Tea and Hair Days 23 - FINAL

Whoa. Done so FAST. Holy shit.

Basically, this is a compilation of a bunch of different days of pictures. Because honestly, save for the drawback of "my hair has gotten lighter" this was a good idea.

Toodles, poodles
-Laura

Tea and Hair Days 15-22

Okay so my hair is 100% getting lighter. Its undertones of brown are being brought out, giving it a more brown look when the light hits it.

Basically, how it looks after I spend my life outside in the summer, as opposed to post winter.

So fair warning, what they say about a chamomile hair rinse is true - IT WILL LIGHTEN YOUR HAIR. But, it also makes it looks super natural, and in a totally all natural way.

I had to use soft water (well water is great), and shampoo/conditioner I don't normally use, on my hair this weekend. The soft water is nice on my hair, the shampoo makes my hair act weird. Also, I was helping tear down a wall so I ended up showered twice because...well...you don't need to know what was behind the drywall. Let's just leave it at it was gross.
But soft water = softer hair. Double showering = my hair got wrecked when it came to dryness.

Sunday night earned a nice oil treatment for my hair and scalp, which worked wonders.

BUT I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE ONCE IT DRIED IN THE MORNING. Shut up, I was busy for once.  So, here are some shitty pictures of me, at 11pm on Monday. Curls still going strong.

Let me just say, I love this tea shit I made.

I PROMISE MY FINAL PICTURES WILL BE BETTER. YOU CAN ALL YELL AT ME IF THEY'RE NOT.

Tea and Hair: Days 8 - 14

Ugh, on day 8 we had a MASSIVE temperature change, again. -32 C with the windchill. Needless to say, my hair was a frizzy mess. I had to oil it up.

Something I think I've noticed is my hair may be getting a little lighter, a little more reddish in tint. It totally is lighting dependent, so I'm going to REALLY track my pictures. Chamomile has been known to lighten hair, so it's entirely possible.

On day nine and 10 my hair was ballin'. Like it was so fucking fantastic looking and feeling I have no words.
Honestly, my hair has been looks pretty good no matter what I do. Pigtails all day? It comes out of it looking pretty grand

THUS FAR I AM IMPRESSED.

DAY 14 HAS TAKEN ME TO THE GYM. So my hair is tied back and not curly at all. Good fucking times.

even if my hair is getting lighter

Bigger and better pictures next week!

-L

Day 14: Pigtails all day plus a workout = this hair

Tea and Hair: Day 2-7

Day 7

On day two, my curls were soft and tight, and shiny. By the end of the day it still looked pretty good, curls still behaving, if not a little frizzy. But, I could gently ruffle my hair at the roots, and although I got extra volume (which really, I didn't need but looked like I was attempting the 80s  fun) the curls still stayed intact, just a little more free. My hair was shiny at the start of the day, and at the end.

We had a major weather change on the third day, it got colder and started to snow. So my hair was a little drier and a little frizzier. But, still nice and soft.

I straightened my hair on day four and I swear to the gods it has never been more shiny and soft and...cooperative when being straightened. I even slept on it and left it for the next day (which meant no spray because otherwise I'd curl up again), and on day 5 it was still fairly straight, just a bit frizzy at the ends

Day 7

I had to use Zachs shampoo and conditioner on day six, my hair hates it because it's too heavy for my hair. So I was a little floppy. My hair was still shiny though.

On the final day of my first week my hair looked nice, felt nice. All around good hair.
I'm feeling sick today (amazing time for getting a cold), so I'm just drinking my Cold 911 (shhh, I'll review it eventually), to feel better. My weekly hair update picture sucks though, so sorry. And yes, I did take them in bed.

Overall, I am still happy with the results I'm getting, so this is absolutely going to continue!

-Laura

Day 7

Day 7

Tea and Hair: Day 1

What's this? I'm mixing tea and hair? Whaaaaaaaaaaat?!

So, my plan is to make a daily, after shampooing spray for my hair, using a tea mixture. I've been doing some reading, and many people find a tea rinse helpful, and some people use them as a spray. And, because it is tea related I am bringing you along for the ride.

My goal of this is to 1) see the prospective uses for tea, and 2) help my hair using something I'm passionate about. I also need some sort of hobby to make sure I stay motivated.

I'll post updates once a week, on Wednesdays, ending March 5th (or 12th, I'm unsure)!

If you don't want any information on my hair type or regular routine, then skip to under my selfie.

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I have a 3a hair-type, my hair has a low-porosity when it is not being negatively affected by the weather, and medium when it gets too dry, mostly from winter dryness. Even my skin is drier during the winter. Medium width and a little longer than shoulder length. I have a little over a medium density hair during the summer, in the winter, it drops to a medium. If I'm stressed, I shed much, much more.

I am blessed with the genetics for having dandruff on both sides. So using Head & Shoulders as a shampoo is basically a need. Otherwise I get an itchy, dry, flaky scalp. Seriously. If I shampoo with a different one, my scalp is like NO. and gets itchy. So, to combat it's drying effect, I make sure to use their 2 in 1 shampoo, AND  conditioner for curly hair. I can't seem to find the PERFECT conditioner though, SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE. Currently, I use a Strictly Curls by Marc Anthony.

I wish I could wash my hair every other day, but because I'm a massage therapist, and my bangs are still growing out (thus at a very awkward length, and the curls make it so that not all of it is controlled by a bobby pin), I manage to get massage oil on it.

My selfie game is weak after
getting my hair all oiled up

So, the night before I did a major moisturizing treatment, like I do probably once every other week. Sometimes more like once a week, sometimes more than once a week if the weather gets cold and dry, but not less unless I can't help it. My hair gets straighter when I do, because, well, I'm stroking it a little and getting my quasi-treatment all over it. Also, I do it at the end of the day. Sadly, I do have to give my hair a comb out with a wider tooth comb to do it, otherwise my fingers get caught in the curls.

I use:

• A quarter size amount of a Macadamia Nourishing Leave-in Cream
• A dime sized amount of a extra-virgin cold pressed coconut oil/jojoba oil mixture
• Maybe a dime sized amount of Moroccan Oil
• One drop of peppermint oil
• One drop of lavender oil

My Mother-in-law-to-be found the coconut oil at Costco of all places! And let me tell you, it's in a huge ass tub and super high quality, yummy as well!

It smells nice and serves its purpose. But our horrible winter weather, and the fact I wash my hair every day (not good for hair and scalp care!), dries it out.






For the spray leave in I'm:

• 1 scoop chamomile tea
• 1 scoop Indonesian Green Tea
• 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
• 1 pot of boiling water
• 1 drop tea tree oil
• one drop peppermint oil
• 1 spray bottle, washed and dried

I started by cutting and crushing the rosemary. Then boiled the rosemary, and its stem, and the tea for a minute at a rolling boil, then let it steep until cool. Then, obviously, I strained it. I actually did this twice, to make sure I didn't get any floaties.
Then I put it in the spray bottle, and lightly spritzed my hair (it was towel dried, but still wet). I tried to get all of it.
Then, I put that shit in the fridge, to make sure it keeps.

Look at this massive ringlet

It smelled fresh, kind of minty. Just light, and fresh is the only word I can think of! Not bad in the least
My hair felt pretty damn smooth and soft after it dried.
My hair looked shiney as fuuuuck after it dried.
The peppermint oil left a bit of a tingly cooking sensation. Because it's so watered down, it was only a small one.

Day one overall happiness level pretty damn happy. Smooth ringlets!

LOOK AT THE SHINE

By the end of the day my hair was frizzier, and my curls weren't as tight. I still have ringlets hanging out though. I did go for a walk today, and it was cold and dry out.

Hair raisingly yours,

Laura

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Benefits of rosemary for hair [1] [2] [3] [4]

Benefits of chamomile for hair [1] [2]

Benefits of green tea for hair [1] [2]

Benefits of tea tree oil for hair [1] [2] [3]

Benefits of peppermint for hair [1] [2]