I am doing a lot of things to my hair right now and not exactly sure what 1 thing or combo of things is really helping my hair. So I will work to narrow that down in 2012. I don't like to do more than necessary.
Even without knowing my ends are in much better condition. I can run my fingers down strands and I don't have a family of SSKs on the ends. Now I can actually do a search and destroy. Before I would have just had to big chop to get rid of the SSKs.
One thing I realized is that I am not apply henna to my entire strand. So if henna adds strength to the strands I really do want to include my ends. I was being cheap trying to save money
Lose all my ends for $10
Makes no sense. So I will be apply the henna to my entire head from now on.
I have been sectioning my hair into 6 to 8 twists to apply conditioner. I then separate those sections and apply the conditioner like a relaxer. And now I am getting the conditioner through all the strands by taking the section of hair and twisting it in 1 directions and then the other and then twisting the conditioner into the ends. It takes longer but I think I am getting better penetration of the conditioner into my hair. And then I sit under my heat cap for 30 to 45 minutes.
I really need to do that same twisting method when I apply my leave ins. Will remember that for next week. This week I applied my leave in to wet hair, let it air dry and then applied it again to semi-dry hair. This worked very well.
And still moisturizing and sealing my ends pretty much daily.
Maybe by June I will be able to wear a good rollerset without scraggly ends