Day After Curls

So my daughter Hannah was a good sport and let me wrap her hair in cloth curls. It's a no heat way of curling your hair that I found on Pintrest.com.   I showed you in the previous post, what she looked like last night, after I had her all tied up.  Well Let me rephrase that, her Hair was all tied up. Not her.

Here is what she had to work with this morning.

 I am pretty sure I will be killed in my sleep someday, when she finds out that I posted these photos on my blog, but until then lets all have a good chuckle at these curls.  They are pretty great!  So I think that if I had a chance to redo them, (and trust me I will put her through this again lol)  I would roll them the opposite direction, and even maybe horizontally for more "ringlets" type curls. I would also choose to use thicker chunks of hair. It seem's that most of this is just trial and error.  I added some curl gel to them this morning and it helped with the singling out of the curls.  

We'll get the final thoughts on this from the kids at school. Because you know out of the mouths of babes...

No heat curls!

So I was on Pintrest..(when am I not right?) and I came across this pin

Source: abeautifulmess.typepad.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

Its a no heat way of getting curls. My lab mouse lovely daughter Hannah loves trying new things, so I, of course tried this out. You can see her enthusiasm in these photos of what she looked like after I tied her hair all up.

I used a cut up old tee shirt, and it seemed to tie off pretty well. I am hoping that she has fun loose curls and I will be taking photos in the morning to show you all.  I am sure she will be just as excited for those photos before school time. :)

DIY Laundry Soap

Well I have been talking to some family members and have seen online quite a bit about DIY Laundry Soap. It's very cheap compared to washing with Brand name Laundry Soap that you've bought at your local store. So I'm going to share the "recipe" so to speak with you!

First you'll need to get these items:

5 or 10 gallon bucket

Arm & Hammer Washing Soda ---yes WASHING not baking.. heh heh

Borax laundry Booster

A bar of Fels-Naptha

A bar of your favorite bar soap.. I am using Ivory

Fabulouso --Try and find the one with Oxy in it, but not completely necessary . I use this for the scent.

Oxy Clean --This is my fall back if oxy isn't in the fabulouso

Dawn Dish Soap -- For the fighting power against grease. I have children. Haha!

Measurements:

1 Cup of the Washing soda Borax Fabulouso

1/2 cup of the Dawn Dish Soap

1 bar of both Fels- Naptha & Ivory --or whatever bar soap you use.

4 cups of water in pan

then an additional 3 gallons of HOT water

The super easy directions are as followed:

Shred the bar soap and Fels-Naptha Cheese grater works well here.

Put 4 cups of water in a pan on a medium heat --- don't let it boil ----

Stir with a whisk or a similar stirrer to get all the clumps and chunks out

Dump the melted mix into the large bucket (I use a 5 gallon bucket) with the rest of the

ingredients and stir every 15 to 20 mins. It will look like a gel type of soap.

Now this is just my mix that I got from a family member. You can switch things up, to your liking. I have also seen people who use Essential oils to scent their laundry. It's all up to you!

Happy Laundry Days in the future! :)