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
Jade Feria said:
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@caribeandiva that is some GREAT progress! It looks like more than 0.5inch. Looks like an inch at least! Yasss retention!! :yay:
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Thank you!! I actually got an inch in the front but I don’t wanna overestimate so I err on the side of caution and go with the shorter hairs which grow slower at half and inch it seems. I need a better tape measure. I’ll get one today so I can be more accurate.
IDareT'sHair said:
@caribeandiva
Great Progress Sis!:love:

Thanks for sharing. That's really inspiring for a monthly check.:love2:

Very noticeable results.:yep:
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Thank you!

victory777 said:
Great Progress @caribeandiva !!
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Thank you!
 
Aggie said:
@ElevatedEnergy thank you for sharing your light bulb moment about the oiliness of the shea butter. I have to be honest though, I love having the oils in my mix, especially those wonderful beneficial oils.

I like the ease of which the SB mixture glides effortlessly on my hair and skin. I may just make an adjustment to the amount of oil that I use in my mixes to make it less oily for sleeping purposes.

Another thing, when I first started using the SB on my hair with no chaser, I was not enjoying putting it in my hair and that is why I was not very active in the thread in the very beginning because I couldn't understand the allure for this butter. Then magic happened when I mixed it and I was like :shocked: Skerrrch - hits breaks:stop:! This stuff is wonderful.

I found that my hair and skin loves and will continue to use it this way unless of course if I run out of the mix. In that case, I'll use it straight until I mix some more of it up.

With that said - still shea lovin' skrong over hurr!
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Jade Feria said:
Just when I make a 16 oz batch of Shea sealant with oils, y'all wanna be making discoveries about using Shea without oils! :lol: :lol:
But you all are right though, I do use my pure whipped Shea from time to time, and of course it's awesome.

I used my Shealoe body butter again today. It started to settle/separate a little, which I suspected might happen. Any tips on preventing this? I did use a 92% aloe vera gel solution, which is probably the reason. I'm wondering if this also happens with pure aloe vera gel. Regardless, the butter still works beautifully.

@beauti , I did not use any preservatives in the Sheabiscus DC mix. It's not a DC itself; it's a mixture I made to add to my DCs, so that I can easily incorporate Ayurveda (and more Shea).

@caribeandiva that is some GREAT progress! It looks like more than 0.5inch. Looks like an inch at least! Yasss retention!! :yay:
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@Aggie @Jade Feria I'm sure your mixes will continue to be scrumptious with the oils included.
 
Chicoro said:
I ran out of my Shea butter mix this week. My hair looks like a fuzzy ball of love. So, I pulled out my Shea butter that I have on my counter, in preparation to mix something. I put it on my hair unmixed. I used it straight from the container and didn't use any kind of mixer, blender or whisker.

It was gummy and smelled nutty. It was a bit hard to spread and I seemed to cake it up at the root of my hair. As our meticulously professional, field researcher stated, @ElevatedEnergy , I found that it absorbed quickly,too. My braids are free of any Shea residue. I used Shea with Scurl, and I had a bit of grease so my experiment is not as pure as ElevatedEnegy's.

For me, a huge part of the joy of using Shea for me is mixing it down with grease/oil and essential oils and dipping my fingers in that fluffy, yellow, sweet smelling, lemony colored goodness that is my whipped Shea butter!

But, it is good to know that in a pinch, I can use some of my butters as is. But I think I'm going to remain in the "New Greasy" Generation.

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As @ElevatedEnergy communicated, the plain Shea butter absorbed into the hair quickly and beautifully! This is literally less than 5 minutes after I applied the straight Shea. Zero residue!

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"Paws and taps mic". Clears throat and by accident, two airy nose breaths escape loudly from each nostril and wash over the crowd:
  • I think I've retained another 1/2 inch in January. (On 5 countable strands!)
  • My BRAIDS have never been this long before. They hang about 1 to 2 inches past my waist [when I pull them].
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caribeandiva said:
30 day hair progress WITHOUT growth aides. I chose not to use the curlyproverbz growth oil after all and see what my hair can do on its own for now. I think I got an average 0.5 inches of growth over the last 30 days. View attachment 424117
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Ladies your progress is so inspiring! Please keep the photos of these juicy manes coming!
 
Tomorrow is my wash day. I dont know why I get so excited. :drunk: I cant wake to run my fingers through my hair. (I use to dread detangling and fighting with my matted hair) Now that SB is involved I honestly dont have any tangles, knots or matting.:toocool: I had to fight noy to yaje my haur down early.
I am trying to figure out how Im going to use Shea Butter this week!
I have my henna bars, Oat milk bars, I have to deep condition w/heat, protien treatment and use my clay to detox a bit. I just need to figure out in what order all this needs to happen :eek: . That is a lot but it has been work for me since I only wash every 2 weeks I change it up a bit.
I think I wont do an official length check until March. That way Im not disappointed if I dont get the growth I wanted.
 
@caribeandiva excellent progress.

So yesterday was my last hair appointment for awhile. It's going to take so much more effort to wash and rollerset my hair. I've been spoiled with my weekly blowdry and flat-irons. But I really want to push my hair to new lengths and that always comes with some effort on my part. When I get to a length I'm happy to stay at, I can go back to the salon. Yesterday, I had a nice heavy protein treatment and a trim. When I got home, I put about 8oz of shea butter (no extra oils) in my vitamix and literally poured it out of the mixer like it was a thick creamy milkshake into my jar. I plan to use this on my hair and body.

Per Chicoro, I've been taking pictures and documenting my regimen and what I plan to use. I went to the BSS and got a few products that I know are effective and as I get back into the swing of things I'll go back to some of the more natural products I love. My goal is to make it easy at first, before I spend a bunch of money on products and decide I don't want to put in the effort.
 
@Jade Feria oh girl I add oils to my shea mix too! :lol: But also keep a pure batch and there is a difference. But the oil whipped in makes my hair extremely soft so I will keep adding it in, just not too much :yep:

As for your sheabiscus mix, do you keep it refrigerated? I have a mix like that, I add to my dc but I keep mine refrigerated bc its water based (flaxseed gel in tea mix whipped with coconut oil and aloe gel).

Eta: nevrrmind, went back and looked at your mix its oil based.
 
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So here's my lil Shea length contribution and testimony. My left side (pulled to front) has surpassed by belly button and (pulled to the back...I couldn't get a good picture of me pulling, but when I do) rests on the top of my jean pockets.


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This is important to me because along with my nape, the left side of my hair breaks faster than the rest of my hair. Adding Shea definitely gives those areas a bit more "protection" and in return they are starting to catch up to the rest of my hair.
 
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ElevatedEnergy said:
So here's my lil Shea length contribution and testimony. My left side (pulled to front) has surpassed by belly button and (pulled to the back...I couldn't get a good picture of me pulling, but when I do) rests on the top of my jean pockets.


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This is important to me because along with my nape, the left side of my hair breaks faster than the rest of my hair. Adding Shea definitely gives those areas a bit more "protection" and in return they are starting to catch up to the rest of my hair.
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Have you ever thought about making a YouTube channel? It would be nice to have a black woman with your length hair that shows others how to make the full range of DIY hair and skin care products. I know I would watch.
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
So here's my lil Shea length contribution and testimony. My left side (pulled to front) has surpassed by belly button and (pulled to the back...I couldn't get a good picture of me pulling, but when I do) rests on the top of my jean pockets.


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This is important to me because along with my nape, the left side of my hair breaks faster than the rest of my hair. Adding Shea definitely gives those areas a bit more "protection" and in return they are starting to catch up to the rest of my hair.
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Looking at your hair like:
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@ElevatedEnergy
 
caribeandiva said:
Thank you!! I actually got an inch in the front but I don’t wanna overestimate so I err on the side of caution and go with the shorter hairs which grow slower at half and inch it seems. I need a better tape measure. I’ll get one today so I can be more accurate.

Thank you!


Thank you!
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Yes, that's what I see, that 1 inch of growth!
 
NicWhite said:
Have you ever thought about making a YouTube channel? It would be nice to have a black woman with your length hair that shows others how to make the full range of DIY hair and skin care products. I know I would watch.
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Not really. Truth be told...I'm not 100% comfortable in my DIY endeavors yet, as I have not made a full year of doing it. I share stuff here because you Ladies are my e-sisters and are more forgiving if a recipe I share doesnt work in your favor, as you guys know everything does not work the same for different heads. Plus I dont care to film, edit, upload and all that jazz that comes with being on YouTube. I'd rather snap a few pics, share here and be done with it. LOL. I may start an instagram account specifically for hair in the future though...that I am open to.
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
Thank you Ladies. I actually dislike that side of my hair and I am very subconscious of it when I wear my hair down, so thank you for the kind words/pics. I can tell what I'm doing is working though because the thickness at the roots to mid shaft length is looking rather nice compared to the last 8 or so inches.
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Your hair looks great! I did a double take when I saw that super long section elongated and hanging past your hips!
SUPA LONG HAIR!
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
Not really. Truth be told...I'm not 100% comfortable in my DIY endeavors yet, as I have not made a full year of doing it. I share stuff here because you Ladies are my e-sisters and are more forgiving if a recipe I share doesnt work in your favor, as you guys know everything does not work the same for different heads. Plus I dont care to film, edit, upload and all that jazz that comes with being on YouTube. I'd rather snap a few pics, share here and be done with it. LOL. I may start an instagram account specifically for hair in the future though...that I am open to.
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I understand. If you do instagram, let me know, I may just have to get an account. :sekret:
 
beauti said:
@Jade Feria oh girl I add oils to my shea mix too! :lol: But also keep a pure batch and there is a difference. But the oil whipped in makes my hair extremely soft so I will keep adding it in, just not too much :yep:

As for your sheabiscus mix, do you keep it refrigerated? I have a mix like that, I add to my dc but I keep mine refrigerated bc its water based (flaxseed gel in tea mix whipped with coconut oil and aloe gel).

Eta: nevrrmind, went back and looked at your mix its oil based.
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Yeah it's oil/butter based, so I'm careful not to get any water in it. I also have a hibiscus ayurvedic tea rinse that I made. That, I keep in the fridge. I do like adding the oils to my mixes - particularly for the benefits they provide. My Shea source also sells whipped raw Shea butter, so that's less work for me when I want to use pure Shea.

@Chicoro and @ElevatedEnergy thank you for the hair pics. GOALS!!
 
Chicoro said:
Rollerset? :eek:

I thought that was blowdried straightened hair! Where is a link or post or series of posts that explains how you get those straight results, please?
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It's a double stretched roller set. I airdried in 3 big braids after washing. A few days later, I lightly mist each section with water, moisturize with my conditioner bar, sealed with Shea butter and rolled with hourglass rollers. It gets pretty straight with that process.
 
"In Burkina Faso, Shea is the 3rd highest export after cotton and livestock. It is very, important.
In the Dioula language its known as "Si" which is pronounced [Shi] like 'she'. "
~Wikipedia~

We say, "Shay-ah" butter.

It is really pronounced, "She" butter. (I think!)


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Jula (or Dyula, Dioula) is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali. It is one of the Manding languages and is most closely related to Bambara , being mutually intelligible with Bambara as well as Malinke. It is a trade language in West Africa and is spoken by millions of people, either as a first or second language. It is written in the Arabic script and the Latin script, as well as in the indigenous N'Ko script.

A movie spoken in Dyula is Fanta Régina Nacro's Night of Truth.

Go to @1:21
I think the way most of us pronounce "Shea", it means or sounds like"chicken" :giggle: in Bambara!!!!!!





I love me some Chicken butter! (Not :ot:)

Night, night!
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
So here's my lil Shea length contribution and testimony. My left side (pulled to front) has surpassed by belly button and (pulled to the back...I couldn't get a good picture of me pulling, but when I do) rests on the top of my jean pockets.


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This is important to me because along with my nape, the left side of my hair breaks faster than the rest of my hair. Adding Shea definitely gives those areas a bit more "protection" and in return they are starting to catch up to the rest of my hair.
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:babyg::congrats:on your lovely progress @ElevatedEnergy
 
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