Catnip for split ends?

I am trying an experiment.

I do not like leave-ins, as I said. I do not like catnip left in either.

However, I used a bit too much shampoo last time and my hair got rained on a bit. I have no problem with a bit of rain but the result was that some of my canopy likes to curl over itself, when it gets very humid or wet.

So, I took some catnip tea, rubbed it between my hands and ran my hands down both sides of the length, from the ears down. Since I am due to wash my hair tomorrow and I was not worried about my hair possibly looking oily, it did each side at least twice.

Then I rinsed my hands and went back over each side, with wet hands, rinsing my hands in between doing that, a few times, the rough equivalent of "rinsing", but not as thorough.

Results: My hair does not look oily but it is softer and the curlover is gone. When I had smoothed my hair out yesterday the curlover was annoying and some hairs were catching. A mini s&d revealed no problem with white dots, except the odd one, I had missed from the other day. It is impossible to get all white dots in any s&d, even a very thorough one, IMO. I think it was 2 hairs, no big deal.

I may try this again, on clean hair, just to see if doing this can help combat the humid weather, I know I face the rest of the summer. I also plan to be more careful with the amount of shampoo I use. My shampoo is not drying but if I use too much, my hair, although very full and wavy, reacts to humidity more. The curlover irritates me.

I would call this a non leave-in, leave-in, lol.

My definition: Curlover is not frizz. It is a good few degrees less than that, and does not affect all top layers of my hair. My ends and most of my length as well as the top, were fine, no problem. It is not a halo.

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Originally Posted by Leisje

I'm going on a hunt for catnip tomorrow. Reading through alot of the pages here has made me think it's just what my hair needs!

Hopefully my cat won't eat my hair while I sleep. :lol:

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I've got two cats and have had no problems so far.

Just remember to treat yours to a catnip toy so it doesn't feel left out. :kitten:

I did a catnip treatment again today. My cats were much confused about the whole thing. They would sniff the air and then meow at me accusingly. Even after I rinsed and used Suave Coconut the biggest cat stoner of the bunch was following me around. He's the one that tore apart my brother's room looking for the stash.

My hair feels soft and the individual strands seem slightly thicker. I think I need to do treatments more often, but is hard to find the time. I like to spray down my hair, soak the ends and length for fifteen minutes, spray whatever wasn't soaking again, and then bag and time for the remaining 45 mins.

Well, the non leave-in experiment failed. Too much catnip and my hair looked oily, just a bit. So I washed my hair and used too little, lol.

So much for that idea. I did use catnip in directed application on my length in the shower though. It looks great!

I poured small amounts on 3 sections several times, before pinning it up insead of just pouring it though it. Perfect!

I made a double batch of catnip tea this morning, and let it brew for 8 hours before storing the jar in the refrigerator. I have been neglecting catnip treatments for a good awhile now, and boy has my hair paid for it. I did a search & destroy today, and snipped off quite a few splits. :( Regular catnip soaks really do make a difference for me in reducing split ends (I don't need the coloring from it).

I'm soaking my freshly washed hair in catnip tea at the moment. Now I just have to keep this up once or twice a week.

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Originally Posted by chickpea

I made a double batch of catnip tea this morning, and let it brew for 8 hours before storing the jar in the refrigerator. I have been neglecting catnip treatments for a good awhile now, and boy has my hair paid for it. I did a search & destroy today, and snipped off quite a few splits. :( Regular catnip soaks really do make a difference for me in reducing split ends (I don't need the coloring from it).

I'm soaking my freshly washed hair in catnip tea at the moment. Now I just have to keep this up once or twice a week.

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I keep overdoing the shampoo, lol. No big deal but I have major volume right now, lol.

Is it unusual to not have many splits to begin with? Or maybe I am blind? I haven't S&D'd, and I have had one trim by a friend in the last year or so (maybe 10 months). When I look at the ends I really don't see splits, but my hair is very fine (like almost see through). I didn't even know what ktani meant by white dots until I started reading here! I love the softness I get from the catnip (so I will be doing this either way), but I am worried I am just not seeing the splits I need to be snipping via S&D. If I have splits then my understanding is that they travel up the hair and cause problems. Am I just paranoid?

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Originally Posted by Cassi

Is it unusual to not have many splits to begin with? Or maybe I am blind? I haven't S&D'd, and I have had one trim by a friend in the last year or so (maybe 10 months). When I look at the ends I really don't see splits, but my hair is very fine (like almost see through). I didn't even know what ktani meant by white dots until I started reading here! I love the softness I get from the catnip (so I will be doing this either way), but I am worried I am just not seeing the splits I need to be snipping via S&D. If I have splits then my understanding is that they travel up the hair and cause problems. Am I just paranoid?

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Some people have lots of split ends, some don't - you may be one of the lucky ones! :) My hair has a lot of splits, so I'm hoping that catnip will help strengthen my hair so that it doesn't split as easily.

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Originally Posted by KaeleyAnne

Some people have lots of split ends, some don't - you may be one of the lucky ones! :) My hair has a lot of splits, so I'm hoping that catnip will help strengthen my hair so that it doesn't split as easily.

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Maybe I am lucky *gratitude check*, but I also feel like I am not growing much right now; it is like my hair has stalled. I do see some strands that were clearly not shed from my root.....so I guess they broke off :shocked:. Maybe my hair is growing, but breaking and it just seems like it isn't growing :(? I am hoping catnip strengthens my hair, too!

update - still working!!! :D no split ends as long as i make sure i don't run out.
it's an essential in my routine now. thank you very much for pointing out about catnip. i'm convinced the postman thinks i smuggling in weird stuff (bag split once and postman had to re-bag it). :p


let the growing commence ........................