Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

[caribeandiva]

If these women cooperatives could:

1. Get online with websites from which we could order direct (gatherer - to - customer with no middle persons)

I’d totally buy from them because I want them to prosper and succeed!

 

[Loving]

Shea confession- my hair is due to be relaxed next weekend and it's at that stage where the nape and temples are super dry. This morning it was so dry I knew if I tried to comb those areas, they would break. I took my moisturizer and rubbed those areas and then followed up with a generous helping of shea butter. The shea butter just melted in my hair and left it feeling so soft! I'm now sold!

 

[Zaz]

We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Shea Programming... for LHCF Member
@Zaz !​

Hey! One of our members here, @Zaz is trying to win an opportunity to do some writing abroad in Africa. All you have to do is go to the LHCF thread I linked below, and click on it and the Facebook link of her post is provided in that thread. She only needs for you to like her Facebook post. That's it! Just two (2) steps to help make one of our member's dream come true.

https://longhaircareforum.com/threads/help-me-win-please.831199/

Thank you so much @Chicoro

Love my LHCF sisterhood

 

[Chicoro]

Shea confession- my hair is due to be relaxed next weekend and it's at that stage where the nape and temples are super dry. This morning it was so dry I knew if I tried to comb those areas, they would break. I took my moisturizer and rubbed those areas and then followed up with a generous helping of shea butter. The shea butter just melted in my hair and left it feeling so soft! I'm now sold!

Girl, Shea butter bought you a long time ago! ...along with the rest of us. So glad your hair got moist and juicy and soft and didn't break. YEAH, @Loving !

 

[Chicoro]

Thank you so much @Chicoro

Love my LHCF sisterhood

No problem!

 

[Chicoro]

I’d totally buy from them because I want them to prosper and succeed!

I believe this to be the sentiment of so many of us here!

Night, night ya'll!

 

[NicWhite]

So cute!
I said to myself, " This Shea butter thread is now starting to invade other threads! We out here on these streets posting about Shea butter all over LHCF! Shea butter respects NO BOUNDARIES! Shea butter using us as vessels to 'gone get' other people who aren't even interested in this thread or Shea butter.

@ThatJerseyGirl , you are true Shea Soldier, girl!

You ain’t neva’ lied. I made a post involving Shea Butter in the entertainment forum.

 

[Aggie]

You ain’t neva’ lied. I made a post involving Shea Butter in the entertainment forum.

This is so funny

 

[NCHairDiva]

Thanks for this. Is there something we can do to help? Petition the government or write to our congressional reps to discuss this with Nigeria? I know it’s a long shot with this administration but I would like to see the women protected and empowered.

I know a few ppl in positions of power there and I will see if I can gain more knowledge on the situation. I would hate to go on strike to effect change....

 

[ThatJerseyGirl]

@ThatJerseyGirl ,

Are you going to congratulate @ElevatedEnergy on her newly minted Unicorn Status in this thread, too?

haha! I saw this late and yes ma'am, I sure did! I was in NC at my cousin's house where there is no wifi and my signal was not great at all, but I read it and made mental note to congratulate! I couldn't let something like that slip through the cracks lololol...

loloL@newly minted.... When I read it, I had visual of @ElevatedEnergy coming down the runway wearing a crown and someone running up to her draping a cape across her shoulders as she waved to the crowd, while holding a bouquet of shea flowers lolololol....

Speaking of NC, @NCHairDiva did you ever get a chance to go to a Roses near you to see if they had it? We have a store here (southern VA) and I went in today just to see if they sold it and they do!

ETA -- THIS THREAD IS MOVING AT LIGHTENING SPEED ...I've missed a lot lolol...

 

[keranikki]

I don't know.


So the point is, with Black American women in the US being technically savvy, influential and concerned about the welfare of others, there is a perfect set-up for us to work together. I think many of us would love to buy directly from the women cooperatives!

If these women cooperatives could:

1. Get online with websites from which we could order direct (gatherer - to - customer with no middle persons)
2. Use that cash to buy and increase their control of more parts of the value chain (processing factories, end product creation, retail etc)
3. Continue to improve the quality of their Shea butter
4. Create high end products using Shea butter.

I love your thinking! This is essentially my plan.

 

[LivingInPeace]

I made a jar of whipped Shea scented with jasmine and sandalwood vanilla fragrance oils. I put in coconut oil, olive oil and grape seed oil. It smells really good. I’ll be using it on my hair and body. I’m also going to be putting it on some of my husband’s scars from an accident.

 

[beauti]

@LivingInPeace your blend of fragrance oils sounds divine!

 

[NCHairDiva]

Last night went terribly wrong. I did my protein treatment and did not have a chance to finish my wash day. Smh I felt so sick all day and night. Im scared of what my hair is doing under my wrap. All I know is that I need to finish my routine and get this Shea glide going on.
And I just got a message that my 9lbs of Shea will be here on Valentine's day...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ME!!!

 

[caribeandiva]

Last night went terribly wrong. I did my protein treatment and did not have a chance to finish my wash day. Smh I felt so sick all day and night. Im scared of what my hair is doing under my wrap. All I know is that I need to finish my routine and get this Shea glide going on.
And I just got a message that my 9lbs of Shea will be here on Valentine's day...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ME!!!

Oh no. I’m sure it’ll turn out fine. Shea butter to the rescue right?

 

[caribeandiva]

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[caribeandiva]

Girl bye. Get a hand mixer

 

[cravoecanela]

It's been a little over a month since I've started using whipped shea butter regularly. I took down my three week old mini twists expecting a whole lot of shed hair, but I actually noticed much less than I normally do (I usually take my twists down after two weeks). My hair also looks thicker but I won't attribute that to the shea butter just yet. I will continue using it!

 

[Aggie]

Tonight I moisturized with Donna Marie Super Butter Creme and my Shea butter mixture to heavy seal.

 

[Jade Feria]

After my DC, moisturized with NG Pure Hydration Leave-in and sealed with The Mane Choice butter

 

[bjade757]

Moisturized with my shea mix last night. Hair feels so soft and fluffy today!

 

[Keen]

Last night went terribly wrong. I did my protein treatment and did not have a chance to finish my wash day. Smh I felt so sick all day and night. Im scared of what my hair is doing under my wrap. All I know is that I need to finish my routine and get this Shea glide going on.
And I just got a message that my 9lbs of Shea will be here on Valentine's day...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ME!!!

If you don't want to wash your hair again, spray it with water or whatever you use for moisture. Then, layer it with SB, put on a showercap and voila!

 

[Chicoro]

Shea is bought from the women at $1.50 dollars per liter, in Nigeria. These women get a buck fifty for 1 liter, 1000 grams or 2.2 pounds. Nigeria has 50% to 60% of the Shea treas. But, Burkina Faso and Ghana and Togo out produce Nigeria when it comes to Shea butter production. The women of Nigeria need training and support and an infusion of money. If they had a website with direct order, I'd be ON THAT!

The women cannot refine, package or label it. Thus, it is inferred that this is partly why the women miss out on the profits.

Point #1: Nobody in these FORMAL reports EVER mentions the magic of Shea butter as it pertains to Afro-textured hair. Imagine when the world discovers this.

Point #2: The middleman is their challenge. Women take the risk and do the hard labor. Males, men, get the butter and sell it for 30 dollars in the shops and do not return the profits to the women.

Point #3: The lady in the weave delivering the report, doesn't realize that she is only 1-2 years away of growing her own natural hair just as long as that weave. All she needs to do is apply the very magical Shea butter. She's standing next to a treasure, in the midst of it, and doesn't even realize it.

 

[GGsKin]

After a light shampoo, moisture DC and clay wash last night, I smoothed some of my ayur-Shea butter mix on my ends, (hairline and exposed roots at my centre part) and topped with diluted KCCC.

So far this Shea butter mix feels beneficial and has no negative effect on the look of my wngs. However, washing at two week intervals and using this mix (+gel) is leaving me with dirty build up that feels like knots. I literally scrape it off my strands. Now that my work load has eased up a bit, I will aim to wash my hair once a week and see if that makes a difference.

ETA: I'm ready to re-up on some Shea butter. Almost finished the 8oz jar I whipped up when I joined this thread. I'm going to whip up another batch soon, with less oils.

 

[LivingInPeace]

I feel like I’m seeing fewer split ends since I started using Shea butter regularly. I hope it’s not just wishful thinking. Or maybe it’s that wishful thinking works?

 

[caribeandiva]

I feel like I’m seeing fewer split ends since I started using Shea butter regularly. I hope it’s not just wishful thinking. Or maybe it’s that wishful thinking works?

Ive noticed the same thing too.

 

[Chicoro]

I feel like I’m seeing fewer split ends since I started using Shea butter regularly. I hope it’s not just wishful thinking. Or maybe it’s that wishful thinking works?

This is my experience, too!

 

[Chicoro]

I'm on the look out for Shea Made Hair Unicorns. So if ya'll spot one or two, please let me know...

Here's one to give you an idea of what we are on the lookout for!

 

[Chicoro]

I wasn't able to get to my hair for about four (4) days. Usually, my hair would be a matted mess on the ends without Shea butter. I bought a steamer awhile back because the tangles had reached a ridiculous level. Now, I no longer think about that steamer.

I've experienced a lifetime of tangles and pain. All that has been minimized, if not erased, with the use of Shea butter.

I made a batch of my whipped Shea butter with my Shea butter from Mali. I love it. It is really dense and thick. Thus far, my favorite Shea butters have been from Burkina Faso and Mali.

 

[Chicoro]

After a light shampoo, moisture DC and clay wash last night, I smoothed some of my ayur-Shea butter mix on my ends, (hairline and exposed roots at my centre part) and topped with diluted KCCC.

So far this Shea butter mix feels beneficial and has no negative effect on the look of my wngs. However, washing at two week intervals and using this mix (+gel) is leaving me with dirty build up that feels like knots. I literally scrape it off my strands. Now that my work load has eased up a bit, I will aim to wash my hair once a week and see if that makes a difference.

ETA: I'm ready to re-up on some Shea butter. Almost finished the 8oz jar I whipped up when I joined this thread. I'm going to whip up another batch soon, with less oils.

What's in your ayur-Shea butter mix?