Shea Butter Growth And Retention Thread 2020

Length Milestones you wish to Break Through in 2020

  • Pixie/Chin

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Neck length/Shoulder

    Votes: 17 15.9%
  • BSB/BSL

    Votes: 34 31.8%
  • Mid Back/Waist

    Votes: 38 35.5%
  • Hip/Whip

    Votes: 15 14.0%
  • BCL/TBL

    Votes: 8 7.5%
  • Classic

    Votes: 4 3.7%
  • Mid Thigh

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Knee

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Total voters
    107
I wanted to drop into this thread for a moment to share two things.
  1. First, I want to exonerate Queen Shea. I had lots of problems with clogged pipes and in retrospect, I erroneously blamed it on Queen Shea, thinking she had plugged my pipes. I put a strainer over my kitchen sink. It turns out almost every night I have a tablespoon of food particles that have been caught that I throw in the trash. The culprit was the food in my sink, not Shea butter. So, I wanted to give her a public apology. ;)
  2. The second thing is that I am hitting 26 inches in length on my braids in the crown area. It's still just strands. But I always say two things. I count strands. And, if one strand can get there, so can the rest.
 
Whipped shealoe (with a dash of ceramides). Bought an emulsifier yesterday for the first time, it is still a work in progress but I'm learning everyday how to make my oils and butters

This is why I love this place. For some reason, I never figured that shea butter + aloe would be combinable. When I ran a search, tons of information popped up on it. Even though, I'm going to look for it ready-made, @curly.123, I'm glad you're learning how to make and mix your shea!
 
This is why I love this place. For some reason, I never figured that shea butter + aloe would be combinable. When I ran a search, tons of information popped up on it. Even though, I'm going to look for it ready-made, @curly.123, I'm glad you're learning how to make and mix your shea!

I do like ready made products but living in Asia ia a big challenge when it comes to buy hair products lol
 
My hair was getting a bit dull every time I applied my whipped shea butter. It took me a while to understand, as hair would get nourished with shea butter, right? The thing is, I whipped my shea butter with ayurvedic oils and it is a bit too much! It is too strenghtening as I also use henna once a month, I ll stop using my whipped shea butter for a while until my hair feels better. From today on, I'm gonna seakl my hair with cocoa butter
 
My hair was getting a bit dull every time I applied my whipped shea butter. It took me a while to understand, as hair would get nourished with shea butter, right? The thing is, I whipped my shea butter with ayurvedic oils and it is a bit too much! It is too strenghtening as I also use henna once a month, I ll stop using my whipped shea butter for a while until my hair feels better. From today on, I'm gonna seakl my hair with cocoa butter
You gotta do what works best for you.
 
I'm back on the Shea butter train! I did a twist out with a butter last month, and decided to use shea butter as my styler this wash day and my braidout is ah mazzzing. SO light, soft and shiny! I'm back in love with Shea butter...bout to go and order a couple more jars, just in case :look: hehe

ETA: to add some pics
 

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I’m taking a break from queen shea. I love what she does for my hair but I’m fairly sure that full length application isn’t that good for my high porosity hair... I started noticing that I couldn’t really moisturize my hair midweek because it seals future moisture out as well as it sealed any in. So for now, I’m going to focus her just on my very ends.
 
UUugggghhhh do i miss this thread.... i've still been using queen shea on both hair and skin and its been going great. i had to change up my reggie and products etc because of my move last yr but my hair and skin seems to be adjusting to the move finally. i just use shea to seal and am loving my new mix with amber essential oil to scent.... mmmm......
 
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