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New beginnings.

I have been distracted by two exceedingly awesome things lately:

1. I'm going to be moving out of my parent's home, and have been looking at apartments with my beloved. We have been together for over a year, so "boyfriend" seems oddly inadequate. I am so excited! I have been looking at bedding, furniture, and towels. I have a bit of a texture thing — I love soft, luxurious towels and blankets. It is garage-sale season, and this is the first time that I will actually have a place to put the little things that I always notice!

2. I have a job interview! It isn't a super glamorous position (reservation rep), but it is for a respectable company that is known for having excellent customer service. I want to work for a place I feel good about, and this is a company that I would feel good working for. Plus, I would have at least 40 hours a week all summer! It would make my life so much easier.


The whole beloved thing... it is odd how it has worked out. We have worked out so well, and I can honestly say that I had never dreamed that I would have such an amazing person in my life. It may not last forever, but I never want for it to end.

Organix Brazilian Keratin Therapy Review Part 1

I am going to be reviewing this in three parts — One part now, one part after I have washed my hair the first time, and then one part after 30 days.

Let me start off by saying that I rarely straighten my hair because I have to use a crap-ton of hair spray and the second I walk outside my hair is frizzy and wavy again. I don't really have curly hair, but I have thick hair that is baby fine. And I live in Oregon. Not a good mix!

Because my hair is only slightly wavy, I really want for this to make my hair smooth and controlled looking. The package also says that it will make it easier and quicker to blow dry smooth, and that would be a huge plus.

On to the review!

When you open the box, there are three things:

Thin, crappy gloves (like food service gloves at a public elementary school)
A fairly large packet of shampoo
A nice bottle of the treatment, like what is shown on the front of the box.

The box says to wash your hair with the shampoo, leaving it on for two minutes, and not condition it.
Towel dry until your hair is 80% dry, and apply the treatment to two inch sections of hair without massaging it into your scalp or oversaturating your hair..

I washed my hair with the shampoo, and was thankful that it didn't strip my hair color. The shampoo was super watery, and a bit difficult to get onto my hair, but lathered well. Really, really well. When I rinsed it out, my hair felt gross. I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed with it, but it wasn't terrible.

I towel dried my hair as much as I could, but it is massively thick and I only had an hour to do this. I ended up applying the treatment to hair that was between 50-75% dry. I massaged it on, but I really wish that they would have specified how much to use — like, "A pea to dime-sized amount per segment for hair between chin and mid-back length."

I kind of guessed my way through it, and I used about 2/3 of the bottle. I don't really feel like I have product in my hair now, so I'm a bit concerned as to if I used enough. I combed it through with the Tangle Teezer, and sat down to wait for 30 minutes.

After my timer went off, I went in to blow dry. There was a slightly creamy smell, but not a chemicalish scent. I was a bit worried that it would be terrible, but it didn't smell bad at all. It blew dry in an amazing way! No frizz, and it was mostly straight. I then used my ancient, beat up Chi straightener, and it looked amazing.

I am sitting in class about two hours later, and while I have a bit of frizz, it isn't terrible. I will probably end up using a no-frizz serum while blow-drying next time, and I think that it will be perfect. It is far less than my usual frizz.

Awesome Conditioner.

As posted earlier, this month I am going to try Organix Brazilian Keratin Therapy on my hair, and it involves using a special sulfate and sodium free shampoo/conditioner. I bought the conditioner last night, and used it immediately after I dyed my hair. I haven't used the Therapy stuff yet, and I kind of wanted a test run with the conditioner before I really invested in it. I am a bit skeptical of some of these products. 

It. Was. Awesome.

My hair is super soft, glossy, and smells amazing. I left it on for about three minutes while I showered, rinsed it out, and it dried pretty much frizz free. 

The only real problem I have with it is that they don't sell big bottles of it, because I hate having to repurchase basic stuff frequently. 

This month I'm testing...

                                                             This month I'm going to use: 

                                                                Aveeno Cleansing Pads

Aveeno Body Wash

Organix Brazilian Keratin Therapy

Making plans and getting out.

As it starts to warm up, I start looking forward to traveling. While I don't currently have the funds to do any huge trips, I really enjoy the smaller road trips that my friends and I go on. I am currently planning two with my boyfriend:

1. We are going to the coast during the week between spring and summer term. I am super excited, because we have gone to this bed and breakfast twice now, and it is our special place now. We get the same room, and it is right on the beach. We go to the best Indian restaurant for pineapple fried rice for dinner, head straight out for a walk, and then go inside for wine and a movie that I always fall asleep in the middle of. Around two in the morning we head out to the hot tub, and then go to bed. Breakfast is the most amazing thing: German pancakes with caramel sauce. 

I love caramel sauce. 

It is an hour drive there and back, and I love every minute of it. We talk, point out random crap, and just relax. This place seems like another world. 

2. I want to take him to the island where I used to live. It is about 30 minutes outside of Seattle, and I want to take him when the blackberries are ripe. My aunt and I used to pick them in the summer, and it is one of the happiest memories that I have of that place. I also want to take him to the Mexican restaurant that is next door to my old office. They had the best taco saladish thing, and it is vegetarian.  

I will take him to do all the touristy things, but I really want for him to see the place I used to live, the beach I used to walk. 

I have yet to find a place for us to stay while there, but he loves bed and breakfast type places, and I feel somewhat obligated to hunt one down for him. I will love it, and it is really the only thing that is keeping me going while I wait for my college applications to go through and the sun to come out. 

Brilliance.

You know those people who always, always look good? Incredibly well dressed, never ruffled, and simply fantastic all around. These are moderately attractive people made extremely attractive by their mannerisms and dress.

There is one instructor at this school who is like this, and I have only seen him once or twice up until now.

Today I saw him twice, and he saw me.

I have very little makeup on and am wearing a hideous, stretched-out community college sweatshirt with old jeans and sparkly Converse. My hair is in a frizzy messy bun. I usually wear heels and adorable dresses. The one time I drab down, I have to be seen.

I tried to avoid. I failed. He saw.

Note to self: Wear makeup to class... and decent looking clothes.