Relax Your Mind, Relax Your Hair...

Hello and how's your hair today? The weather in England has just been terrible, we had a meager amount of snow, and the temperature has just been 4 to -5 degrees. I actually makes me want to cry because you know what come with cold weather? HAIR BREAKAGE.

Yes that's right you read correctly, cold weather is just a little bit less than good for your hair. In fact, it can break if exposed to too much heat (from straighteners) and then extreme cold (around 0 degrees C) especially if your hard is not really soft - brittle hair will suffer the most damage. So my topic today is PERMS (Dun Dun Duuuuuuuun). There are quite a few types and they all have different strengths and depending on your hair texture and how straight you want it to be afterward, you need different ones (okay, that was kind of obvious).

Texturizers
These are a less strong version of perms/relaxers. They make your hair (if you have Afro-Caribbean hair) softer, and if you have hair typical of Britons or Asians, then slightly straighter (no matter how unruly or curly your hair is). They do a lot less damage to your hair than perms do, and is easier on the scalp.

Perms
This is a much stronger version of a  texturizer, and as a result does a a lot more damage. However if it turns out right, your hair will be pin straight and won't go curly when it's humid or even in rain. You've got to make sure that your hair will be able to handle the chemical process as if it's already weak and breaking, perming will make it worse and possibly make your hair fall out - and no one wants to be bald after a full head of hair :| Relaxers are the same as perms.


Brazilian Perm
This is even stronger and contrary to popular belief actually protects the hair (coats it in a layer of keratin) and allows it to retain it's natural movement and body without damaging and making it brittle. However it's been banned in some parts of the USA as it gives off a gas called formaldehyde which is dangerous and at high levels toxic. This won't affect costumers but stylists who inhale the gas after long periods of time and so it's difficult to find a salon that does the treatment  It's keratin based and is very effective and lasts for at least 4 - 6 weeks.

I was seriously thinking of getting my hair relaxed or something but all my friends said they like my naturally curly hair. Don't do it if you have doubts because once you do it... there's no turning back!

MOSAS
(make others stop and stare)
LOVE Y'ALL AND HAVE A FABULOUS CHRISTMAS!!!!

Done Some More Work...

Hello and how's your hair today? I've done some more work and since the English Prom post was so popular, I've extended it and added more styles. I also went to bed at 12 am doing a philosophy essay and drank coffee for the first time to keep myself awake - with a bottle of Coca Cola in the afternoon - and the crash and burn was just terrific. Never have I felt so high... and so low all the space of a couple of hours ever. Just don't try it if you're new to the business, I warned you.

Today's post is about hair dye! I was inspired by my nails (I think I might do a nail post one day of all my creations), and even though I've never dyed my hair before, I've always wanted to do it - my parents won't allow me - and I have gone and researched hair dye for those of us who can.

There are lots of different styles that you can do, and  I'll go through them so you can see what would suit you as an individual.

Highlights and Lowlights:

Highlights are marvelous things, if you don't want to go 'Full Monty' and dye everything, then you can dye strands/parts. If you have pixie short hair I think it looks especially nice. My primary school teacher had short light brown hair, but had highlights ranging from light cream to dark brown and she looked so pretty :).

I think that if you have shoulder length or a bob, it won't really suit because in my opinion that length is supposed to be a sleek block colour. Also, don't just dye it random colours - if you have blonde hair, go for shades of brown... not purple or red. If you have black hair, then you can go for purple or red... not blonde.

Dip Dying:

Dip dying has been the rage of summer 2012 and to be honest, it looks quite nice... on some people... with some certain colour combinations.  For example, if you have wood brown hair, dying it bright pink is just not the way forward. However black or blonde would suit it so much better and would look so much nicer. I reckon that people with blonde hair can get away with almost any colour they want because it just suits (lucky them) and white/cream/blonde/yellow (yes I saw a lady with yellow hair once, it looked like Goldilocks) is just an easily match able colour. Just get advice first because you don't want to look like you had an accident with Crayola.

(This isn't fully dip dyed, but I think it looks so pretty)

Complete Dyeing 

Change is good, and a new look is always fab. Unless it goes wrong, then you've got problems. However, you shouldn't dye your hair too much. I knew of a girl who dyed her hair so much, she had a new colour every week and her hair started falling out She had a bald patch in the middle of her head and her hair is very thin and weak. Moral? Don't dye your hair too much. And if you're ginger, please don't dye your hair, I looovvee ginger hair!! I have found that ginger people have really nice thick healthy hair more often than not and I just think its soooo beautiful  :)

Love y'all
MOSAS
(make others stop and stare)

p.s IT SNOWED TODAY IN ENGLAND ISN'T THIS MARVELOUS.
p.p.s I got the Crayola quote from my marvelous friend Dele. Quite a funny guy.