fucked up sundries list

[rm]

If I have to be up at a certain time, for a certain thing, it's almost a guarantee I'll find the one piece of HP fanfic that's good, that I've not read, and stay up until 4am reading it.

Anyway, http://ellen.arithmancy.net/Returns.html -- Snape/Harry, utterly obscene, but also utterly plot heavy and by one of the very few authors who can write a battle scene with any sense of detail, urgency and plausibility

Anyway, time to get ready for the Tipton audition, again, as this day has utterly run out of any room for procrastination.

ETA: In the shower just now I realized I use all these fabulous Villainess and LUSH soaps, BPAL perfumes, the weird herbal toothpaste stuff (it's not that vile, the mouthwash on the other hand could kill) the new dentist is on about -- and lame shampoo and conditioner for brown hair from the Duane Reade. Any excuse to give less money to Duane Reade is good -- so bathing beauties, what weird, obscure, probably small-business shampoos and conditioners do you use? Only specifications: herbal and citrus as opposed to fruity and floral, and something tha can condition the evil that is my hair to within an inch of its life (but preferrably isn't leave-in). Merci.

Also on the BPAL front: FYI Hell's Belle mixed with Smut = Mabon, althogh I suppose 1 LE + 1 GC = 1 LE isn't an equation that's going to solve anyone's problems.

Meanwile more credit agency problems ahoy. Or rather, I spoke to the collection agency about that Time Warner crap, they swore they had already sent out paper to me, nearly a week ago now which is still not received, AND now a threatening letter about a magazine subscription I've never heard of saying I requested it, and demanding payment before they report me to a credit agency. I'm feeling some shenanigans going on, and it's all a lot of letter writing I am not in the mood for.

ETA2: Off to this audition. I look soooo cute. My vain slasher self would totally do me.

Comments

[rahalia-cat.livejournal.com]

I use (and this will make you laugh) Aussie (http://www.aussie.com/) hair products. As a rule, I use the daily 'Mega' shampoo and conditioners, but they also have deep conditioning treatments that are pretty awesome. The products smell gorgeous, too.

I've got a tube of Body Shop's 'Palmshine' deep conditioning mask, which is the best thing on earth for getting my hair to look good, but to my horror it's been discontinued in the UK and I spend hours scouring the Body Shop discontinued and reject stores for more of it. If you can find that in the States, it's well worth a try.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ah, you! I should be home by 9ish your time, btw.

[rahalia-cat.livejournal.com]

*squeak!* Me? ;O)

Gotcha *grin*

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Back when I had hair, I used the Aussie, too. I'd suggest you open one and smell it, or buy a sample one first, but they were really good for helping me wrestle my hair into submission.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Costco Kirkland Salon Formula Shampoo and Conditioner.

The shampoo smells like pineapples, and the conditioner is amazing.

I have to use omg SO LITTLE of it because if I don't, my hair is a greaseball by 3pm.

I have fine, mostly straight hair, so I'd imagine if it's strong enough that I have to use minuscule amounts, it'll be good for a fiercer hair type than my own. ;)

And since it's from Costco, it's about $17 for the pair, and they're friggin' HUGE.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Long BPAL thread where most people proclaim their love of Lush hair care. I love the Aveda stuff, but hello, not always in my budget.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Amusingly, I think the Kirkland stuff is the same as the Aveda stuff.

I got my last haircut at the Aveda school on Spring street, and when they washed my hair, I sniffed and thought, "I know this stuff!"

Aveda's awesome tho...I always used to steal my mom's Aveda products. *g*

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I need heavy gloppy conditioners because my hair is incredibly dry. So here's what's worked for me:

- I swear by Devacurl One Condition. It ain't cheap, but a little goes a long way. Herbal and kind of minty with, I think, some lemon verbena in there. They also have a line for redheads, brunettes, etc. and, in spite of what they say, it does deposit some color if you use it regularly. You can get this stuff at Ricky's but hey, the salon is right there in SoHo. For washing, their No-Poo/Low-Poo line of cleansing stuff has no detergents and is made for dry hair. My hair loves the No-Poo but my scalp freaks out from the oils, so all hail the Low-Poo. I know, the names. What can I say? The stuff works.

- Jessicurl Too Shea comes in a little pot and is heavy and gloppy and you can get Citrus Lavender, which is very clean/herbal. Island Fantasy scent is nice if you like coconut and have beach fantasies. They still don't have it on the East Coast so you'd have to do mail order. Once in a while if you're on the mailing list she does a $5 flat-rate shipping special which is terrific because the stuff is heavy. Oh, and the Hair Cleansing Cream comes in the same scents, also has no detergents, lathers some like a shampoo, and also smells divine. Worth a go. This is what I take when I'm traveling.

- I like Nature's Gate conditioners when I am broke. You can get 'em at WholeFoods pretty cheap for a chubby bottle. I used Tea Tree because of the aforementioned scalp malaise, but they have lots of fun thick herbal conditioners.

None of the aforementioned three conditioners have silicones, so if you wanted to leave some in before you blow dry they won't build up and make your hair all nasty and dull.

- I also used to use the Aussie Mega Conditioner, although its formula may have changed since I was, uh, in high school (and washed with Prell)

< / hair geekery>

[melebeth]

(moshah sent me because I was talking about the Tipton audition and he mentioned he read about it in your lj) Did you get a chance to read? I was really interested in the highly diverse group of women who came out today, from women who really read (to me) as plausibly if not actually transgendered, to women who were very girly indeed.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I did not get a chance to read, which made me very sad. And I was shocked at how girly some of the women were -- someone even wore a dress.

[melebeth]

It made me wonder if I'd read the call correctly, but it did, in fact, say 'must be believable as a man.' I guess some people come out for _everything_, appropriate or not. I always think that's going to annoy the casting people, but the guy came out to our group and said "they're considering you for more girly roles" so maybe it didn't. I was happy though, this amazing woman in the group I was in, who is actually working on a film about another transgendered woman, got called in to read. Which made up for me not getting to, although I would have preferred to not get kept on a warmer day :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

I was one of the most masculine looking peope, to my eye in my group, but the only peopel who got to read were the tallest girls (I'm 5'6"). It came out in teh course of things that I was essentially believeable as the wrong type of man, which was both satisfying to me, but has caused me to burst into random giggles all day.

[melebeth]

*grin* It makes me want to start an inquest into precisely what kind of man you were, and were not, believable as. "A man who shows up 15 minutes late for every appointment." "A man who remembers to put the toilet seat back up when he's sharing the bathroom with a woman." "A man who waxes his back." You were probably in the group with the amazingly tall woman I ended up sitting next to while I was waiting to go in, and she was waiting to read. My impression was that they weren't keeping a lot of people.

[rm.livejournal.com]

In my group they kept a long-haired really busty chick with a really deep voice who is a cop.

As to what kind of man I was -- I think the answer was "gay gay gay gay gay", which isn't all that untrue, peculiarly queer girl that I am.

[melebeth]

There are _far_ worse things to be able to pass as than a gay man. And a gay man who's actually a woman? Shiny!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Part of me was totally flattered, part of me was like "wow, I'm just all about having my ass kicked on the playground no matter what I am, eh?"

[melebeth]

*cackle*

That. THAT is the quote of the weekend.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

In my mind you are more than 2 inches taller than me. :)

[cookie-cm.livejournal.com]

Any letters you send out be sure to do so via certified mail.

Re. hair products, I will spare you the 10 or so brands ranging from low end to, that-was-enough-for-an-outfit, cost...what I find seems to work for me in this dry, wintery humidity is simply Aussie 'Knot Forgotton', which is a detangler. No conditioner before hand, just wash with any shampoo and then rinse with this. Maybe a little shine laminate afterwards, which helps keep things calm.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Avalon Organics - you can get it at Whole Foods. It makes my otherwise coarse hair feel pleasantly soft. I use the pepppermint kind.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I cam very close to getting that today. I bought more cheese instead.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Whole Food's Mahon cheese is very good and appeals to myself and the gentlemen. Have you ever tried it?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I haven't actually. I was just buying more boconcini at the olive bar. Clearly I need to though.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend it with cracked pepper and olive oil. It's very decadent yet completely satisfying.

[rm.livejournal.com]

anything that suits cracked pepper is good in my book.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Sola and I both panted over Pepper Passion recently, and I was particularly in love with the amboyna woof. Pity they're $400 in that one.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Man, man, I did not need to see that. Oh... Oh... that site is too cool.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Speaking of sundries... I have found a source of caster sugar...

India Tree Gourmet Spices & Specialties.

(800) 369-4848

www.indiatree.com

I got a 1 lb bag for $3.39.

TK

[rm.livejournal.com]

Rock on.