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
ilong said:
The Army Draft ain't got nothing on you! You gettin' people hooked and they not even on the internet much less LHCF. Must be the scent of all this Shea Butter wafting in the air, coast to coast, country to country, universe to universe!!!!:twister:
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But if it's good, what's the harm, right? :giggle: Shea butter
changes lives. This is how we gone be marching into December 2018:

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caribeandiva said:
:clap: Bravo!! Thank you for encapsulating our discoveries so well!

I can personally attest to the fact that Shea Butter does darken hair color. Dunno if I shared this here yet or not. I didn’t notice it but those around me definitely did. My brother who lives in London did say he noticed my hair looks healthier, wavier and he meant to ask me what I’m doing differently now (hence the Shea Butter discussion that followed). My sister then asked me if I dyed my hair cuz it looks much darker. I looked at her sideways because we live together. So if I colored my hair she’d be the first to know! :lol:
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Very interesting! I don't know why it darkens the hair. The only thing I can think of, off the top of my head is that Shea butter may smooth the surface of the hair cuticle and thus, allow light to reflect differently off the hair strand. But, I don't really know.
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
Was running low on one of my jars of whipped Shea butter so I decided to add in a bottle of my favorite store bought conditioners.

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So I washed, then deep conditioned for 2 hours with it. Detangled with it in and rinsed out the excess. Air drying now. My hair feels like silk.
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If I come to your house, will I get to be wrapped up in that blue and white, soft, warm and inviting looking blanket, too?
 
ilong said:
Fifty + Fifty = hunred' pounds of buttery creamy crack! :happydance: :lachen: :headspin:

Buying bulk saved me money - anything less than 50 pounds he charged by the pound. I don't recall the pricing but it was enough to make me buy bulk. My supplier is local and he has a VERY good reputation so I'm good, but I'll keep @ElevatedEnergy in mind for the future .
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WHO is your supplier?
 
Today, I got several compliments on my hair. One lady said, "I love your hair. Is it your natural hair?" I told her yes, that it was. Then she smiled and stared at me and my hair until I got off the tram. It seemed like it was a joy for her to gaze at my hair. So, I let her. I gazed joyfully at her skin, too. :giggle:

I started it though. I told her that her skin was magnificent, and it was. She just blushed and smiled.

Then, in the grocery store, I was arranging my bags, while sitting on a bench inside the store. This lady said to me, "Your hair style is magnificent!" She asked me if I did it myself. I told her, "Yes".

The word 'magnificent' was bantered about and exchanged. I said it first to someone then I got it back from someone!

So it begins...Perhaps I will make it to the Shea Made Hair Unicorn Hall of Fame Extravaganza by December 2018, too!
 
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Chicoro said:
Drink it up, drink it up! Your hair looks gorgeous. Have you communicated your hair process in a post here, already? If not, can you share your Shea butter regimen, please? If you have talked about it, can you refer me to the post, please? Thank you!
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Thanks @Chicoro. I talk about it mainly in the Clay/ Ayurveda and DC threads but I can put it here too.

I wear my hair in a wash and go 100% of the time. I comb once every three or four months, finger detangling all other times. I aim to wash my hair once a week but currently its about every two weeks. When I don't prepoo/ poo, I just rinse, DC, clay. My wash day looks like;
Prepoo (sometimes omitted)- Phillip Kingsley Elasticizer
Shampoo (sometimes omitted)- I have three I usually reach for but today I used Redken Cleansing Creme
DC
Clay- DIY mix with scalp massage
Gel/ style.
I reintroduced Shea butter after my clay but before gel, smoothing it on in a similar manner, in small sections but starting from the ends up. Then I finish with gel, root to tip.

Usually I won't reapply product again until wash day but I want to make the most of my Shea so after one week or so, I've been dampening my hair and reapplying the butter on my hairline, exposed length and ends.

Today I mixed a separate clay mix for my scalp, adding kalpi tone and melted Shea (I'm turning into a fiend:giggle:). I'm about to wash it out now.
 
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AbsyBlvd said:
You're more than welcome @Chicoro. Thank you for this, and everyone also for their contribution to this wonderful thread. It's fast become one of my faves.
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I'm so very surprised by this thread. I created it for myself, really. Because I became obsessed about Shea butter. I figured that I'd be the only one posting in this thread.

What's so satisfying is seeing, learning about and reading how so many people are having positive results with Shea butter.
 
Chicoro said:
I'm so very surprised by this thread. I created it for myself, really. Because I became obsessed about Shea butter. I figured that I'd be the only one posting in this thread.

What's so satisfying is seeing, learning about and reading how so many people are having positive results with Shea butter.
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It really is satisfying and inspiring. I've always been opposed to my hair feeling greasy or weighed down but you ladies got me smothering myself in Shea butter because I wanna be a unicorn too:yep::lol:
 
Chicoro said:
Shea Butter 'Discoveries' We Have Made (Recapitulation)
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  • Shea butter can be unrefined or refined. We strongly recommend to use unrefined Shea butter that YOU mix up yourself. Or, if you are not into that Mixtress Life, use products from Cottage Industries like small companies and Etsy made products which are more likely to contain a higher percentage of unrefined Shea butter.
  • Shea butter can be gold or beige. The gold butter is mixed with a plant. The beige color does not have the plant or root added. Beware, some butters have been artificially colored.
  • Shea butter can be Western or Eastern. Shea Nilotic (East African- Oil is more prized, butter is softer and is sub-species of the Shea butter tree.) Most of us can easily get, use and have seen great results with the Western Shea butter.
  • Shea butter helps shed hairs slide out. Shea butter lubricates the hair so that that shed hair can be removed easily with finger detangling.
  • Shea butter clumps hair and minimizes frizz and tangles. Shea butter has gummy components that seem to clump the hair together. This is great if you don't use a comb or brush and rely on your fingers to detangle your hair. This keeps the hair stabilized and detangled. Tangles are almost completely eradicated.
  • Shea butter helps protect hair ends. Shea butter can be a go to product if you have an "Ends Routine" for your hair. If your ends are always dry, Shea butter can add extra lubrication and hold in moisture. It may be just what the ends of your hair need.
  • Shea butter strengthens finger nails. It fortifies the nail bed and may prevent nails from splitting. This benefit extends to hair, too. Shea strengthens and fortifies the hair strands.
  • Shea butter blends with a greater percentage of Shea absorb better. Your Shea butter blend may absorb faster and be less greasy if you use more Shea butter and add fewer oils to the blend. Ideally, 100% natural Shea butter by itself, on her own, may absorb better than Shea blended with any other oils and/or butters.
  • Shea butter - Creamy Mix. If you want a more creamy result, you may want to use a blender to mix your Shea butter blend.
  • Shea butter- Fluffy Mix. If you want a more fluffy result, you may want to use egg beater/whipping utensils.
  • Shea butter and mineral oil may dull and coat hair. Shea butter does not seem to mix well with products that have mineral oil in them. This may leave the hair coated with a gray cast and dull. It is suggested that no mineral oil based products be placed into your Shea butter mix.
  • Shea butter may need to be melted to remove graininess. If you find that your Shea butter mix is grainy, melt it down completely to a liquid. Do not cook it! Use a double boiler method. Then, refreeze the butter until it is hard. Then, blend again. The graininess should be mostly gone, if not totally gone.
  • Shea butter mixes well with hair conditioners. You can add Shea butter to any conditioner to turn it into a deeply moisturizing and lubricating product.
  • Shea butter mixes well with Ayuverdic Powders. Shea butter absorbs and captures the color of powders such as amla, brahmi, etc. Not only are the powders absorbed in the mixes, there is no graininess. These mixes are great for deep conditioning treatments.
  • Shea butter sources like Cleopatra's Choice may be a reliable choice. They have small and bulk sizes that can be ordered and the quality of Shea butter and their services have been good thus far.
  • Shea butter works great on heat straightened hair, too. You can even use Shea butter on your straightened hair styles. Just don't be too heavy handed with the product.
  • Shea butter may work better with damp hair and skin. Shea butter may spread better and hold in more moisture when the substrate (hair or skin) is damp.
  • Shea butter should have a nutty, earthy smell. If your Shea butter smells 'funky' or there is a 'stench', it is very likely that your Shea butter was made with fermented or rotten Shea nuts.
  • Shea Butter Overall Hair Benefits (Which is the reason for this thread)
    • Softens hair
    • Stops tangles
    • Hair is easier to detangle
    • Minimizes dry-ness
    • Eliminates knots
    • Minimizes split ends
    • Hair hangs heavier
    • Darkens hair color
    • Infuses hair with moisture (if moisturizing products are applied first)
    • Hair retains more length
    • Thickens the hair
    • It minimizes breakage
    • Beautifies the hair
Note:
I put this in Post #1 so that we don't have to dig and crawl through this humongous thread to see our discoveries. I will add any new 'discoveries' to Post #1 of this thread to make it easy for anyone to see and find them, in the future.
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Thank you for this!!! Gonna be shea sliding all year long!
 
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He's booked to play at the Shea Hair Extravaganza.


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Fix that hair, and check yourself twice in the mirror.
(He's not booked to play because well, he's gone away.)
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An Ode to the Shea Butter Extravaganza​

You got 10 more WHOLE MONTHS to prepare,
And we want to see you THERE,
With you super long Hair.
Come two by two to the Lair.
If you wait, you'll cry, "It's not fair."
We Unicorns are not going to care,
Because we made you aware.
Use Shea butter if you dare.
Because there's nothing like it anywhere.
Use it, Lil' Unicorn, and all will stare,
At that magnificent, Unicorn hair.
Be there or be square!
The consequences, you may not bear.
Unicorn hair will be everywhere.
A beautiful sight, oh so rare.
Now, girl, what you gone wear
To display that fine, Unicorn hair?




Night, night!​
 
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On Tuesday went to the salon for a deep conditioning followed by a blow dry and light dusting. Braided up and rocked cornrows (with ends tucked under!) all week. I have some concern about some minor breakage in my crown area and going to get serious about my hair care. Took out for ny moms party, planning on using shea butter to twist up this weekend. Waiting in my shea butter from amazon to arrive
 
AbsyBlvd said:
It really is satisfying and inspiring. I've always been opposed to my hair feeling greasy or weighed down but you ladies got me smothering myself in Shea butter because I wanna be a unicorn too:yep::lol:
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Go run and join the herd! You're one of them, now: A Shea Made Hair Unicorn. Congratulations!​
 
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