NEW products!

Only I would get so excited about putting even MORE junk on my hair. Still not growing by the way. :( Not happy about that at all. I've been using this stuff:



So far I LOVE it. A customer of mine suggested I try the Pravanna Leave-in treatment. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I misplaced it and even when I know where it is, sometimes I just forget to use it, so I really can't give an honest opinion on it. To that add the Nioxin vitamins, I am seriously hoping for a difference in 30 days which is what Nioxin promises. Miracle in a bottle, so I bought into it.
But today, I got this stuff:

YUP, One of the VERY few people in Kings County to score some of the new Paul Mitchell Awapuhi line. Kinda anxious to try it, wish it was the Keratriplex treatment but these will have to do for now. The samples are tiny, but if the stuff works this size is enough to tell. I'm not a fan of the smell but like the Urban Antidote conditioner, if it works it's a small sacrifice in the name of great hair. The styling oil has some big shoes to fill. In my opinion, Super Skinny is one of, if not THE single best product made by Paul Mitchell.
The Marrakesh High Tide is on a test run as I type. Nozzle so far is on my bad side. It's a spray, according to the description, not so much. I pumped a few times which of course has to be done with all new products but nothing, when something did come out, it was creamy. I had to "spray" it into my hands and massage into my hair. I'm not much of a gel person so I have to wait till I find someone to give me an honest opinion on it.
So these I bought last Thursday: The lighting in my room is HORRIBLE but they are the glitters from the OPI Burlesque collection. SO pretty. I got ALL of them and some of the shimmers but when I saw the bad lighting in my pictures I decided to just put up the better one of them.

Better Pics to follow. :) Good hair days and best wishes to all.

FINALLY!

I had some issues logging in, and although I had quite a bit to share in the past few weeks, right now I can't remember what I had to say. At least I finally reset my password and can now log in at will. :) YAY! So I have made it a goal to log in at least once a week, or as often as I can remember to anyway. I think I'm gonna start using this blog more often. One day I'll have trouble remembering my young adult life.

OMG! I am so frustrated. I am tired of hearing my daughter coughing and wheezing every time she takes a breath. Yesterday it took three breaths just say the word "cold" to me, not tell me that she was cold, that's too many words. I HATE seeing her like that, more like I hate hearing it. Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE both of my daughters very much. What I hate and get irritated by is the fact that I took her to the doctors office to get her checked out and they did absolutely NOTHING! Nothing at all. From the MA to the PA, they all got on my bad side, actually, in that include the PT at Wal-Mart. The MA seemed new, I hadn't seen him there before, so he had no idea how to take her weight or height. An MA with more experience came in to show him how it was done. Then there was the PA, who kept us waiting, heard her crying and pretty much called it a consultation because he "wasn't gonna be able to hear her lungs with all her loud cries." WTF?! Really? Then why did I just spend almost two hours in the waiting room if he wasn't gonna tell me anything? Gave me a prescription for cough syrup, if she's not any better by Friday, go back. Yeah, cause I shit money and can afford to go back that often. Why not just take a good look at her?
UGH Ugh ugh. I need to get the fuck outta the Valley. If it's not something in the air it's the fat that we have some crappy ass doctors. Maybe a combination of both. YUP, I think it's definitely a combination. Whatever it is, my daughters heart and breathing conditions might improve if I manage to get them outta the Central Valley. I'd miss California if I did leave but watching my daughters grow up healthy would so be worth losing all my childhood memories.

Day 8

The temptation to color is very high right now. Why couldn't this last color just stay in? My hair is plotting against me for all the torture I've put it through in the last three years. Awww. So I get a message on myspace from an OLD friend (Not really "old" but we've been friends for a while, we're only 25) yesterday with her number and the words "find a sitter for a couple hours tomorrow." I text her, results: Get together in Hanford today at 5.

I have to show up to see my high school friends with my hair looking like this:

WTF am I supposed to do with it. Most of them are moms now too so they should understand right, WRONG! None of them have let themselves go like I have. They remained the fashionistas they were way back when. I never was stylish in high school, but after eight years you'd think I'd grow up and get some sense in me right? We'll let them be the judges tonight, and I KNOW they will judge, it was in our nature back then and will probably always be a part of a females life. Someday my hair will regain some of its strength. Someday I WILL have normal looking hair, maybe even attractive. Someday I will be able to do this with it: Chances are by the time that happens, this trend will be long gone and the new "IT" do will be fried and over processed. Until then, I must go soak it in a mask of egg, mayonnaise, avocado and olive oil to help it (I hope) out a little on it's recovery.

On a journey towards decent hair

I'm on day #7 without a dramatic (or slight) change to my hair. AAAAAGGHH! Hair color withdrawl. I think I am at the point where I can officially accept the fact that I am addicted to changing my hair. Downside of that, I have approximately 1.5 inches of healthy hair at the top of my head. The WHOLE top part of my head is so bad it tangles into itself as soon as it starts to dry. I'd compare it to hay but hay might just be a tad bit softer.
So why the decision to go the recommended six weeks without coloring? Well, because about two weeks ago, I decided to darken it to a level 4ish maybe 3 in hopes that it would help cover up that hay-like effect i have going on. I've known for a lot longer that my hair was in a horrible state but I didn't stop.
It took, for about three shampoos. Then the blonde started to peek through, with a green tint to it! So of course, me being the color freak I am, went in with a level five warm brown. Guess what? A week later it's falling out again. :( That's when you know your hair is way too over processed, time to reconstruct. So for the next six weeks it'll be outgrowth city for me. Six very LONG agonizing weeks! Some people think that this time frame is too short, for me, it's WAY too long to stick with the same color. Wish me luck on this month and a half journey.

Walk all over me!

OMG. So why is it that I am not surprised at the time that has gone between posts? Uhhhhh, Cause procrastination is a hobby of mine, THAT is why. So anyway....
New title for me as of tomorrow: Walgreens Pharmacy Intern. Wow. Sounds like someone who is BEGGING to get talked down to. :( Went in today for what was supposed to be my first day but headquarters in Fresno sent my name and info to the wrong store. Which by the way was also the wrong name. Why is it that people ALWAYS hear "Veronica" over the phone? Is my accent really THAT thick that it confuses everyone? I mean really, you have my school info AND resume right under your noses!!!!! C'mon people, not that hard.
So I'm pretty nervous about starting. First of all, kids really do mess with your brain cells. Now, take into consideration that I had two girls back to back and you can imagine how messed up my brain (and body) is. Book smarts? No longer there. Hands on experience? Didn't do too much of this in class, I was too busy trying to catch up on sleep while the teacher talked. It's not like he noticed the Mexican girl (he's a Paisita) in the second row snoring loud as can be anyway. He was too distracted by the pretty girls in the front wrong. Not sure their grades are REALLY up to par, but the simple fact that they spent the entire course flirting with our married teacher and his brother and made sure all the attention was on them and their vulgarities, they're passing! Anyways, I hear noises behind me. That can only mean the ladies are waking up and I got some new monkey chonies to give Sophie. :)

How did I know I was not going to keep up with a DAILY post?! Was it my constant procrastination? Maybe my work week? Perhaps the fact that I am a single mother to two little highly active daughters? I'll take all the above please. FINALLY had some time to squeeze a little me time into my hectic life. Go my toes turned hot pink by the Asian lady at the nail place. Evy bought my tube of color, (it's in the process of killing my already ailing hair) AND I did a little shopping...for ME! Huge gasp right?! Not much though. Wet Seal was having a buy one-Get one for a penny sale. How can I resist? Two pair of Gladiator sandals (been wanting for a while) a couple weird looking kinda Western{?} style shirts, a cropped sweater. Not sure how they'll look on me but I need warmer clothes. Taking off to Nebraska in what is now tomorrow. YAAAAAAAAAAAAY. I'll post pix later. For now, I'm off to wash this color out. Doesn't smell bad or burn, just time.

First Timer

After hearing, reading, viewing etc. about blogs, I decided to start one myself. Whatever, we'll see what comes out of this. I'm not trying to take this the same route as some of my favorites out there though. I'm not as fashionable as those girls. Never have been and now that I'm a mother of two with a few extra lbs never will be.
It's 1:23 am and I STILL can't close my eyes long enough to sleep.
What's going on right now? Infomercials. What else right?! Wen.....Hmm. REALLY wanna try it out. However, as tight as my budget is right about now I don't think my wallet can take another hit after yesterday. Well, technically day-before-yesterday. Shopping in downtown LA! Mostly for my girls, but still had fun and got two pairs of shoes out of it.Sophia modeling one of her hew outfits. Not letting me fix her hair after a nap
Really really bored so I'll try sleep again.