Pregnancy Hair!!!

     I LOVE pregnancy hair......it grows well....is thick and healthy, and none of it falls out! Seriously.... I can go 3-5 days without brushing my hair, shower and have like 3-4 strands of hair that come off my head.... Here is proof!

     Yes I am totally showing you my collection of hair on my shower wall. I am doing so because I know I am going to freak out again when I start loosing all this beautiful pregnancy hair. Even though I know it is coming, after having experienced it with both my other babies. But for now, I am going to enjoy the last few months with my hair.
     I have also been "training" my hair for about the last year. I had read on so many blogs about people going 4-5 days or a week between washing their hair, and I was like "that is so not me!! I could never getaway with that!" I felt like I must have had the greasiest hair on the planet. I could barely go two days without it looking bad. So I started doing some research....and learned how to train my hair to be less oily. I don't know why the concept had never occurred to me before but it can be compared to many other functions of the human body. For example, you wash your face...you rehydrate it with moisturizer, or your face can over produce oils to compensate. The comparison I related to most though was actually breast feeding. As long as there is a demand for milk the body will keep producing. The more you nurse the more milk your body produces, the less and less you nurse your body adjusts and slows down milk production. It finally clicked for me!
     The more I wash my hair, the more oils my body is producing to try to compensate for me stripping my hair of them every two days or less. So if I start stretching out the times between washing....I should be able to regulate my oiliness! Yay....and hallelujah!!! So I began slow....I started pushing my washes to every 3 days...usually planning it so I was home on the third day! I also picked up some dry shampoo to get me through the really bad days. Eventually things evened out, so I pushed to the 4th day. And so on and so on! I now wash my hair every 4-5 days, and it looks great in between too! Here's proof!

It also really helps if I style it well the first day, here it is just blow dried with a round brush!  Day 1

I honestly woke up out of bed tossed on some mascara and got dressed. I did not touch my hair Day 2!

Day 3 I get more volume and curl in it again, but still didn't do much of anything with it! 

Day 4 I usually wear it back, something like this.... if needed I will toss in a little dry shampoo! 

And this is an old picture, as was the last, but this is typically how I do my hair if I push it to Day 5!!! Just a nice big bun, similar to those sock buns floating around the internet!! 

Either way, I love that I can get sooooo much wear out of my hair these days. Added to that the thick lush prego hair and this girl is one happy camper!! 

What Do YouThink?

Well what do think? Do you love it? I sure think it is a lot of fun......

Do I miss my long hair.....

To be honest...no I don't miss my long hair....because I still have it! :)

But it is fun being able to play around! I stumbled upon a few pinterest links that show you how to fake a bob. Everybody has their own technique but for me I just sectioned off the top of my hair, did three small braids with the bottom section and pinned those up to my head. Then arranged the top hair with my layers over it to resemble a bob. Easy peezy lemon squeezy!! :)

So what do you think? Does it suit me?

Is it just me???

Am I the only one with this problem or does it happen to you too?

I am talking about the head band that does not stay on your head. Mine always slips up and defeats the purpose! I kind of always credited it to cheap headbands (hello Dollar Store) but Mike went out and bought me a cute Lulu Lemon one that is supposed to stay in place......except mine doesn't! :(

Do any of you have this problem or is it just me? What do you do to fix it? I think headbands look so cute!!! I want to wear them more!!!

I realize it doesn't look that bad in this picture, but trust me this isn't where I put it!!

New Hair

It was high time that both Aubrey and I had haircuts! And I finally made it happen!

Aubrey was easy....I just had to pull out my hair bag, she willingly hopped into the chair and away we went. I think seeing haircuts is routine enough for her that there is nothing to fear!

She did awesome of course!

Sat perfectly still and no fussing!

It was definitely time to get rid of the mullet.

Even though it would curl up, it was just crazy messy all the time. Now maybe it will grow out a little more evenly! I think she looks super cute!

My hair on the other hand was going to be a little more tricky.....if I could cut it myself I totally would....and don't get me wrong...I still do my fair share of cutting on my hair, but to get a good straight cut at the back....it is best off if I let someone else do that! But WHO????

I kind of like my hair a certain way, and I often tell whoever is cutting it(usually a good friend)just how they should do it. Maybe I was a little annoying...I don't know....you would have to ask them!! :) Add to that, the student budget....it doesn't leave a lot of room for fancy hairdo's!! Groupon to the rescue!!! Haircuts here in downtown Toronto are pricey! Like $50 starting point for a women's haircut! I have *never* paid for a haircut in my life!!! It was always done at the salon I worked at or in trade with a friend! So I literally jumped on the Groupon deal for a $29 haircut at a respectable salon.

I knew I would be losing a lot of hair. After lightening it in June, and then

not getting it cut for 6 months(gasp!!!!) my ends were FRIED!!

This was my hair before the cut....it may not look that bad...but trust me IT WAS!!!!

I totally feel for you all having to go out and find a new stylist!! STRESSFUL!!! The one I got was nice though and did an okay job.... I knew the moment she said she was done that I would be "touching" it up at home!! I lost a good 4-5 inches at the salon, and even though I didn't touch the length....this was the pile that came off after I got home!!!

ha ha ha I like a lot of texturizing in my hair and she hardly did any!!

Thanks for the good "base cut" and I am much happier now that I have taken my scissors to it too!!!!

Here is a Before and After shot for you!!!

I am happy with it now, and my hair is so much

healthier!!

Even though I know my hair is still long...

it just feels so short now!!

The Hair!!!!

The two outside pictures are the befores, and the two middle pictures are the afters!

I love that you can see the feathers!

I colored my hair.......not a huge deal, I am a hairstylist, it happens often. But usually I maintain my dark. I have naturally dark dark brown hair, and I usually just go a smidge darker still so that I am almost black looking. It has been my look for years. Well I decided I wanted to go blonde.......I was fully aware that this would be an almost impossible task, but I decided to tackle it anyways. I was willing to take my hair as light at I could get it!!! Well my hair doesn't like going blonde.....not one bit!!!! By that I mean my hair that has been colored dark for so many years does not like going blonde!

My younger sister was up and we had just finished coloring her hair a rich dark auburn brown, and I decided it was time to tackle mine! I caution.....you should never try this at home, on your own especially late at night!! Unless you know what you are doing and even then....it is better to get someone else to do it!! I know what I am doing but I still got my sister to help out where needed! For never having colored hair in her life, she did a pretty good job. But in the end I was still and awful shade of gold/orange!!! A couple colors on top of that and a heavy dose of some ash brown and I finally had a hair color I liked!! Not as light as I might have been hoping to get but definitely lighter!!! I am enjoying the new look and enjoying it even more after one of my friends came and gave me an awesome new cut!!!!

Ooooooh and just to add to the fun I threw in some feather extentions........I am totally loving it!!!!