Well, it’s transition time of year - which means oddityofwings’s hair FREAKS OUT.  Dry dry dry but easily overconditioned and hating protein for no reason except my hair is being awkward.  I’d been using Suave+MopTop+BCLI+CCCC+FD gel all summer without any problems, and the other day - bam!  Dryness and horribleness.

So - I’ve decided to be less panicky about it than other years and switch out my major source of protein for something else and nix the aloe-based gels.  So today - Suave+CR+more CR+CCCC+BRHG.  That way I’ve got my protein (silk, mostly, which my hair rarely has issues with), but I’ve also got a moisture boost in the middle and no aloe in the end to dry me out.  So far the curls are nice.  Little crunchier than I’d like, but I’d forgotten just how soft a gel FD is (by which I mean it crunches out really easily - BRHG tends to leave a bit of gunky feeling behind). 

I’m about to make my first Emporium order since May (!!!!)... anything new that’s got people buzzing, or shall I stick to my tried and testeds?

Chopped 4 inches off my hair on Friday - my head feels SO much lighter and is no longer absolutely drinking product.  Yay!  I think I shall keep it this length (approx. 3 inches below shoulders when wet/straight, an inch below shoulders when curly) for a while now.  It was nice to have it long, but it was too unpredictable - and it was getting to the length where if I slept on it, I occasionally ended up pinned to the bed by it!

Hey girl

I totally wandered away from the boards for a while but Im back And Im nearly all out of product so Ill have to do a shop soon!

I actually haven’t been doing much with my hair lately! :( I need to get back in the swing of things- although they are no longer selling crown pride naturals here anymore! Sadtimes.

How have you been? x

Wow.  Been a while.  Been busy - got married, passed my Viva (yep, that’s Dr Oddityofwings to you! ... er, well, after graduation in the summer, it will be…), and sent off my visa application so I can stay with my husband in the UK (and wearing a hole in the floor waiting to hear back about it). 

I’ve been doing the sort of same-old routine with my hair, so nothing interesting to report on that side of things.  The only discovery I’ve made is that BRHG doesn’t like my winter hair for some reason.  Either I’m using it wrong or using too much - it goes on okay but I get slight flash-drying (why?!) and then my hair’s a bit matted and less bouncy for the day.  Because it’s not been super cold here I haven’t had much cause to experiment with it because it’s been warm enough to just use CIAB or FD gel. 

But other than that - hi.  I’m back.  For a bit, anyway.   Anything new and cool going on hereabouts?

oddityofwings - 28 January 2012 10:23 AM

Wow.  Been a while.  Been busy - got married, passed my Viva (yep, that’s Dr Oddityofwings to you! ... er, well, after graduation in the summer, it will be…), and sent off my visa application so I can stay with my husband in the UK (and wearing a hole in the floor waiting to hear back about it). 

I’ve been doing the sort of same-old routine with my hair, so nothing interesting to report on that side of things.  The only discovery I’ve made is that BRHG doesn’t like my winter hair for some reason.  Either I’m using it wrong or using too much - it goes on okay but I get slight flash-drying (why?!) and then my hair’s a bit matted and less bouncy for the day.  Because it’s not been super cold here I haven’t had much cause to experiment with it because it’s been warm enough to just use CIAB or FD gel. 

But other than that - hi.  I’m back.  For a bit, anyway.   Anything new and cool going on hereabouts?

Oh my Congrats! You have done so well for yourself! Proud of you oddity…sorry Dr.Oddity and so happy to hear you are married and settling here yay! 

Thanks, Keisha Jo!  Am not sure about the settling thing yet - still waiting to hear back from the UK Border Agency.  We should be fine as we tick all the boxes (though they’ve just today announced changes to said boxes, so who knows!), but it seems like they’re trying to reject as many people as possible to meet immigration targets.  So I’m just sitting tight and trying not to worry (too much!).

oddityofwings - 02 February 2012 01:59 PM

Thanks, Keisha Jo!  Am not sure about the settling thing yet - still waiting to hear back from the UK Border Agency.  We should be fine as we tick all the boxes (though they’ve just today announced changes to said boxes, so who knows!), but it seems like they’re trying to reject as many people as possible to meet immigration targets.  So I’m just sitting tight and trying not to worry (too much!).

I have my fingers crossed for you xx

Thanks!  Nothing in the post box today… I’ve been expecting to hear sometime next week, so fingers, toes, legs, arms, and all other bits and pieces crossed I have good news sometime next week!

Hi oddity fingers crossed for you x

Got a letter from UKBA today..

... approved!  :-D So happy I might just do cartwheels down the street!

(good hair day today, too!)

  I’ve just been reading a few of your previous threads to get the jist of things before getting to the last one and just want to say CONGRATULATIONS! (Oh, and on the great hair day aswell!)

oddityofwings - 16 February 2012 01:00 PM

Got a letter from UKBA today..

 

 

 

 

... approved!  :-D So happy I might just do cartwheels down the street!

(good hair day today, too!)

Yaaaaayyyyyyyy So Happy for you!!! 

oddityofwings - 16 February 2012 01:00 PM

Got a letter from UKBA today..

 

 

 

 

... approved!  :-D So happy I might just do cartwheels down the street!

(good hair day today, too!)

yay!

Excellent news.

Thanks, everyone. :-D