2017 Delightfully Delicious Deep Conditioning Challenge

Today was wash day. I pre'pooed under dryer 15min then 'pooed with CON argan oil.
DC'd under dryer with a banana, avocado, aloe, and fenugreek puree (courtesy of neptural85). I added a tea blend of hibiscus,marshmallow root, stinging nettle, horsetail, burdock root, and slippery elm to my dc.
My hair was strong but also soft. I followed up with a Trader Joe's nourish spa cowash. My hair felt like butter!
It doesn't happen often but I was in the mood to concoct a few things and play around with my stash of herbs and powders. :brainy: I even made some flaxseed gel. I had some tea leftover from my dc and added it to the gel. My compounding itch has been scratched for the year. :ill:
 
DCing now with Kriya Botantics herbs and greens DC for low porosity hair. This stuff is thickity thick thick thick y'all. I would say this is more of a mask then aDC. I normally warm my deep conditioners up before putting them in my hair to open up my cuticles and I had to heat this with boiling water like four times for the heat to penetrate this beast . I'll update on the performance
 
sparkle25 said:
DCing now with Kriya Botantics herbs and greens DC for low porosity hair. This stuff is thickity thick thick thick y'all. I would say this is more of a mask then aDC. I normally warm my deep conditioners up before putting them in my hair to open up my cuticles and I had to heat this with boiling water like four times for the heat to penetrate this beast . I'll update on the performance
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This was just ok. I'll have to try it again for a real feel of it. Deep conditioning again tonight with Sereniti bath body and you.
 
Last Saturday, I steam DCed with Infusium 23 Repair and Renew leave in mixed with Neutral Protein Filler. I topped it with my usual GVP Nexxus Humectress Conditioner mixed with coconut and olive oil.
 
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Chicoro said:
Ingredients:

1. 200 ml of coconut cream or coconut milk
2. 1 teaspoon of guar gum ( can put in more, up to 1 tablespoon.)
3. 1/4 cup of oil- I prefer peanut oil because it is so greasy.
4. 1/2 teaspoon of citric acid (check acidity with ph paper to ensure your mixture is not too acidic.)

Mix in blender. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes as it will thicken up. If it is too thick, add more water or aloe vera juice/gel. If it is too thin add more guar gum, but pinches at a time.

Once it is mixed up, add in extra olive oil and honey to 'doctor it up' like we do any conditioner we might buy in the store.

This conditioner can be heated in the microwave or on the stove top before application onto the head.

A basic conditioner has two (2) main purposes:

1. To de-swell the hair strand/shaft (we erroneously [me too!] call this closing the cuticle or lowering the cuticle)
2. To lubricate the hair strands to lower friction (we call this rubbing).

I selected the the coconut milk and peanut oil due to their high fat content. Peanut oil has high omega 9, like in our skin. (Lubricant components)

The guar gum serves as the binder as coconut milk has water and will not naturally mix with the oil. It adds nothing beneficial to the hair and is I included as a component of the formulation.

The citric acid de- swells the hair.(Closing the cuticle component)

I use all I make at once. I mix with cheap conditioner to give more slip. Also, it smells like coconut milk.

***The ingredients are in French because I live in France. You should be able to find coconut products in any store. The guar gum and peanut oil are usually found in speciality or health food stores. The citric acid may be the hardest to find. You can use apple cider vinegar instead of citric acid but I can't tell you in what quantities because I use the citric acid.

@Aggie,
You may be interested in this post, so I'm tagging you Ms. Lady!
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I washed my hair yesterday. I did a deep condition with heat for 15 minutes with my DIY coconut conditioner. I got less shed hair than last time. I really need to do this 1x per week faithfully.
 
I'm having an amazing wash day so far. I pre'pooed under dryer for 30min, detangled in shower with kinky curly knot today for the first time and omg!! :eek: where have I been?? Tangles, knots, just slid right out. This is now my staple product for wash days. I think i will eliminate pre'pooing next week and see how that goes.

I'm now sitting under dryer steaming with joico mrb, also a staple from now on.
 
I gave myself a scalp massage on freshly washed hair with Mielle Organics Mint Almond Oil. I am currently dcing the remainder of my tresses with Shea Moisture JBCO treatment Masque under a thermal cap I didn't even bother to heat up. I'll just let my body heat do the work and rinse it out after a couple of hours or so...
 
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