Monthly Review #23

WHOA! We are so close to the 2 year mark! I am aware that I am far overdue for a post of all those silly dudes and their messages. I'll get on that. I got bunches.

I'm still on about the 2 turbie twists post shower. As you can see below I've been doing less straightening in the blow dry process. Really now it's just a volume thing (did you know you should be blow drying from the bottom to the top?!) So after the 2nd turbie comes off and about 10 minutes before I leave for work (which is going great in case you care) I do a quick, hot blow dry with my head flipped over (without falling forward off my 5" stilettos, god help me) and then right side up. I really enjoy the resulting curls and if I feel it's looking frizzy I can just shove it in a clip for an hour and when I bring it out it's calmed down ever so slightly. The walk to work on shower day I feel like I'm on a runway. And I have the catcalls to prove that may not be just my own private reality. The next day it's still big but not as obviously. 3rd and 4th days end up being (half) updos. And I did try to get better at braiding this month....but crayyyyyp it's hard! I'm still practicing. Future Alexandra will be good at it, I swear!...just not sure how old that future Alexandra is.

In terms of damage mitigation - I put oil and/or conditioner in my hair from the mid level down before the shampoo at the top (only). I have ALMOST run out of that coconut body wash.....I gotta go buy a new one (passion fruit!) before I realize I have no soap in the shower...eek.


Can you tell that I have transitioned to wearing my beautiful work clothing instead of my gym tshirts 24/7? Also: I've gained 3 lbs since February but it must be muscle because THOSE CHEEKBONES - godddamn, girl. Okay, I'm done now. But seriously I missed having long hair specifically because the dark hair behind the curves of my face is real good stuff.

Monthly Review #22

Oh guys. I'm so late in getting this out. I'm sorry. My other blog is coming up on a big big post of gardening so I'm crazy with that.

But no excuses - let's talk hair. I'm consistently taken aback by how much I have now.

It is looking a little damaged at the ends - but I'm trying to keep it in check. In the shower I'm trying to protect the hair by either oiling the mid-ends before I get in or putting on conditioner on the ends before I rinse out the shampoo. Lots of hair is being lost. It's a damn tragedy. I am getting 5 days between hair washings even though I'm crossfitting 4x a week now (MTWTh). It looks great days 1-3 and good days 4 and 5.

My showers are after the gym and I now have a job so I've been showering after the gym and wearing 2 different turbie twists (one when I get out for a few minutes and then switch to the new dry one when the first has absorbed to its capacity) then when I leave for work I pull the hair up with my left hand and twist it into a weird twisty bun and then use a clip that looks like a figure 8 that has been bent horizontally and cut vertically. I can't find a picture on the interwebs so you may never know what it looks like. I go to work with it wet and then allow it to dry throughout the day - ending the day with it down. Over the next couple days I do what looks good (and I always have a clip and a hairband at my desk) - in the last couple days having the top or the whole thing up is necessary to camouflage the residual oil but it's fine. I brush it gently and thoroughly every night before bed.

I am still working on the coconut body wash from last post. Also...I think my laser place shut down after I paid for a year of treatment. Womp womp. Should I start getting my eyelashes curled or extended every month? Ah the anxiety of disposable income.

Enjoy these pictures! (I employed some great selfie techniques this month to balance out the carelessness of other months. Also long hair is more fun to selfie.)