These steaming threads have intrigued me and I think I will have my family gift me with a stand-up hair steamer for my birthday next month. In the interim, last night, I ran my bath, turned on my portable space heater (which I keep in my bathroom all winter all the time and never had a problem with it being in the bathroom) for about 15 minutes before I got in the tub. My bathroom was nice and steamy and humid. I kept the heater on. While I lounged in the tub for a half hour with a Pepsi and a good book, I had cholesterol conditioner on my hair and, after rinsing, my hair did feel extra soft and moisturized.
However, tonight, after I co-washed and put in my leave-in and sealed my hair with ghee mixed with camellia, avocado and monoi oils, I did not put my scarf on right away so it had dried quite a bit. My hair turns out best when I put the scarf on my head when it is still wet. So, I decided to experiment a little based on something else I read. I got out a plastic cap and misted it inside with some filtered water. I heated up my micro heat cap in the microwave and put it over the plastic cap for 20 minutes and I cannot begin to tell you all how moist and silky-satiny my hair feels. Wow, just wow! I read in one post somewhere where someone used either a hair steamer or heat cap (different effects, I know) after putting in their leave-in and somewhere else where someone used it with oil....Wow...that is all I can say right now.
My buns are bigger in the summer than in the winter and I love it. 
