Originally Posted by
ktani
I just used my regular routine today, shampoo and catnip. I did not overuse the shampoo and I tried something a little different.
Usually, in Step 1 for me, I apply the catnip to specific areas, holding what I apply over the area for a few seconds, and pour some through the length and scrunch my hair before pinning it up.
Instead, today I poured some catnip into my hands, rubbed them together, and applied it to the length, holding it there in increments, for a few seconds, as I slid my hands down the length. I repeated this 3 times, on 3 sections of length, all forward or upside down.
I refer to this, to myself, as targeted application. Pouring liquid treatments though the hair, catching the liquid in a bowl and repeating the procedure upwards of 15 times, never appealed to me. It seems awkward and wasteful, (I have never tried it though), if the liquid spills or misses the intended container. And in the shower, it would require a lot of extra bending, (I never worked out the particulars).
I use catnip leftovers from my hair brew, on my skin.
I have been using the targeted application method for a while on the rest of my hair (mostly to cover my grey/white areas). I just used it all over today.
When I do my Step 2, taking the length down, and applying catip to the top and back and front hairline and sides, some of that drips on the length. I scrunch that, which stays outside the bag, when the top is covered.
Results. My hair is even fuller than it has been lately, (with catnip shampoo as my 2nd shampoo), very shiny and soft, with very little separation on the length. My hair felt like silk when I rinsed the catnip out, so I knew the results would be good but they exceeded my expectations.
I still may try a catnip shampoo, instead of any shampoo but right now, I want to do more washes with total targeted application. It means that less catnip is used but more of it is absorbed, where I apply it. I have extra catnip leftover for my skin, too.
Note: I also spent a few extra seconds gently squeezing out more excess water from my hair, before applying any catnip after shampooing. When I pinned up my hair for my Step 1, there were hardly any drips.
When I recently cut an extra 2 inches off my hair, after a 1 inch trim that was necessary IMO, after over 4 months, I missed them at first. Today, with my hair full and in loose waves, I do not miss those 2 inches at all. My hair is still long but my hemline looks really thick, in comparison to how it looked 3 inches longer, before the first trim.
I am using this thread as a sort of hair blog.
I trimmed my hair for the first time at the end of June, after over 7 months. I took off about .5 inch. I trimmed again at the end of August, and took off about 1 inch. I did not trim after that, until this past week. So, conservatively, in about 15 months, give or take, I only trimmed about 4.5 inches. My hair grows at about .5 to .75 inch per month. My hair did not look thin at the ends before this last trim, it just looked like it could use some balancing out. The biggest difference, is that I blunted the ends more, in the areas where my hair falls naturally, with the way that I style it. So when the front and side pieces fall forward, they look thicker.