Hairy Timeline

 I think it's about time to look back into my hairy past and confess my hairy sins to you.


Early 80's
The early years! When I was very little my hair was sort of curly.



 
1998
This picture was taken in Winston-Salem, NC.
My hair has never been longer than that. This was the point where it stopped growing because I was wearing it down or in half-up styles every single day, washed it every other day and I was blow-drying it without any heat protection. I had a lot of split ends and my ends just broke off as fast as my hair grew at the roots.
Imagine how long my hair could be today had I already known all the things about hair and hair care I know today! Oh well.....



2006
When I came back from the US in 1999 I got my first perm and from that on I constantly permed my hair until I got pregnant with my son in 2007.



February 2008
By the end of my pregnancy my last perm was nearly gone and the ends were pretty damaged and still a bit curly.




March 2008
After my son was born I felt like I needed a change and chopped it all off. This picture was taken after I came home from the salon where my hair had been tortured with a flat iron. Don't I look like a red-haired Jennifer Aniston? lol
Today I know of course how bad, bad, bad flat irons are.




Summer 2008
In Summer 2008 mummy was stupid enough to get another perm. Bad relapse, I know. My poor hair!!!



May 2009
At the beginning of 2009 I joined a long hair forum and decided to let my hair grow until it was 1 meter (40") long.
I started to grow out my last perm and my bangs, stopped blow-drying my hair and started to treat it as gentle as I could.

June 2012
And here I am now more than three years later. My hair is now 64 cm (25.2") long, completely natural and it has never looked better in my life.
It's growing slowly but steadily, I don't have many split ends and no breakage. I'm getting a trim (1 cm) every 4 months.

Pocket Tangle Teezer

I finally got the pocket size Tangle Teezer! The bristles of my regular one have already been suffering from being carried around in my purse. I love my TT, it's such a life-saver!


I als got a new silk cloth for my pillow. My old one looked somewhat shabbily after being washed a couple of times.

Shopping at Boots

Last week I was in London for a couple of days and of course I couldn't miss the chance to shop at Boots and get myself some conditioners and treatments of brands we don't have in Germany. Luckily they have these little travel sizes as well. I so can't wait to try them all!!

These two kinda smell like Juicy Fruit chewing gum. I'm going to use this conditioner tonight.



Ok, so in England it's obviously common as well to sell hair care products in supposed salon-quality (what ever that means!) at drugstores. They do this in Germany as well.
Naturals seems to be something like the organic line of Tresemmé, without silicones and no added colour, with aloe vera and avocado oil. I'm curious about it!



I'm most curious about the VO5 Hot Oil treatment since I have heard a lot of good things about it. I've already tried the Miracle Concentrate. It's a leave-in that can be used on damp or dry hair. It comes with a pipette so you can dose it dropwise. It controlled my frizz quite well and left my hair soft and manageable. No wonder, it'a a silicone-bomb! (Yes, I did read the label before I bought it.) I don't have a problem with cones but I can't see myself using this stuff after each washing. I have used four drops on my damp hair and than another drop after it was completely dry.