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
BronxJazzy said:
Goodness that is some straight shea butter porn right there. I was so into it.
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Oh my gosh! I felt the same way. I was like, "If that ain't porn for the Shea lover, I don't know what is." Ms. Hammamat knows what she is doing by making that video with those close ups of that butter. If I could get next to that huge, buttery Shea and drench myself in it..."

Ghana is on my bucket list. Shea butter, people, sites and scenery [in that order]! :giggle:
 
Guess I need to make some more. I've been dragging my feet and the kids have been begging me to make some more since they've used their own personal stashes up (they use it for their hair and body after bathing) they just used the last swipe of mine this weekend lol.
 
Chicoro said:
Oh my gosh! I felt the same way. I was like, "If that ain't porn for the Shea lover, I don't know what is." Ms. Hammamat knows what she is doing by making that video with those close ups of that butter. If I could get next to that huge, buttery Shea and drench myself in it..."

Ghana is on my bucket list. Shea butter, people, sites and scenery [in that order]! :giggle:
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My son-in-law's father lives in Ghana. My daughter has been there twice with him in the past two years. Would you believe she brought back not nary one drap of shea butter for her dear Momma???????????
 
He's got nice eyes.

I finished wash day yesterday, styling my wng with Shea on roots and ends and sealing with diluted KCCC. It was still wet/ damp this afternoon when my Mum came round for a trip to the theatre. Why was this woman trying to drag the hair from my roots thinking she was removing 'fluff' only to exclaim, "Oh! It's not fluff, it's something greasy!" Yeah Mumma, that's my greasy Shea goodness:biggrin:. Good looking out Mum but it eventually dried clear, with my follicles still intact.
 
Shea butter is great for my hair. But my ends still are tangling and knotting. I think it is because they are rubbing up against my clothes. So, I am taking it way back. I'm retaining the fabulous butter in my process and the Ends Routine and the No Comb. And, I am going to add the baggie method back into my hair regimen. So, I'll keep my braids and just tie them in a bun, wet them down with my spray bottle concoction [conditioner, aloe vera, Infusium, water, oil] and cover with a baggie.

If I re-do my hair every day with Shea butter, I get no knots. But it takes a minimum of 45 minutes to do my hair. I don't have that time to spare in the mornings. So, I am going under the baggie from Sept 24th, 2018 until Summer 2019.

I love buns and the baggie method. Now I :2inlove: love Shea butter, too! It's all one happy soup on the top of my head! :drunk::)
 
Chicoro said:
Shea butter is great for my hair. But my ends still are tangling and knotting. I think it is because they are rubbing up against my clothes. So, I am taking it way back. I'm retaining the fabulous butter in my process and the Ends Routine and the No Comb. And, I am going to add the baggie method back into my hair regimen. So, I'll keep my braids and just tie them in a bun, wet them down with my spray bottle concoction [conditioner, aloe vera, Infusium, water, oil] and cover with a baggie.

If I re-do my hair every day with Shea butter, I get no knots. But it takes a minimum of 45 minutes to do my hair. I don't have that time to spare in the mornings. So, I am going under the baggie from Sept 24th, 2018 until Summer 2019.

I love buns and the baggie method. Now I :2inlove: love Shea butter, too! It's all one happy soup on the top of my head! :drunk::)
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You might also try periodically rebraiding only the ends.

I tend to twist the last 3-4 inches because my hair density decreases at the very ends and I don’t have the time to pick out tiny braids. I also have to reapply product and twirl my ends for a few minutes in order to turn my tight waves into curly Q’s when I wear my hair down. I’m lazy so I started to just rebraid the ends after a while
 
yamilee21 said:
Did you ever end up whipping avocado butter? I did, but it was a complete waste of time - the texture did not change at all; it was a whole lot of effort for it to remain exactly the same as it started, :lol:.
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I whipped some refined avocado butter. Really didn't like the way it turned out, it got kind of loose and watery. I mixed in some castor oil. I would have added shea, but I had non-shea converts in mind when I made it. The refined avocado butter was an accidental purchase-- normally I get unrefined. Even though I always buy from the same company, sometimes the unrefined is smooth and creamy, sometimes it's dry.
 
Sarabellam said:
You might also try periodically rebraiding only the ends.

I tend to twist the last 3-4 inches because my hair density decreases at the very ends and I don’t have the time to pick out tiny braids. I also have to reapply product and twirl my ends for a few minutes in order to turn my tight waves into curly Q’s when I wear my hair down. I’m lazy so I started to just rebraid the ends after a while
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My hair is really (really) low density, so it only takes 15-20 minutes to twist at night. I moisten it with my rosewater/aloe vera juice mix, add some CC Natural's moisturizer, and my shea butter mix or avocado oil to the end. My twists get teeny at the ends, so I twirl the end and wrap it loosly from about 1/2 way down to the top of the twist. Almost like a Bantu knot. Produces great curls in the AM.
 
Starting next week, it's a full gallop or sprint. We'll be in October with only three short months left. Now is an incredibly good time to start due to the colder weather which brings on wig, scarf and hat season!

It's never too late to start using Shea butter. Three (3) months, is 90 days and that's still enough time for some goals to be accomplished.
 
I have been stalking this thread and it has been really been inspirational. I did my big chop in November 2012 and I basically started with zero hair. Things went great in the beginning and then my anemia went out if control. It took a while to find the right combination of medications to rectify the anemia issues and my hair has really been flourishing. On my birthday December 14, 2017 I started using TGIN daily moisturizer and my DIY version of Curly Proverbs Ayervedic hair growth oil and have had fabulous results. I then decided that I really wanted to tryout the mixtress life so I made my 1st batch of whipped shea butter in June 2018, and it has been game over ever since. My hair measured 2.5 inches on the sides and 3.5 inches everywhere else in December 2017 and now measures 7.5 inches in the front, 5.5 inches in the middle and back, and 4.5 inches on the sides. I did need one small dusting in May, but it has been smooth sailing ever since! I am looking forward to the last 3 months of this year to see how well I handle 6 solid months of using my homemade hair products!

Next year, I need to put my protective styling in beast mode because I cornroll it at night after I moisturize and seal it. Then in the morning, I finger detangle and pick it out into an afro. I am terrible at flat twists and my two strand twists need to get redone every other night which feels like more manipulation than my current regimen. But I will not be discouraged, my goal is WL hair and I am having a blast on this journey so far.
 
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Dominga11 said:
Where do you purchase your containers?
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I get them on Amazon.


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