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                                                                                                                                                                                                                               What have I been up to in my life? Well, golly gee whiz, thanks for asking! Like many of you, I've been just living. I'm kind of tired of that routine so I've have been making a  half ass attempt at spruc...

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Crochet Loofah  and Pampering Massage Soap Saver The loofah was extremely simple to put together, but it only works okay. It really soaks up too much water. A lighter yarn would probably work better. The soap saver was a little more challenging, but I really like it. It works rather well and I use mine daily. Loofah courtesy: befriendmantic.blogspot.com Soap Saver courtesy: www.mooglyblog.com

Timeless Crochet Earrings One of my first pieces of crocheted jewelry, very easy to make, stylish and really low cost. I used yarn instead of crochet thread. Pattern courtesy of: Mooglyblog.com

Week 4 This week I let my daughter shampoo and conditioner her hair using supplied packets from the box. I mean really, she's 13 and at that age I always did my own hair. She managed pretty well, but used up what was left of the packets so I will need to purchase the bottles of the naturally straight line for next week. She decided to wear it straight this week so we used the blow dryer and flat iron. Again, the hair was easily manipulated with less tangles and shortened blow dry time. Straightening with the flat iron still seemed timely, but I used a lower heat setting and still had the same results. The products we used were the same as the first couple of weeks, minus the leave-in. You can find that info here and here . Her hair was wrapped that night, unfortunately she had gym the next day and did not wear a headband so she had some reversion. I used MoKnowsHair 's technique for fixing sweaty gym hair which you can view here. This is how her hair turned ou...

Now that we have entered week 4, I can give review of weeks two and three. Better late than never. You can read and view pics of the first treatment here . WEEK 2 During the second week, we decided to leave her hair straightened. I did not take any pics during this week because her hair was in a pony tail the entire time due to sports practice. She did continue to wrap it up every night and the hair remained straight. During the day and throughout the practices she wore a headband. Even though she was sweating, the hair did not revert until close to the end of the week. Even then it was mostly the center of her crown and the edges. I believe a light flat iron would have fixed this, but we did not re-straighten at all during the first two weeks. I would say that it held up wonderfully and exceeded my expectations. WEEK 3 Since her hair remained so straight, I was a bit concerned that her curl pattern would not come back. I shampooed her tresses twice w...

I have been looking for a treatment similar to Kera Minerals since I used it on my daughter about a year ago. I didn't really want to get an expensive treatment, so I ventured on over to YouTube to find my answer. I watched a lot of videos and reviews for various brands like Organix, Palmers, plus I found this site with other systems. Finally, I came upon a review for Beautiful Textures, watch the video here , and was quite impressed. I always thought this was a line for children and could just SMELL the overly fragrant fruity smell associated with most products geered toward children. Plus, the packaging is a bit busy and tacky looking. Last week I stopped at my local Walgreens for whatever it was, I can't recall, but as usual, I took a stroll down the hair product aisle and this caught my attention.  The exact product I was interested in on sale for HALF OFF!!! I snatched up 2, one for me and one for my daughter. I was especially excited because the box featured a...

Bad hair day? Conditioning on the go? Hair is a tangled, matted mess? Hair just won't do what the hell it's being told to do? Plastic cap on, but need to run to the store? Time to take down those plaits/twists but gotta get to work? Too tired to fuss with hair? Wash n'Go fail? No reason at all? Because you thought it was cute? Aunt Jemima/Ms. Ceely protective style? Taking down a protective style? Yes, all of these have applied to me as reasons to put on my beanie. It can rescue me from many situations and if I just happen to show up at work with it on, you best not judge me or ask me why I'm wearing a hat inside? This IS my hairstyle for the day!! Of course by now, coworkers know how much work my hair can be and have become accustomed to my ever changing hair or coverup. I have re-purposed a hat by lining the inside with GLAD Press n' Seal, and this is what I use for deep conditioning instead of the grocery bags. I feel like it keeps out air a...