Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

[lalla]

 

[YvetteWithJoy]

This is my second time watching this video. Thanks for sharing.

The mannerisms are unique.

 

[Black Ambrosia]

I ordered whipped shea from KJ Naturals on Etsy. It was rich and melted in my hands easily. I applied it to my roots and gave myself a good scalp massage and then applied it to my ends. I’m going to buy a larger size for my body if I don’t decide to experiment with making my own first.

 

[mzteaze]

Y'all gonna laugh.... But I was racking my brain trying to figure out what hair products I use with Shea butter. I checked a few and found NONE. I have raw Shea in the fridge but I couldn't figure out what else I had.

Then it hit me, every morning I slather on a very rich body balm that masks my skin very very soft and fragrant. The very first ingredient is Shea butter.

 

[beingofserenity]

This is my second time watching this video. Thanks for sharing.

The mannerisms are unique.

 

[YvetteWithJoy]

 

[Chicoro]

Y'all gonna laugh.... But I was racking my brain trying to figure out what hair products I use with Shea butter. I checked a few and found NONE. I have raw Shea in the fridge but I couldn't figure out what else I had.

Then it hit me, every morning I slather on a very rich body balm that masks my skin very very soft and fragrant. The very first ingredient is Shea butter.

Shea butter got you girl and you didn't even know it!

 

[Chicoro]

I ordered whipped shea from KJ Naturals on Etsy. It was rich and melted in my hands easily. I applied it to my roots and gave myself a good scalp massage and then applied it to my ends. I’m going to buy a larger size for my body if I don’t decide to experiment with making my own first.

Do you mean you will use the same product for both your hair and body? Or, does she have a specific, different product for the body?

 

[Chicoro]

22nd Century Woman was a member here at one time! So many women have come through LHCF and had great success in activities related to hair. Good to see that people reference her information.

I didn't know Grade A Shea Butter was edible! I also didn't know I could get access to that type of edible butter. I was wondering which one or how to determine which one I could eat. I like food grade products on my hair. And, when I make my raw chocolate, I can use Grade A shea instead of cocoa butter.

Talk about a product doing double duty!

 

[Chicoro]

We've got about 3 more days before 2018 officially arrives! You can come in and out of this thread at any time you like. This is not a 'challenge'. We are here to encourage, uplift and cultivate our knowledge. This is in relation to shea butter, when applied to afro-textured hair for healthy growth and length retention.

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[fifigirl]

How did i miss this thread????? I've been reading the whole thread and it's very interesting and fun!

I have been using shea butter mixed with my ayurvedic based oil and been using scurl but not too regularly
Thanks to this thread will follow Chicoro's technique of using both with the root to tip method. I'm aiming for waist length hair this year and i am sure this'll help me with length retention!

 

[Chicoro]

How did i miss this thread????? I've been reading the whole thread and it's very interesting and fun!

I have been using shea butter mixed with my ayurvedic based oil and been using scurl but not too regularly
Thanks to this thread will follow Chicory's technique of using both with the root to tip method. I'm aiming for waist length hair this year and i am sure this'll help me with length retention!

You made it in just in a nick of time! How you do that?

Actually, there is no time limit. We just in here 'prepping'
so we can be already 'stepping'
when that clock strikes day 1 on New Year's Day 2018!​

 

[Soaring Eagle]

This is my second time watching this video. Thanks for sharing.

The mannerisms are unique.

I like her channel. I haven’t watched many of her videos, because many of them are just too long. I did watch a video where she used straight Shea butter on her daughter’s hair— not whipped or anything— and that made me feel very validated, because I am heading in that direction. LOL

 

[YvetteWithJoy]

I like her channel. I haven’t watched many of her videos, because many of them are just too long. I did watch a video where she used straight Shea butter on her daughter’s hair— not whipped or anything— and that made me feel very validated, because I am heading in that direction. LOL

Her shampoo bars are amazing. Incredible. It's impressive.

 

[Chicoro]

I see that she melts her shea butter from the beginning. I think since I know my Senegalese butter tends to be grainy, I'm going to start with melting it.

 

[Chicoro]

Tips for How to Get
A Creamier Shea Butter Mix or a Whipped Shea Butter Mix
Taking the Mystery Out of the End Result so YOU can Choose What YOU Get!
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For a Creamy Dense, Shea Butter Mix:

• Liquify your ingredients over hot water on the stove, on very low heat (steaming).
• Pour in a bowl and cover and place in the fridge or freezer until is solidified (40 to 60 minutes).
• Take it out the cold and blend the solidified mix.
  • Use a blender (ala the process used by @ElevatedEnergy-Please note that ElevatedEnergy blends her mix but she does not heat it. ) or
  • Use a wire whisk for a minimum of 10 minutes up to 20 minutes.
• The blend will stay creamy for the life of the product.

For a Fluffy Whipped, Shea Butter Mix:

• Put your butter on the counter or somewhere it can soften prior to use.
• Try to avoid liquifying the shea butter mix over any heat.
• Add the ingredients you like.
  • I used to believe that coconut oil was necessary to get the shea butter to be fluffy, but it is not. You can use sweet almond oil along with the shea or olive oil along with the shea and it will still mix up fluffy [is my understanding].
  • Use a wire whisk. You can mix for 3 to 5 minutes.
• In general, the product will stay fluffy. But I keep mine in the shower and the hot water melts it down and changes the consistency.
• Keep the butter at a consistent temperature if you don't want to change its fluffy texture.

What I have written here is NOT Gospel. If you want to add to it or modify it, refute it or change it, please feel free to do so!I hope you do! It's the collective, positive input that makes things come out better for us all.

 

[Chicoro]

It seems that I have been delusional...

When I was 5, my cousin came to live with us. She would do my hair before school. On a whim, I recently asked her if my hair was to my waist when I was a little girl. She was around me and my hair regular until I was about 14 years old. At the age of 14 is when I unofficially began my hair journey, which was when I asked, 'How do you grow your hair long?"

She said, "No, your hair was curly. It came to only a little past your shoulders." All this time I thought my hair was longer when I was little. I was wrong.

My hair only hit my waist thick and healthy as an adult. That's when I started to use protective styling which was introduced to me by Wanakee Pugh.



All this to say, that my hair has NEVER been as long as it is today. Right now, this is the longest my hair has ever been in my ENTIRE LIFE - not just my adult life. It wasn't even this long when I was a little girl or a teenager. Interesting.

A big part of the reason is because of the consistent use of Shea butter in 2017; hence, I'm all up in this shea thread.

 

[lalla]

Actually shea butter is a food first and foremost. The fruit tastes a bit like kaki fruit, it's very sweet and soft but is not so fleshy.
The shea butter itself is sometimes eaten as is (it is recommended for allergic or weak children), but is also the main cooking oil in Mali and Burkina Faso.

 

[keranikki]

Actually shea butter is a food first and foremost. The fruit tastes a bit like kaki fruit, it's very sweet and soft but is not so fleshy.
The shea butter itself is sometimes eaten as is (it is recommended for allergic or weak children), but is also the main cooking oil in Mali and Burkina Faso.

I did not know that. I saw up thread that @Chicoro mentioned a Ytber stated the butter must be Grade A in order for it to be edible. Is this true? I don’t think I ever saw a letter grade on any of the butters I order.

 

[Chicoro]

Actually shea butter is a food first and foremost. The fruit tastes a bit like kaki fruit, it's very sweet and soft but is not so fleshy.
The shea butter itself is sometimes eaten as is (it is recommended for allergic or weak children), but is also the main cooking oil in Mali and Burkina Faso.

"Actually shea butter is a food first and foremost." @lalla ​

Outside of Africa, shea butter is used in place of cocoa butter, which is more expensive. But, I don't understand the economics of that because you find cocoa trees in Mexico, South America, Caribbean Islands, Madagascar and in Africa. But Shea trees can only be found in Africa, making it seem like a more valuable and limited commodity. I would think cocoa butter would be less expensive than shea butter because there are more trees and in more places. ECONOMICS? Interesting.

I have learned that the Shea nut is as distant relative to the brazil nut in South America, but of course not the same at all.

I have a friend from Burkina Faso. She once told me that some shea butter I mixed down looked like the 'real' shea butter from her home. It was a premium grade, refined butter.

I'm still intrigued by the fact that Burkina Faso is the ONLY country in the Shea Belt Completely engulfed by the Shea Belt. All other countries are only partially covered by shea trees. The country of Burkina Faso is completely covered by shea trees.

 

[Chicoro]

I did not know that. I saw up thread that @Chicoro mentioned a Ytber stated the butter must be Grade A in order for it to be edible. Is this true? I don’t think I ever saw a letter grade on any of the butters I order.

Ideally, I would like to have on my shea packaging:

• Grade of butter
• Country of origin of shea
• Date it was packaged
• Name of the cooperative that collected and did the processing

This would help me better determine which shea butters work best for my hair. I guess I like data to analyze to better understand. It would be interesting to know if the naturals with super long hair are mainly using shea butter from only certain countries within the Shea Belt. That might be problematic as well for the producers. Just a thought.

 

[lalla]

"Actually shea butter is a food first and foremost." @lalla ​

Outside of Africa, shea butter is used in place of cocoa butter, which is more expensive. But, I don't understand the economics of that because you find cocoa trees in Mexico, South America, Caribbean Islands, Madagascar and in Africa. But Shea trees can only be found in Africa, making it seem like a more valuable and limited commodity. I would think cocoa butter would be less expensive than shea butter because there are more trees and in more places. ECONOMICS? Interesting.

I have learned that the Shea nut is as distant relative to the brazil nut in South America, but of course not the same at all.

I have a friend from Burkina Faso. She once told me that some shea butter I mixed down looked like the 'real' shea butter from her home. It was a premium grade, refined butter.

I'm still intrigued by the fact that Burkina Faso is the ONLY country in the Shea Belt Completely engulfed by the Shea Belt. All other countries are only partially covered by shea trees. The country of Burkina Faso is completely covered by shea trees.

The shea tree is wild and requires very little care. It can also grow in a wider range of climates than the cocoa tree.

The case of Burkina Faso is quite simple I think : the country is dry enough but they don't have as much desert as Mali or Niger for example.

Best regards,

 

[Chicoro]

The shea tree is wild and requires very little care. It can also grow in a wider range of climates than the cocoa tree.

The case of Burkina Faso is quite simple I think : the country is dry enough but they don't have as much desert as Mali or Niger for example.

Best regards,

Very clear about the shea tree not needing lots of care and thus, it is less expensive to maintain [my inference]. But, I don't understand why the shea tree is not found growing in other parts of the world other than Africa? It's a question I'm thinking about. I don't expect you to try to answer. I appreciate what you have input. You are far closer to the source and culture than I will ever be.

 

[Chicoro]

 

[Chicoro]

@4:16

The man explains the economics of the process to get a better price for her product. He tells her she's got to join with other women and get her product closer to the point of exportation in order to get a higher price.

The cuteness of that BABY, though!

 

[ThatJerseyGirl]

@Chicoro = are there sites that you could recommend members and lurkers on where to purchase raw unrefined or refined shea butter? I think that would be helpful. Or maybe someone could chime in on where they have purchased their butters. I ordered mine from Amazon and read the reviews prior to ordering. I just ordered more Shea butter, cupuacu butter, mango butter and kokum butter for my next mix.

 

[Chicoro]

@Chicoro = are there sites that you could recommend members and lurkers on where to purchase raw unrefined or refined shea butter? I think that would be helpful. Or maybe someone could chime in on where they have purchased their butters. I ordered mine from Amazon and read the reviews prior to ordering. I just ordered more Shea butter, cupuacu butter, mango butter and kokum butter for my next mix.

I get mine from the local beauty supply here in town. Basically, I just take what they have.

When I do order online, I like a brand called Naissance. That is the butter my friend from Burkina Faso saw and said the quality was like what she has in her homeland.

https://www.enaissance.co.uk/organic-shea-butter-unrefined

I haven't been able to determine the origin of the butter. I'm not sure what grade it is either.

 

[fifigirl]

@Chicoro how often do you use Scurl and SB? do you use it daily?

 

[YvetteWithJoy]

TFS. It's get good to be informed and see these things instead of just consuming things mindlessly from another country.

 

[Black Ambrosia]

I’m not a shea butter expert but I’ve purchased from Born Beautiful before and thought the quality was great. They have an Etsy store but you can buy direct if you’re in the metro atlanta area.