Tsk, tsk....

Almost two weeks! I think that I need to write here more, as it keeps me on the straigt(er) and narrow of proper hair care.

Let's see. What have I been up to, hair wise?

I put in the small two strand twists so that I could do the comparison pics two weeks ago, and last weekend, I took them down, and re-did them, MUCH larger. Ah, that felt so much better - and it looked neater.

I kinda skipped/skimped on the MT all of last week though - I was feeling a little guilty about having taken my hair down early (esp. once I saw a return of the tiny broken ends! *weep*), so I didn't take my updo but once all week - Wed. when I did my midweekly DC. I joined a 2x a week DC challenge on LHCF, and I'm glad, because I think that this might be exactly what my hair needs in order to overcome the additional proteination of the MT.

Speaking of MT - I don't know. It's weird - I can TELL my hair is getting longer. I can - it's fuller, it hangs differently, I'm suddenly able to do various 'looser' styles. But. When I pull down my little 'hairline' measuring braid - I get NOTHING. NOTHING. It hasn't grown a bit. But! I can tell that my crown layers are growing - it's almost like my hair is - growing blunt? I don't know. It's weird. And I'm puzzled by it. I'm not complaining, as it's obviously growing - I need to take a picture, or two, and maybe that will help me puzzle it out.

I did a clarifying DC on my hair yesterday, and my hair feels so soft and strong - it's amazing! And I'm so excited by my shed hairs - that's another thing! My sheds are DISTINCTLY longer. I'm talking, twining around my fingers a couple of times, stretch, stretch, and wow, still more hair there to stretch - and it's STRONG. It's - amazing.

I still don't think my hair is 'moist' enough to handle a henna - much less a henna, followed by almost daily MT applications. So, I'm totally skipping the henna this cycle. I'm going to try the Caramel/ThickIt2 thingy again today, and then - some really big two strand twists, and I'll keep up the Wed/Sat DC treatment for this full cycle, and then, do my usual henna in two months - I think that my hair will be plenty moist enough to handle it by then.

I've also joined a 'Buy Nothing for May' challenge - which is - interesting, and amusing, as I realize all of the things I could buy, but won't. I actually don't think that I need anything - and I really do mean ANYTHING - else for at least another 2 or 3 months. Oh, I might need some more Cloud Nine, but other than that - I should be just fine.

*yawn* Yeah, I've gotten boring again with my hair. Which, is usually a good thing, as that means my regimen is coasting along, and I don't really need to analyze much, because I've already done the hard work up front.

The only thing that I'll be experimenting with now are some hair styles. :) I was playing with my hair today, and came up with something very CrazyCoil like.... I'm trying to figure out if I can wear my hair up, stretched, and not in two strand twists. If I can, it will make my hair sessions much shorter - because it'll take a lot less time for me to put a style in/take a style down. My only concern would be whether that would be too much manipulation for my hair. Hrm, hrm, I'll have to see. At least one good thing is that if I decide in the middle of the week that it IS too much manipulation, it'll be easy to put it into two strand twists. *sigh* I would be disappointed, because that would put a serious damper on my future style intentions.

I think as long as I could keep my ends properly moisturized, I'd be fine.

Hrm.

I'm in a mood to mix up some stuff.

More later, perhaps.