water_n_oil
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Have you guys seen 3CayG's recent stories? The Benin shea looks so incredibly decadent and smooth. I'm super excited.
Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2019
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snoop
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I made some of the coffee shea butter on the 14th and have been using it daily. I swear my mommy stretch marks on my tummy have faded considerably stret just 1 week! I had to ask DH if it was just my imagination, but he could see it, too.
I'm not a fan of coffee so I added some "coffee cake and spice" fragrance oil. When this is paired with my body lotion which smells of chocolate (cocoa butter), it smells sooo good. I think I'll try getting my hands on a chocolate fragrace oil to mix in with it, next time.
I'm not a fan of coffee so I added some "coffee cake and spice" fragrance oil. When this is paired with my body lotion which smells of chocolate (cocoa butter), it smells sooo good. I think I'll try getting my hands on a chocolate fragrace oil to mix in with it, next time.
GGsKin
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Aww. That's a shame and unusual from my experience of Nilotica Shea. It's usually much softer than the 'regular'. As someone mentioned, it's creamy texture doesn't need (or perhaps lend well) to beating. Good that you managed to pick some up from 3CayG. Their Shea looks wonderful. I haven't ordered from them (shipping was crazy high to the UK when I last checked).
VictoriousBrownFlower
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My hair is a mess!!!!!! I have been going through it over the past month or two and have been seriously neglecting my hair. My ends were a brillo pad mess and hair just overall like ragweed. I was in dire need of a new reggie because myhoneychild discontinued their products so was searching far and wide for a replacement. i couldnt find one so today bit the bullet and made a dc.
i used a banana avocado coconut milk powder aloe vera powder raw honey my herbal oil infusion and neutral protein filler.
i prepooed for an hr, then washed, dc'd for a half an hr. applied giovanni direct and sealed with jbco and raw shea ( didn't have any mixed).... My hair is now in twists and feels soooooo much better.
i used a banana avocado coconut milk powder aloe vera powder raw honey my herbal oil infusion and neutral protein filler.
i prepooed for an hr, then washed, dc'd for a half an hr. applied giovanni direct and sealed with jbco and raw shea ( didn't have any mixed).... My hair is now in twists and feels soooooo much better.
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
You look BEAUTIFUL in your new avatar! The confidence you are cultivating and the loving care you have been giving yourself are CLEARLY shining through! Wow! Whatever has been happening in the last few months or so that had kept you from focusing on your hair, did NOT get you totally off track regarding your overall self care! Bravo and well done @VictoriousBrownFlower !
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Congratulations!
I was JUST looking down and examining my own leg, burn scars and eyeing my coffee butter. Thinking my good results and ever fading scars benefited from the coffee butter, of which I need to make more.
Are you exfoliating, too @snoop ?
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Your hair IS back to that super long length. Your pulled hair looks like it's about 1/2 or .5 inches away from your waist!
@lalla,
BUT that body though!!!! You are shrinking and tightening up. Your body looks GREAT! Weight lifting and whatever else you are doing is working and it looks incredibly GOOD on YOU! Lead us to wherever you are posting in detail about what you are doing in terms of exercise and nutrition. In fact, drop it here and help us out with inspiration and encouragement, please!
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
I must declare AGAIN,
that my hair is THE LONGEST it has ever been in my life. Ever! That is due to my Shea butter regimen. I measured my sections again. My hair is thickening up at the longer lengths.
My back sections are at 22 inches if I measure from the point behind my ear to the end. BUT, if I measure from the top of the section, where the hair is parted, to the ends, that hair length is 24 inches. I've still got some texture on my hair so if I were to straighten, I might eek out another inch.
My top sections are around 26 inches if I measure from the top of the braid at the part. Where I had only countable strands at this length, now I am getting a thickened section.
My hair, hair in general, has wisdom. My hair only drops so many inches in length, at a time. That way I can capture and manage the length. If my sections dropped too long in length at once, I'd have to cut it back so that the rest of the hair would have an opportunity to catch up.
As an ABSOLUTE [dream length] minimum, I would like to be at 28 inches, with thick full ends. My ideal is to hit 30 inches, which may or may not be possible.
I will not be hitting 30 inches in 2019. I'm tentatively planning a professional trim in 2019. I am hoping to reach 28 inches in 2020!
To put it in perspective, the hair length in my current avatar is about 1/2 the length of my current hair length today. The hair in my avatar is a little past my bra strap. My hair today is hovering just above 1 inch where my behind splits. In other words, my hair length today is twice as long as it was in my current avatar.
that my hair is THE LONGEST it has ever been in my life. Ever! That is due to my Shea butter regimen. I measured my sections again. My hair is thickening up at the longer lengths.
My back sections are at 22 inches if I measure from the point behind my ear to the end. BUT, if I measure from the top of the section, where the hair is parted, to the ends, that hair length is 24 inches. I've still got some texture on my hair so if I were to straighten, I might eek out another inch.
My top sections are around 26 inches if I measure from the top of the braid at the part. Where I had only countable strands at this length, now I am getting a thickened section.
My hair, hair in general, has wisdom. My hair only drops so many inches in length, at a time. That way I can capture and manage the length. If my sections dropped too long in length at once, I'd have to cut it back so that the rest of the hair would have an opportunity to catch up.
As an ABSOLUTE [dream length] minimum, I would like to be at 28 inches, with thick full ends. My ideal is to hit 30 inches, which may or may not be possible.
I will not be hitting 30 inches in 2019. I'm tentatively planning a professional trim in 2019. I am hoping to reach 28 inches in 2020!
To put it in perspective, the hair length in my current avatar is about 1/2 the length of my current hair length today. The hair in my avatar is a little past my bra strap. My hair today is hovering just above 1 inch where my behind splits. In other words, my hair length today is twice as long as it was in my current avatar.
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Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
I found this gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous picture on the internet!
And I went to her website...
"Made with refined shea butter - super white & fluffy, and no shea odor!"
Awww....why she do Queen Shea like that? For 'me', a big part of the appeal of Shea butter is it's earthy scent, or odor. I know that is not necessarily the case for everyone.
And I went to her website...
"Made with refined shea butter - super white & fluffy, and no shea odor!"
Awww....why she do Queen Shea like that? For 'me', a big part of the appeal of Shea butter is it's earthy scent, or odor. I know that is not necessarily the case for everyone.
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
AHA!
Aphogee 2 Step Protein Strategy During the Lengthening Stage Of Hair Growth:
I DO NOT USE IT!
Aphogee 2 Step Protein Strategy During the Lengthening Stage Of Hair Growth:
I DO NOT USE IT!
In 2019 I did NOT use lots of Aphogee 2 Step Treatments. That is because it breaks off my little, countable, single lengthening hairs. When my hair is in the lengthening stage, I have literally hairs that I can count. Aphogee 2 Step makes the hair stick together and it is easy to lose those hairs. Thus, I use Aphogee 2 Step when my hair has thickened up considerably at the new length.
Today, I will probably do an Aphogee 2 Step Treatment, foamed up of course! I have enough thickness at my newer length to be able to BENEFIT from the product. The more I know and learn about my hair and its growth cycle, the better I can work with my products, or other products.
In the meantime, for most of 2019 I used a either Aphogee 2 Minute Protein or my Keratin Treatment.
I love the Naat because it is a leave-in treatment.
Another leave in I used a little bit was the Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Reconstructor.
When my hair is getting longer, but it is not full and thick on the ends: I use leave-in or gentle protein treatments.
When my hair has gotten THICKER at the longer length and it is full and thicker on the ends: I use Aphogee 2 Step, hard core protein.
BeautifulRoots
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Same! I enjoy the smell of shea. Funny story, I mailed a batch of whipped shea to my mom and she was like, "the stuff you sent me smells like you." Lol.
So apparently I smell like shea butter and I'm okay with that.
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Same! I enjoy the smell of shea. Funny story, I mailed a batch of whipped shea to my mom and she was like, "the stuff you sent me smells like you." Lol.
I would be, too!
ajoke
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AHA!
Aphogee 2 Step Protein Strategy During the Lengthening Stage Of Hair Growth:
I DO NOT USE IT!
In 2019 I did NOT use lots of Aphogee 2 Step Treatments. That is because it breaks off my little, countable, single lengthening hairs. When my hair is in the lengthening stage, I have literally hairs that I can count. Aphogee 2 Step makes the hair stick together and it is easy to lose those hairs. Thus, I use Aphogee 2 Step when my hair has thickened up considerably at the new length.
Today, I will probably do an Aphogee 2 Step Treatment, foamed up of course! I have enough thickness at my newer length to be able to BENEFIT from the product. The more I know and learn about my hair and its growth cycle, the better I can work with my products, or other products.
In the meantime, for most of 2019 I used a either Aphogee 2 Minute Protein or my Keratin Treatment.
I love the Naat because it is a leave-in treatment.
Another leave in I used a little bit was the Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Reconstructor.
When my hair is getting longer, but it is not full and thick on the ends: I use leave-in or gentle protein treatments.
When my hair has gotten THICKER at the longer length and it is full and thicker on the ends: I use Aphogee 2 Step, hard core protein.
Could you please elaborate on how you use the protein leave in?
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Please choose one of the leave in products, and I can explain exactly how I use it. Each product is used differently.
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
I have decided to make and use only one batch of Shea butter. My other batch lasted a super long time!
I'm excited to make my new batch. I will be using coffee oil that has been infusing since April 15th, 2019. That's six months of coffee oil POWER!
When @ElevatedEnergy talked about the power and strength of her coffee oil infused Shea butter, if my memory is correct, she tended to reference the formulations where the coffee oil has infused for 6 months.
I used Italian coffee beans and olive oil for my infusion.
I'm excited to make my new batch. I will be using coffee oil that has been infusing since April 15th, 2019. That's six months of coffee oil POWER!
When @ElevatedEnergy talked about the power and strength of her coffee oil infused Shea butter, if my memory is correct, she tended to reference the formulations where the coffee oil has infused for 6 months.
I used Italian coffee beans and olive oil for my infusion.
ajoke
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Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Okay, here you go:
- I wash and condition my hair as usual.
- I section my hair into my 8 bantu knots.
- I squeeze out as much water from the section as gentle as I can, until the hair is damp and not wet.
- I pour the Naat in my hand. I put enough on my hair to saturate the section.
- Then, I put the section in a bantu knot.
- I DO NOT APPLY any butter or oil because the goal is to have the Naat sink in and dry on my hair.
- I cover my head and go to sleep, or go about my day in my house.
- The next day, the hair will be dry with the Naat. I then re-dampen my section, add scurl, add my butter and braid my hair.
Chicoro
5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
I made my last batch of coffee infused Shea butter and cocao butter, in April 2019. That's 7 months. That jar, being used for body and hair, lasted until today, October 27th, 2019:
Here's the batch from April 2019.
The batch I am making today will be batch number# 3!
Here's the batch from April 2019.
The batch I am making today will be batch number# 3!
VictoriousBrownFlower
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I'm trying....
Froreal3
haulin hard in the paint
Exactly. That’s why I was confused as to why it was crumbly. I had to rub it in between my hands and it turned to oil. I prefer it from 3cayg, but it’s been out of stock for forever. It’s smooth and I can use it right out of the jar. I usually add a bit of fragrance to it and that’s it.
caribeandiva
Human being
Agreed! Pretty lady!
Aggie
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water_n_oil
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Website says the 30th. Seems to be just an estimate though.
ajoke
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Thank you. I think it’s the not using the butter immediately after the protein That will be critical.
My hair seems to need a lot more protein than I previously realized, so a leave in will be just the thing.
Aggie
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Thank you so much @water_n_oil. I'll keep checking then.
snoop
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I use a salux cloth when I shower and lotion and shea butter afterwards.
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