So my hair became quite awful because I wasn’t taking care of it. To be honest, I wasn’t doing anything with my appearance at all. I wore crappy, unflattering clothes and never cut my hair so it became covered in split ends and frizzy. I wore clean clothes and took showers every day… I mean, I wasn’t dirty, I just didn’t care what I wore or what I looked like.

(At this point, this LJ entry could segue into the topic of feelings of self-confidence and self-worth, and how those feelings directly tie into how one keeps up one’s appearance. But I’ll try to remain focused on the hair experiments.)

My cousin, Lindsey, came to visit with her mom a couple of weekends ago when Deb came to make the beautiful baby room for us. Deb is Lindsey’s mom. Now I realize that Lindsey is thirteen and kids always have beautiful, shiny hair, but I noticed how nice her hair looked. It was trimmed neatly so no split ends, and she had put highlights in her hair. It was very pretty.

And then there was my hair. Dull, frizzy, stringy at the ends.

So two days later, Matt cut about an inch or so off to get rid of the split ends and stringy bits. But it was still frizzy and dull (no shine). So I decided to dye it. When I dye my hair, it always looks shinier.

Then I paid the bills. Oops, no money left for hair dye.

So then I asked the Oracle for cheap solutions, and voila! Hair experiments have begun.

Today, I began with mayonnaise followed by my normal shampoo and conditioner, and then an apple cider vinegar/honey rinse. Here are the recipes:

Results: Definitely softer and fuller and a bit shinier. Still frizzy and not as shiny as I would like it — still too dull.

Heh heh, but the experiments have only just begun!! Matt has already okay’ed a day of hair experiments. You see, it’s my job to maintain the household during the day (whether it’s shopping, cleaning, balancing the check register, etc) while it’s his job to go to work and bring home money to support the household. That’s how we have divided our labor and it works out really well; we have a happy household, a happy marriage, and stress levels are really low for both of us. Well, if I’m going to slough off my work for the day to play with my hair, it’s not really fair to Matt because he still has to go to work. So, I always feel better if I get an “okay” from him to blow off the housework and do fun stuff.

Still frizzy and still dull. That’s what I’m still trying to fix.