Thanks everyone for the compliments! This lets me know that my hard work in maintaining my hair to be healthy is really paying off.
To answer your questions:
sassygir125: what I usually do is apply dudleys creme press as a leavin right after I rinse out my conditioner, doing this leaves my hair less greasy..I also started to spray surge as a leave-in as well (as of Dec.18.'03). During flat ironing, I don't have to apply anything because my heat protectant was already applyed while my hair was wet. After the flat ironing process, I usually spray some oil sheen spray and add jojoba oil on the ends.
Meka: I keep track of my regimen in my hair journal :
http://livejournal.com/~natalinat . The only thing that I'm doing differently these days are using surge as of Dec.18'03 on the scalp twice a day. HTH
Ipanema & honeydrop215: usually when I style my hair straight I've been blowdrying and then using my ceramic flat iron. In the most recent update, I tried using the pressing comb after blowdrying and so far I'm not sure if it made much difference though. So I may stick to just blowdrying and flat ironing my hair in the future.
lisatamika : I was going for a golden brown color when I highlighted my hair..I had to show the stylist a pic. to get an idea of the look I was going for.
Thanks again for all the compliments, I have a feeling that the longer my hair gets, the more attention and care my hair will require (thanks for this tip hairfanatic01)
. Click on my progress album and then scroll to the bottom : http://www.picturetrail.com/curlybun . 
