Greasy Hair?

Do you have hair that gets greasy after a day? Well I have some tips and tricks that might help you with that greasy hair.

A little bit about your hair and why it gets oily. Your hair like your skin needs to be moisturized. The oil produced on your head help to moisturize your habit as well as your scalp. How quickly everyone's hair gets oily varies from person to person. Some peoples hair gets oily as soon as you wash it, whereas some peoples hair can go a few days without washing and it won't be super oily.

As a disclaimer, these tips are purely based on my own experience. They might work for you or they might not. Also, results sometimes are not instant because your body needs to get use to the change.

1. One thing important thing I do is I wash my hair every other day. I feel like, when I wash it everyday, more oils are produced because the shampoo is stripping away all of the natural oils, therefore your body produces more to make up for what you keep taking away.

2. When I wash my hair I focus the shampoo on the area closest to the roots and the foam through the rest of my hair. The reason for this is so I do not dry out the ends of my hair. The ends of your hair, unlike the roots of your hair, hardly ever get a taste of that oil/natural moisturizer your body is producing, hence dry ends. As for conditioner, same idea, but instead of focussing the conditioner at the roots, I only use conditioner at the ends of my hair.

3. Wash your hair first before washing other parts of your body. After you have put conditioner in your hair, get a clip and clip your hair in a loose bun while you do other things. This way your hair actually has time to absorb the conditioner before it's rinsed off. This would be a good time to shave your legs, exfoliate, or whatever else is a part of your shower time ritual.

4. Focus hair products such as hair serums, leave in conditioners, even heat protectants at the ends of your hair. There was a time in my life where I straightened my hair everyday. I noticed that heat protectants weighed down my hair meaning ugly flat hair, and it caused my hair to get oily very quickly. So, any extra products, save it for the ends.

And just some other random tips for oily hair is, look for shampoos designed for oily hair. Also try shampoos that are free of silicone and sulfates. If you're training your hair and transitioning from washing your hair everyday to every other day, apply some dry shampoo to your head at the end of the first day before you head to bed. This will help absorb some of that excess oil overnight.

Any oily hair tips and tricks out there?

A Bad Day...

Ever have one of those plain old bad days? Well, it really has been one of those days where Murphy's Law is in full effect. Within a 24 hour time frame, someone put a nasty dent in my car's bumper, I scratched the face of my watch that is less than a year old, I drop my phone that is less than a month old into water, and the lady at the movie theater lied to my friend and I telling us that there wasn't a lot of people watching 'The Great Gatsby' when we purchased our tickets. It really has just been a bad day. (First world problems, I know. But it's my day and I can call it a bad one if I want to.:])My patience has been well tested in the last 24 hours.

I think you know you've grown up when these things happen and you don't immediately freak out and panic. It's so easy to panic and go crazy about what has happened. I don't think I've ever been this calm when all these bad things are happening around me. I know that if it had been a few years ago, I'm sure my reaction would not be the same and I'd be stressing myself out beyond belief.

I remember watching an Asian drama where character said, "if a problem can be resolved with money, then it is not a problem." Keep in mind, these words came from a character that was well off and a CEO of some company. But if you think about it, it actually is true. All of the bad things that have happened today, they can all be resolved. It will cost a pretty penny or two to fix it, but other than that, it really isn't a problem. I guess another way to look at it is, at the end of the day, no one was hurt. The hit and run could have happened while I was on the road in the car. In which case I'd be in lots of pain right now. As for the watch and phone, both these items can either be repaired or replaced, no big deal. And the movie? It can be seen on a different day.

It's so easy to freak out and panic. But you always have to look at the brighter side of things. Although all in all the day has not been the greatest, there were a couple highlights. I was able to visit the Taiwanese American Heritage Festival which was pretty cool. I was also able to finally find the glass jars with handles on them so they can be used as cups! I remember the first time having an Arnold Palmer and it was being sipped out of a glass jar with a handle on it. Ever since, I have been on a hunt for them. So Although today has been a pretty bad day, there has been some ups to it. Also, I got great deals while shopping today.

I guess the message I want to leave you guys with is, stay positive! It's very easy to just get mad and hate the world and everyone in it, but you'll feel so much better if you just let it go. How do you guys deal with a bad day?