Hair Rambles: How to grow longer hair part 2

2nd Biggest: Deep condition and finger detangle.
Gals, deep condition. Do it for hour(s), do it with heat, and do it all over.
A lot of the problem we lazy people have is that we’ll slather the DC all over the top layer(s) of our hair. Cut that out, right now, you lazy folk. You need to get the DC all over every strand. My lazy technique is to do it the same way I finger detangle every few nights—get fairly small sections, mix all your DC ingredients into a spray bottle and spray it all over that section and repeat. How to know your DC doesn’t work? You need softness and manageability. If you don’t get easy detangling, STOP USING IT. If you don’t get softness, you aren’t getting moisture, so that’s probably a protein conditioner, which you canuse, but not often, so QUIT IT. Furthermore, don’t over-condition [yes, it’s hard but possible, I’ve done it] or put too much protein in your hair. Both of those have horrifying consequences.

Finger detangling is wonderful and works much better than combing. I lose a countable number of strands a day this way, and I get every single knot. Plus, I’ve been doing it for more than a month and the only time that sucked was the very first time [and the one time I washed improperly]. Combs glide through my hair! [I only use them [and only wide tooth] for volume now, actually].

Mini 2nd point - styling:
Only use heat after you’ve DCed because you should only use heat (or chemicals) when your hair is in top shape. I personally use heat at most once a month, but I’ve skipped a few months recently. The best way to style your hair, I think, is to set it at night. You know how your heat styles don’t last very long? Yeah, if you set it overnight, it’ll lastthe entire day. Especially if you use something to set it (I…don’t use mousse or gel any of that, I don’t know how it works but I hear it makes your hair hard.)