Yesterday GG and I spent a lot of the morning cleaning (with her doing those things a 6-year-old is capable of), so decided that while AG was napping in the afternoon, we were going to have a "spa day." We chose to paint our fingernails and toenails (I let her paint mine. . .which made them, er. . interesting). At the beginning of it all, we put heated olive oil on our hair (homemade hot oil treatment) and covered our heads with shower caps. The goal was to let it sit on our hair for 30 minutes while we did our mani/pedis and then wash it off in the shower.
All was going as planned. GG painted her toenails while I painted mine, then I let her paint my fingernails and I did hers while mine were drying. AG woke up a bit earlier than expected so I put her in the high chair while we finished nail painting, then washed and rinsed GG's hair. By then, AG needed lunch, then needed to nurse. I finished GG's shower process (she does most of it herself). By then, AG was screaming to get out of the high chair so I set her free. As I went to get my shower, I discovered that GG's shower used all the hot water, so I decided to make some cookies while I waited for it to reheat. Cookies were made and in the oven when I realized that due to unforeseen circumstances (i.e. having children?) the olive oil/shower cap were still on my head and two and a half hours had elapsed since I applied them. I couldn't leave the cookies in the oven to burn so still I waited.
The irony of this struck me as I sat at the computer getting some work done. Let me just say that after two and a half hours of olive oil hair treatment, I no longer felt pampered. I felt. . .well, oily. . .and kind of sadly neglected. The water finally reheated and I got my shower. I will say that once you wash it out, it does leave your hair feeling luxuriously soft and shiny. My fingernails are painted alternating sparkly purple and pink and look a bit like I dipped my whole finger into paint, but the important thing is we built memories. I love my life.
1 comments:
I was worried about this same thing when I dyed my hair the other day. But that's one that definitely CAN'T stay in the hair for 2 1/2 hours.
Came to your blog from your CM siggy.
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