Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge 2012

Still moisturizing and sealing nightly. I've recently fallen in love with Nubian Heritage EVOO & Moringa Repair & Extend Hair Butter. Its a thick butter, but its still very creamy and makes a great end sealer.
 
greenandchic said:
Still moisturizing and sealing nightly. I've recently fallen in love with Nubian Heritage EVOO & Moringa Repair & Extend Hair Butter. Its a thick butter, but its still very creamy and makes a great end sealer.
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I was eyeballing that the other day. The "moringa" part actually caught my attention and I thought of @JFemme. She wrote a post on it a while back and all its advantages.

Must go back and....look at it some more :lol:
 
ChasingBliss said:
I was eyeballing that the other day. The "moringa" part actually caught my attention and I thought of @JFemme. She wrote a post on it a while back and all its advantages.

Must go back and....look at it some more :lol:
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Though the second ingredient is shea butter, it doesn't look for feel like a typical shea butter balm. I personally think its worth it. :yep:
 
Checking in!

Heres a pic of how my ends are looking so far... I think they are still pretty healthy :grin:

Moisturizing and Sealing is my hair savior! Lol!
 

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ChasingBliss said:
I was eyeballing that the other day. The "moringa" part actually caught my attention and I thought of @JFemme. She wrote a post on it a while back and all its advantages.

Must go back and....look at it some more :lol:
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ChasingBliss Can you share the link to JFemme's post about it? I have been unable to find the link through the forum search for some reason.

Many thanks in advance for your response,
tishee
 
I did something last weekend and jacked up my ends. I'm not really sure what I did. But my hair has been try and rough feeling all week. And I have SSKs springing up everywhere :nono:

So I am trying to get my hair back into shape. Hopefully I haven't done too much damage.
 
faithVA said:
I did something last weekend and jacked up my ends. I'm not really sure what I did. But my hair has been try and rough feeling all week. And I have SSKs springing up everywhere :nono:

So I am trying to get my hair back into shape. Hopefully I haven't done too much damage.
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So sorry hun! Do you keep a journal? Can you look back to see what it could have been?
 
LaidBak said:
So sorry hun! Do you keep a journal? Can you look back to see what it could have been?
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I don't keep a journal but I have some ideas. I just simplified my regimen on my wash day yesterday and cut out all the fluff. I think I just didn't get enough moisture back into my hair after I did my henna last week. I need to start doing my henna in the morning so I can DC much longer afterwards.

Thanks LaidBak
 
faithVA - hey there I'm not in this challenge ( but tend to secretly join quite a few behind the scenes!). Anyhow, i couldn't help but feel your pain because I've been there. Before I bit the bullet and texlaxed for other reasons I had figured out that my natural ends just did better stretched ( I was natural this last time for about 6 or 7 years). These are the things that helped:
- using small rollers on my twist outs
- if not rollers twirling the ends with a heavy sealer like Shea butter
- limiting my wash n go's

With your other great moisture and sealing techniques this may work for you as well. Good luck!
 
caliscurls said:
@faithVA - hey there I'm not in this challenge ( but tend to secretly join quite a few behind the scenes!). Anyhow, i couldn't help but feel your pain because I've been there. Before I bit the bullet and texlaxed for other reasons I had figured out that my natural ends just did better stretched ( I was natural this last time for about 6 or 7 years). These are the things that helped:
- using small rollers on my twist outs
- if not rollers twirling the ends with a heavy sealer like Shea butter
- limiting my wash n go's

With your other great moisture and sealing techniques this may work for you as well. Good luck!
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Thanks for lurking caliscurls :yep: Thanks for the tips. I rarely wear my hair out which is why its weird. I've never done a WNG :nono: And I don't really do twist outs or outs period.

As I was doing my hair today I realized that I need to comb my hair. Not only does my hair need to be stretched, it needs to be smoothed and then dried. So I am going to get a medium and fine tooth seamless comb and give that a try.

I will see if I can incorporate rolling somehow.
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faithVA what's your regimen? What moisturizer and oil are you using, and how often do you seal? I had some crazy looking ends a few months back (you can see in my album) and I was SO frustrated. But my biggest savior has been MOISTURE and low manipulation. M&S has made a huge difference on my hair and really helped my jagged ends. Unfortunately I had to cut an inch of to start fresh.
 
LexaKing said:
@faithVA what's your regimen? What moisturizer and oil are you using, and how often do you seal? I had some crazy looking ends a few months back (you can see in my album) and I was SO frustrated. But my biggest savior has been MOISTURE and low manipulation. M&S has made a huge difference on my hair and really helped my jagged ends. Unfortunately I had to cut an inch of to start fresh.
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So far moisturizing and sealing hasn't done much for my ends.

One week a month I mudwash, the other weeks I cowash in twists
I just added tea rinses to try to reduce the shedding
I apply DC and detangle with wide tooth comb
I DC weekly under a heat cap
apply my leave-in, seal my ends with a shea butte blend
sit under a heat cap, reapply my leave-in
style my hair in 2 strand twists or flat twists

I don't WNG, I usually only wear my hair in a twist out 1 to 2 weekends a month.

During the week I moisturize with SM Mist and seal with either shea butter or castor oil. That is usually every other day or every two days depending on the style.
 
I bought some almond butter from Essential Wholesale. I tested it out by sealing my ends with it tonight.
 
Checking in! Just M&S with my Mizani and Argan oil. My hair is stay so much more MOISTURIZED since I started DC w/ heat. Now I only M&S before bed not during the day.
 
faithVA said:
So far moisturizing and sealing hasn't done much for my ends.

One week a month I mudwash, the other weeks I cowash in twists
I just added tea rinses to try to reduce the shedding
I apply DC and detangle with wide tooth comb
I DC weekly under a heat cap
apply my leave-in, seal my ends with a shea butte blend
sit under a heat cap, reapply my leave-in
style my hair in 2 strand twists or flat twists

I don't WNG, I usually only wear my hair in a twist out 1 to 2 weekends a month.

During the week I moisturize with SM Mist and seal with either shea butter or castor oil. That is usually every other day or every two days depending on the style.
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faithVA Hmmmm moisture doesn't sound like the problem...do you cover you hair at night or sleep on satin? The only thing I can think of is the amount of manipulation or using a heavier sealant. How do you smooth your ends when you twist?
 
I moisturized and sealed tonight as well. I made up a sample batch of AVJ + glycerin + oil to see if I can make a replacement for the SM Mist. I think with a lighter oil it will work well. So I misted my ends with that mix and sealed with shea butter. I then combed through with my wide tooth and my tangle teezer Put my hair up into 2 flat twists.

I think my ends need to be combed more often to keep down the SSKs. Just detangling and M&S aren't enough for my curlies.
 
LexaKing said:
@faithVA Hmmmm moisture doesn't sound like the problem...do you cover you hair at night or sleep on satin? The only thing I can think of is the amount of manipulation or using a heavier sealant. How do you smooth your ends when you twist?
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Hey LexaKing,

I always wear a satin bonnet.

What I have decided to do is to buy combs from hairsense and routinely stretch and smooth my hair by using the large tooth comb down to the fine tooth comb. I think just detangling isn't enough for my ends because they are so curly.

I was just writing about that as you are posting this. So I think I need more combing and not less.
 
faithVA said:
Hey LexaKing,

I always wear a satin bonnet.

What I have decided to do is to buy combs from hairsense and routinely stretch and smooth my hair by using the large tooth comb down to the fine tooth comb. I think just detangling isn't enough for my ends because they are so curly.

I was just writing about that as you are posting this. So I think I need more combing and not less.
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Yeah sounds good! Thx for the response keep me updated!!! :yep:
 
Its been a while since I was in here, still chugging along. SCurl makes my hair soft and moisturized but it doesn't last very long, maybe half a day. Need to try sealing it in with various things to see what works for me.
 
Did so much today to try to correct my brittle ends issue. Everything is up in the air right now.

I prepooed which didn't seem to help significantly. then I cowashed with I am also not sure worked. Then did a tea rinse. I think this helps my shedding but not sure it helps my ends. I DCd with AO White Camellia. This helps my strands top to bottom. I used SM Smoothie as my leave-in, sat under my heat cap and reapplied SM SMoothie. My hair and ends felt pretty good.

Started twisting my hair with a mix of AVJ/glycerin/oil and smoothed each small section with a fine tooth comb.

Hopefully with the product changes and the smoothing of my ends I can start to turn this around.

I will know tomorrow if my hair stayed moisturized overnight.
 
Khaiya said:
Its been a while since I was in here, still chugging along. SCurl makes my hair soft and moisturized but it doesn't last very long, maybe half a day. Need to try sealing it in with various things to see what works for me.
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I'm not in thos challenge but i just started using scurl and it keeps my hair moisturized for a couple of days. I use it with rosewater and aloe vera juice in a spray bottle. Maybe that might help you.
 
so, ive ignored my ends for a while and i finally cut them last weekend...gotta tell you, it felt really good. my ends were thin/see through, rough looking, no matter how careful i was my hair would snag & rip at the ends. just a mess that i ignored for a long time...and i KNEW that i shouldve snipped the ends a long time ago, but you know how that "hanging on" thing goes. i told myself "i'll wait until i hit this goal or that goal and THEN i'll cut"

so now that my ends are cut, i'm trying my best to keep them in tact. when i unravel twists, they come apart easily without snagging! my ends are full & thick!

i keep my ends pinned up pretty much all week (i take them down for midweek rinse or condition)...so i only see my ends twice a week (on wash day and on rinse/condition day). hydrolyzed keratin helps to keep my hair strong (even when my ends were raggedy this helped a bit...but still...it wasnt a good look). i add extra castor oil to my ends before pinning them up

i'll be watching this thread for ideas on KEEPING THEM THAT WAY!

gonna go through this and see what tips i can find.

gotta be honest, i thought about joining this when it was first introduced, but i was in denial LOL.
 
1. Are you relaxed, texlaxed, natural, transitioning, etc
-Natural

2. Current Hair Length
-BSL

3. The issue(s) you are having with your ends
-Some dryness, a few split ends, general uneven-ness.

4. What you have tried to improve your ends
-Moisturizing more with higher quality products, mild protein, (inconsistently) sealing my ends

5. What you are going to try to get those healthy ends
-Continue moisturizing
-Sealing often with castor oil
-Maintaining my trimming schedule
-Being gentle on my ends
 
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