Happy Friday! And happy 9 degrees! (That’s not happy. At all. Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.)
I woke up this morning starving and fixed that problem with French Toast!
I mixed together one spoonful of flax seed, one egg + one egg white, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a little bit of milk, and dipped two slices of whole wheat bread (toasted so it would stay crunchy) into the mix. Then I pan-fried it and added half of a sliced banana for good measure, even though Marsh was OUT of organic bananas (the horror) and I had to eat a regular one.
Remember how I had a hair experiment last night? Well, it turned out to be a success! I didn’t do anything drastic, just a trim and a color update.
For some reason, every single time I get my hair highlighted, I HATE it the next day and feel like my whole face just looks unnatural and puffy afterward. I think it’s because I always try to go too blond. So I just asked for some natural brownish highlights instead:
Please excuse the weird way it’s lying against my head. My hair girl attacked me with a flat iron, as they always do, after she scolded me about how fried my ends were and how bleached out color made me look washed out. Which brings me to a Fun Fashion Friday!
I’ll just pass along this hair tip she gave me, because it totally makes sense:
Only wash your hair every other day at the most, no matter what the texture of your hair is. I am guilty of washing mine every day, and then torturing it with the flat iron and hair dryer afterward. I told her politely that my hair is hopeless if I don’t wash it every day and gets too gross, and she said that people think that because they don’t give it a chance.
If you let your hair get into a routine of only being washed every other day or every few days, it won’t stay oily on the off days more than three weeks to a month. You just have to give it a chance. She said not to give up and eventually it will start looking the same on the “on” days as the “off” days and it will be much healthier, softer, shinier, and less damaged in general.
Pretty cool tip….I guess I’ll give it a try and just wait out the month of ickiness. At least it’s only February, not one of the good months.
So that’s it on the fashion front…except for this hilarious quote I stumbled across on Glamour.com regarding harem pants:
I think that the weirdest women’s fashion choice has been those weird dumpy pants that make it look like girls have poops in their pants. I don’t want to talk to anybody wearing those pants.
—Peter, 30
This reinforces the fact that guys will never understand fashion, per say, but they do know what’s horribly unflattering. For the most part. As for my opinion, unless you’re J. Lo, your boyfriend will probably wholeheartedly agree with Peter’s assessment. I actually agree wholeheartedly with it too. Who invented those things? Oh yeah, MC Hammer. I’m pretty sure they looked horrible on him too.
Deep thoughts by Casey. There you go.
Happy weekend! 🙂
I kinda HAVE to wash my hair everyday – I mean I sweat so bad at the gym that it is soaking wet and looked like I showered. My stylist tells me to just blow it dry – UGH!
Your hair looks super cute! Love the color.
I hope this doesn’t sound strange… but I wash my hair with just conditioner during the week, then once, maybe twice a week I’ll use shampoo. I have super thick hair so it really works.
Have a great weekend & stay warm 🙂
Your hair looks great and I definitely agree with the boy on harem pants and I have worn some crazy things in the name of fashion!
Hmm…never heard of toasting the bread for french toast before dipping it into the egg mixture! It does make sense! I’m with you…can’t go a day without washing my hair:)
That French toast looks so good. I can’t even remember the last time I had that. Yummy. I think your hair looks great,
You are TOO cute! I love your hair color!! 🙂
Love your hair, looks great!
the thought of not washing my hair every day makes me kringe. With the products in it and the sweat from the workouts I would just feel gross all day!
Makes sense but don’t think I could do it!
French toast looks yummy!
I just dont know about the not washing hair every day trick. I work out pretty much every day, and there is just no way that I could not wash it after its gotten sweaty. I know you can use baby powder or dry shampoo on it, but I’m skeptical!
Thanks for the hair tip! I wash mine everyday + blow dry + flat iron and it’s in pretty bad condition 😕
I love your highlights!
Your hair looks pretty, great coloring! My hair stylist lovesss to straighten the heck out of my hair whenever I go. The whole it gets less greasy over time with less washing thing is true but since I workout most days and am a sweaty mess, I can’t bear the thought of not washing it :/! I try to cut back on drying and straightening but it is so hard! I’ve been working out in the evening so I wash it at night and let it air dry, then flat iron in the AM- hope that saves my hairs a bit!
Your hair looks great! I recently read in a magazine (Self or Glamour, I think) that just washing your bangs refreshes your hair and makes it look clean. People only notice the face-framing parts anyway. I started doing it and it totally works. Since you don’t have bangs, maybe just try washing the front sections.
And, yeah, Hammer pants are wrong. A friend of mine bought some and she seriously looked like she was wearing a diaper.
And I was just woneirdng about that too!
love that hair tip…and it’s so true!
yay for all the hair facts- you are gorgeous
xoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
Your hair turned out great! I’ve heard that thing about not washing it too and how your hair “adjusts”… I want to try it but am not sure I can put up with the greasiness! My sister swears by it though. Have a good weekend 🙂
Your hair looks great!
My hairdresser finally gave up on telling me to stop watching my hair every day. Ive considered waiting out the month of ickiness, but I read somewhere that it can take even longer than that, and I just cant do it. I dont always wash my hair every day on the weekends. Does that count?
i love love love your hair color! i want to go lighter…my friend julia has been dying her hair for a billion years and luckily is a genius with boxed color so ive been bugging her to update mine. BUT i just cant not wash my hair daily. i mean it gets soooo lanky and oily and gross. i dont know if i could go a month with my hair looking horrible!!! but i want deets if you end up doing it and it works 🙂
happy weekend!!
I laughed at that quote — I agree with him!
Cute hair!
My scalp is so dry that I usually wait a few days between washes. Of course now that I’ve started working out in the mornings, I may have to figure out how that’s going to work.
You are beautiful! And you have wonderful hair too 😉
❤ jess
I love your hair!! I get mine done on Thursday!! Did you go to the Aveda place? Thats where I’m going.. Another tip that you can do to help with you hair staying healthy that I do is once a wk or every two weeks put a heavy deep conditioner on it and put shower cap on, and leave on for half hr. It really helps to moisturize your hair and keep it healthier!
Those highlights are gorgeous–they make your skin look all glowy and your eyes pop!
I used to wash my hair every other day and got to the point where I could go three days with it being ok, but now that I swim or run most days all bets are off. Sweat and chlorine do not make for pretty hair 🙂
And a final agree on the straightening iron attacks: I actually have switched hairdressers because of iron attacks! Why can’t some hairstylists handle the sight of a slight wave? It looks very nice on you, but if you don’t like it next time put your foot down (or go at her with a curling iron!)
your hair looks great! just saw your larabar fan of the day blurb :). i follow that rule of not washign your hair every single day, i have curly hair so it gets dry really easily, once you get into the routine of every other day your hair does so much better!
Love your hair!
I wash my hair everyday too because I work out everyday! I really don’t want to but I sweat a lot when I work out so I can’t stand not having to wash my hair. I wish there was another solution.
Haha my husband saw some harem pants on tv the other day and said why the heck would anybody wear hammer pants in 2010?! hahaa.
i miss your posts!
Love the highlights- they look great! You are beautiful bythe way! And I agree, if you let your hair get used to the every other day washing, it will be less oily. I’ve done it off and on for years.
i really like to color my hair and i would love to try different hair colors specially auburn .,:
`’; that seems to be a great topic, i really love it “,: