Last night, I did the front of my hair, just like I planned, and I've just finished the back. I REALLY like my twist mix - roughly equal parts of whipped pudding, conditioner, and glycerin - if anything, a little less glycerin at the end to keep it thick, or a little extra to thin it out - it's VERY nice, I must say - smells great, good moisture level, and a nice bit of hold. I think - I MIGHT add a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of gel next time, to increase the hold, esp. on hair with the AD in it.
Speaking of the AD - the back of my head (which was in a 'messy' twist last night - I'm going to post pics of it in my photo journal) was a little dry when I took it down - not too oily, at all, but a little drier than I would like. I'm seriously considering squeezing a healthy amount of glycerine in it. But, as a detangler for dry hair, I think I approve - it makes my hair soft enough without a leave-in to be able to manipulate easily.
I don't know why I'm against leave-ins. I just - haven't experimented with them at all - the closest I've ever gotten is to not fully wash out my conditioner after a cowash....maybe it's because I don't wear it loose very often? Hrrrm, yes, a leave-in might become more crucial as my hair gets longer, and I start to manipulate it as one 'whole' piece, rather than multiple little pieces.
I suppose the AD could be considered a leave-in - as well as the Kiya Pudding - but..... I don't know.
I dont consider it a leave-in, for some reason.
Urm.
In other news, my hair is getting irritatingly long. And by that I mean, it's
just long enough to twitch on the back of my neck, but not long enough to actually LAY on my back. This is the point at which I HAVE to wear the back of my hair up, as it will literally DRIVE ME INSANE otherwise. Case in point, I just had to twist and hold it up with a comb because I was going nutty moving my head from the screen to DH to the TV. *shudder* I HATE the feeling of hair on the back of my neck. I wonder if they have seamfree, wide toothed decorative combs? Hrm. Most likely not. I would have to make them. HRrrrmmmmmm........ *rubschinthoughtfully*
But!! After all that bloody whinging - my hair is getting LONGER!!! Haha!!!
Ooooh, I so love this - because as SOON as I 'think' I'm comfortable doing one thing, my hair grows a little, and it changes, and I have to change with it.
It's nice to feel like I'm letting my hair lead me, rather than feeling clumsy, like I can never keep up with my hair. Tis a subtle difference, but a nice one.
Oh, and it's so SOFT. *pats head gently* That was one thing that I really hated with the carrot oil stuff - after a while, my hair dried up enough that it got - stiffly dry. Now, it's softly dry. I don't know if I can explain the difference - I have soft skin, but there is soft freshly oiled skin, and there is soft not oiled for a while skin. My hair feels like the not oiled for a while stuff - settled into it's softness.
Hrm, I'm rambling, but really, it feels wonderful. It'll be interesting seeing how it shift as the weeks move along, esp as it gets 'moist' from me spritzing and steaming it every day.
Hrm. Okay, photos are uploaded, more later.
Well, actually it was a knee-high stocking, but close enough. I was able to stretch it over the top of a water pitcher, and pour the tea through it - strained it almost PERFECTLY. I then put the tea in an old conditioner bottle (Humectress, actually 
) so that I would have better control in getting it in my hair. 
Hi! Rzilynt!! 
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I'll take a picture next week. 
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