I've been growing my hair since about 1842. Like Jack Nicolson's character in the movie, "The Shining", had
I been captured in the photo below, my hair
STILL would likely be hanging around and above my shoulders, even after 1 full century of growth.
To my Shea Sisters,
This is my hair after almost 2 full years of Shea butter usage. Don't hate the butter,
hate the game. No matter how long my hair gets, it NEVER hangs past my
shoulders. NEVER. This is hair pictured that has been washed and deep conditioned.
The mirror has stuff all over it because when I detangle with product, the
product goes everywhere.
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I take my own photos so they are struggle photos. There is
no product or leave in, on my hair.
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Here's a better angle with better lighting. If I leave my
hair to dry loose, it will shrink up to my ears.
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The fact that my hair shrinks up like it does is why I
have developed so many techniques to gain and retain
length. Hair that shrinks tends to tangle and break. Thus,
gaining length is quite a challenge.
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BUT, here below is my hair during the conditioner process and with me pulling it.
The difference is night and day. I washed and conditioned my
hair in twists for the first time ever, too. It worked out well. I usually use braids.
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- When doing my wash and condition process, I noticed that my hair was super, super soft. My ends were tangle free and did not pop, catch or break in the comb. I had a lot of shedded hair only.
- I fully detangled every braid using a comb during this wash session.
- I love my Shea butter soft and buttery. I get it that way by adding LOTS of oil to my Shea butter when mixing it down!
Shea butter has helped the health, length and retention of my hair a lot. When wet and stretched I can see my length gains beautifully. When devoid of product and left to air dry loose, any length 'disappears' into the shrinkage.
I've learned an exponential amount of information about my hair and hair in general, in 2017 and in 2018. I'm still grateful and appreciative of the knowledge and hair growing imparted to me via Queen Shea!
if ever there was a testimonial for the power of Shea butta!
Thank you!
