Turby and John » kristen stewart http://turbyandjohn.com Natural Health and Beauty Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Somewhat Failed Attempt http://turbyandjohn.com/2011/01/26/a-somewhat-failed-attempt/ http://turbyandjohn.com/2011/01/26/a-somewhat-failed-attempt/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:00:26 +0000 Dawn http://dawnandkirby.porchswingmedia.com/?p=1365 The night before last, on a whim (Well, not entirely on a whim. Has anyone seen Kristen Stewart on the cover of the February issue of Vogue? Enough said),  I decided that I wanted to lighten my hair…and fast.  I didn’t want to go out and buy any cheap box dye, and I certainly didn’t want to wait until I had enough money to get it done professionally. So what did I do? I scoured the internet for ways to naturally lighten my hair. I found a relevant forum with a sufficient amount of comments, and from there I combined several different bits of advice to make my very own hair lightening potion. Keep in mind: Once I found the forum, I never searched for any other sources to make sure that I wasn’t taking horrible advice. My eyes were on the prize, which was lighter hair in a hurry. Sometimes I’m impetuous. In my defense, though, I only took the advice with the least grammatical errors and text lingo.

The ingredients:

about 3 tablespoons of ground cinnamon

around 4 tables spoons of lemon juice

contents of one bag of chamomile tea

roughly 1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil

nearly 4 tablespoons of my current favorite conditioner

I wet my hair, applied the concoction, and allowed it to sit for 25 minutes. When the time was up, I blow-dried my hair for good measure before rinsing. I’m not sure why; it just felt right. After rinsing, I blow-dried  my hair again (yaaaay heat-styling).

The downside: My hair is exactly the same color.

The upside: None of it fell out, it’s super soft, and it smells like a minty, spicy dessert. Usually olive oil makes my hair look super greasy, but not this time! I guess the trick is to just use a little.

Lesson learned: This mixture will not lighten your hair with just one use (since my impulsive behavior, I’ve read several sources that suggest leaving cinnamon in hair overnight to lighten it), but it will make hair soft and hunger-inducing.  I’ll definitely be replacing the lemon juice with apple cider vinegar and trying this again as a deep conditioner.

Dessert Hair

Dessert hair is something to get excited about, right?

]]> http://turbyandjohn.com/2011/01/26/a-somewhat-failed-attempt/feed/ 2 I wish that lightening my hair was easy/safe. http://turbyandjohn.com/2010/07/28/i-wish-that-lightening-my-hair-was-easysafe/ http://turbyandjohn.com/2010/07/28/i-wish-that-lightening-my-hair-was-easysafe/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:04 +0000 Dawn http://dawnandkirby.porchswingmedia.com/?p=658 Kristen Stewart

What a fox! (photo courtesy of nylonmag.com)

Looking at pictures of Kristen Stewart with blonde hair has convinced me that I may also need blonde hair.  It’s one of those things that I’ll probably never do, but it’s fun to pretend. Now would be the perfect time to radically alter my physical appearance, too, since I’m moving and I won’t have to deal with all the surprised/disappointed faces.  I’m currently scouring the internet for ways to safely lighten my hair.  My conclusion: There aren’t many. Surprise, surprise.

I haven’t given up yet, though. I’m gonna talk to all the hairstylists/colorists that I know and see what they say. Any thoughts on the matter?

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