Weeping Angel Alert

There's a house right around the block that had one of those stone baby angels outside.  I found it unsettling and always felt like it was watching me.  Unfortunately, the quickest route to the library was to walk past this creepy stone statue.  Then one day, it just disappeared.  I find myself inclined to think that it was an actual weeping angel.  I sincerely hope that it has moved on from this neighborhood and not in the forest behind my house.  Now most rational people will attempt to reason that the people who lived there just moved away.  But, there has been no moving truck or for sale signs.  I think it's quite clear what happened here.

Hair Mask Update

I've been wanting to update you on my most recent experimental mask and now is a good a time as any.  This time I completely made up my own instead of someone else's recipe.

Notes: I didn't measure out the ingredients at the time, so they could differ and depending on your hair you may want to make some of your own changes.  I left this in for about 40 minutes but had planned one to two hours.  It worked how I wanted but I feel an extra hour or two wouldn't have hurt.  This is a "hot oil" treatment so it works best warmed up in the microwave.

Coconut oil... 1 tbsp.
Coconut milk... 2 tbsp.
Olive oil... 2 1/2-3 tbsp.
Honey... 1tbsp.
Lemon extract or lemon juice... a few drops to 1/2-1 teaspoon
Vegetable shortening... 1 tbsp.
Cinnamon... 1-2 teaspoon

PROS

• Smells delicious
• Soft silky hair
• Lasts longer than just a hot oil treatments (with out adding other stuff)

CONS

• I used too much shortening and it was hard to shampoo out
• Created a weighted down look on the bottom half of my hair, strangely not the top though, I suspect this could easily be fixed by adding less shortening next time

DIY Hair Masks

I'm not one to use many beauty products, hair or otherwise, but that doesn't mean I don't want soft, silky hair.  And so, I ended up trying out these two DIY Hair masks.

The first one tried was egg mixed with coconut oil which I left in for about half an hour and while I noticed some improvement it wasn't quite what I expected (not to mention icky).  Later, I tried extra virgin olive oil, warmed up and left in for an hour.  The improvement was simply amazing.  I'll continue using this mask at least once weekly or perhaps bi-weekly because my hair is very dry and frizzy without some form of extra conditioning.

Additional ingredients could be honey, cinnamon and lemon juice.  Make sure you completely shampoo out the oil otherwise your hair will look greasy.

For more in-depth information on the benefits of olive oil see...
http://blackhair101.com/hair-care/olive-oil-hair-benefits
Or...
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/olive-oil-for-hair-growth.html

On an unrelated note, I found this beautiful song on YouTube...

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=JH_cM59JY34