Luscious Healthy Ends Challenge 2025

[Angel of the North]

My twists:
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Assessment: I would do these again. I may rotate them in all summer. I will keep these twists until the end of May.

Your twists came out great, I love them! Would never have guessed you had issues with colour matching at all

 

[Angel of the North]

I've got both the gel and mousse..... I'm really hoping for good results, this is the first video I've come across with her that looks similar to mine.

 

[keranikki]

Your twists came out great, I love them! Would never have guessed you had issues with colour matching at all

Thank you!

 

[LadyRaider]

It's so weird.
I haven't seen those little pieces of ends from splits in years! Not since I started skipping the curling iron.
I started using K-18 about a month ago and now I've started seeing split ends.

Weird.

 

[Angel of the North]

It's so weird.
I haven't seen those little pieces of ends from splits in years! Not since I started skipping the curling iron.
I started using K-18 about a month ago and now I've started seeing split ends.

Weird.

Which products are you using from that range,Is it a protein based product? If it is, it may be causing you ends to dry out, making them vulnerable to splits.

 

[Lylddlebit]

My twists:
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Assessment: I would do these again. I may rotate them in all summer. I will keep these twists until the end of May.

Quite the beauty!

 

[Lylddlebit]

II don't do much at all these days, I normally just put it in a single plait and then a bun. I sometimes wear a ponytail leaving the ponytail out and curly, this often has a mix of great curl definition and frizzy curls. I haven't worn my hair down in years and I'm looking for things that may help to preferably eliminate the frizz or at the very least reduce it

Products with a bit of weight will make the air dried ponytail less frizz. So will allowing the ponytail to air dry in a braid or twist for stretch then taking it down and adding a bit of product.

 

[Chicoro]

It's so weird.
I haven't seen those little pieces of ends from splits in years! Not since I started skipping the curling iron.
I started using K-18 about a month ago and now I've started seeing split ends.

Weird.

I personally can’t use bonding products. They eat up my hair. My hair doesn’t break, it just literally comes out and I’m left with a heavy, dull, ball of ‘shed’ hair.

I hope that will NOT be the case for you. I learned the hard way that most bonding products are not innocuous as it pertains to my hair. To the contrary, those kinds of products are anathema to my hair.

I say all this to encourage you to listen to your intuition and trust your gut and believe what your hair is saying and what you are seeing.

The possibility exists that the products may not be working for your hair.

Let us know what you decide to do. We like to learn and grow in knowledge over here.

 

[Angel of the North]

Products with a bit of weight will make the air dried ponytail less frizz. So will allowing the ponytail to air dry in a braid or twist for stretch then taking it down and adding a bit of product.

This is why I need to get to making my own styling products, I want light products, that will stop the frizz. I'm hoping flaxseed gel will do this, if I don't make it too thick

I normally air dry in a single braid for when I wear a bun, or just the single braid, but for a WAG ponytail, it's better for me to apply products to wet hair. Even if I dried it first, I'd still have to wet it to get my curl definition to show up. Funnily enough, braid/twist outs have always come out good (when I've done them in the past).

I think I keep banging on about trying the Miche gel to foam and antioxidants humidity gel. The Doux is also in my list to try too. Although I really want to make my own styling products, I need to find off the shelf back ups as there will be times when I will not physically be able to make stuff.

I do appreciate your suggestions, as you might hit on something that I've not thought of/missing out. It makes me think about what I'm doing and how I'm doing it, which is always helpful, thank you

 

[pikkonoloidlee]

I personally can’t use bonding products. They eat up my hair. My hair doesn’t break, it just literally comes out and I’m left with a heavy, dull, ball of ‘shed’ hair.

I hope that will NOT be the case for you. I learned the hard way that most bonding products are not innocuous as it pertains to my hair. To the contrary, those kinds of products are anathema to my hair.

I say all this to encourage you to listen to your intuition and trust your gut and believe what your hair is saying and what you are seeing.

The possibility exists that the products may not be working for your hair.

Let us know what you decide to do. We like to learn and grow in knowledge over here.

I only used bonding products when my hair was bleached and I do think that at the time they were the key to keeping hair on my head.

I'm not entirely convinced that they are actually beneficial with other kinds of damage although I have heard they can be good for heat as well.

@LadyRaider

I hope that the splits are unrelated but if not you'll know how it works for your hair. Bonding stuff is expensive so at least you can cut out that cost if it isn't.