Beginning Again

I deleted my original journal about a month and a half ago, believing I would never have the urge to blog again.  Well...we see how long that lasted.  The original journal was several years old; I think I started it around 2009 maybe, and it had grown stale.  Sometimes you simply have to throw away everything and start over, and that's what Hair and Nonsense represents for me.  

In keeping with LongLocks tradition, which used to host a forum, this will primarily be a hair journal, where I keep record of my length, products used & all other hair-related stuff.  I will probably also post mundane life stuff too, hence the "nonsense" portion.  

Hair

Today's style is a side braid.  I was going to wear it down since I had washed this morning, however my granddaughter wanted me to have a braid.  (She's 3 and often has better fashion sense than her ol' Nana.)  My length is about half an inch below bra strap (photo of the back coming soon).  Currently I use Pantene products, specifically the Sheer Volume line.  I wash every 2nd or 3rd day, depending on how lazy I feel, and have even gone a full week without washing.  Sometimes on no-wash days I use a Pantene dry shampoo called Root Reboot.  Because I have thinning hair on top, any amount of grease makes my strands separate which means my scalp is highly visible but let me tell you, the dry shampoo works like a charm.

For a long time now, probably at least 3 years, I've been practicing benign neglect; I simply shampoo and condition, and fuss with my hair as little as possible.  But lately I'm beginning to rethink that strategy.  As I get older so does my hair, and I feel I should reinstate some of the routines I practiced during the LongLocks days.  Things like regular vinegar rinses, and adding honey to conditioner, and even some deep conditioning treatments.  I let go of those practices because frankly, I did not have time.  My granddaughter, LJ, was born about the same time as my husband bought his own business, and suddenly I had very little free time.  But do you know something?  We must take care of ourselves, or we won't be healthy enough to help take care of others.  For me, that also includes pampering my hair.