I've been resetting more often to see if I can get better with my technique. My hair looks great when it is wet but it just looks meh when it dries. That is probably because I'm air drying. But I try to use heat on my hair once a week. When I do my hair this upcoming weekend I will dry it and see if it looks better. But mid-week I'm going to try some ideas I had about my technique. I want to be able to do a curly set when I go on vacation this summer so I need to get better with it.
On a positive note, the back of my hair is definitely growing and retaining. Not sure if it was the end of last year or beginning of this year, I had to separate the back into 3 sections when I applied gel. Then shortly after I was able to put it into 2 sections. Now I have enough length to do 1 section even though I still separate it into 2 because it is easier.
My hair doesn't look like much but I love the way my curls and waves feel. But I'm going to have to keep my hands out of my head