Odin, I feel you on the problem with split ends. I have very fine hair (it looks like you do, too) so mine breaks very easy. I have never been able to grow my hair much past my shoulders because it always breaks. I can saturate my hair with conditioner, but it's so fine that all the conditioner in the world doesn't prevent the ends from drying up and breaking off. It is very frustrating, as I've always wanted epic long hair to windmill about at concerts. Like Simone Simmons from Epica. But alas, it is not to be.