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meditating-dog-lover · 3 years ago

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Hair care routine + products used

So I love my hair. It's long, thick, and wavy (like in the photo above). However, it's extremely difficult to take care of as it can get frizzy and tangly very easily. It might look nice too, but it is very prone to getting messy and disheveled. But thankfully my hair is still healthy and thick with no signs of grayness, loss, or serious damage. So here are the steps I follow to take care of them from the second I step in the shower:

IN SHOWER

1. Shampoo. I use 2 shampoos - 1 regular and 1 for dandruff. I use Head & Shoulders for dandruff treatment. As the second shampoo, I'll use either the Loreal Elvive Dream Lengths or Garnier Whole Blends shampoo (I don't have a preference but I like both)

2. Conditioner. I'll use either the Loreal Elvive Dream Lengths or Garnier Whole Blends conditioner.

OUT OF SHOWER/WET HAIR

3. Leave-in conditioner. I'll use either the Loreal Elvive Dream Lengths No Haircut Cream or the Garnier Whole Blends Smoothing Leave-In Conditioner. I'll apply this to my hair without touching my scalp.

4. Serum. I'll use either the Loreal Elvive Dream Lengths Frizz Killer or the Garnier Sleek and Shine Moroccan Oil.

5. Hairbrush. I'll brush my hair and make sure I have zero knots and tangles. I use this brush: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0723HS457/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

DRY HAIR

I'll never brush my hair when it is dry, but I will finger brush it to remove any tangles that have formed and will tie it in a bun to smooth everything out. Right now my hair is nice and smooth, but the ends are not that curly/wavy and I have wave bumps near my scalp. So after that, I'll style my hair with heat.

6. Heat protectant spray. This is so important! I use the Loreal Advanced Hairstyle Sleek It Iron Straight Heat Spray.

7. I will curl my ends and straighten the wave bumps with a flat iron. I use this one: https://www.kipozi.com/products/137-rosepink

8. I will apply hairspray to keep my hair in place. I don't know how necessary this step is as I'm not a huge fan of hairspray, but I use the Loreal Advanced Hairstyle Lock It Bold Control Hairspray.

And this is pretty much what I do. I'll also trim my hair every 1-2 months. I like to layer it, but I'm not sure if I am following the best method as the layers I make tend to be choppy rather than flowy. So I'll have to figure out the best way to cut my layers. Also, my ends are very prone to splitting so I need to figure out how to prevent this from happening. I also use a hair gel when my hair is wet along with the leave-in conditioner and serum, but I don't feel like it is very necessary to use. Plus it is a bit pricy. Once it runs out, I'll see how my hair looks without it. Then I'll determine if I do need a gel or not. And I need to get into the habit of using a cloth towel to dry my hair rather than a regular towel. And I love having long layered wavy hair. Short hair makes me look 10 lbs heavier, and long, straight hair without layers makes my face look long. I think my routine is good but has room for improvement. I hope these tips were somehow helpful.

#hair care #hair care routine #thick hair #wavy hair #shampoo #conditioner #leave-in conditioner #hairbrush #hair straightener #split ends #long hair #layered hair

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lionofglass-archived · 8 years ago

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Tagged by: @mrunitedstates Tagging: none, my dash is filled with this so I think everyone has done it.

GENERAL

Name: Solo Birthday: 09/10 Age: 18 Sexual Orientation: Ace Bi School Status: Last year of hell.

YES/NO

Drink?: Yes. Smoke?: No Eat cake?: Can’t, lactose intolerant. Believe in true love?: When the hell freezes over. Afraid of the dark?: No Cat person?: Yes

FAVORITES

Shampoo: L’oreal elvive/ Old Spice Disney song: Hunchback of Notre Dame - Hellfire, Heaven’s light Also Aladdin - friend like me and one jump ahead. Actress/Actor: My teather teacher, she’s amazing actress. Car: Tractors because I am a terrible driver and how badly I can fuck up a tractor? Person: Strawberry Frappe girl right here @mrunitedstates Type of Weather: Mist 90s Sitcom: The Simpsons

QUESTIONS

What is your special talent/skill as a roleplayer

Nothing I’m garbage. I haven’t found anything that makes me special as a roleplayer.

What is your favourite type of roleplay genre, and why?

Dark, historical, horror.

Why did you pick your muse?

I was picking between America, Russia and England and one night I got drunk and made England rp blog.

If you could write any other muse - but know you don’t have the muse for him/her - who would it be? In general, I would love to play a bad guy, villain or something. I could pull off those pretty good. Also, I would love to play Ronald Knox from black butler.

What is one thing you think you need to work on as a partner

Replying faster. Also my ideas are a big kick in the face sometimes because I sometimes overwhelm people.

What would be your warning label to other roleplayers?

‘Yikes’

What is your favourite episode/scene of your muse?

None because he acts like a school girl.

What crack!ships do you have for your muse?

UK X UK , just Arthur having a date with himself because no one has the same level of standards like you do.

What is your senpai blog?

None at the moment.

#ooc #solo answers #thank you for tagging me

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thepapermixtape · 6 years ago

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How to Save Money and the Planet at the Same Time: SHOWER EDITION

By: Ingrid Sorensen

Low-waste beauty alternatives are a great and easy way to make a change in your environmental impact! These tips will save you money, provide you with more natural solutions, and reduce the amount of waste your shower routine creates.

Trade shampoo bottles for solid shampoo

Lush solid shampoos lather fantastically—much more than a liquid shampoo with a smaller quantity. They last 80-100 washes which means they last 3 months for daily users and 6 months for every other day users. I use Seanik, which costs 11.95$ and store it in a metal tin (also from Lush) that cost me $3.95. This means, a year’s worth of shampoo costs me between $23.90 and $47.80. In contrast, a 12.6oz bottle of L’Oreal Elvive Total Repair Shampoo retails for $4.99. An average consumer uses between 0.75-1.2 ounces for each wash. This means that this one bottle only lasts 11-17 washes, which means one bottle lasts between half a month and two months. That means, an average user will purchase between six and twenty-four bottles a year, for an annual cost of $29.94 -$119.76. Based on your use, swapping solid shampoos for liquid ones can save you between $6.04 and $71.96. That is a lot of money—in ONE year!

If you make this change, you can save hundreds to thousands of dollars over your lifetime alone! Lush has a range of solid shampoos that work for a variety of hair types—I would recommend looking at online reviews or asking a salesperson to find the right one for you. Other companies also manufacture solid shampoo bars, but I am wary of recommending a product I have not personally tested, so do a quick google search if you want more options!

Trade conditioner bottles for solid conditioner

Solid conditioner bars are a great method of cutting down your waste while reducing your spending! Rub a bar between your hands to warm it up and melt the oils then apply it into your hair. I must admit that, in my experience, conditioner bars have been harder to get used to because, depending on the bar you have, it can take a while to get enough conditioner for longer, thick hair like mine. I’ve tried Lush’s Big conditioner provides more moisture. I have heard good things about Bar None’s conditioner which can be found at Ulta.

Trade body wash bottles for solid bars

Bar soap is a classic staple in the bathroom, oftentimes associated with hotel room amenities. Nowadays, however; these bars are better than ever and hydrate, exfoliate, and soothe the skin. You can find bar soaps practically everywhere, but I would recommend Lush, where you can buy chunks of soap as some would buy cheese, wrapped in paper and priced by weight. They have so many different bars and soap alternatives, that I would just recommend visiting a local store. I’ve found that Milky Bar is a nice smooth soap, Outback Mate is great for waking up in the morning, and Lavender Vida Loca is great before bed.

Trade disposable razors for a safety razor

Have you ever gotten annoyed at how expensive and wasteful shaving is? Whether you purchase blades encased in plastic or bags of disposable razors, we can all agree that this is a wasteful practice, not to mention expensive. Trade your wasteful, and expensive razors for a sleeker, more efficient option. Rather than having to deal with switching out blades, or buying more disposable razors, invest in a safety razor. These are made of stainless steel, so they won't rust and various manufacturers have recycling programs for dull, older blades. Package Free Shop sells a good one by Albatross Designs, who will accept your old blades, regardless the brand, in order to recycle them. These can also be found on amazon and many other online retailers. In addition to being more cost and environmentally friendly, safety razors deliver a closer shave, with a lower probability of shaving nicks.

If you purchase 1x the Albatross Classic Safety Razor, it will cost you 25$. The body can be used indefinitely and you can buy a 10-pack of replacement blades for 3$. This comes out to 28$ total for the first year or so of use, then the cost would drop to 3$, 6$, 9$, etc. depending on how many blades you go through annually. In comparison, a Gillette razor head with one blade will cost you 12.32$ and a pack of 8 blade refills will cost you 22.67$. Clearly, safety razors are a better bargain, both in short term and long-term use.

Trade Shaving cream for solid alternatives

I do not use shaving cream, but I know it can be a popular shower product, so here are some options that produce less waste than pressurized cans of foam. If you have 20 minutes to spare and are willing to buy shea butter, coconut oil, and aloe vera gel, here is the DIY for you. If you’d rather just purchase something premade, Package Free Shop sells a shaving soap bar for 11$ that has great ingredients. This is one case in which the cost difference is quite minimal between options. A six pack of Gillette Shave Foam Cans costs 17.35$ in comparison. However; these cans are not always accepted at recycling facilities, because the aerosol could harm workers. If they are accepted, they must have been thoroughly cleaned inside and out, a job which falls on consumers. Save yourself the hassle by opting for a zero waste version instead!

Trade your Toothbrush for a Bamboo Version

Some people like to brush their teeth in the shower. Others think that is a disgusting habit. Both groups of people should think about switching from plastic toothbrushes to bamboo ones! Bamboo toothbrushes are compostable once you are down with them—they came from the earth and will go back to it afterwards! You can purchase 8 toothbrushes for 12$ on Amazon, compared to paying 13.84$ for 8 Oral B plastic toothbrushes. Another great thing about this switch is that you do not have to worry about swallowing plastic bristles; these brushes use compostable materials for their bristles.

As you can see, these swaps are pretty easy to make and there are plenty of options in products to choose from. Ultimately, eco-friendly living is not about being perfect or creating zero-waste. It is about doing what you can to make a difference. Going zero waste is an amazing feat; however, waste reduction makes a bigger change when practiced imperfectly by a larger group rather than perfectly by a select few. You cannot do everything the earth needs, but the earth needs everything you CAN do!

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nobuckingway · 8 years ago

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Recently Dante & I attended our first ever proper show! Yes, you heard that right me & Dante went show jumping! For anyone who has followed Dante’s progress from when I bought him in October, I honestly thought this day would NEVER come!!!

He was quite the problem horse to say the least, but it just goes to show that sticking at something and working hard really does show results. We are still not perfect, far from it! These last few weeks I feel like we are both progressing well together, but now as a team.

Have a read below, find out how our practice day went two days before the big show itself, find out how I got him washed & prepared! It feels like a lifetime since I have done it all!

Practice Round

To give a quick explanation of what was going on, the yard I had previously been at run an annual jumping event against a neighbouring yard . where they both compete teams & individuals for a chance to win the winning cup. With the show being on Monday, the Friday previous a practice course was set up, for all teams & individuals competing on Monday. As Dante has never done a proper show or jumped a proper course I thought it was best to bring him here first, that way I could decide from his behaviour if he was ready to partake on Monday.

OMgod I was so nervous. I really did not know what to expect from him. As we arrived at our previous yard Dante was on his toes. There was a lot going on, horses & people everywhere but I was very surprised by his relaxed behaviour besides the few looks here & there. I popped him into a stable to let him settle down, as I had a quick catch up with everyone, and to have a quick learn the course!

I lunged Dante at home before I brought him over, it helps to get rid of that bit of extra spice in him & so that I didn’t have to spend the guts of an hour warming him up trying to get him relaxed. So with that I walked him into the practice arena & hopped right up on him.

It was so weird. I kind of feel like the two of us were walking around the arena for the guts of 5 minutes thinking what the hell are we getting ourselves into. I had a quick trot & canter on both reins and jumped the two practice fences set up, with that I headed down to wait for my turn to jump.

I was absolutely shitting it as they called us into the arena but the minute we walked in, it was as if the two of us turned our game faces on. The nerves were suddenly gone and before I knew it I was cantering into fence number 1. Dante was amazing to say the least, he kept a steady rhythm in his canter through out the full course. He was disunited quite a good bit and did keep changing legs in between fences but as long as I kept pushing him on through it we were flying. I have zero faults in his performance, I was delighted with him, besides a few knocked poles everything he done was a step forward in the right direction.

Delighted with his performance, I decided it was time to take the plunge and finally start entering shows with him and that I did. Myself & Dante put our names down for Monday, unaware if we were going to be on a team or as an individual but either way I didn’t really care as I was so happy with the way he worked around the course we had just completed.

Preparations

After arriving home ecstatic about our performance, A day later I received a text to be told Dante & I had been selected to jump as an individual & as part of a team. That nervous feeling crept back in again, but I suppose you have to power on and get over these fears if you want to get anywhere!!

So I began prepping & getting him ready for our very first show. He needed to be plaited, washed, groomed & our tack needed a little bit of a sprucing up! You may think I am mad, but I have began using hair masks for Dante for his mane & tail as it is very coarse & fluffy! (I needed something to tame it!) With a glass of wine, and a bucket of warm soapy water I began my mission to scrub Dante until he was sparkling!

With baby shampoo & warm water I simply began to sponge him down scrubbing the visible dirt away, he’s a bay horse, so he is quite clean besides his 3 white socks, (I didn’t wash the bottoms of his legs until the morning of the show as he is not the cleanest horse when it comes to standing in his stable!!) Once his body had been hosed of, I used my Elvive hair mask. I simply rub it through his mane & tail, on the package it says to leave it in for 5-10 minutes but I leave it in for 15 minutes & rinse out. After all the scrubbing was complete, I threw Dante on the walker to dry, leaving him in his stable with his cooler on! At least that way I had a good chance of keeping him clean!

Before every show, I plait the mane the night before, and bud them up the morning off. I can’t imagine it being too comfortable with rosebuds in over night. Regarding his tail, I don’t really tend to plait it, he likes flicking it and swishing it around the place & he keeps it relatively clean, so I did not see the need to!

Show Day

As mentioned above, the morning of the show I washed his four socks (legs) before loading him up into the box, using a whitener shampoo to try keep them white, sealing them with a bit of baby powder to keep the colour vibrant! After all of this was done, I threw on his travel boots, his cooler & loaded him up into the horse box and we set off to the venue!

Driving into the venue I was half expecting Dante to start kicking and jumping around the box in excitement, but needless to say he was lovely and calm. There was so much going on, horses walking and trotting by the box people everywhere, after 20minutes of him standing around in the box he began to get quite anxious.

To be fair to him he could hear everything going in but couldn’t exactly see anything, so I don’t blame him! I took him out of the box, let him have a stretch and put him into a stable to let him properly relax before getting him tacked up & ready!

The Warm up

There warm up arena, which is an indoor arena, it is quite small & uneven so I decided it was best to give him a quick warm up out in the field before hand. Dante was taking everything in, no bold behaviour, but he was looking at everything and had that real spring in his step. As I began to trot him he was really using himself, I could feel the power in him! This quickly came to an end as a few kids from the yard kept cantering up & down the field with their ponies and this was really beginning to set Dante off. I felt as if I had lost his concentration completely as he was way too focused on what was going on around him to bother listening to me. So as I pretty much brought everything with me just in case, I decided to throw my draw reins on him so I had slightly more control & I headed into the indoor arena to try get a good warm up done before our first round.

To be fair to everyone, they were so accommodating towards us when we went into the indoor, they gave us the space we needed to get a proper warm up. He was working so well, in trot & canter he was a bundle of energy, but it was controllable so it gave me a good ground to work with. He was very responsive to everything I was asking him to do, which did surprise me. He can be quite a difficult horse at time in terms of keeping him from getting flustered. So with this I acted quick, took the draw reins off and I popped him over two or three jumps before we headed into the arena for our first round.

Tip: I highly recommend not over jumping a horse too much before entering your round. Working on transitions and making sure your horse is listening to you is far more beneficial. I would keep my jumping at a max of 4 times, unless you run into major problems or really sloppy jumping.

Round 1 – Midi

I was left to wait 5-10 minutes outside the gate before I entered the arena. My nerves were totally forgot about at this stage as Dante literally would not stand still. The tables had turned, I am pretty sure Dante began to gain more nerves than me at this stage. So with a few reassuring pats on the neck & talking to him trying to relax him he settled as we walked into the arena.

The crowd was huge. There were people talking, shouting, microphones being spoke into & Dante didn’t bat an eyelid. I was amazed, we were both in our happy place, back jumping!! Dante awaited instructions from me and instead of flapping around, I got straight into it, I heard the bell and I began to approach the first fence.

He was fantastic. He came back to me in between fences when I asked and didn’t rush or take off unannounced. He did have a good look at a big red sign hanging up on one of their fences, but as I ignored it and rode him on he began to ignore it too. I wont lie, our jumping was slightly sloppy. We knocked around 4/5 poles, not to blame Dante but he wasn’t really lifting his legs over the fences, he wasn’t appreciating the height of them one bit, they were 70-80cm!

Overall I was delighted with his first round, knocking poles didn’t really bother me one bit, as I was more focused on how he behaved over anything else. This was all a brand new scene to him so keeping him relaxed was key. Beside it was more like a warm up for our team event coming up next!

Round 2 – Maxi

He was yet again taking everything in his stride, the crowds, the noises. As we entered the arena for our Maxi round, I could feel him a lot more relaxed underneath me. With the first round out of the way he knew what he had to do & we both knew the course.

Again, we got straight into it, once the bell sounded we started approaching our first fence. I will admit his strides are so hard to read at the moment! But that will take time as we both have only started jumping properly!

Once over the first fence, he did knock it, but as we approached the second fence, I pushed him. I pushed him for the big stride and he met the fence perfect. The next 4-5 fences I kept pushing him for the longer stride and he met everything spot on.

I was delighted with him, but when it comes to our jumping at the minute we both just need time to adjust to each other more & get used to each other. His jump can be huge at times, I am just about getting to grips with staying in the saddle!! But jumping the bigger fences seemed to be a lot more comfortable for both me & him.

We finished the course with 8 faults possibly 12, but again I didn’t really care about the knocks, his behaviour was all I was worried about for his first show out! That and well we had no refusals either! So overall I was delighted with his performance.

We ended up placing 3rd in our Midi round & 4th in our Maxi round, so with these results I was delighted! But like I keep saying, I was mostly concerned about his behaviour over his performance, bringing him to this show has really opened my eyes to how far we both have come!

When I first bought him back in October bringing Dante to this show was my goal, and I am still fairly shocked that we reached it, considering how much trouble I had with him up until 2 months ago!

So for everyone reading this, if I can do it ANYONE can do it!!!

Onwards & upwards from here!

#NeighNSlay

Darielle

Our First Show – Reaching That Goal Recently Dante & I attended our first ever proper show! Yes, you heard that right me & Dante went show jumping!

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