Hello....I've only been here about a week and a half maybe... still trying to familiarize myself w/this place! A LOT of helpful tips here! I used to have long hair, (about mid-back length) and back again at square one. (sigh)..... I'm still familiarizing myself w/a lot of things, cause actually I'd never heard of Henna until I joined here! Thanx lhcf for all the good tips thus far. I'm only like 2wks on my new journey. It began march 1st, 2008 when I had to get it trimmed AGAIN for having damaged ends, and I got fed up with starting over... so hopefully in a year from now, I can be writing an UPDATE of how well my hair is doing!!! Rather than an update of "i had to get it cut again".....