EMJazzy
Happily retired
Re: I just realized I have been on this site for 5 years and my hair has not really g
1. lower the protein
2. up the moisture
3. eliminate the use of heat
I use to experience those little bits of broken hairs all the time, when I began to follow those 3 rules my hair retention took off...it was amazing, heck I'm still amazed.
The one thing I had to do was find the perfect moisturizer for my hair so I experimented A LOT
...all of last year I used aloe vera gel mixed with curl activator gel as my moisturizer and wet bunned daily. I use tea tree castile liquid soap as my poo (weekly) and I DC'd with megatek or ovation twice per month...my hair grew from barely touching my shoulders to 1/2 inch from APL.
You would think that my experimenting would stop right? Nope. My new search was for a moisturizer that kept my hair feeling moist without it being wet all the time. I finally found it...for my dry styles I now use (and absolutely fell in love with) Elucence MB mixed with a few drops of JBCO and wheatgerm oil. That my dear will get my hair to BSL (or longer) by the end of this year I can just feel it. 
Keep in mind that you can have a "professional" look without the use of heat, like one poster mentioned earlier you can wear your hair in a bun, you can wear it in a braidout or a twistout...there are *many* styles you can try.
May your length dreams come true!
1. lower the protein
2. up the moisture
3. eliminate the use of heat
I use to experience those little bits of broken hairs all the time, when I began to follow those 3 rules my hair retention took off...it was amazing, heck I'm still amazed.
The one thing I had to do was find the perfect moisturizer for my hair so I experimented A LOT
...all of last year I used aloe vera gel mixed with curl activator gel as my moisturizer and wet bunned daily. I use tea tree castile liquid soap as my poo (weekly) and I DC'd with megatek or ovation twice per month...my hair grew from barely touching my shoulders to 1/2 inch from APL. You would think that my experimenting would stop right? Nope.
My new search was for a moisturizer that kept my hair feeling moist without it being wet all the time. I finally found it...for my dry styles I now use (and absolutely fell in love with) Elucence MB mixed with a few drops of JBCO and wheatgerm oil. That my dear will get my hair to BSL (or longer) by the end of this year I can just feel it. Keep in mind that you can have a "professional" look without the use of heat, like one poster mentioned earlier you can wear your hair in a bun, you can wear it in a braidout or a twistout...there are *many* styles you can try.
May your length dreams come true!
Awww, don't worry. As fast as we cut it, it grows right back. I've been cutting pretty continuously since I joined (scraggly, permed ends), and sometimes you just have to get past the trauma, lol, do it, and KIM (see threads below, and I actually just trimmed again 
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i have a roller currently stuck in head,)
, and got serious about a hair care regimen, my hair started to thrive! 
