Hehehehehe!   Kiraela, to ward against the freezing rain might I suggest a warm sweater?  And boots... that's what always got me through the Louisiana winter.  If all else fails, a hot toddy will do wonders. 

Yesterday morning I wandered out early to do some things, so when I got back, I was wanting a hot bath.  Hot BATH!  I admire the Japanese for their desires for hot baths, I find them really restorative for many ails.  At any rate, since I was going to soak in a hot tub, I thought I'd might as well treat my hair too!  I'd forgotten to pick up some honey at the store for a Snowy's DMT, so I ended up mixing a 1/4 a part of fruit of the earth aloe gel with 4 parts Nature's Gate herbal condish.  The Nature's Gate smelled really good, but once I mixed it with the aloe, the scent of aloe was most prevelant.  Also, it first appeared that the aloe gel curdled with the conditioner, but in reality it just had a hard time mixing. (I was trying to mix the stuff in my hand.)  Next time I may warm the aloe in the microwave for a second or two and use a spoon!

Conditioned my whole head, detangled and combed through then bunned the whole thing with a plastic hairstick and hopped in the bath.  Ahhhh...  A long time (and several book chapters) later I rinsed out the treatment.  Hair was very slick.. yes!  I washed my scalp with the remnants of the pomegranite and soy Burt's Bee's shampoo I had.  I think I'm going to let R use the rest of the Avalon Organics shampoo.  He seems to like the stuff, but he has very short hair so I guess he isn't affected by the stickiness.  Once my scalp was clean, I finished with a -cone condish, John Frieda's redhead stuff.  I really like using a little -cone as it helps seal the hair cuticle down so I down get frizzies.  I apply the -cone from the ears down only, and then I leave it in for just a minute or two.  Plus, I find the -cones help the hair dry faster. Final rinse with cool water.

Still using a blow dryer on cool setting after towel drying.  I always aim the hair dryer down to keep from going "against the grain" of the hair folicle, and always on cool except for several blasts of warm air to my roots and temples.  These are areas that dry the fastest and are most likely to frizz, so I want to get to them quickly.  I work in batches, roots and temple area first, then middle parts of the hair, and lastly, (and the quickest part) the ends.  Between each batch, I stop the dryer and gently detangle with my fingers, allowing my hair to rest and keeping it from getting overheated.  The results are that my hair is very shiny and (YES!) frizz free.  Last step is a gentle polish with my BB brush.  I've tried everything in my power to combat frizz, from alcohol-free products to wet combing to super absorbent towels and nothing seems to work, other than getting my hair dried quickly. 

OH!  And can I say: 

Prettier than I can ever imagine, and I am so glad I bought some Sterlingsticks!  The finnial sterling pieces are gorgeous.  Plus, I final have a pair of RED sticks!  You KNOW I'm wearing them right now.    The name of them are Vixen, and yes, I feel like a Vixen wearing them!