Brian’s Locks of Love

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My husband lost his mother to cancer when he was only eight years old. He still vividly remembers the wigs she would wear during the time of her treatment. A couple of months ago we started talking about his mother and what he remembered about her when she was ill. The conversation ended with Brian deciding to grow out and donate his hair to Wigs for Kids. Brian has been successfully growing out his hair for months, but he hit a very awkward stage the last few weeks. I assured him I could … [Read more...]

Glamorous And Granola

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 I strive to live a life free of chemicals in my food, toiletries, and household products. For some reason, that qualifies me to be labeled a "hippie." Hippies make me think of bra-burning, mushroom ingesting, hairy (deodorant-free) armpitted women, who would vomit at the sight of anything that glitters. I didn't realize that there is a new wave of hippies popping up. Glippies- Glamorous Hippies. I am not alone! In honor of this new-found sisterhood, here are some of my favorite "glippie" … [Read more...]

Hair…

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There is well-known joke about white families that adopt black children, and how they can't style their new child's hair for beans. We always said we were not going to be those kind of parents.   but....             (I think we are):   So, yes, somehow this happened over the weekend. I first went to  give him a "buzz" cut because he wanted to look like daddy. Then I kept seeing these patches on his hair and … [Read more...]

My Hair

So,  I think I've posted before about how much I love my hairstylist, Yanai. He uses Ammonia-free french dye and if he needs to darken hair (which is never the case with me) he'll only use vegetable dye. He is also very thoughtful. He won't let me come to him earlier than three months because of the fragile condition of my hair. He also says he prefers it if I only wash it once a week. At the most twice, unless something important comes up. Well, the washing and waiting part has been … [Read more...]