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Posts Tagged ‘hair product’

Big Mousse

Posted by terrepruitt on August 1, 2018

Mousse. Not the edible kind, but hair mousse. Do you use hair products? I do. My hair is really flat and I am always trying to make it look BIG. Yes, I am a lover of the big hair days of the 80s. I sometimes use gel and sometimes I use mousse. I am on a mousse kick now. Sadly I do not get any compensation for any of the post of any of the products I post about. I just post because I want to share or sometimes I am amazed. In this case I am amazed and I want to share. I have used several mousses (?) throughout my history of using them. I don’t even remember all the different brands, but the one I was using most recently was Fructis Style Sky-Hi Volume Mousse. It works good, or so I thought. I stumbled upon got2b fat-tastic Instant Collagen Infusion Mousse and now I know the difference.

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Anyway . . . this got2b fat-tastic Instant Collagen Infusion Mousse was an add on item and I thought, “What the heck for $4.00 I’ll try it.” Well, it is pretty cool. At first I was using way too much because when I spray the other mousse in my hand it somewhat expands, but then the second I put it on my hair it disappears. It is as if the expansion is really just air and the second it touches something it disappears. With the got2b fat-tastic mousse, it does expand when you spray it but it doesn’t disappear when I put it on my hair. It is almost as if it gets thicker.

I thought my hair was getting hold and volume with the Fructis Style Sky-Hi Volume Mousse, but then I noticed my hair was really flat and lifeless one day. It didn’t occur to me that it was probably the Fructis until I went to use got2b fat-tastic mousse the next time. Since I have a bottle of the Fructis mousse I am trying to use it up so that is why I am going back and forth. Now I will only use the Fructis Style Sky-Hi Volume Mousse when I am staying home because if my hair is flat and lifeless at home — whatever. I will stick to using the got2b fat-tastic Instant Collagen Infusion Mousse when I am going out.

It really makes a difference. Also since it actually expands so much I use a lot less of the got2b mousse than of Fructis mousse. I know this is an odd post, but every time I spray this stuff into my hand it amazes me. I figure why not share what I have experienced. I always like to save money and waste less, and this stuff makes me feel like I am doing both because I am using less product on my hair. I like the result so much more too.

So? What products do you use on your hair? Do you use a mousse? Does it do that expanding thing in your hand?

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Outside Yoga – Easier Said Than Done

Posted by terrepruitt on May 23, 2015

I decided to go outside today to do some asana.  I needed to get some sun on my hair because yesterday I put developer on it.  I thought that I could get two things done at the same time:  sun on my hair and yoga practice.  Usually I think to do this when it is way too hot and my preparation for going outside takes longer than I actually last outside.  Today, I kept that in mind.  But I could tell there was a breeze outside, so I thought it would be ok.  Also, it was the latter part of the day so the sun wouldn’t be beating down on me directly or for that long.  So, I went outside.  I had a list of yoga poses that I was going to do.  It went pretty well, except for a few things.

The list starts out with standing poses.  I realized that our windows would serve as a mirror in case I wanted to do some X-Ray Anatomy and check my alignment.  Both proper alignment and improper alignment.  Sometimes it is helpful for me to do the pose incorrectly so I can sense it and see it, and then teach to it better.  So, the reflection was great today.

But . . . . my mat got hot.  I would move to step into a pose and the mat was too hot.  I could stay, it cooled down eventually, but it would leave my foot burning.  A distraction I decided I didn’t want after a few poses.  So I got a towel.  Ok.  Solved that little issue.

I did good on the standing poses.  I was aware of the unhappy birds.  I would see one come flying into the yard, and swoop out.  I figured they had their eyes on the feeder and were heading in then they saw me and would pull up at the last minute.  There was a bunch of tweeting, chittering, and squawking going on.  I even managed to stay in Anjaneyasana longer than I intended.  I was just about to move out of it when two little birds landed close to me.  One on the bird bath and the other on the brass ornament we have out there.  I stayed because I didn’t want to move and scare them.  This was a momentary distraction.  But I managed to stay pretty much focused.

The list of asana, then goes over some prone poses.  Again, not too bad.  I was able to ignore the bugs crawling around on the ground, while I was on my belly. . . for the most part.  They were just ants.  I was even so focused that I only allowed the multitude of strawberries to distract me for a moment.  There are A LOT of strawberries out there.  So tiny and bright red!

Then I got to the supine poses.  As I was lying there looking up at the sky I noticed the wispy clouds.  So I just stayed there a moment in Supta Baddha Konasana looking at them.  As I watched they disappeared.  I thought, “Well, that was so pretty, but I better get back to my poses.”  Then I realized I could just stay in the Reclined Bound Angle and enjoy the sky for a bit.  So I did.  Then a cloud started to form and I thought, “Ooooo, what a cool video that would make.”  So I jumped up to get my phone.  I came back to my mat and got back into the pose and waited.  Then I felt like I really wasn’t doing yoga or getting the point to it, if I were in a pose but holding my camera.  So I put it down.  I finished my list with focus.

THEN, I shot more video.

I am gonna share, you might not be able to appreciate the beauty of the day, but perhaps.  The first one might even be able to be used as a little respite from a busy day.

The other two are me just pointing the camera in the general direction of the bird.  I couldn’t actually see what I was videoing because of the sun.  But it turns out in the second one, I actually captured the hummingbird on top of the stand.  You MIGHT be able to see him.  Then he flies toward the lemon tree, I think he was not happy that he had not intimidated me enough to go away.  Then he flew off in a huff!  Or he could have been upset because I moved one of the feeders.

I enjoyed my yard and got some yoga in.  Oh, and let’s not forget, hopefully the sun helped my dingy hair color!  Hopefully you will enjoy a bit of my yard, too.

Do you ever manage to get any yoga done outside?

 

 

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