The smell of henna.

This doesn't count as a real tryout-post since I've used henna several times before. But I still would like to mention it.

I just LOVE the smell of henna in my hair. It smells so natural and healthy. Love it.

And to make this post slightly relevant, let's make a list of the things I like to do while using henna!

- I use 200g of henna, and 650ml of water (35 degrees) and wait 2 hrs before applying. Make sure to use enough water, I've tried 500ml once and it simply was too dry and didn't cover all of my hair.

- I never use gloves and apply it naked in my bathroom (remove rugs, towels, clothes.. it flies everywhere.) The orange dots on my body and face wash of immediately, so no worries there! My hands, however, remain orange for a day or two, maybe three. I don't care, working with gloves is annoying. 

- I used to just.. *plop* a whole bunch of henna on my head and just rub it around. Worked fine if it's liquid enough, but now I like to divide my hair into parts, and *plop and rub* it into those parts. But I really want to make sure to get all my hair covered! Good moisturized henna is easier to work with. I also put my lengths in henna, just cause it's easier, it doesn't affect the color all that much. When I'm finished I put everything on top of my head and feel like a Royal Queen for some reason :') After wrapping plastic on it, putting a hat on and hop into the shower to get all of that flying henna of my body, the waiting begins.

- After 5 hrs of hanging on the couch, the best moment has come! I love rinsing henna! It's great to see my feet disappear in this orange shower-sea! :D I might take a photo of it someday. It's so pretty, I also love how the orange water is everywhere on me, and it smells pretty great :) 

- Don't try to get it all out!!  Really, there's no need to spend 2 bottles of conditioner and a whole week of watersupply to get all those tiiiiiny hennapieces out. I just rinse until my hair doesn't feel that thick anymore, use conditioner/shampoo/shampoo/conditioner. And that's it. I leave the shower with a lot of thingies left in my hair. I use my blowdryer, and just let it aaaall fall out, and get the vaccuum-cleaner et voila. Then I tend to go for a walk with my dog to get all last bits out outside, and not in every corner of my house.. 

- Next step: Enjooooy the smell ^.^

Jojoba oil and keratine.

Months have passed, and I have tested a few things. I've been testing two things at the same time, which is rather stupid but the second one wasn't planned, it just happend because I am way too clumsy.

First, my plan was to replace the coconut-oil I'd been using for quite a while (and was still in love with!) for Jojoba oil. Just to see how it would be. I have to say it made my hair even softer than the coconut-oil, hard to imagine that was even possible. I am thinking my hair could've gotten used to the coconut-oil, therefore after a few months of Jojoba I will go back to coconut, before trying the very very populair Argan-oil :D *Cant wait to try that one* But for now, I am pretty fond of my Jojoba-oil, and loving the softness.

By the way, I also tried to use Jojoba oil as a facial moisturizer, but that didn't end very well. I ended up having a few pimples and quit out of fear of looking like a 14year old again, haha! I read it works very well for other people, but I'm afraid my skin needs a less greasy moisturizer, the search continues!

And second! Sometimes when using leave-in conditioner I would use some of my small bottle of keratine. Keratine is one of the things that hair is made of, can also be found in nails, so it's a very natural thing. But do NOT confuse this with the "Brazilian Keratine Treatment", I am very much against that, I don't see how heating the hair (even with good and nurturing keratine in between!) can be good. So I will never do this, however my treatment looks a very small bit like it, except for you know.. the BOILING of all hair cuticles.

Anyway, as I said, I've been clumsy. The keratine comes in a very small bottle, and pouring just a little bit is a very hard thing to do. So now I had WAY too much, which seemed just about right :D After putting it in together with my leave-in conditioner (Yes to Cucumbers) I blow-dried my hair. So yes, some heat, but not 230 degrees like the real Keratine Treatment. It also looks good without blowdrying, but I noticed the incredible shininess after I blow-dried it, so I guess it had something to do with it, but I am not sure yet, will continue to test on that.

That's all for now. Gonna continue to use Jojoba and Keratine for while! And desperately search for a good facial cleanser, and moisturizer. Maybe I should visit the Lush store again.