I'm doing a full head baggy with aloe vera juice and coconut oil.
My ends need some tlc
Prettymetty - AVJ and coconut oil are sooo moisturising! I used chicoro's recipe for a moisturizing pre-poo a couple of times in the past and all I can say is wow! Your hair will thank you for sure.
My ends are splitting again despite my thorough S&D sessions over the last 10 days or so. They appear daily, I see them in my bang area
erplexed.
I just finished reading the "
Retaining length for Fine Haired Ladies" thread and am going on the basis that I have fine hair so I'm going to start incorporating light-medium protein weekly, tweaking if necessary to light px weekly or medium px every two weeks if necessary, in order to reduce or eliminate my split ends.
I had a LOVELY wash session on Christmas morning, I thought I had posted it here but I can't find it so I am going to try to remember what I did and start a new regi:
1. Finger detangle small sections and apply Aphogee 2 min and Vatika Egg Protein (I need to use these up before finding a single replacement*) to each section then twist (on dry hair).
2. Under a plastic cap for one hour then lightly rinse twists with lukewarm water.
3. Diluted co-wash with neutrLab pH Balanced Cocoa Curl Cleansing Con.
4. Mix ORS Replenenishing con with CON Moisture Extreme con and EVOO, steam using a hot turbie and plastic bag for two hours.
5. Rinse, ACV rinse, Oil rinse with sunflower oil for ceramides.
6. African Pride LI on wet hair. When almost dry Elasta Mango Butter mixed with sunflower and olive oils, then seal with castor oil.
Everything will be done in twists, low manipulation is something I've never really tried before.
I am going to do this weekly for a month and assess my split end situation on the way.
If it gets better to where it's no longer affecting my retention, great, I'll continue until I need to tweak.
If it gets only slightly better, I'll incorporate Aphogee GTK spray mid week and reassess after another month.
If it continues the same I'm going in for a Komaza analysis, then I can find out what the problem is, my porosity and such all in one go.
* Aphogee 2 Min contains mineral oil, and I no longer use shampoo so no-go. Vatika Egg Protein doesn't contain hydrolysed protein and the egg is too far down the list for it to be of very much use. I do love the thick balmy-silky texture though so maybe I will combine with a reconstructor, SAA or even Aphogee GTK and continue to use it until I find a suitable replacement.
Sorry for the long post but I'm serious about fixing my ends, i must have cut 4" last year and need to use this thread as a journal - i need to be in cruise mode by the end of the year.
I'm sorry you are having hair woes. And yes keeping extensions in so long can thin your hair out and distress your scalp. The good news is that if from here on out you love up on your scalp and hair, it can thicken back up.
I'd have to be doing everything right lol. Enough talk.
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