Comments on: The End of ‘Results Not Typical’?

By: Cuppycake

Cuppycake — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:58:07 +0000

For those of you wondering about the price of LUSH, try ordering from the UK site (it will take longer, but about a week for me). Cut your shampoo and soap bars into little squares and just use one after the other. Keep water away from them. They will last longer this way. This is probably helpful for other soaps too. :) I find that up front LUSH is a little pricey, but with their products, a little goes a long way so I find myself saving money.

Also, reading this blog post and its comments is just what I needed after a day of mentally beating myself up.

By: wellroundedtype2

wellroundedtype2 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:25:04 +0000

Volcanista, I have tried various things but I hate spending money on things that aren’t right for me, and most stong scents of any kind make me sneeze, so it’s hard to find the right thing. Years and years ago Bath & Body works made this strawberry-scented creamy mousse-like conditioner that worked like nothing else to produce gorgeous shiny ringlet-y curls that made me feel absolutely gorgeous. But they stopped making it. (shaking fist now). I haven’t ever really recovered.
Thanks for encouraging me to keep looking, though. My best bet is to ask women with gorgeous curls what they use.
And Richelle, that is a great quote. I feel I’m just intelligent and well-informed enough to be undecided about a great many things.

By: Richelle

Richelle — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:51:15 +0000

wellroundedtype2, harking back to the chemicals discussion, perhaps you will take heart, as I do, from this quote from Laurence J. Peter (of the Peter Principle fame): “Some problems are so complex you have to be highly intelligent and well-informed just to be undecided about them.”

By: volcanista

volcanista — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:03:25 +0000

This will probably put me in direct opposition to strong-feeling no-poo folks, wellrounded, but I am fond of various curly and straight hair creams and gels that reduce frizz and either smooth or enhance/define curls. It’s a bit of a pain shopping around for ones that work just right with your hair, because they never seem to come in tester bottles, but the successful hair product match can be pretty awesome! And if you’ve already shopped around and didn’t find anything that worked and that was your point, never mind, sorry!

By: volcanista

volcanista — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:00:43 +0000

Hey, I think some of you have already come by, but since a couple people said they wanted to see my post, I put it up! Thanks for the discussion on this, it got the gears turning. :)

By: wellroundedtype2

wellroundedtype2 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:45:52 +0000

I’m just going to add that I’m a curly-haired lass who misses my ringlets. I am going to try to reduce my ‘poo use and see what happens. My hair looks better in its native environment (where I grew up) and has been frizzy beyond repair since I moved 1,000 miles north.

There’s a woman I’ve seen around with the most beautiful curls and I need to ask her what she uses. I think my hair is different from hers but still, it can’t hurt to ask. I appreciate the curly hair tips.

By: julie

julie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:34:24 +0000

As yet another curly-haired chemist, I think people are getting the food definition of organic and chemical definition confused. Organic food means grown without synthetic chemicals, organic or otherwise. As far as chemistry, organic means carbon containing, as in living things and things that were living, such as hydrocarbons, etc. My entire organic chemistry class was mostly about petrochemicals. Inorganic is non-carbon, such as salts, minerals, etc.

I wash and condition with Mane-n-Tail conditioner, much cheaper than anything else that works, as my hair is difficult. I only do it enough to keep it from dreading (3-4 days)

By: SugarLeigh

SugarLeigh — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:31:38 +0000

Sugar throws her two cents in:

I have to admit, for me it’s a feelings thing when it comes to “choose processed-chemically stuff today, or not?” In the end, how much I like the product or whatever is the bottom line, but I do have to admit that I like “natural” stuff and that’s partly a personal pref thing and, yeah, it’s partially a spiritual thing. Rubbing a mint leaf for the scent makes me feel close to nature in a way eating a Junior Mint does not (I do still enjoy the occasional Junior Mint though, and chemicals be damned). And let’s face it, essential oils (produced by the chemists of the old, old olden days, lol) just plain smell good.

As for my hair, as long as it’s cheap and will make it stop being ugly, greasy, flaky, dry, or whatever way it’s choosing to be annoying today, I don’t bloody freakin’ care what’s in it… well okay as long as it also doesn’t kill me would be nice. Just all this talk got me thinking maybe my skin (which is quite sensitive) has something to say about shampoo and THAT is what makes my hair hate me, and maybe, MAYBE I’m not doomed for all time to have shitty hair if I try something new.

Maybe.

Of course now my mom is yelling at me that I shouldn’t listen to any of you and my hair will be gross forever if I don’t use shampoo. LOL.

By: A. Nonymous

A. Nonymous — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:11:15 +0000

Has anyone seen this?

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/tfr/1089238868.html

I wonder if this is the diet industry’s backup plan in case the new regulations get accepted.

The ad is a few days old, so I apologize if you all were already aware of it.

By: emmy

emmy — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:10:25 +0000

Same goes for Phylicia Rashad, strutting in there, talking about how she “thinks she looks pretty good!”

Oh, it’s just breaking my heart to see Phyllicia Rashad shilling for Jenny Craig. You know what Phyllicia? You DO look pretty good. You look a lot better than most women can hope to at your age. No need to eat flavorless prepackaged Jenny meals. You’re completely freaking gorgeous, and you must be in your sixties by now, right? Why not just enjoy your life rather than suffering to lose ten pounds?