Hi there Destinee, this may be a long shot but when was your last trim? Have you ever thought that the dry ends might be scab hair? I have heard about this and I really think it was my issue. You have beautiful hair by the way. /images/graemlins/wink.gif When I first got my hair cut down to a twa, I could not tell the texture difference between new growth and ends. I did the chop in May/02 down to about 2-3 inches...I now have about 6 inches of hair on my head(minus about 3 trims of 1/2" or more /images/graemlins/drunk.gif) I have been pulling on my twists for the past 2 weeks and have noticed a SIGNIFICANT difference between my ends and my roots down to about 5 inches of the length. The last 1/2" or so was rough, hard and DRY. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif I have been trying to wait to see if it was just the winter weather or if I was just neglecting my ends. I couldn't wait until Spring for a trim so the past 2 weeks I have been experimenting w/ shea butter on my ends, Hot 6 oil on my ends, dipping my ends in water and putting shea, oil, or glycerine spritz on them to hold some moisture in during the day...nothing has worked. So tonight, I whipped out my trimming scissors and went to work on them. I took about 1/2"-3/4" off each twist and I am back in business. My ends are soft, untangled, unknotted and smooth. I 'think' all the scab hair is gone now, we'll see in the morning when my hair is completely dry. Saying all that, it may just be scab hair. HTH! /images/graemlins/wink.gif