Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

Has Shea Butter 'got you'?

  • Let me look over my investment portfolio and see if I have room for shea related stocks.

    Votes: 21 12.8%

  • I've got 8 pounds in the house, I need to order me some more because I don't want to run out.

    Votes: 29 17.7%

  • 1 Day without sealing my ends is just unthinkable.

    Votes: 12 7.3%

  • It works for me for now.

    Votes: 45 27.4%

  • Nah, I can take it or leave it.

    Votes: 12 7.3%

  • Meh, I'm here for the posts.

    Votes: 28 17.1%

  • That stuff just weighs down my hair. No thanks!

    Votes: 17 10.4%
  • Total voters
    164
IDareT'sHair said:
@Chicoro
It is the Ultimate Knot Buster, SSK Remover, Mat Minimizer and Tangle Tee.zer!

For Detangling and Detangling Issues and Problems - Everything else must take a back-seat.
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Let me get to the back first. I'm calling 'dibs' on the spot between the headrests!



And, let's not forget about Queen Shea's length retention abilities!

Queen Shea has some of my hair strands so long that they almost reach the top bone of my pelvis. [About two inches above] That junction where the pelvis meets the thighs. I just marvel at the length retention. And...when I say strands, that's what I mean...strands, as in 3 to 5 strands! I'm a strand counter. If one strand can get there, the possibility exists that the rest of the hair can get there, too. :spinning:
 
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"I feel like I get length gains every 2 months with Shea butter! I didn't start seeing or noticing the length retention until around August 2017. Interestingly, that is when I started using Shea butter on a daily basis. After that, I started to see length gains every 2 months: September, November and January. I expect to see length gains in:
-March 2018
-May 2018
-July 2018
-September 2018
-November 2018
-January 2019"

These are some of my notes from an online hair document. I wrote them in January 2018. Sure enough, I noticed some length gains about a week or so ago, in the month of July as predicted by these notes I made. I see that a few strands have dropped longer in length. I just mentioned this in my previous post and wanted to input more specific information.

Also, I thought when July rolled around that I'd want to straighten my hair and do a length check. But, July is almost gone and I'm still in love with my Shea saturated braids. I haven't straightened my hair since Sept 2014. I wonder if I'll go five (5) years without straightening.
 
sissimpson said:
finally remelting the mix I made a couple of weeks ago.......
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I had already gone through 2 16oz grainy containers of butter from that last batch. I took the remainder out of the freezer, melted it down and threw in another 4 oz of shea butter, left it in the refrigerator ovenight, whipped it up this morning, and AHHHHH! Interesting, because 1 16oz container plus 1 24oz container plus 4oz of shea butter yielded 3 16oz containers and 4 1/2 8 oz containers.
 
sissimpson said:
I had already gone through 2 16oz grainy containers of butter from that last batch. I took the remainder out of the freezer, melted it down and threw in another 4 oz of shea butter, left it in the refrigerator ovenight, whipped it up this morning, and AHHHHH! Interesting, because 1 16oz container plus 1 24oz container plus 4oz of shea butter yielded 3 16oz containers and 4 1/2 8 oz containers.
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And the texture? How did it come out?
 
I was talking to my mother and decided to take my hair out at the same time. She called before I could wet my ends and grease with castor oil, which is my process before unbraiding. Amazingly, my hair came undone without any horrible tangles. That's from the Shea butter. She's a tangle dis-enabler.
 
Sarabellam said:
Does anyone else use Shea for progressive hair stretching?

I braid my hair in 2 or 4 braids on wash day. I’ve noticed that if I rebrand the hair and add more Shea butter and a dab of moisturizer (water and/or leave in) my braids get progressively more hang time each day. I go from APL braids to BSL in 2 days.
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YYEEESSS!!! I find shea stretches like no otha for me. I guess because it's so heavy it weighs the hair down the more you add. Just another reason for me to love it.
 
Sarabellam said:
Does anyone else use Shea for progressive hair stretching?

I braid my hair in 2 or 4 braids on wash day. I’ve noticed that if I rebrand the hair and add more Shea butter and a dab of moisturizer (water and/or leave in) my braids get progressively more hang time each day. I go from APL braids to BSL in 2 days.
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My hair does the opposite. I need some help in this area. My hair shrinks up tighter and tighter over the course of 2 days. I think because I use glycerin, which is in my Scurl.

Could you share what products you use, please? Your experience tends to be what many people experience. I was told to release the Scurl!
 
I avoid glycerin in my leave-ins and try to minimize the amount in my DCs. I noticed that the consistent difference between conditioners I love and conditioners I hate were the amount of glycerin and presence of drying alcohols. I tend to mix and match what I use based on my hair and scalp needs.

Shampoo
Neutrogena TSal
kinky curly come clean (it’s a chelator)

Conditioner
Mielle organic Babassu oil and Mint DC (protein leaning)
Camille Rose Naturals Algae Renew (moisture leaning)
Aphogee 2-step (hard protein)

Leave in
Kinky curly knot today (best detangler)
Giovanni direct leave in

I just received the xcel-21 hair revitalized today. It contains glycerin so I’ll have to keep an eye on whether it effects my “hang time”.
 
sarumoki said:
I dream for the day my wash days are that short.
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I must add that I had taken my braids out the night before. But still, that was fast. And even after all my experience with hair, it felt like I was taking a risk. The possibility existed that I'd be stuck in the middle with matted, unfinished hair.

For your specific situation, @sarumoki, just keep learning about your hair. Just keep trying. One thing about hair is that is organic. It is continuously changing throughout our lives. That means that once you think you mastered your hair, it can 'turn' around and have a different texture, thickness and color or something else!

I always say that growing and maintaining afro-textured hair is a 'thinking game'. It is never a guessing game. It takes analysis, study, trial and error, over a period of time. Eventually, things will fall into place for you. Be encouraged!
 
Last night, I washed and used my Alma Shea Parfait. This morning I took down my braids and my hair feels soft and looks moisturized. Shea is good, but I have 1 problem with it...

I know in a couple of days my hair will start to feel crispy, dry, and dull, which is okay because I know I will have to moisturize again. However, as good as shea keeps moisture in, it also blocks moisture out when I try to moisturize during the week. I'm afraid the only way I can really moisturize my hair again is by shampooing. I don't want to shampoo every 3 days.

How do ya'll get around the strong seal of queen shea when moisturizing? Is spritzing and applying more shea enough?
 
fluffyforever said:
Last night, I washed and used my Alma Shea Parfait. This morning I took down my braids and my hair feels soft and looks moisturized. Shea is good, but I have 1 problem with it...

I know in a couple of days my hair will start to feel crispy, dry, and dull, which is okay because I know I will have to moisturize again. However, as good as shea keeps moisture in, it also blocks moisture out when I try to moisturize during the week. I'm afraid the only way I can really moisturize my hair again is by shampooing. I don't want to shampoo every 3 days.

How do ya'll get around the strong seal of queen shea when moisturizing? Is spritzing and applying more shea enough?
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I think the issue may be your specific Shea product, the Alma Shea Parfait. The red flag was the word, "dull". The only way I can use Shea is to whip it, myself. I make my own product. Any other form dulls, coats and makes my hair hard and crispy. Before you make a decision [about Shea butter and your hair], you may want to consider getting some 100% pure Shea butter and mixing it with an oil and then whipping it with a wire beater, for yourself.

Whipping the Alma Shea Parfait is not suggested. Pure Shea butter with some oil concoctions and pre-made Shea concoctions can produce drastically different results.
 
fluffyforever said:
Last night, I washed and used my Alma Shea Parfait. This morning I took down my braids and my hair feels soft and looks moisturized. Shea is good, but I have 1 problem with it...

I know in a couple of days my hair will start to feel crispy, dry, and dull, which is okay because I know I will have to moisturize again. However, as good as shea keeps moisture in, it also blocks moisture out when I try to moisturize during the week. I'm afraid the only way I can really moisturize my hair again is by shampooing. I don't want to shampoo every 3 days.

How do ya'll get around the strong seal of queen shea when moisturizing? Is spritzing and applying more shea enough?
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One more thing. Shea butter + mineral oil (or mineral derivatives) = dullness

You may want to check all your products to ensure that there is no paraffin, mineral oil, wax etc
 
Chicoro said:
One more thing. Shea butter + mineral oil (or mineral derivatives) = dullness

You may want to check all your products to ensure that there is no paraffin, mineral oil, wax etc
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I don't use anything with those ingredients. Im going to order my own shea and whip it to see if it's better with the dullness. Interestingly, it's mainly my ends that look dull and coated after a few days, like all the white/yellowish shea moves down and makes the bottom of my hair look dirtier. Tonight is day 3 so I'm going to spritz with water and reapply the shea parfait lightly while trying to redistribute on my hair to see if that helps.
 
I just whipped up a tub of floral-scented Shea for my bestie. She'll be Shea-sliding by the weekend.

This week, I've been remoisturising my hair by spraying water with my new mister bottle (I'm loving the spray on this thing), smoothing and removing sheds. Then, I've been smoothing in a new leave-in; A.ctivilong A.ctiforce, I got at a hair show on Saturday. I then apply Shea butter on my ends, and gel to seal it all.

Tonight after moisturising, I styled the my hair up. Later on in the week I might put these ends away and try out this puff I bought. I washed my wig but it's too hot for that right now.
 
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