Luisa H

Just as usual, I haven't plan anything for x-mas. I still dont have time to clean my space and create a corner to call my photo studio. available as print    Because of the COVID19 I didn't travel anywhere, not even in a park, let alone in the city; not to mention flying back to my homeland to visit my parents.     available as print Usually I'd also post a new photo I recently took. this time I have to just wish you a #merrychristmas without any photo. I am participating on GuruShots #minichallenge on #discord . After x-mas, when the mini-challenge is over I may post my photo on fb. I also have to mention some of my friends here because fb-algorithm won't recommend my post on your feed . if you'd like to have one of the versions printed, let me know 1. original: a group of flowers, but the other flowers distract from the 2 flowers in the middle. 2. I like desaturated dramatic mood, nevermind. 3. snapseed is cool, but no matter how I tried, I couldn't remove ...

The culprit of hair knots are the split ends. Keep your split ends at minimum by moisturising your hair often and cut each and every split strand. Getting rid of split ends helps with detangling and minimising further damage. Classic length is where your hair reaches right under your buttocks. I lost that crown volume since my hair hit bcl .  Since my hair reached tbl I decided to handle my hair like it was extremely long, even longer than classic, breakable due to age, dry because natural oils can't reach such a length (evtl. link from torin page with coconut oil), etc. So I gave my hair an extra TLC (tender, loving care). Keep your hair moisturised Dry hair is prone to breakage, it's fragile. Moisture keeps it manageable. Some people can't handle sticky hair, hence why they don't use oils or use lightweight oils. Condition your hair until it becomes limp and straight at the ends (not the same as limp on the roots though). Don't force your hair to "...

 Don't ask a hairdresser or someone who is not used to extremely long hair if you need a trim. According to such people, you need a trim. They don't know anything about taper . Everyday we lose a lot of hair but we also grow new strands everyday. Your hair can seem thicker and fuller at the top because of new hair growing that hasn't reached the length of the rest of your hair yet. The stands taper in at the bottom because as it begins to grow it comes out of the follicle finer and gets bigger as it grows, so the thin ends are hair that hasn't been cut and left to grow naturally. (Show before and after photos!)  Losing volume on the crown is another factor. People hate to see scalp or oily hair. They don't know about wigs vs hairloss vs hair pattern. Of course straigh hair will let your scalp and cowlicks show. It's logical. Hair lays straight down, hence why people confuse hair pattern with thickness and density . Wavy, curly and natural hair create volum...

 I decided to do a capillary schedule again . My hair felt soft, even if it was once a week and buying 3 types of conditioner. The reason why I go back to a capillary schedule is because I tend to forget to give my hair the moisture-nutrition-repair it needs. I only condition my hair when it feels dry, but it feels especially dry in summer. We have dry summers here in north-west of Germany. Talk about climate change ...  ETA: when I had the idea to start my capilary schedule, it was hot outside. Now it's autumn time. I get cold faster so I may need to wash my hair 2 times a week, because steam showers: mondays and thursdays.  Because I wash my hair twice a week in winter I will chose the first two rows of the weekly schedule. 1st Month 27th August - HYDRATION first, NUTRITION next Monday 31st August - NUTRITION. 3rd September - NUTRITION again. 7th September - HYDRATON. 10th September - HYDRATION. 13th September - NUTRITION. I had to wash my hair because I had to go to ...

  since like 2 months ago my phone (nokia x2-01) battery discharged in anytime between 1 week and 2 days. needless to say that discharging gone faster day by day... I was thinking to say bye-bye to my ol' good mobile phone and buy another one; but I just love my mobile phone! it still works wonderful, it still has that good quality sound on radio and phone calls, it still has a good conn. even in the basement of "my" blockhouse, it still doesn't make any interference with any other devices in my room. luckily I found a new (no second hand!) battery provided by nokia. the new battery has same discharging rate! I switched the the old one but it still discharges in 3-4 days at most. what? I switched back to the new battery. still the same problem. then I remembered that I read about 4G conn. draining phone batteries like 3 times faster (!). I removed the sim-card when I charged my phone yesterday (sunday). normally my phone battery would be half drained by now. thankfull...

It contains affiliates. The * marks affiliate link. I only recommend products I use myself on daily basis.   EFIT-Alarm! 👀 I love this efit  format of my blog. It's so organized. 😇 08:00 I drink more tea and less coffee. Just like I eat less meat and more veggies, just like I eat less and drink tea. I just had to write down some ideas before I start the day. Read the story on wattpad . (shopping fotos 9 u. 10 uhr, 11 foto eingekauftes, 12 post)  09:00 I started to read Pope Joan by DOnna W. Cross. It's nice, captivating book I'll review later. 10:00 I usually check out the long hair community without engaging too much into forum discussions.   11:00 my updos look pretty minimalistic when it comes to going outside. 12:00 I don't really like to photograph what I eat... 13:00 I decided to participate in a real photography exhibition so I made a money pool for that. I described the whole story in another blog entry , in hope I will gather mor...

To me being stuck in a rut with long hair is just as confusing as listening only to pop music and refusing to check out on music history. I mean there's clearly so much to hair than "just hair". I don't see why you'd get stuck in a rut if you can make 3 bases of the same updo. 1. Non-beaided base: like the cinnamon bun. It works on not so slippery hair or maybe just on shorter lengths (like before your hair reaches waist length). You will know when the bun becomes heavy. 2. Ponytails as bun base: the ponytail is not heavy because the length of your hair doesn't drag down your hair elastic. 3. Braided base: English braid is something you usually think when it's about braided bases. But french and dutch braids are also good braided bases. French or Dutch braids raises the bun off your neck. It's good if your bun is a bit bigger, you have a short neck or it's too hot outside. The updos that you can do with these bun bases are  of course so many it...

Let's make it clear from the start: it's easy for a hermit to love being alone. Unfortunatelly I read in the news or my friends post how bored people in general are because they must drink coffee at home instead in a café. Anyway, I challenged myself to blog and vlog my quarantine life for a month. Documenting my lifestyle blog 😒 Today, 15.06.2020: I sleep a lot and I am glad I discovered sleep since the corona crisis. Corona crisis hit me like " the oncoming train " and I realized I missed sleeping a lot. It also made me realize those new consumerism stuff aren't that new anymore. They recyle old themes with a horn blasting sound and dazling visual effects but there's no soul in that movie or music video; so I go back in the 70's or 80's. I actually watched any Kaurismäki film I could find on youtube (planning to order a collection of movies by Kaurismäki). I listened to old rock 'n roll songs and honestly I felt instantly better. I feel goo...

So what do you do when quarantined? You clean your house and find old books to read. I instantly liked this book because it was written by Justina Robson, one of my favorite authors. If you think this novel is a bit hard to grasp, take it slower. Best read it when you are not tired. It's a story that requires a focused approach on reading. It's okay to have a friend or a family member read this book so you can talk about points you might be missing. Reviews are okay as long as they don't contain spoilers I suppose. The first half of the book makes you think there may not be an actual story happening. There seem to be a collection of worlds described in a random order without any apparent connection between them; reminds a bit of absurdist fiction . It's also good if you take it as a hypothesis instead of trying to grasp a linear structure. It was like I read an essay disguised as a s.f. novel, quite close to what Erich von Däniken writes, but enveloped in a s.f. story....

Remember my first author interview ? Cheyenne Murray invited me on The Fantastical Writers Podcast and while I was still sleeping (time zones problem) the interview was released. I like how inclusive this interview is: Q&A about me - because I'm bad at freely writing or talking about myself, something about my first writing experience, how I started writing and self-publishing my first book  and much more. Have fun! In the meantime I'm glad to be a kind of hermit: I don't go outside much except for grocery shopping and taking out the trash. I'm becoming anxious about the #COVID19 outbreak again because far too many people behave like this virus doesn't exist. I read a book and I'll post a review, like I promised in my author interview post. I will celebrate my birthday immersing myself into that Kaurismäki 60's and 70's vibe .

Author and book reviewer Deanna Jackson has featured my book in her blog . I'm honored. I met Deanna on #writerscommunity and #bloggerscommunity . I love twitter more than I like facebook. I like our #authorbreak where I answer questions about my writing and reading, art in general, meet professional or hobby writers and much more. I still work on different projects. I read Justina Robson 's Natural History (germ. Die Verschmelzung) and I can say I never read something like this before. A review is on the way too. In the meantime I decided to blog about things that matter instead of filling my blog with empty words about flowers growing and bla bla bla about #QuarantineLife . I want to write about things that matter to me. I want to scroll down my blog and find stuff I won't find that easily on social media. Having my book featured in a blog, even if it's not proofreaded, professionally edited, not available on Amazon because I don't like how complicated ...

When my hair was still barely brushing classic length (now my hair sits decidedly at fingertip length) I braided my hair then wrapped the braid length around the base of my braid at my nape and call it a sleep bun . Last month I did the same but I woke up with tangles the next morning. My braid tassel was wrapped too many times around my hair. My tassel is too long and too thin for this bun. It's either because my ends fairytale too much or because the elling woman bun doesn't work as sleep bun at a certain length. Now I English braid my hair and heavy oil the braid tassel. With the rest of the oil left on my palms I oil my braid. My hair next morning is not tangly but because my hair length and slippery my hair, I have to redo my braid. I can't shake off the feeling I must  wear a slip cap at night! Who knows how my hair behaves at mid-thigh?

I got cold like almost 3 weeks ago. It happens to me every winter. Like last year , I DIY'd and I got healthy. First day was a chore: I couldn't even breathe well, let alone speak. I made something I learned from my grandmother. I googled it but I'd add: that photo is stupid. Cover your whole head under the towel! Breathe slowly and deeply. Keep your handkerchief nearby so you can grab it whenever you need to sneeze. Don't drink that tea afterwards, make a new one to drink. Just in case... I did this... breathing hot steam for 3 days in a row 2 times a day. In the meantime I drank a lot of tea. I can fairly say I drank like 2l of black (as to not drink coffee for few days) or mint tea. Of course I added either sugar and lemon or a menthol bonbon, or just simply drank the tea with anything fancy in my cup. Of course it helped that I DIY'd my spa time: hot water in the bad thub. I recommend you to tilt your head to get it warm in the water! Warming your head ...

From the DM Alverde magazine  How many times we didn't hear stupid advises like eat less , don't eat this or that , go to a coach , etc. I found an article about fasting and I thought it's even ok if I manage to eat less calories. I instantly knew I can't live on vegetable juice twice a day. Eating twice a day and drinking more tea helps. Also giving up that delicious pudding helps at least maintaining pounds. I try to not eat too many sweets. I ate some marmalade on my toast though for few days. I ate pasta and rice because I wouldn't go outside (or order for that matter) a fruit juice. (I don't even have a fruit blender as I'm not that tech-y). The first method was clearly a no-no for me. It's a fruit detox, I know but I wasn't prepare for it and I don't like how it focuses on juices more than everything. It's probably good before or after a surgery but on everyday basis it seems too much. They didn't count periods and the fac...