Her hair is somewhat like mine but I remember when her's was short and not midback to waistlength like it is now. So I borrowed a few tips from her She stated that she first worked on getting her hair as strong as could be and did not worry about the styling and kept it super simple. If she wants to go out in braids she does (her own) and only finger combs them and never brushes. For the past couple of months I have been 1.Combining my oils and moisturizing ingredients into my one deep conditioner, letting it sit longer, sometimes I do not use my microwaveable cap and just do it under bags for over an hour.
Air drying my hair loosely and leting it puff out on it's own. That way I do not have to style it to get volume. Spraying my hair in sections with Infusium, and then adding a light pomade after the sections are totally dry from the Infusium and pinning it up for the night till next shampoo. Only use pomade if it is really dry feeling on the ends. It has spring and bounce. I think that wrapping it wet, or styling it wet did not agree. I do section it and comb it out to airdry. I stopped using any moisturizing sprays between shampoos. Every second day I take it down for a couple of hours to let it breathe. But this just happens to be what is working best for my own hair now. I think it does not like being babied anymore. Because it was being treated like a sickly child, I was paranoid about "air touching my hair", that it would tangle if I did not keep it restrained. Actually it does not tangle easily anymore, and as long as I put my raw coconut balm on the ends only when absolutely necessary, it appears to be happier than it has ever been. My other important goal was thickness...and it is just bushing like nobody's business. It doesn't fall loose now when I take it down, it just bushes loose like my follicles are on springs, lol. I believe I was overdoing the ADDITIONAL moisture and the ADDITIONAL oils for my particular hair. My cousin does everyone of her daughter's hair that way and man talk about hair and long and thick and puffs !!! 3 have waist length hair. Yes they are BLACK!!!! She does not use moisturizers, uses Infusium, and grease and.... does no protective styling, and only does WHAT WORKS FOR HER.....So I am learning something . Like many have said...DO YOU!!!!bonjour
Because of that I've decided to stop trying new things because I already know what works best.
I'm just looking at the comparison between the picture in your avatar, and the one in your siggy. Great progress! 
