Well, that was interesting.

I blame it on Ellen. I watched this show when I was home from work one day and got ideas in my head.

Since it's winter and my hair is dried out I decided to try the sweet syrup mask tonight.

I gently heated up some maple syrup. I don't think I needed to heat it, but I did, thinking that oh, if it's warm it will condition even more deeply. I poured it on my scalp. It didn't feel as cool to the touch on my scalp as it did on my finger.  Burned the scalp. Don't do that.

Then, as Kym demonstrated, I wrapped my head in plastic wrap. Salty D. walked in on me and said, "Are you trying to communicate with the aliens now?" and kept on walking.

I figured then that the syrup was contained and I would go about the house doing my thing. I went to the basement to finish the laundry. I brought the clean sheets and towels upstairs. I put away dishes and stuff. Drops of syrup started to ooze onto my forehead. Then they escaped down my neck. On to my shirt. I didn't notice all the syrup leaking out of the plastic wrap until I was done folding all the laundry and making the bed. See, I wasn't wearing my glasses due to the syrup thing, so I couldn't really see the laundry. So the clean sheets on the bed have little droplets of syrup on them.  I just sponged them off a little, so what's a little sugar in the sheets?

But anyway, you put the syrup on your hair when it's dry, then you work shampoo and water into it at the same time. This works with honey, olive oil, yogurt, mayonnaise, egg yolks...whatever leftover food you have will probably be suitable for pouring on your head. Kym Douglas might disagree with me. But I'm wondering if I can use that half-eaten jar of applesauce in the fridge.

Alright, so my hair does smell nice but I don't know if it's the maple syrup or because I finally washed it after a few days of having it bundled up under hats. My scalp kinda hurts where I burned it, which means it will peel later this week, so I'm looking forward to that.

This was really a stellar Sunday evening.

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[jen14221]

I put maple syrup on my bacon before I bake it in the oven, which some people think is crazy. But you take the cake!