Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge 2012

I didn't really finish my search and destroy. My hair is so curly and my strands so fine, it's hard to find the strand with the SSK. So I will do a little bit at a time. I am doing the CG method and laying off of protein so my ends seem to be responded better to that.

I cowashed today, used conditioner as my leave in. I then moisturized my ends with TW mist bodifer and then coated my ends with shea butter blend. My ends are very porouse so I think I will apply the TW mist again and seal with butter again. Perhaps I need to always double seal my ends.
 
All Qhemet Bioligics today - washed with Cleansing tea, conditioned with Coco Tree Ghee (with a bit of AO conditioner) and twisted with Alma & Olive heavy cream and Aethiopica butter. I focused a lot on my ends wth the AOHC and they still look a little split. I think the split ends came from the needed combing I did last week. The hair on the nape of my neck does feel a lot better.
 
banded my hair (to stretch for twisting tomorrow)
added my oil/butter mix to the ends and on top added shea moisture curl enhancing smoothie...this stuff might work better for me on dry hair? hmmm...wasnt sure id like it at all as a leave-in (do like as a dc)...but i read somewhere where someone mentioned they used it on dry hair, so i thought i'd try it. guess i'll see how it goes. feels good right now.
 
As I was sealing my ends tonight I realize need to double seal my ends because they are very porous. I cowashed and then put TW Mist Bodifier on my ends and sealed with my shea butter blend. About an hour later my ends were dry and you couldn't tell I put shea butter on them. I then applied the Mist Bodifier on the ends and applied more shea butter. After I finished each twist you couldn't tell I put shea butter on them. I realized then how porous my ends are. So I am going to make sure that for a few weeks I will double, triple, quadruple seal me ends on wash day.

I have some unpetroleum jelly that probably works better. But I want to use up the shea butter. But I may do a test on one twists to see if it holds up better.
 
I'm bagging with coconut oil saturated ends. I hope I am retaining well since I've stepped up my ends care. :yep:
 
So for the past 3 weeks I've been moisturizing with Nexxus Humectress and sealing with argan oil then african hot six oil. They look so much healthier. Plus I've been trimming a lot. I will probably not trim for month.
 
I almost had a setback when I did a protein treatment yesterday. When I got out of the shower and felt how "hard" my hair was (which it is NEVER hard) and my ends were beginning to break, I began to panic. :pullhair:

I can't believe I came up with a solution that saved my hair, though. I decided to baggy with Shea Moisture's Curl Enhancing Smoothie while my hair was in twists (stretched out) and kept the two plastic caps on for 24 hours. When I took the plastic off and decided to divide my twists into smaller twists (didn't rinse the Smoothie out), not one single strand broke off! I now see an instant remedy to an overdone protein treatment: baggy for an entire day! :superbanana:

There's no way I was going to have major setback with my ends when I JUST joined this challenge! :giggle:
 
Joining, my ends are all kinds of jacked, especially at my crown and nape.

1. Are you relaxed, texlaxed, natural, transitioning, etc: Relaxed

2. Current Hair Length: CBL?

3. The issue(s) you are having with your ends: Bushy at the nape, dry at nape and crown, breaking everywhere

4. What you have tried to improve your ends: M&S, protein DCs, bunning and soaking ends in oil under bun

5. What you are going to try to get those healthy ends: M&S, protein DCs, use an oil lighter than castor oil for sealing, use vaseline on ends before touch-ups, dusting, PS'ing

6. Optional: share your current hair measurements either in inches or body lengths (SL, APL). You may want a record of where you started. No idea the length of my hair. It is so thin in the back.
 
curlycrown85 said:
I almost had a setback when I did a protein treatment yesterday. When I got out of the shower and felt how "hard" my hair was (which it is NEVER hard) and my ends were beginning to break, I began to panic. :pullhair:

I can't believe I came up with a solution that saved my hair, though. I decided to baggy with Shea Moisture's Curl Enhancing Smoothie while my hair was in twists (stretched out) and kept the two plastic caps on for 24 hours. When I took the plastic off and decided to divide my twists into smaller twists (didn't rinse the Smoothie out), not one single strand broke off! I now see an instant remedy to an overdone protein treatment: baggy for an entire day! :superbanana:

There's no way I was going to have major setback with my ends when I JUST joined this challenge! :giggle:
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Very nice. I will try to remember that.

Glad you were able to avoid a setback.
 
I dusted some hair in my back for the second time this weekend. The ends are so bad. I know I need to cut about an inch, but I am not there yet. Sigh.
 
[USER=90567 said:
afroette[/USER];16038381]I dusted some hair in my back for the second time this weekend. The ends are so bad. I know I need to cut about an inch, but I am not there yet. Sigh.
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It's ok if you aren't there. I'm not there either. I've been refusing to cut the same inch for about 18 months now :lol: I willing to cut anywhere but the back. I need that little bit.

You will take care of it when you are ready.
 
Had to take my braids out early bc my scalp was itching. Shampooed w/Dr Bronners (peppermint) + tea tree oil and now I'm DCing w/AOWC. Tomorrow I'll rinse and air dry in braids, and then get my hair cornrowed again this weekend.

My ends felt a little dry from getting in the pool yesterday, but I think my overnight DC will fix that. I found a few ssks, but I went ahead and cut them. Overall it wasn't too bad. I do think I'll get bigger braids next time because the smaller ones tangle easily and are harder to take out.
 
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Found out yesterday that my porous ends are just sucking up the shea butter blend that I am putting on them. I applied shea butter 3x on my ends and you couldn't tell it. So today, decided to try unpetroleum jelly to see if it works a bit better.
 
faithVA said:
Found out yesterday that my porous ends are just sucking up the shea butter blend that I am putting on them. I applied shea butter 3x on my ends and you couldn't tell it. So today, decided to try unpetroleum jelly to see if it works a bit better.
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Let us no how that works:)
I sprayed my celies with AR braid spray then sealed my ends with EVOCO my hair is pretty happy right now
 
Moisturized my hair with TW Mist Bodifier and sealed my ends with unpetroleum jelly. It gives my ends a nice curl. I'm still doing search and destroy finding SSKs a bit at a time. Hopefully cowashing and sealing well will help reduce them.
 
Between the Search and Destroy, the cowashing and the sealing with unpetroleum jelly, my ends feel fabulous. I know its a trick :lol: Because if you take the unpetroleum jelly off, they probably feel like sandpaper. But I will take what I can get.

I am wearing a twist out today, and my ends are nice and curly. I just need to be less heavy handed with the unpetroleum jelly.
 
Rinsed my DC and twisted my hair last night. I did two flat twists across the front w/giant chunky twists in the back and put them in a bun. It took about 45 min to do, which is not bad at all. I usually do small twists which take at least 5 hours.

I moisturized with my spritz and sealed with grapseed oil. I'm going to skip tonight because I'm tired, but I'll try to M&S again in the morning.

I also cut a few more ssks (less than ten). I'm excited to see my progress at the end of the summer. I hope the extra care will help my retention.
 
I need to join this challenge. My ends in the back are a hard frizzy mess. Silicones are the only things that dmooth them down slightly. I know they have to go but.... :'(
I'm flat ironing for the first time since March and I still feel guilty for it. But im craving it
 
[USER=330347 said:
TheNDofUO[/USER];16061819]I need to join this challenge. My ends in the back are a hard frizzy mess. Silicones are the only things that dmooth them down slightly. I know they have to go but.... :'(
I'm flat ironing for the first time since March and I still feel guilty for it. But im craving it
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Come on in when you are ready.
 
I have been sealing my ends with the unpetroleum but last night I put it on my entire twist and man did my hair feel good today. It felt so good I didn't even want to wash my hair tonight.

I'm only going to use it on my ends for the rest of the week because I am testing a new DC before and after washing. But after that I may definitely be doing this more often.
 
faithVA said:
I have been sealing my ends with the unpetroleum but last night I put it on my entire twist and man did my hair feel good today. It felt so good I didn't even want to wash my hair tonight.

I'm only going to use it on my ends for the rest of the week because I am testing a new DC before and after washing. But after that I may definitely be doing this more often.
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If the jelly works for you, I say stick with it!
 
I am going to dust my ends this weekend. For some reason I was thinking June but I must have been trying to stretch it out. Not sure how I am going to do it. I hate straightening my hair but I need it straight to get a good trim. Maybe I can do curlformers under a dryer. That might be less painful. Then I can trim each curl as I take it out.
 
DCing with Blue Chamomile under my heat cap. Made sure to work it into my ends. Definitely want to hydrate them well before I trim them tomorrow. I've made my peace with trimming. Nothing left but to do it.
 
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