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Farewell 2024

2024 has been a wild ride gone in a flash. Managed to do a small trim and ended the year on a high hair note. Work, health and life have kept me from writing more. I also kept my hair routine to a bare minimum. I managed to wash about once a week and kept it in a bun most of the time.  This worked quite well and am going to continue keeping things simple. Before taking this photo I had been asked if it's my real hair a few times when I had it down. In 2025 I would like to be more regular with my trims. I barely managed to do it twice this year. The soft v shape and layers are a bit more forgiving and don't let my hair look scraggly too much which helps. I am hoping as I take better care of my health I'll have more energy for my hair. My current wash and blow dry routine takes me about an hour and a half and that's been the most I could do this year. I will try take better pictures in the coming year. I might also dig to see if I have any others from this year to share m...
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September 2022 update and musings

Still making good progress and I've kept up with my blow drying routine. I relaxed early on in the month and that was successful. 

One thing I have realised regarding the ORS relaxer I am using is there are different formula of it in the market. Especially it being an imported product you don't know what you will get in the store.

I don't know if it's just me but I realised one formula works much slower than the other. The one that I like I haven't seen anywhere for ages. Both boxes say new look on them and they are both not on the US website for ORS so hard to tell. Another thing I noticed is some countries have products tailored to them. I have seen the relaxer in the form of sachets etc on instagram and YouTube too. So it could just be matter of where the shops can get their supply of the relaxer that's adding to the mix.

Before using the relaxer I check the expiry date. All of them have been well before expiry so I can not blame expired product for how slow the other processes. This has got me thinking to look for a different relaxer with a more constant formula so I know what to expect. The other more widely available here is Dark and Lovely.

As my hair is growing and I can make my little ponytail and buns, I've been thinking about how I'd like to wear it and trims. I like the layered look and doing diy trims/cuts I use the ponytail method. My brain was trying to be experimental but I think we need to stick to what works for now. I like to trim on flat ironed hair so I'll be doing a big one at the end of the year then get into the routine of every other relaxer from then on.

This year has had a few challenges in general but progress is still there. What challenges are you facing?

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