I tried to look up some info about hte hair comb I bought on ebay a year and a half ago (and which I haven't used once and probably never will. Not a very good buying ;( ). The only thing I could find was "Vintage Back Green Stone Hair Comb Circa 1910". I know the auction text had more info but it's long gone by now...

Recipie for misting from LHC

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=32167

I might try this as soon as I get a mister. My old one broke

Yesterday was a very good day hairwise. For the first time I wore my hair pulled back to work. I generally don't leave my house like that because I think I look kind of stupid (more so than usual ) Well, I've noticed a lot of breakage from my updos and dicided to give the "pulled-back" style a try. I recieved one compliment on how good it suited me (from a man in his late fourties or early fifties, not the kind of person who usually compents on hair), one on how pretty the updo was (just a regular frensh braid) and one on how different my eyebrows (never thought of this myself) looked in that style. Besides the compliments my hair FELT great too. The clarifying treatment I made the night before and the light oiling of the ends left my hair clean, soft and very managable.

Also, when walking around at work I felt the on of the braid touching my elbow. This is the first time it has done that and my hair felt SO LONG. *yippie*

Since I don't like my hairline I haven't worn my hair pulled back before but I will do it more in the future. Hopefully that will reduce the damage too plus it gives me more styling options.

Today though, my hair is back to it's old, yucky boring self.

I've grown more and more sick of my excessive shedding and am somewhat desperately trying to find a solution. I do believe that the biggest reason is my sleeping problems. I haven’t had more than maybe five night of good sleep for the last three months. I don’t know what to do to stop this and the heat (25-30 degrees Celsius outside AND in my bedroom) we have now certainly doesn’t help.

Anyway, I remembered that I read somewhere about age related shedding so I looked it up and it was in an interview with George Michael: http://www.longhairlovers.com/gm_interview.html

However, that says excessive shedding occurs at, among others, age 22 and 26. Since I’m 24 that doesn’t make sense either. I can’t remember having any more shedding than usual when I was 22 though so maybe I’m a late shedder. (I know, I know I’ just grasping for something here)

On the good side, at least I have a thing to do with my shedded hairs now. I went with my mother and father to a crafts fair yesterday and ran into a woman who does hair work (a so called “hårkulla”. http://www.hairwork.com/erika/erika_story.htm This is not the woman we met but her works are similar.). I and my mother are going to make a cross by both our hairs. My mother agreed to have some hair cut out at the fair but I refused (I need all the hair I can get) so I’m going to gather my shedded hairs and send them to her. I know that jewellery made by hair gross some people out but I think it’s a kind off nice way to save a piece of a loved one.

http://www.hennaforhair.com/forum/index.php?module=phpwsbb&PHPWSBB_MAN_OP=view&PHPWS_MAN_ITEMS[]=2003&4e888c709e0d92276bae8ba6a347c0e5=693653f4b77960b28b9ea98d58fa9fa1

This mix sounds very interesting. If I decide to start colouring my hair again this might be the way to go.

MSM thread on the loom: http://www.network54.com/Forum/235232/thread/1152730767/

http://www.opti-msm.com/msmhuman.htm#FOR%20WHOM%20IS%20MSM

http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip904.htm

A short list (with thoughts on MSM)

October 29 2003, 12:12 PM

I make an effort to get nutrients from a balanced diet of whole, organic foods. I think that such foods have the most nutritional integrity. My diet is also largely based around the foods are in season and my whole self (including hair, of course ) seems to do quite well on this time-honored diet, even though it has fallen out of fashion today. As a safety net, my husband and I both take a multivitamin with extra B vitamins (the food-based sort by Rainbow Light) each day as an insurance. But I think that the body is made to best assimilate nutrients from actual, whole foods rather than pills and so this is how I try to get my nourishment. I have strong reservations about taking MSM (methyl-sufonyl-methane) which I may as well mention here, for what it is worth, as I hear it often mentioned by the long-haired as a substance that they take for their hair. This substance disrupts the hair growth cycle by slowing the catagen (shedding) phase and possibly also speeding up the anagen (growing) phase of body hair. I can understand why those of us who give much thought to our hair growing would want to take a substance that causes less of our hair to shed and all the hair that is growing to grow more quickly. But, I think that it is wise not to tamper with a natural cycle of the body unless one is in great need. In great need (for example, if I were literally going bald) I would seriously consider taking MSM. But I would not take the substance in good health only because it would be nice to have faster-growing or thicker hair than I have naturally. Also, unlike most substances, MSM crosses the 'blood-brain barrier' of the body and accumulates in the brain. It is unknown if there is harm from this, or indeed any effect at all. There may be none. But it is not natural (and, in having such a barrier, the body has tried to prevent such an occurence.) Thus, for me, MSM is not a risk that I am willing to take.

http://www.doctorrelation.com/articles/smart_diet/msm.php

MSM = methylsulfonylmethane, an organic sulfur

July 7 2006, 2:24 AM

MSM is an organic sulfur that is often used to slow shedding of the hair down. Because the hair sheds less quickly, it allows the hair to grow for a longer time period, meaning longer length. MSM is also wonderful for aches and pains, especially joint pain.

http://www.msmse.com/

http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/1999_archives/1999_11_12explorations.asp

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