(i just read your other post in the main room) and I would actually keep the camellia oil. it may not seem like much, but it is a really good light leave in that does help with wiry hair. i've got a nice big bottle in my bathroom of pure camellia oil and i love it. i've not had the opportunity to use much shu uemura before, but i do know that the japanese know how to care for really thick wiry hair (my husband is part japanese and his hair is as wiry as my curly hair!). Anyway, i tend to have the same trouble in cycles with my hair. i'll post more on the other board for you.
Dry: 20/23.5/27.5" mid-back (33"waist & 43"tailbone)
Wet/Damp: 21.5/25/29 (34.5 & 44.5)
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"Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great udulating Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And not your curly hair."
"But I can get a flat iron And make such tresses there, Tame, or smooth, or stick-straight That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone And not my curly hair."
"I heard an old religious man But yesternight declare That he had found a text to prove That only God, my dear, Could love you for yourself alone And not your curly hair."
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