Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2019

What is the length barrier you would like to break through in 2019, with Shea butter's help?

  • Top of shoulder length

    Votes: 18 10.2%

  • Collar bone length

    Votes: 10 5.6%

  • Armpit length

    Votes: 18 10.2%

  • Between armpit and bra strap length

    Votes: 36 20.3%

  • Bra strap length

    Votes: 28 15.8%

  • Between bra strap and waist length

    Votes: 24 13.6%

  • Waist length

    Votes: 35 19.8%

  • Whip length

    Votes: 12 6.8%

  • Hip length

    Votes: 10 5.6%

  • Tailbone length

    Votes: 18 10.2%
  • Total voters
    177
caribeandiva said:
I usually take it down before bed. I ain’t gon lie, some days I wear it for 2 days in a row with no takedowns.
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Your hair breakage looks like it's from this. You have fine hair that is healthy, but very very fragile. It needs to be babied and treated with care 24/7. Even 2 days of sleeping in buns is cumulative and adds up in terms of stress on your hair- which creates breakage for YOU but maybe not for others.

This is also may be the reason it took so ´long' to reach or see the extraordinary longer lengths: your hair is very particular in what it likes and needs. If you don't give your hair exactly what it likes and how it likes it, your hair rebels. That's the first thing. Your breakage looks like mechanical damage, or damage that happened because of wearing a bun often and from especially sleeping in that same bun.
In my mind, this is a good thing. You have learned another thing that your hair needs along with the fact certain gels aren't for you.

The second issue is that in the last 12 months or so you have had significant life changes. I bring this up because you have mentioned these events on the board. Those events have ranged from the death of important people in your life, completing a degree, finding a job, working more than one job at a time, damaging your front teeth, paying off debt, managing finances and moving. I hope you realize the amount of stress, both good and bad stress your body has experienced in the last 24 months, good and bad stress, almost nonstop. That's cumulative stress. Are you taking and have you been taking Vitamin B Complex, Stress Formula over these last 24 months?
 
Chicoro said:
Your hair breakage looks like it's from this. You have fine hair that is healthy, but very very fragile. It needs to be babied and treated with care 24/7. Even 2 days of sleeping in buns is cumulative and adds up in terms of stress on your hair- which creates breakage for YOU but maybe not for others.

This is also may be the reason it took so ´long' to reach or see the extraordinary longer lengths: your hair is very particular in what it likes and needs. If you don't give your hair exactly what it likes and how it likes it, your hair rebels. That's the first thing. Your breakage looks like mechanical damage, or damage that happened because of wearing a bun often and from especially sleeping in that same bun.
In my mind, this is a good thing. You have learned another thing that your hair needs along with the fact certain gels aren't for you.

The second issue is that in the last 12 months or so you have had significant life changes. I bring this up because you have mentioned these events on the board. Those events have ranged from the death of important people in your life, completing a degree, finding a job, working more than one job at a time, damaging your front teeth, paying off debt, managing finances and moving. I hope you realize the amount of stress, both good and bad stress your body has experienced in the last 24 months, good and bad stress, almost nonstop. That's cumulative stress. Are you taking and have you been taking Vitamin B Complex, Stress Formula over these last 24 months?
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Thank you for all the advice. It does look like mechanical damage doesn’t. My hair is very picky in what it likes apparently. I don’t have fine or thin hair though. That was proven to me beyond the shadow of a doubt years ago. The strands themselves are big plus my hair is very dense. It’s just predisposed to dryness. I do take vitamin B regularly. I didn’t think about how much stress I’ve been under lately. It makes a lot of sense though. I need to find a better way to manage my stress then or I’ll just going in circles if I cut my hair off. Your whole post really helps. This isn’t the end of the world. I just gotta pick myself back up, tweak my regimen to fix the problem and keep going. I will not let this defeat me.
 
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Jouvence Artisanale Shea Butter
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Jouvence Coconut Oil that smells candy sweet although it is 100% natural, Cocoa butter and Shea butter!

@ElevatedEnergy
 
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I've yet to see any other pure Shea butter that is at the level and decadence and luxuriousness of Cay3 Shea butter. I haven't even tried any of her butters but I can clearly see from the photos that there is no equal in terms of softness and texture. The other one that comes close to quality but not price is Naissance. My friend from Burkina Faso said, "This is like the butter from my home." But it is harder to get and the prices are much higher than Cay3.


 
Chicoro said:
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Jouvence Artisanale Shea Butter
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Jouvence Coconut Oil that smells candy sweet although it is 100% natural, Cocoa butter and Shea butter!

@ElevatedEnergy
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OH MY EYE CANDY GOODNESS!!!

That is definitely not your average $3.99 store bought coconut oil. The richness. The creaminess. It looks absolutely amazing! How lucky are you that you have access to such rare goodness!!!!
 
Chicoro said:
I've yet to see any other pure Shea butter that is at the level and decadence and luxuriousness of Cay3 Shea butter. I haven't even tried any of her butters but I can clearly see from the photos that there is no equal in terms of softness and texture. The other one that comes close to quality but not price is Naissance. My friend from Burkina Faso said, "This is like the butter from my home." But it is harder to get and the prices are much higher than Cay3.


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Unmatched! And also.....
I love taking the virtual journey with her when she visits the villages and shows the process. It makes you feel like you are right there. Watching the the Mothers, Aunts and GRANDmothers pick up the Shea nuts off the ground and carry them back in beautiful woven baskets balanced on their heads. All of them barefoot with Earth energy shooting up through them. That part alone makes me feel like an absolute Queen when I rub this shea butter in my hair, like I'm receiving so much ancient and ancestral female energy. The fact that the end result is such yumminess is a bonus!
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
OH MY EYE CANDY GOODNESS!!!

That is definitely not your average $3.99 store bought coconut oil. The richness. The creaminess. It looks absolutely amazing! How lucky are you that you have access to such rare goodness!!!!
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I messed up! The third picture in my post contains the coconut oil! The first two photos are Shea butter.
 
ElevatedEnergy said:
Unmatched! And also.....
I love taking the virtual journey with her when she visits the villages and shows the process. It makes you feel like you are right there. Watching the the Mothers, Aunts and GRANDmothers pick up the Shea nuts off the ground and carry them back in beautiful woven baskets balanced on their heads. All of them barefoot with Earth energy shooting up through them. That part alone makes me feel like an absolute Queen when I rub this shea butter in my hair, like I'm receiving so much ancient and ancestral female energy. The fact that the end result is such yumminess is a bonus!
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And you make it sound GOOD! Which it is!

You can go, but make sure you take your malaria medicine because skeeters and malaria are no joke. I know one of my dreams is to go to Mali with one of girls during Shea season and put in some work. But that malaria thing, though. And them snakes!!!!! But, I still think it is worth it to go.
 
Chicoro said:
And you make it sound GOOD! Which it is!

You can go, but make sure you take your malaria medicine because skeeters and malaria are no joke. I know one of my dreams is to go to Mali with one of girls during Shea season and put in some work. But that malaria thing, though. And them snakes!!!!! But, I still think it is worth it to go.
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I admire from afar thanks to the advances of social media. The long plane ride + the way my anxiety is set up = not in this lifetime. :lachen: I be bout to die when we fly to Hawaii and always require a full day of rest when we get there. I be scratching and rocking back and forth the entire plane ride like I need a fix :lachen:
 
Ordered some Ucuuba Butter for the first time. Very waxy texture that I like. It’s very solid at room temp.

Been having a bit of breakage at my roots from dryness. So I completely coated my braids, roots, ends, and scalp with this Butter. Had to melt it down first then apply it.

So I’m all buttered up. Protective styled in braids, and underneath a satin bonnet.
 
I would also like to add that I finally reach my length milestone! So the poll that’s at the top of the thread, I can finally say I’ve broken through the Tailbone length barrier.

I’d love to be apart of the 2020 thread to see how much longer I can get. I’ll be cutting my hair at the end of the year for a fresh start. Probably just cut off whatever amount grows passed my butt.

I’m really going to invest more in various hair butters. As many as I can get my hands on. I’ve tried so many this year and it’s amazing how butters nourish the hair in a way no other product can.
 
PlanetCybertron said:
I would also like to add that I finally reach my length milestone! So the poll that’s at the top of the thread, I can finally say I’ve broken through the Tailbone length barrier.

I’d love to be apart of the 2020 thread to see how much longer I can get. I’ll be cutting my hair at the end of the year for a fresh start. Probably just cut off whatever amount grows passed my butt.

I’m really going to invest more in various hair butters. As many as I can get my hands on. I’ve tried so many this year and it’s amazing how butters nourish the hair in a way no other product can.
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Totally right about that. While my hair is ok, the moisture levels aren't nearly as lasting as they are with a butter. Thinking of giving capuacu a whirl.
 
PlanetCybertron said:
I would also like to add that I finally reach my length milestone! So the poll that’s at the top of the thread, I can finally say I’ve broken through the Tailbone length barrier.

I’d love to be apart of the 2020 thread to see how much longer I can get. I’ll be cutting my hair at the end of the year for a fresh start. Probably just cut off whatever amount grows passed my butt.

I’m really going to invest more in various hair butters. As many as I can get my hands on. I’ve tried so many this year and it’s amazing how butters nourish the hair in a way no other product can.
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Will you be hosting? I think @Chicoro is retiring and trying to pass on the Shea hosting baton.
 
water_n_oil said:
Totally right about that. While my hair is ok, the moisture levels aren't nearly as lasting as they are with a butter. Thinking of giving capuacu a whirl.
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I'm currently putting my hair to the test to see just how many days the moisture lasts with a nice dallop of a Shea coating on wash day. Day 2 and the shine and moisture is still bananas. I'll keep the thread updated. I'm assuming the seasons will play a factor in this too, so I plan to keep paying close attention as the seasons change.
 
I haven’t officially joined this challenge because it’s so late in the year but I’ve been following, thinking, and taking notes to start in 2020. Recently, I posted in the random hair thoughts thread about making my first purchase of Shea butter (& my dogs hilarious and greedy reaction) and since then I’ve made a second purchase. So now I have a jar of Now Solution Shea and just yesterday I received my order of nilotica Shea from SheaTerra Organics. You all are right, the difference between the two is incredible; it made me change my mind about whether I wanted to use it because the first jar was not what I expected.

I’m excited to see how my hair reacts to this regimen over time. **falls back to reading in the background**
 
water_n_oil said:
Totally right about that. While my hair is ok, the moisture levels aren't nearly as lasting as they are with a butter. Thinking of giving capuacu a whirl.
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Cupuacu is a really good choice. It’s got a very low melting point so it’ll turn into an oil almost immediately upon contact with your hands.

It’s lightweight, but super buildable if you like to pile it on really good.
 
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