haircare

I was intrigued! (I’d never done this before)

Leafology Journal: Leaves, Shoots & Roots

Have you ever used a scalp scrub before?

I hadn’t, until fairly recently (instead, I wash my hair with this soothing, cleansing powder which turns to lather in my hair), but scalp scrubs are more and more in demand at the moment and can work really well for different scalp/skin types, removing any product build up, boosting circulation (good for hair growth!) and helping with dandruff/related issues.

Although I don’t suffer with any itchiness/irritation (most likely because of the aforementioned routine, thereby having cut out irritating shampoos several years ago!), I was intrigued enough to try a scalp scrub recently (with my nearest Himalayan Herbal Body Scrub), and felt quite renewed! There is something so healing about salt, and when infused with the plant oils, botanicals and softening shea butter, it’s quite the aromatherapeutic experience!

[I’m updating my ‘Rebel‘ page, a list of all Leafology products in alphabetical order, (with their various alternative, obvious and non-obvious uses), as we speak!]

Then I received an absolutely lovely email from a customer, Kim, who described herself as being on a ‘hair journey’. She said:

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Month 4 – Spicy Orange, Metal Stars & How to START

Leafology Journal: Leaves, Shoots & Roots

‘Monday Monday, so good to me’ …is a lyric embarrassingly (yet calendricularly-appropriately) stuck in my head today (The Mamas and Papas song is being sandwiched into my December choir group performance and I have an excessive number of ‘bah dah, bah, dah dah dah’s in my head post-rehearsal, alongside the more traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Come All Ye Faithful and an alarmingly-intricate-yes-pleasingly-challenging alto part to We Wish You A Merry Christmas).

But you didn’t ask about any of that.

Instead I’ll tell you about 3 exciting updates on the wild and innocent world of Leafology.

May I present:

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We each have a superpower

Leafology Journal: Leaves, Shoots & Roots

My friend has the ability to remember every detail of who ate what at which restaurant in which year; whether they liked it, who served us, who rode home in which car, which couple had a fight… I am continually amazed by her (and grateful, since she is the group’s keeper of history in technicolour detail) – it is dazzling!

When it comes to me, well, I’ve dabbled in useful/useless skill sets, but one thing is clear: I’ve always had a super-sensitive nose. Sometimes more of a curse than a blessing, I have fun with it anyway and I am realising now how much this sense of mine has begun to lead my life in new directions.

The sense of smell is deeply, deeply powerful; a host of both memory and small pleasures.

Dating sites are filled with flowery-dreamy ‘like’ lists which start so often with ‘I like how the grass smells after rain’. And clichés abound around wood-fires and salty sea air…

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