Ladies,
Thanks for all of your compliments....
To answer a few questions that I was asked:
1)used Wild Growth Oil to press my hair.
2)To get the curls all I did was bump my ends using the maxiglide as I straightened
3) I was natural for two years before getting my last relaxer in January 2004. I pressed my hair often so my curls were damaged. Siince going natural again, I have only pressed my hair twice and both time my hair went back after washing w/o losing any curl. Because of my prior experience I do not straighten very often.
4)I cut my hair to about a 2 inches TWA in July 2004 and haven't looked back ever since.
5) My maxiglide tips include using a some type of blow dry lotion for protection if you blow dry first.( I used one by TCB its okay). I have run the iron through my hair when it was airdried and detangled and that was good enough but usually i don't have the time to wait for it. As for products, like I mentioned before I used WGO but I think that is an individual preference...I will stick to it because that is the first thing that has worked as well w/ my hair. Before I used Aveda Anti Humectant w/ other flat irons and that would do the job but the results I got w/ that and the maxiglide was not optimal.