I washed my hair. Irregardless of whether 72 hours was up (tahan for two days liao and at 3 p.m. today buay tahan so go and wash) I didn't give a damn, because my oily scalp wasn't helping matters and I looked like a slovenly beggar picked off the streets. I had a new pimple thanks to 3 days' worth of dirty hair =(

So happy. Thank god it didn't revert back to its original state upon washing, unlike the Internet horror stories I've read before. Phew. All I have to do is to improve my posture so that the hair won't curl up, and comb it straight. Voila! Nice and silky hair. I suppose I did go a little overboard with the care (One nice, generous scoop of conditioner and nearly two tablespoons of the hair mask, which nearly dried on my hair after I left it on for 20 minutes, with 10 minutes of heat under the hairdryer. A 5 minute rinse, towel dry, then put leave-in conditioner. )

Sigh... at this rate my expensive hair products will be gone by the end of this holiday. And yes, L'Oreal is expensive. I don't mean those you see in your regular hypermart...I mean the professional products. The conditioner is $14.50 for 150 ml. A typical regular-sized conditioner pint like Asience stores about 550ml, and it costs around $15. You work out the Math. For 450 ml, the L'Oreal conditioner would cost a grand total of $43.50.

Ah well. I guess you pay more for quality.

I have given up on my search for the elusive perfect shampoo. It makes no sense whatsoever to use professional products as they don't lather, and my fingers get tired easily.

Anyway, bloody hell, the smell of the stupid chemicals (referring to straightening chamicals) is DAMN STINKY. It smells like a fiasco in the Science Labaratory. An airtight, claustaphobia-inducing space, hot water, humidity....smells ain't easy to avoid. Especially when it's located on your head.

Even with the synthetic fragrances of the shampoo PLUS conditioner PLUS hair mask, the smell still prevails. Gag. My maid one level down insists that she can smell me.

I can't wait till the smell goes away. When can I wash it away?

Speaking of products, I didn't buy the serum or the olive oil. There is nowhere in Singapore where you can get pure olive oil, unless it is for cooking purposes. Most serums contain alcohol, even expensive ones used in the salon, and it is more drying if used long-term. So really, no point. You might as well not wash your hair for days to get rid of frizzies (a rather revolting method I discovered during my past few endurance-testing days). The sad downside is that you'll look like Severus Snape. But if you can find weird people who think it's sexy, then go forth and be happy.

This is very random, but I discovered to my consternation that I can't blow a bubble gum. I've tried all sorts of air pressures, but nothing seems to work! My flute embouche can't work, soft doesn't do it, hard will cause the whole thing to fly out of my mouth. So argh, I gave up.

Grrrr.

Chewing gum should come in more flavours. I wonder if there's sausage flavour? Or those gag joke ones like blood (oooh!) and vomit?

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