I picked up a purse-sized brush made by Aveda. So far, I like it very much.
After leaving Brent, I headed over to Whole Foods to browse through their hair and skin products. Such fun I had reading all the bottles and chatting with a lady trying to figure out what face cleanser to get. I couldn't really recommend anything in particular to her as her skin was black and she was much younger (we had totally different skin types), but I did mention brands I would recommend. We chatted about "bad" ingredients and had the same thoughts on that. I ended up buying:
Aubrey Organics (AO) Vegecol with Organic Aloe Facial Cleansing Cream, because my current cleansing cream from AO
stinks. I don't have to have much scent in a face cleanser, but I just can't put
stinky stuff all over my face. So I had to find a replacement - and like this new cream a lot. It has a very mild scent that I like.
AO's Primrose Tangle-Go (Hair Conditioner Lusterizer and Styling Spray) just because I've been wanting to try it. It smells lovely and I've tried it while my hair is damp after washing - right after adding a bit of jojoba oil.
I also bought
Nature's Gate Herbal Hair Conditioner ("the original") because I like the smell and haven't tried Nature's Gate in years, even though a lot of people recommend it. I thought this might complement the Aveda Sap Moss shampoo I have. Will give it a go and see.
And, that's not all! I picked up some "Gardenia Water" just because it smells beautiful (I like misting my hair with it and the lavender water I have),
Shikai All Natural Hand and Body Lotion in Sandalwood Amber (for work),
Giovanni Magnetic Energizing Shampoo since I've had the conditioner for awhile and have been meaning to try it with the shampoo,
Aura Cacia Grapefruit EO thanks to Heidi W. recommending it. It really does smell wonderful and surprisingly like grapefruit. And, finally, I bought
Ecco Bella's Bourbon Vanilla Parfum Spray because I just couldn't resist. It reminds me of the old musk oil I used to wear many years ago ... just beautiful. I was sniffing my arm all day yesterday.
I did pick up a loaf of 9-grain bread while I was there as well - lol. I knew Mike and I were going to be going food shopping there on Sunday, so didn't see the point in doing it then - besides I had chores to do at home so needed to skedaddle.
I had a very nice experience last week. I received a wonderful email from a beautiful lady named Rita in Italy. It was so sweet and just made my day - making me smile. She has not been on the hair boards, but does lurk - and I just wanted to say hello to her here.
She has long dark hair and is a beauty, and we've exchanged thoughts on hair and politics. Rita, I will be responding to your last email soon!
Mike and I worked most of weekend. I - around the house, and Mike worked at a paying job on Saturday and then we did errands on Sunday. One of the clients Mike works for asked him if we wanted a 10-foot tall scheffelera and I said YES! I love scheffeleras and haven't had one in a few years. We have tall ceilings in the living room, so I hope it'll be happy here. Here is a picture of it:
Mike gets all kinds of cool things from his clients. He called me a couple of weeks ago asking me if I wanted a hand-carved 4-pannel screen (the type you'd change your clothes behind in and old movie y'know - lol). It's gorgeous and looks like it's from Thailand perhaps.
I made us a pumpkin pie yesterday and instead of making a white flower crust, I blended up graham crackers (from the health food store since they don't contain hydrogentated oil and other crapola) walnuts, a tad of sugar and some butter and it was awesome. SO much better than dough crusts for pumpkin pie. I also whipped up some whipped cream for on top. Fattening? Yep, but we eat pretty well otherwise.
Enough of this for now; I have to check the Loom and elsewhere on the net and then try to get my bead order in finally so I can make some earrings.
