I actually followed the directions for once [in a while. I usually don't need to because I DC differently now.] then rinsed it all out and added a lot more as a leave in [which is the same as my DC at this point.]
Few things of note happened:
I braided my hair instead of the usual way I separate it, which requires extra materials that I do not have [my hair breaks bands, claws and clips with ease]. The braids actually held! Twists usually don't, but the natural part of my hair at least never unraveled even under the rain of the shower head.
That worked extremely well and made me a happy camper. I will do it from now on!
Even with all of this my hair still felt a bit dry, so I applied a lot of coconut and grape seed oil. Then it softened up and I set it. It feels great now. I really wanted to try the heat thing, but now that I think about it, my hair has progressively been getting worse each week, and this was the worst it's been. Even though it's felt great the first day and a half, I've had to deal with dryness far beyond anything I've ever encountered. As a result of this I will no longer flat iron once a week.
Instead, I think I'll just cowash more often to keep moisture in my hair. I will cowash at least once a week, and wash once a week in addition to that. [Wash meaning with shampoo]. Instead of doing my lengthy moisturising and seal sessions, which now take the same amount of time as washing, I will just wash my hair that morning. I will have more moisture, and my sets will last longer. I remember that there was a time I cowashed twice a week for a few months and I remember my hair being healither, but I attributed it mostly to coconut oil. Coconut oil is great, but maybe the cowashing [well, I should say 'completely drenching the hair in water more often'] had a greater affect that I thought.
Anyway, here is my hair in a scarf. My hair wasn't completely dry, but I wanted to flatten the top anyway.
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