Many of us in America are starting to turn back to more
natural alternatives to living, from food to beauty and beyond, joining the
many people who have been doing it for years and are now blogging about it.
I am one of those many people looking at websites and YouTube
videos in attempts of finding that wonderfully magic combination that turns my
hair into silk. Or, at least, that’s my basest imagination in the back of my
mind. The part of me with common sense that there is no magic combination.
A lady of
my calibre can dream, right?
Like most behaviors of mine, this one has a history. I
suppose my desire for easy, fun natural beauty treatments started with this
book. I saw it in a bookstore while shopping with my mother. I believe I bought
the book myself, a small personal victory for me at the time.
I was an
unemployed teen, okay?!
Anywho, I wanted to try
literally everything listed in the book that looked like it would work for me.
My mother, forseeing that I was not necessarily the most vigilant individual,
suggested that I do not do the ones where you need food to complete the
project.
As I got older, I lost this
beautiful book, and managed to buy it again in college, this time ordering
online. As I looked over the book again, I felt the nostalgia return, and put
it away in my library. Re-reading it recently, I realized this book was written
in 2003. Definitely not a curl-friendly era, and natural and DIY beauty
treatments certainly weren’t as widespread as they are now.
Beauty Trix
for Cool Chix contains step-by-step instructions for body creams,
manicures and pedicures, perfumes, bath essentials, and of course, TONS of hair
care. There are also tips for beauty emergencies and ideas for storing your
creations and tools. It even has a section on what to do with glitter! This
book may have also contributed to my soon-to-be-not-so-secret obsession with
all things sparkly.
I have been able to use some
of these projects in real life, however. My mother has used black tea and
coffee in my hair to give it a color boost. Once. I think we may have neglected
to reinforce my hair with proper moisturizer. I’ve even made, using the book as
a source of inspiration, an herbal brew that has saved my hair once. I went
swimming at a lake recently, and while I did a good job of rinsing and washing
my hair, it still ended up puffy, and not in a good way. I brewed green tea,
parsley, and sage in a pot, and used it as a rinse and shampoo / conditioner additive.
After a curling session with my trusty Gold moisturizer and some pipe cleaners
(that isn’t in the book, I just improvised on a YouTube video I saw), my hair
was pretty much back to normal. I just went swimming again in chlorine, and I’m
hoping this will work again, only this time I’m using straws. Brewed herbs for
me are kind of like oils for most people. They give me the nourishment without
giving me the stiffness of oils.
Once I did try using a tiny
smidge of avacado on a test spot on my hair, rinsing with warm/hot water to
give it the deep conditioning effect. I’ll tell you, that curl burst forth with
new life without hardening up. While I’m not brave enough to give myself a full
avacado mask at this time, it’s definitely something to consider in the future.
A word of caution: avacado contains a latex-like substance, so people with a
latex allergy should probably not use this.
My verdict on Beauty Trix
for Cool Chix: definitely give it a read, no matter how old you are. Some
of these are actually pretty useful to use, just update the look to match your
mood or age level. As for me, I hope to share it with my daughters, should I
have any.
Who’s your favorite beauty
icon? (This can be real or fictional.)
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