Right now my hair is measuring at 19 and a half inches. I have been dusting my hair every few days trying to get rid of the split ends. I use a wide toothed comb and a boar bristle brush, but I don't use it but a few days a week. Every other day I wash my scalp with herbal shampoo and then sometimes use infusium 23 leave in treatment on my ends. When I go to bed I either put my hair in a bun or braid it. Once a week I try to use hot oil treatments for permed or colored hair which I have both. And I have just recently learned you can leave it in all day. Last week I left it in for about an hour. Twice now I have almost went and chopped off a few more inches off my hair but I didn't thank god!!!! And I'm taking LOTS of vitamins. If anyone has any extra suggestions please post. Oh and I so am going to try jojoba oil as soon as I get some money, but it might be a little bit first I'm just about to move and that takes a lot of money UGGGGG. But thats ok I have spent quite a bit of money on my hair in the past few weeks.

I see that you use the Infusium 23 leave-in, I just started using that, too.  Just wondering how you like it, I'm not too sure that I'm overly blown-away by it so far.  In the past I've used the Biolage leave-in, but I picked up infusium while I was grocery shopping to see if I would like it, because it's about half the price, but I also think it's only woking half as well!  Curious as to your thoughts on it....

It is the off brand off clairols herbal essences for coloed permed dry damaged hair. I don't know if you want all the ingredients, but it has water, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, cocamidopropyl betine, cocamide mea, jojoba extract, dog rose hips extract, tocopherol, peg-60 almond gylcerides, linoleamidopropyl pg-dimonium chloride phosphate, fragrance, hydroxyprooyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, citric acid, propylene glycol, dmdmhydantoin, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, sodium chloride. Thats a lot to type. I was trying to get something with natural stuff in it.

I do strictly conditioner wash. I've never had it dry out my hair.

Sometimes I read where someone tried it and it didn't work, but they were using a conditioner that I know didn't work for me. Other times I read someone used some sort of a technique I find less effective. I also read where someone says they tried it, but doesn't even say which conditioner they used, so how can you tell? So lots of the time, people try once and give up too quick.

The first time I CO washed, I used the VO5 I had around my house. It left my hair feeling greasy but dry (ick). So I went out and bought VO5 Kiwi Lime, which over a period of weeks made my scalp break out until I abandoned it. Then I found Suave Daily Clarifying conditioner, and since then I've also used VO5 Free Me Freesia and VO5 Hydrators.

When I do a scalp wash, it's once with one of these conditioners. When I wash in the shower, I end up stacking several conditioners, as I'm a conditioner junkie.

Also, the products I've tried that worked were all cheap. I think when you pay extra for a conditioning product, you're paying $$$ for the extra residue they'll leave on your hair, and you're hoping this is a good thing.

Well I went out lastnight to Walmart and got some suave condition. I bought the naturals milk and honey and daily clarifying. I tryed the honey and milk and I liked it, it made my hair very soft. But I still can't figure out the conditioner only wash, I tryed it but it left my hair dirty so I went ahead and washed it.

I don't know if the Suave milk and honey conditioner would work for CO washing, as I haven't tried that one. I avoid anything that sounds like it might have protein in it (milk, for instance). Try VO5 Free Me Freesia or Hydrators, both very cheap.

I only CO wash, whether it is a scalp wash or a full-length wash. I think it would probably be ok to shampoo my scalp (actually, that would probably be 4-6" the way I do it), but I don't think "probably" is enough reason to change from products I like that are working for me.

If I deep condition with coconut oil (just enough to dampen the hair, not enough to make it drippy), I find it comes out more easily with my standard cleansing conditioner than with shampoo. Who'd'a thunk it?

They use a lot of olive oil there. I know some people like it, but lots of people find it impossible to wash out, or find that it makes their hair crunchy. My impression is that it's hard to put on just a little bit, too.

I recommend using coconut oil for your oil treatments, and you can mix it with jojoba. Nut oils such as sweet almond, apricot kernal, macadamia, and walnut oil are light, too.

Read the ingredients list on your "hot oil" treatments. Lots of products labeled "hot oil" don't actually contain oil, rather other ingredients that they think will condition your hair.

Can anyone tell me how to clean my wood boar bristle brush? I haven't had it that long but it does need to be cleaned, and I have never cleaned any of my brushes before. Oh and what are some other good oils to buy other than jojoba?

Jojoba oil and jojoba seed oil are the same thing.  The oil comes from the seed (sometimes referred to as the bean or fruit) of the jojoba plant. 

Simmondsia Chinensis is the botanical name for the jojoba plant.

Thanks everyone I'm still a little new at proper hair care. I'll have to try that on my brush styg thanks. I actually found a 4 oz bottle of jojoba oil on a web site for 4.50 seems like the lowest price I have found yet.


Well I have tryed the co washing but I don't like it doesn't clean my scalp and it makes it a little greasy if I do it. So today I C Scalp wash then C, I'll see how I like that. And I'm also doing a single braid in the shower before i get out while its still dripping then blot my hair with a towel after I get out, well see how I like doing that at least when I have to go out other wise I'll leave it down when I'm going to be home all day.

I think there is quite a debate about Pantene on this site because of the 'cones they use.

I've found them to be good up to a certain point - when my hair gets too weighed down and I have to switch to something else. Haven't tried the overnight stuff, but I'd be curious about it. I didn't know Pantene had acrylic in it. That's news to me!

I love the hair scarf! Let us know how you get on with making that!

Lego,
I really like the aussie "Three minute miracle"  It's a bit more than a regular conditioner, but not as heavy as a mask.  I also like the Pantene restorative treatment, which is great for a deep condition and only takes five minutes.

Let me know what you think of the Aussie products!

Does anyone know what gm condition is? I was reading on this site where this women with very pretty long hair went to the salon to have this done and I have never heard this before and was wondering what it stands for!

Lego- look at this site: [url=www. georgemichael-longhair.com/tips]www. georgemichael-longhair.com/tips[/url] it explains the GM philosophy on long hair.  I don't necesarrily believe it myself, having no had
all one length hair for such a long time, I could'nt say
if my hair was better or not that way.

OK now this has to be the longest hair i have ever seen
http://www.tlhs.org/l_hair68.jpg. Now here is the whole site with a BUNCH of pics  http://www.tlhs.org/xtra.html.

I found the george micheal site and it told me that brushing one hundred strokes is good for the hair but I have read other stuff that says it is bad for the hair? I understand why it is good and why it is bad but kinda leaves one wondering what to do. Als o the the GM site it said that when having long hair it is better to get your hair cut when it is washed and dry. I have never heard this before, I thought it was damaging to the hair to cut it dry and also doesn't cut straight? The one thing i found one the site I like is a recipe for deep conditioner to make at home. But I think I like my 3 minute reconstructive condtioner by aussie, makes my hair very soft. It has lots of oils in it esspecially jojoba seed oil.

As far as cutting dry, my hairdresser trims mine dry.
I don't know why that would be better, though.  Next
time I'll ask her!

Has anyone tryed using baby oil in the hair? I read on a site that baby oil could be used in the hair same as jojoba oil. But I wanted to ask here first if anyone knows about this before I try it.

OK thanks Bikerbraid.   

I know that feeling! See my hair journal...it has a long history of trimming splits.

But there's really no other way than trimming to get rid of damage that has already occurred. Your good haircare routine will hopefully reduce splits in future. Though I think, that some hairtypes are more prone to splitting than others.
   When I noticed that my split end situation was bad, I took it as a project to trim at least a certain amount of splits every day. It really worked- finally!

I measured my hair yesterday and I had an inch of growth this month. My haired measured at 19 1/2 before i got it cut last month after it was cut it was 19 1/4 and now it is a little more than 20 1/4. So I will wait till this weekend and hopefully go to an old friend and get a good trim but a small one. This is the one person I can say cut 1/2 and inch and thats all she cuts.

I am very pleased with my hair growth!!!! I guess the GNC hair vitamins are helping.

Well I didn't get to oil my hair this weekend because I had to spend my money on getting my car fixed to keep it in good running condition, I guess it was worth it though. Its really driving me crazy though that i didnt get to do anything with my hair this weekend, so I am trying to go as long as possible without washing my hair so that I can get the oils down to the ends and hope that will be good enough till fridays payday then I can buy some more oil for this weekend. My only problem is my scalp is already starting to itch and it has only been three days since my last wash. I don't know if im going to make it too much longer because I don't want to end up scratching my scalp all up. 

I got my vitamins yesterday! I feel better now, I was worried I was going to miss an inch of growth this month.

My son went to the doctors yesterday for his check up and got shots again yay for us!!! KInda makes me wonder because he is ok not sick then they give him shots and he starts vomitting everytime he eats oh well I guess thats is just how it is lol.

My hair came out soft but then I did leave conditioner sitting in it.

I bought my self a hair toy today of course it is just a head band but it is very comfortable. I broke my old one so i had to replace it , and after i washed the conditioner out of my hair I found a bunch of old hair bands without metal and some clips, so I got something new and then found some that I already had just had forgotten about.

I did another mayo conditioning today for my monthly deep conditioning, was a few days late but man it felt good to get my scalp really clean and condition really good my hair was starting to feel dry. After washing out the mayo I use my Aloe conditioner from herba life. I won 100 dollars of free products so I got thier shampoo and conditioner great stuff, and then I used my leave in conditioner and my hair feels soft again its amazing what a little bit of mayo can do!!!

How do you keep your hair when you sleep?  Is it possible that your hair is getting tangled, causing splits at night?

If your son is pulling or tangling your hair, it could be causing damage. 

I notice that you use Infusium 23.  This product is heavy with -cones.  Maybe you should work in a few vinegar rinses to remove any buildup of this product.  If you have a -cone build up, it can cause breakage.