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Hi eKatherine


I oil my hair with Spectrum Essentials coconut oil the day after shampooing... using an amount the size of half a classic yellow pencil's eraser. As long as I stick with my "comfort amount", it doesn't make my hair oily at all. Just smooth and soft, to make combing a little easier. Then I just wait until shampoo day (one or two days after oiling). I rotate among Paul Mitchell, Pert Plus, Finesse, and a cheap Neutrogena variety (counterfeit, it turns out). and an occasional vinegar rinse.

What kind of hair do you have?

Anais

WOW eKatherine... Your hair sounds beautiful. I really admire you for your patience, too. I could never sit down long enough to do a hairdo like you described.

Anais

I'm a new member and I wish I'd read this less than ten minutes ago.  I took drastic and desperate measures in an attempt to control the electric static state of my hair   So I lightly spritzed my hair with olive oil.  First time I did it, it seemed like it worked but I've tried it a couple of times since and it's let me down every since   I guess I'll have to accept that my hair prefers silicone based conditioners because that appears to be my experience too and thanks for the tip about the vinegar   I'll use that every 1-2 weeks from now on

My hair isn't really long right now, just above mid back length and I have layers and long bangs.  I'm not confident enough to change at this time but I am working on growing the longest layers longer.  My hair grows really fast so it's not too difficult for me to change length and style. 

I've been using a 3 mins. deep conditioner once a week and a 1 minute deep conditioner every day but my hair still doesn't seem silky smooth and bouncy.

Here in Denmark most haircare products seem to be aimed at people with fine Scandinavian hair types and from a profit point of view of course it makes sense but I can't seem to find any products for those of us with straight, coarse/individually thick strands, porous, sparse hair.

im asian myself and i 1/2 love my hair and i 1/2 hate it. one the plus side its very manageable and can train it to do mostly whatever i want to do except for that damn part in the middle. i also like how my hair takes on ashy tones in haircolors well. the thing i hate about my asian hair is how fine limp and lifeless it can be. and how oily and greasy it can get. i wash my hair once every few days or every other day with a solid shampoo from lush called new, it has cinnamon and peppermint oils to stimulate your follicles to grow faster. it really works, plus i dont have to condition after. i also stopped coloring my hair, too much damage. im thinking maybe about natural hair dyes..anyone have suggestions on those?

Another good news is that Asian hair is generally the fastest growing hair type and has the longest growth cycle.  Some Asians have a 9 years growth cycle.  I don't know what mine is because I've never let my hair grow longer than waist length and it hasn't been longer than bra length for over 20 years.

Why is it good news that Asian hair grows fast?  Because I have Asian hair but it's no longer long due to some stupid words that came out of my mouth at the end of December   I'd been to a 75th birthday on the 4th of December and I'd spent ½ hr. just trying to pull my hair into a formal looking ponytail.  Forget formal looking twist or bun, that would've been another hour!  Long Mongolid hair with lots of layers really isn't practical for putting it up in my experience.  At the time my hair was bra length because that's the length I'd held on to for three years.

I lost my temper and booked an appointment at the hairdresser at the end of December.  With no plan in mind I walked into the salon without a plan and I can't believe today but I actually said:  "I want a bob, yeah...that's it, I want a bob"   I didn't stop there though, no I added that: "I'd like an asymmetrical bob, yes asymmetrical with asymmetrical bangs"   So I had a mid-neck bob cut in asymmetrical shape with asymmetrical bangs!

I loved it for about two weeks but I was too proud to admit my mistake so I went back and had it trimmed after 7 weeks where it had really grown out of shape.  After another seven weeks at least I was humble enough to admit that I didn't like the shape so she cut the sides graduated so it flows backwards.  This is a small improvement!  It also makes it easier to grow out without too many corrective trims and I'm no longer too proud to admit that the bob or shorter lengths will never be me as long as my hair's in decent shape.

Here nearly two weeks after I had my hair trimmed it's near the bottom of my neck and I expect it to be shoulder length some time during May or at least at the end of May.  By the end of summer I'll be shocked if it's not at least a little past shoulder length.  It still won't be long but at least it's a beginning and I keep reminding myself that at least I have fast growing hair.

I've learnt my lesson and will go back to trimming my hair 2, max four times a year and only let them take off ½ cm each time   I don't know if I'm brave enough to see how long it can actually grow though or if I can commit myself to the care and keep of it.  Sorry this is a bit mixed and not much about hair properties.  I got carried away