Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

[sunflora]

I don't know.
I hosted the 2018 Challenge. But I won't be hosting it in 2019.

 

[Sosoothing]

I don't know.
I hosted the 2018 Challenge. But I won't be hosting it in 2019.

Aww...how come? Other priorities?

 

[Belle Du Jour]

My shea butter arrived in a huge block. How do I store it? Was expecting it to be in a container

 

[Chicoro]

Aww...how come? Other priorities?

It was such a beautiful and wonderful experience nothing else can compare!

 

[Alma Petra]

Firstly, I hope you are feeling okay and that you have things stabilized in your body so that your health is on track. Regarding your hair, although it was a set-back, it looks gorgeous to me, even at the current length. Set-backs are never fun at the outset, but they can teach us things that smooth sailing can't. You have the knowledge and us, to help you continue on your hair journey. If your hair could get to that length once, it can get there and beyond, again. By the way, you have beautiful hair and skin. And, you have the most gorgeous, long, slender, swan-like neck! So, hang with us. You take of your health, and we will support you as it relates to your hair! All is not lost! Your are a still a newly crowned Shea-Made Hair Unicorn, in my book!

Welcome to the Shea made unicorn hall of fame!! @keranikki @Coilystep @NappyNelle @Alma Petra @flyygirlll2 @abioni @icsonia22 @LivingInPeace @sarumoki @Dominga11
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Thank you so so much @Chicoro and @caribeandiva for the appointment to the Shea Unicorn Hall of Fame. I humbly accept this beautiful sparkling award

@Chicoro thank you so much for your kind encouraging words. You are a true blessing on this board. Thankfully yes I have managed to flush most of the medication out of my body and as such my shedding has stabilized thought it left me with much thinner hair, and still dry eyes. Regarding my skin, it's funny that I took the isotretinoin to clear my skin, so these are the results of the horrible drug. I used to have stupid acne which wasn't acceptable at my old age lol. I'm actually glad that the acne did not come back when my hair stopped shedding. If my hair starts to regrow then overall it will have been a positive experience. And now with your support and the support of the ladies here on the thread I'm really very hopeful about my hair again. As you said it will take time but if I was there before I could get back there again barring any further setbacks. Can't wait to see what 2019 will bring!

You’re very pretty!

Thank you! You are so kind my dear!

Are you on The Long Hair Community too? I swear I’ve seen those curls on there before. Lovely.

Thank you dear! I am, though I haven't been active there recently. It's so packed full of people, it used to confuse me who was who lol

I don't know.
I hosted the 2018 Challenge. But I won't be hosting it in 2019.

Chicoro, you should take time to reconsider your decision. There is unlikely to be somebody else who can host this thread with such vibrating energy, generosity, and enthusiasm.

 

[Chicoro]

My shea butter arrived in a huge block. How do I store it? Was expecting it to be in a container

Find a container that you like and then cut it up. Or, cut it into pieces and store it in plastic sandwich bags.

 

[Chicoro]

Gorgeous curl style for natural hair for the holidays for all you Shea Babies and Ladies! She uses a product with flax and Shea butter. But that is not why I posted. This is a great style if you want to minimize heat application but still look stunning during the holidays. Her hair came out GORGEOUS!

Although she started out on 'old' blowdried hair, the curl style is HEATLESS !

 

[Belle Du Jour]

Find a container that you like and then cut it up. Or, cut it into pieces and store it in plastic sandwich bags.

I'll do the ziplock bags. Thank you girl! And when the shea butter in my current container runs out, I'll keep refilling it.

 

[Chicoro]

I'll do the ziplock bags. Thank you girl! And when the shea butter in my current container runs out, I'll keep refilling it.

Is your butter beautiful and creamy? How does it look? How does it smell? Cay3G butter?

 

[Belle Du Jour]

Is your butter beautiful and creamy? How does it look? How does it smell? Cay3G butter?

It's a block of ivory Shea from Ghana cay3g. Came wrapped in Saran Wrap. It does smell like shea butter I've purchased on Amazon before. Haven't tried it yet but I'm sure the texture is lovely...

 

[caribeandiva]

Is anyone planning to heat straighten their hair and post photos?

I do! I’m planning to straighten my hair for Christmas.

Has anyone reached a new goal length during this challenge?

Me!! I’m pretty sure I reached APL for the first time ever! I haven’t done any length checks this year. I won’t know my exact hair length until I straighten my hair.

 

[Chicoro]

I do! I’m planning to straighten my hair for Christmas.

Me!! I’m pretty sure I reached APL for the first time ever! I haven’t done any length checks this year. I won’t know my exact hair length until I straighten my hair.

Congratulations, to you!
Keep us posted!

 

[Chicoro]

I gave my South African buddy an Aphogee 2 Step Protein treatment. I whipped it of course!

I let her unloosen one of my back braids. When she pulled my hair, it was easily at tailbone length. That's the mark of Queen Shea on my hair.

 

[Alma Petra]

I gave my South African buddy an Aphogee 2 Step Protein treatment. I whipped it of course!

I let her unloosen one of my back braids. When she pulled my hair, it was easily at tailbone length. That's the mark of Queen Shea on my hair.

Can't wait to one day reach your unicorn lengths! Congratulations love!

 

[Natural-K]

I gave my South African buddy an Aphogee 2 Step Protein treatment. I whipped it of course!

I let her unloosen one of my back braids. When she pulled my hair, it was easily at tailbone length. That's the mark of Queen Shea on my hair.

Congrats on making it to tailbone length!

 

[Chicoro]

Can't wait to one day reach your unicorn lengths! Congratulations love!

Thank you!

 

[Chicoro]

Congrats on making it to tailbone length!

Thank you!

 

[caribeandiva]

I gave my South African buddy an Aphogee 2 Step Protein treatment. I whipped it of course!

I let her unloosen one of my back braids. When she pulled my hair, it was easily at tailbone length. That's the mark of Queen Shea on my hair.

Congratulations!! I’m living vicariously through you!!

 

[Chicoro]

I forgot to mention that my South African friend said to me about her own hair, "My hair is the longest it has ever been in my life." Queen Shea has launched a successful strike again!

That thick, long braid you see pictured is just ONE of 22 braids she had on her head, WITH the same thickness and length all around !!!

Let me remind everyone that I just met her last year. Someone jacked up her hair and broke it off from putting in extensions poorly, and she JUST met Queen Shea in the middle part of 2018.

With all that going on and happening, she STILL said to me in passing, that her hair right now is as long as it has ever been. She added that she would have given up [again] on her natural journey, had I not helped her out when she was in a pinch with the extreme tangles.



To recapitulate: We did

1. Pre -poo (Deep Moisture Method)
2. Shampoo with baby wash
3. Aphogee Treatment (2 Step Whipped!)
4. Deep Condition with Heat using my homemade Coconut Milk/Cream conditioner for 15 minutes

In the photo, her hair is clean and conditioned. The bantus have been detangled. The braided hair is the final product. I tapped the roots with gel and then put on my Shea butter mix from root to tip before braiding. I am very very generous with the butter. Her hair really likes Shea butter.

She flies out back to South Africa on December 31st, 2018.

 

[Chicoro]

Congratulations!! I’m living vicariously through you!!

You ain't got to live vicariously through me. YOU are well on your way!!!!!!


AND, your hair retention is like like that of Oprah's to millionaires. You keep duplicating and making more by sharing and helping everyone you come in contact with who is ready to listen. You are creating and growing your very own Unicorn Community, in your off-line life. They listen to you because they see what YOUR hair is doing! It's growing and getting longer day by day. You got RECEIPTS, too! You have a photographic, documented journey. How fabulous is THAT?! The process you are currently doing is not a waist length process, it's a tailbone length process! See you at tailbone length, @caribeandiva !

 

[Chicoro]

As a reminder, this is my friend's sister. We discussed and I cut off the last parts of her relaxer. I showed her how to mix down Shea butter and how to care for her hair. These were taken in around May 2018. You can see that I was barely able to braid up her hair because of the freshly, cut length.





Here she is today , December 2018, 8 months later. I would even say that her hair looks 4x longer today than it did 8 months ago.

Remember, they have Shea butter that THEIR family makes, that they get DIRECTLY from their home country in Africa. That could be a factor, but I don't necessarily think so. Look at the thickness and length of her hair. Baby Shea Made Hair Unicorn!

 

[Chicoro]

This is the American lady who didn't know she had waist length hair. This is originally from
Post #3491 of this thread, created on April 3rd, 2018.

This is her hair from June 2018, before she left to go back to the States. She wanted her hair lightly heat straightened. It was a promised treat from me if she demonstrated that she could take care of her hair.

 

[Chicoro]

Last but not least, I wanted to send a giant thank you to our Awards Creator and constant and ever present Shea Made Hair Unicorn sister: @caribeandiva !!!! Without you, this thread definitely would not have been as fun and as exciting. Thank you for finding and awarding gorgeous gold pails, befitting the beauty of our Shea Haired Queens!!!

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[Chicoro]

To the Hair Queen, the Start of it All,
We thank you from the bottom of our
5,000 plus posts hearts.

The Star of the Show

A Discoverer with Insight that has more Depth than Deep Space

The One.
The Only


@ThatJerseyGirl !!!!!!!

Thank you for pointing out the definitive link
between Shea Butter and
Beautiful Long
Afro hair.

PRICELESS!

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[Chicoro]

I'm out, ya'll!​

 

[sunflora]

I'm out, ya'll!​

Get back in here, it's still 2018!!!

 

[sunflora]

@Chicoro I forgot to thank you, that link to HerLucidSky's fotki in the beginning of this thread had my change around my regimen. Before, I would brush/comb my hair every day to style, or would cowash everyday and brush it into a bun. The BBB caused damage on my canopy, which became a mass of frizz. And brushing through wet hair every day caused a ton of ssks.

So over the last few weeks or more, I've been setting my hair in braids. Doing this has stopped me from brushing outside of the day that I braid the hair at the beginning of the week. I've seen the condition of my hair improve by leaps and bounds!

 

[Chicoro]

Get back in here, it's still 2018!!!

Girl, I am not going anywhere. That previous posts marks the end of my picture heavy contributions to the thread. I plan on being at the Shea Made Hair Unicorns Extravaganza. I can't celebrate that if I am not part of this thread.

 

[Chicoro]

@Chicoro I forgot to thank you, that link to HerLucidSky's fotki in the beginning of this thread had my change around my regimen. Before, I would brush/comb my hair every day to style, or would cowash everyday and brush it into a bun. The BBB caused damage on my canopy, which became a mass of frizz. And brushing through wet hair every day caused a ton of ssks.

So over the last few weeks or more, I've been setting my hair in braids. Doing this has stopped me from brushing outside of the day that I braid the hair at the beginning of the week. I've seen the condition of my hair improve by leaps and bounds!

herlucidsky is Gangster hair goals. I am glad you found it helpful. She loves, loves to hear from people. I hope you consider dropping her a note in her Fotki to tell her about your success and how she has helped you. She checks her Fotki pretty frequently. Tell her I sent you!

 

[Chicoro]

I think I'm going to make myself a batch of some buttery Shea goodness. I'm just about out of my last batch. I got about 3 kilos of Shea butter left.

I can't tell you how many giant batches of Shea butter batches I made and gave away. It were as if the Shea butter multiplied or something. I gave away a minimum of at least 10 batches of my Shea butter concoctions to several people, some more than once.

Yet, here I sit, only 3 weeks away from the end of the year, and I've still got 3 kilos left. I'm not complaining.