QuoteReplyTopic: Hair toy torture Posted: October 06 2005 at 10:15pm
I read on the website of Anais (I think) that whilst waiting for your hair to grow, you should collect some really nice hair toys so that you can look at them and have something to look forward to (I realise it was quite a funny piece). I saw some LOVELY hair sticks yesterday whilst I was out shopping and was about to buy them but then I thought "isn't that like buying clothes a size too small to inspire you to lose weight"....ie.....isn't that a bad idea??? Is it better to buy nice hair toys when you reach your goal length as a reward? Are you just torturing yourself with having something you can't use? What does everyone think? What have you all done?
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But really, the trick usually works because there is a MUCH higher probability of you reaching a workable length than the probability of someone fitting smaller clothes.
Thanks Anais....yes it WAS funny, I had a good laugh and thank you so much for sharing your sense of humour and excellent writing with the world
I guess I was just wondering if ppl actually do this (ie..buy nice hair toys as inspiration). Seems like a good idea in one way, but then I just thought I'd be torturing myself
I do have natural red tones to my hair, but I use Henna to make it really copper red. The pic on the left was before Henna, the pic on the right was after I started using Henna. I really love the other benefits of Henna too (conditioning, strengthening, thickening). It's wonderful stuff!
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I've been hearing alot about henna.I even found a great site all about coloring with henna.I want the color you have currently.But it doesnt seem possible with henna.I know henna can only lighten and brighten so much.Even with the extra ingredients people add.Its funny,I know so much about regular hairdye.But henna is virgin territory for me.I keep reading all the benefits of henna,but I dont know enough yet if I want to use it.Maybe after a few strand tests.
I have Henna'd my hair for a couple of years now. I purchase mine from Mehandi.com I've heard conflicting stories about Henna recently though. I've read about the conditioning properties of Henna, which is the reason I switched from traditional color to Henna in the first place, then lately I've heard about the "drying" effects that Henna has on hair. I myself am dealing with VERY dry ends and trying to keep the moisture in. I'm wondering how true the latter part is and if THAT is my problem?? when I mix my Henna I use lavendar oil (to cover the hay smell) and also VO5 hot oil treatment, so you would think the "drying" effect wouldn't be an issue! Any comments?
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Oh yeah, one other thing, As far as Hair Sticks, Don't buy the plastic ones "goody" or whatever at the stores. They will break. the cute little wood ones at these ethnic stores tend to splinter (which is NOT good for growing hair).I have several pairs of traditional chop sticks! Not the cheap buy by the dozen ones, the nice smooth different color kind. Even if you can't use them now, or give up growing out your hair (hopefully not) you can use them to eat with. HA!
HI Madalyne, I answered your question in the other post (your introductory one). Where did you get your chopsticks from? I mean, where does one get "good" chopsticks. Are they plastic?
I'm thinking of beading (decorating) a basic pair of chopsticks. I like making jewellery, so this won't be so different.
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Well, I've seen some really cool ones at Pier 1 but they sell them in sets of 4 or 6! Fourtunatly for me there is a kitchen specialty store down the street from me that had a set of 8 prs that were of various colors. They are wood, but coated with colored laquer. I typed in "chopsticks" online and found a good site, I'm thinking it was called mrslinskitchen.com or something like that that had ALL Kinds of different pairs of sticks. Another one that doesn't have as many, but still a good site is everythingchopsticks.com
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Ah....you are in America then? I'm in Australia, so shipping might be an issue :) I will have a look around though, there are plenty of kitchen stores around here and I was thinking I might even look in an asian grocery store.
I got some LOVELY chopsticks at the small asian grocery store near my
house. They were like 2 bucks or something and it was a set of 2
plastic black ones with gold foil on the ends with pink and blue floral
designs on the gold. They look more elegant than many of the
sticks in the hair shops.
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Is it better to buy nice hair toys when you reach your goal length as a reward? Are you just torturing yourself with having something you can't use? What does everyone think? What have you all done?
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