Hair Page
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 ~ — dragonmommieHey there! For some reason, today I received tons of visits today so far. Thanks! I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least update the page with a more current picture of my hair.
Yep, full frontal view. Ha. It was the least I could do! This picture was taken Nov. 2007, and my hair measured 30″. Sigh, but recently I suffered disproportional hair shedding. Scared the hell outta me. Handfuls of hair were coming out, no matter how frequently I washed. Usually, I only get a lot of hair coming out if I let a lot of time go by between washings; but this time, I could wash it every day and still too much hair was coming out. I know the circumference went way done, but I’m too afraid to measure it. It used to be that I could not use regular barrettes to make a ponytail; but now, no problem. In a way, it’s cool because when I put my hair up I don’t get headaches anymore; but on the other hand, I feel as if a part of me was chopped off and I grieve… I want it back. About a month ago, I started taking Biotin and at least the hair loss seems to have abated. Now, I just hope what was lost will come back.
Oh, and recently I’ve started oiling on a regular basis with shea butter and coconut oil. I think I still need to find a carrier oil for the shea butter, and possibly the coconut oil (not sure)… but at least my ends are getting coated with the stuff.
I did use black soap to wash my hair one time, but it seems to have stripped all the oils and I had to do a deep conditioning…. or what I really did was to leave it in longer in the shower.
Okay, I guess that’s about it for now. Thanks for stopping by and please do comment if you are so inclined.
This is me!
I’ve decided to update this page with the link for The Long Hair Community site. Great community if you REALLY love to grow long, healthy hair for yourself. It’s a bit of a process for registration, but really worth it if you are serious about long hair. Lot’s of tips, recipes and “hair talk”!
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 ~ at 10:01 am
Good look, I am thinking of growing my hair out long again. But know I will have to keep it back some way. My Mother always said that a womam over 40 should not where long hair. Is that why I cut it short, or just dont like the maintance. Any way, I’m 7 years over the 40 mark and think I will try it long again.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 ~ at 10:31 am
Hope you don’t mind, but I am emailing privately because I wanted to be sure that you read my response. I will also put this text on my comments page.
I am 46 yrs old, 47, in 2007. I came from the same “hair-hacking background”. My mother forced me to cut my hair before high school and it traumatized me; or at the very least, I was miserable. My family practically told me that I was immature and lazy because I wanted to keep long hair. To them it seemed as if I just didn’t want to bother with it.
I recommend the Long Hair Community site. They are a bunch of people, some men, who are dedicated to caring for long hair and growing long hair. They are so serious that it’s a bit of a process to just get registered on there, but it’s worth it if you are serious about growing and keeping healthy long hair. Some of them even color their long hair, though I personally have chosen to go natural, grays and all because I just love the look of natural “streaks” or “frosting”.
There are really a lot of ways to even put it up and lots of hair toys out there, that having long hair automatically justifies you getting involved with! That’s my favorite part, well almost. Being long-hair-oriented my whole life, caring for it comes naturally for me, but once you start, it will be second nature for you…. again, if you really love long hair; but then isn’t that the same for anything that you love?
Go for it!
Thursday, January 18, 2007 ~ at 11:45 pm
Hi, Dragonmommie. I am writing to you to tell you that the link here to Spending Time With Glenys no longer works as I had to delete my blog. I have a new one now called Musings Of A Christian Wife http://2bteachers.wordpress.com/tag/about-this-blog/
I will link you to my blog!
Y SinC
Glenys