Beauty, Hair, Photos, Reviews

The cheaper I go, the longer it’ll grow

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I’m going back to the cheap route of doing my hair. It may be the biggest mistake of my life, but I won’t know until I keep trying (or screw up).

My mom used to cut my hair back in the day. Believe it or not the first time I went to a hair dresser I was in my early twenties. It was at what I thought was a fancy hair salon in the local mall. Turns out it was the one of the worst hair cuts in my life. She said oops, while she was cutting it. I never went back.

For years I thought expensive meant better; and sure, I left it up to the experts for the past few years or so, but my hair wasn’t growing longer. Recently I’ve been going to get my hair trimmed every 14 weeks. I have pretty fine hair so I really need the ends trimmed off every few months or it’ll look ratty and damaged.

My co-worker goes to this one woman who has a hair salon in her basement. Have to admit, I’m uncomfortable there, since it’s a little old and a bit sketch, but for a $15 hair cut I can live with it. My hair has been growing at a steady rate ever since. I don’t know why. Maybe they listen to what I say? Maybe she doesn’t go wild with the scissors? It just works.

In about two weeks I’m due for a hair trim. I may not even go for another month or two yet. Why? Because I got these hair cutting scissors (thanks to Flat Iron Experts) and I’ve been trimming off the dead ends myself.cutting-my-hair

My hair cut is pretty simple since I don’t have any layers. Though, it’s not long enough yet to cut the back, nor do I really want to depend on a blind eye to trim the back. I don’t want to mess things up. So there aren’t any before/after photos. I cleaned up the split ends in the front so it feels nice and fresh.

I forgot how sharp hair cutting scissors are compared to paper scissors. Have to admit, I almost got a little out of hand trimming off the dead ends. After I was done, my hair was just as healthy as if I had paid someone to trim it for me.dannyco-scissors

Great little Japanese motif design on the Dannyco scissors, don’t you think?

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Some features of the Dannyco scissors:

  • High-grade Japanese stainless steel blades
  • Hollow-ground blades
  • Zinc alloy, lightweight ergonomic handles
  • Adjustable stainless steel screw to set the cutting tension
  • Removable finger rest

Dannyco hair scissors retail for $76.99 on Flat Iron Experts website.

How often do you get your hair cut?

Who cuts your hair?

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Daily, Fashion, Hair, Health, OOTD, Photos, TripleFFriday

OOTWW & TFF #19

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Ehh! Good day!

The week flew by didn’t it? Probably because I took Wednesday off work, to head into Toronto. Didn’t realize I forgot to blog yesterday, til it was too late. I’m sure you all noticed ;)

I can certainly tell when I don’t put time into coordinating my outfits that I wear to work. I usually prepare all my clothing on Sunday nights, but this week and last I felt too lazy to do so. Which results in boring attire ;)

Onto the OOTWW:

ootwwNext up, triple f friday (are you fun, fit and/or fashionable? Want to be featured on my blog next week? See below this post for details!)

Meg stands up for herself on her blog. Negativity is NOT welcome!

Leanne posts on how she keeps her hair healthy by only washing it twice a week. Dry shampoo is her new BFF.

Girl bought a new carrrrrr.

Wish my hair looked good air dried, as Aleeza’s does. Jeally-cakes (me trying to sound hip. I mean jealous…) 

Submit yourself to my weekly Fun, Fit and/or Fashionable posts. You can certainly submit your own, next week. Just shoot me an e-mail to spiffykerms@gmail.com. Just include any of the following:

  • Your name
  • Your URL (if applicable)
  • Description of your blog post 
  • A photo (optional)

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Beauty, Hair, Photos

How to put moisture back in your hair

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Winters are dry, no doubt. They will reek havoc on your hair if you don’t take some necessary precautions to keep those locks growing. I had a hair cut 3 weeks ago and noticed I was already getting split ends due to the weather and not looking after my hair.

I know you cannot mend split ends, so I trimmed them myself at home using probably inappropriate scissors. Hey, gotta do what you gotta do right?

To give you a run down my hair is prone to breakage, it’s fine but I have a lot of it. Figures, as soon as I pay any attention to my hair it goes to utter crap.

long-hair-daysI used to not care about my hair for most of my life. I mean, check out that long hair I had when I was younger! I did nothing to it. It was healthy. Now, I style it with heat, wear it up at night and to CrossFit.

Last January I started training my hair. I wasn’t washing, and blow drying it every single day any more. Right now I’m to the point where I’m washing it twice a week. It’s annoying, I gotta say — since my hair separates and makes me look bald. So I have to get creative with the dry shampoo and minimal teasing of the hair, for it to look presentable to go out in public. But it’s doable!

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My trick as of late? Argan oil.

I put it on my ends two nights in a row before washing my hair. I tried putting just one drop of the oil on second-day hair and it looked good. You just have to know how much you can apply on your hair. For me, one drop was plenty.

Josie-Maran-Argan-OilsWhen I apply it in my hair the night before I wash it, 5 drops. So it’s good and greasy. So sexy. Not to worry, it’s up in a pony tail and only applied to the ends and I wash it all off the next morning.

Most people love their hair on second day. I personally prefer clean hair. Whenever I shampoo my hair it feels more airy around each strand and the strands of hair doesn’t cling together. Plus, I have some pretty silky smooth hair and I love it.

I’ve purchased some cloth hair bands to minimize breakage. I know pony tail holders will break the hair thus making it harder to grow. I cannot stand my hair up in a pony anyway, but sometimes it’s needed when working out.

The less I wash my hair lately, the happier it is and the less oil it produces.  principess-dry-shampoo I use the Principessa beauty Matte Breeze dry shampoo on the days I don’t wash my hair. You can purchase it from The Bay. I couldn’t find it anywhere else. I like this since it’s for darker hair shades, which means the powder is tinted a caramel brown color that blends in with my hair. You can’t use too much of it otherwise it will feel like build-up in your hair. Just a sprinkle will do. I had a small one of these that I got in my very first TopBox in early 2012, which lasted me a good 6 months. I’m sure this one will last me 1.5 years at the rate I’m going through it. josie-maran-argan-oil

Argan-oilsI redeemed my Sephora points for the Josie Maran kit that came with the oil (shown on the left) and the mini one on the right hand side is the one I received in my January ipsy bag.

This is the very first oil I’ve ever tried in my hair and I only have gotten into it in the last 2 months. So I’m not an expert on putting coconut oil, or any other type of oil in my hair besides Argan.

What is your hair type, and how often do you wash it?

Do you use special treatments in your hair such as deep conditioners, or oils?

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