Low density vs fine hair

I discovered something that should have been obvious to me.

I have low density hair with medium width strands. It's the low density that gives me the appearance of thin see through hair. All the more reason why I need all my hair to be one length to give the appearance of length

ugh, i've put on more weight.

I'm not sure why i keep eating. I'm not particularly unhappy. i wish i was, when I'm unhappy i can either not eat at all or get more\ focused on running. i went jogging over the weekend and thought i was doing okay. unfortunately, i get really tired on the way home and can't be bothered to do anything when i get in. boredom then makes me eat. I've put on all the 8lbs i lost. this weight loss thing is a never ending mountain and every time i make progress i fall back down again. i even managed to wake myself up at 5.30 to go jogging on Wednesday. i was exhausted the whole day and with meetings over 130 miles away from home, i was a mess.

I don't know how to motivate myself anymore.

The good news is that my hair has grown a bit. if i stretch my hair, it's shoulder length. it takes 6 inches of hair to reach my shoulder so I've finally got there. I'll only say I'm SL when my hair at the sides is 9 inches. no point in counting just the hair at the back of my neck.

Beautiful women who claim they don't know they are beautiful

In the UK, we get episodes of Oprah several months, sometimes 6 months after they have aired. I've been watching her farewell season where she's had a number of super models on her show.

She asked all of them the question, "Do you know that you are beautiful" each one of them said, "no I don't. I don't see myself as beautiful " I'm like come on! The whole world tells you that you are beautiful, your career and industry is about beauty and you say you have no idea you are beautiful.

Beverly Johnson was the only one that admitted to knowing of her beauty, which was refreshing in the face of all the other beauty deniers.

I get tired of celebrities and their alternative reality/fantasy. Their stories of woe are always accompanied by some book, film, song deal and because their image is so intrinsically linked with something they're selling, it's difficult to even take half the stuff they say as fact.

I feel very few of them keep it real.

African Style Is Eternal!

African Style Is Eternal!

I am officially in love with these outfits. Thought I'd share.

Once I get my sewing machine, I'm going to attempt to make them. I don't know how to sew, but I'm willing to give it a go.

I may have solved my breakage

I say this very tentatively.

I took my hair out of cornrows on Thursday. I deep conditioned using organic root stimulator hair mayo. I wrapped my hair in cling film & put on a wig cap, plonked my wig ontop and went for a jog. The heat from my head provided a sort of steam treatment. I've done this several times and I find it beneficial. I left it on overnight and washed my hair the next morning. I then did another deep conditioning treatment with Herbal Essence conditioner. Left that on overnight. I rinsed that out, and used the aphogee 2 minute treatment for 10 minutes. After that was rinsed out, I did another conditioning treatment with Herbal Essence which I left that on for 3 hours.

I sprayed the following on my hair:

Curl free instant moisturiser

Aphogee leave in conditioner

Organic root stimulator hair moisturiser

I used these products sparingly

I let my hair air dry and them flat ironed it using Fantasia frizz buster.

My hair hardly broke at all. Almost on every occasion when I've flat ironed, I've had lots of broken hairs on my shoulders. This time, a very small amount of breakage.

All the above steps seemed like over kill but it it allowed me to get my hair straight without breakage. The only downside is that I didn't get a silky straight flat iron, but I'd rather no breakage than bouncy hair.

My hair felt moisturised and I could actually get my hair into a single pony tail , unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the pony tail, but I will next time

My hair looks sooo thin!