Which Hair Grease Did You Use As A Child? (nostalgic Photo Included)

[Aggie]

The green and blue Ultra Sheen. I'm actually thinking of going back to using grease to seal

to the bolded when I run out of the oils I use for sealing...grease it is and I'm going back to the Blue Magic Organics Castor Oil brand. My mom used Royal Crown on my hair when I was a child though.

I like these grease a lot better than the hand-made ones (except Shescentit's Coriander & Fig - really love this one). It leaves my smelling and feeling so good and soft.

It's just that store bought commercial grease is a lot cheaper and they work really well for sealing - two good reasons to go back to them.

 

[I Am So Blessed]

Edit

Does anyone remember virgin hair fertilizer? Had us smelling like insect repellent and menthol but apparently 'grew' hair so we dealt with it
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I tried this for 2 1/2 months. I was expecting 3 inches fast, but sadly no. I was let down. I don't think the original formula exits anymore.

I wouldn't mind the smell if it worked. I'll stink all day for longer hair. Seriously.

 

[Beachy]

@halee_J @Bad&Bougee
Yall took me back to my teenage years with the Kemi Oyl. I promise you could not tell me nothing when I unwrapped a freshly relaxed head and added my Kemi Oyl....it was over

 

[Tefnut]

My mother loved using this on us:

She also used this in its assorted flavors:

And of course ...

Wantu wazuri...... use Afro Sheen

I just bust out singing Waaaaaatu Waaazuri ... Use Afro Sheen!!

 

[Tefnut]

We had that blue Ultra Sheen.

Right now I'm using the Blue Magic coconut oil one..and my mama told me I smelled like hospital

 

[halee_J]

@Beachy girl you right! that stuff was sooo bomb

 

[Evolving78]

@halee_J @Bad&Bougee
Yall took me back to my teenage years with the Kemi Oyl. I promise you could not tell me nothing when I unwrapped a freshly relaxed head and added my Kemi Oyl....it was over

It was expensive too back then! I kept my hair in a pixie the majority of my teen years, but I loved using this stuff after combing out my molded, or wrapped hair.

 

[Sheriberi]

How could I forget the yellow hair food?!

 

[Autumn~Tint~Of~Gold]

In my teens after I got a relaxer I used my mom's Luster's Pink Lotion. It made my hair hard and it didn't smell too nice so it didn't become a habit lol

 

[Autumn~Tint~Of~Gold]

What I hated about grease, especially blue magic and TCB (not that others didn't but these two especially) is that they would catch and hold scents! My Grandmother was a frying machine. She would have me at school smelling like fried chicken, fish grease and blue magic - STANKING IN THE HEAD!!

LMAOOOOOOO

 

[RUBY]

Green Dax

 

[LJBFly]

I have used all but one of the products shown in this thread!!! Memories....Lol

 

[bluenvy]

I used LeKair hair grease mostly.

And some kind of Indian Hemp, can't remember which one it was.

 

[Smiley79]

I think it was Blue Magic

 

[Lylddlebit]

That Glovers, pink lotion, ultra sheen, blue magic and suffer 8 is what my mom used. Blue Magic and ultra sheen did double duty. She would be like "put some of this on your legs" lol after she finished combing my hair . Good times. I don't fool with the smell of glover's or sulfer 8 now though. Not even the attempts at non-scented.

 

[shortycocoa]

I used LeKair hair grease mostly.

And some kind of Indian Hemp, can't remember which one it was.

Was it African Pride? I used that mostly in the 90's.

When I was a kid with all natural hair my mom used to use Blue Magic and sometimes TCB grease on my hair and scalp. Then the strong Dax pine tar grease to eliminate/stop breakage.

A girl I used to be friends with used to use Blue Magic as part of her wash and go styling. She would put it on after she put the gel in her hair.

I always thought it would be hard to wash all that out and it would be a greasy mess most days but she said it wasn't.

I guess it's no different from the YouTubers that put olive oil or some other oil on top of their wash and go to seal.

 

[ChristmasCarol]

I used Black Dax religiously in high school. It smelled horrible because it was made with coal tar! I have no idea why I loved it so, lol.

I had WL hair until my older sister (she did my hair) moved out when I was 8. Then my mother wrecked my hair with Revlon Realistic SUPER Relaxers from age 9-13, and it hovered around my collarbone until I started taking care of it myself in 8th grade. So yeah, even a young teen could do better than my mother, smh.

 

[bluenvy]

Was it African Pride? I used that mostly in the 90's.

When I was a kid with all natural hair my mom used to use Blue Magic and sometimes TCB grease on my hair and scalp. Then the strong Dax pine tar grease to eliminate/stop breakage.

A girl I used to be friends with used to use Blue Magic as part of her wash and go styling. She would put it on after she put the gel in her hair.

I always thought it would be hard to wash all that out and it would be a greasy mess most days but she said it wasn't.

I guess it's no different from the YouTubers that put olive oil or some other oil on top of their wash and go to seal.

It wasn't African Pride. It was in a clear jar and the grease was light green.

I could be getting this confused with other grease my mom used on my head.
Which was B&B, and Lady Hilda.

My hair was tbl as a child from these grease, and healthy hair care practices

 

[VictoriousBrownFlower]

It wasn't African Pride. It was in a clear jar and the grease was light green.

I could be getting this confused with other grease my mom used on my head.
Which was B&B, and Lady Hilda.

My hair was tbl as a child from these grease, and healthy hair care practices

Was it kuza indian hemp? My mom use to use that in my hair. The herbs in it made it seem natural and healthy.

 

[GeorginaSparks]

blue magic the blue one then pink oil as a teenager

 

[halee_J]

It was expensive too back then! I kept my hair in a pixie the majority of my teen years, but I loved using this stuff after combing out my molded, or wrapped hair.

That stuff was so silky it has cones right?

 

[DeepBluSea]

TCB grease was life!

I think we used about all of those. That aluminum can makes me smile. Lol. I know it's corny but it takes me back. My mom did not know how to do hair so we were on our own. Cre me of nature shampoo. Bone straight to blowdry. Then pink oil and let's jam. God help us! I was bald headed but my sisters had hair. Lol

I'm in the minority but when I was learning to do my baby girl's hair pink moisturizer wasn't the devil. I keep it simple. And we survived. Lol. Folks today have a lot more options. They don't know the struggle.

 

[GGsKin]

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I used Black Dax religiously in high school. It smelled horrible because it was made with coal tar! I have no idea why I loved it so, lol.

I had WL hair until my older sister (she did my hair) moved out when I was 8. Then my mother wrecked my hair with Revlon Realistic SUPER Relaxers from age 9-13, and it hovered around my collarbone until I started taking care of it myself in 8th grade. So yeah, even a young teen could do better than my mother, smh.

Ay! I almost forgot about Black Dax! My mum loved that stuff on my scalp and hair. Agree with you 100% on the smell.

 

[bluenvy]

Was it kuza indian hemp? My mom use to use that in my hair. The herbs in it made it seem natural and healthy.

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I think this is it. But this was used on my scalp sometimes.
She used B&B grease, and Lek hair grease on my scalp mostly.

 

[mz.rae]

I remember my mom pressing my hair out with this


And I remember Ultra Sheen, Hair Rep, and Dark n lovely being used too.

 

[Brownsugar80]

Blue and Green Blue Magic
Ultrasheen
Vaseline (in a pinch)
And good ole TCBView attachment 410301

This entire line (original formulas only) needs to be brought back

 

[Brownsugar80]

View attachment 410451How could I forget the yellow hair food?!

It still smells the same but I do miss the square jar

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

All I remember is pink lotion, and when I got older and we moved next door to a lady that tried to help me grow my hair, it was doo-gro and sulfur-8. Poor younger me I wish I could hug her and give her tips.

 

[Dare~to~Dream]

In elementary school, Royal Crown was used the most. By the time I was in middle and high school, it was Blue Magic. There might have been a few other random greases around including Vaseline but these two were what I recall the most. Neither did much for my hair's health or length and I do remember using the water and grease trick to "slick" my hair without the use of gel but I didn't do that often.

 

[Napp]

My mom used the green Dax