whiteoleander91
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Afrobuttafly I see you're in Florida. Have you checked Publix for full fat Greek yogurt?
I still haven't found full fat greek yogurt only low or no fat yogurts.. so the treatment will have to wait =[
onesummer'sday10 I'm thinking that if it doesn't say low or no fat it's automatically full fat, though it doesn't say that on the label.
keepithealthy could you be specific with the variations you've tried with success? What exactly were they and what were the results. If you please.
I use yogurt as a protein tx. It has not ever loosened my curls.
I've used it with and without heat. I love it as a protein tx! It's cool to hear other ladies' experiences with it.
So I kind of combined this with oil rinsing. After I rinsed the treatment out an hour later, I applied olive oil all over my hair then rinsed with warm water, Then I applied my conditioner and rinsed with cool water. My hair has never felt so smooth! It had nice definition and there was a little less shrinkage. It's dry now, but doesn't feel DRY like it normally would after air drying with no product. It's soft too. This is a keeper.
STILL going to try the yogurt one too.
I mixed plain yogurt, buttermilk, honey, lemon juice, aloe vera, and coconut oil. Then saturated my hair with it (next time I will section my hair when i apply it, i kinda did it the messy way and threw it in my hair, lol) and sat under the hooded dome dryer for 30 minutes w/plastic cap. And for another 30 minutes just left it on my hair still with the plastic cap. Rinsed and combed in the shower.
My hair came out soft and while I was doing my twists i noticed that my curl pattern was a little loose. The comb also slid through my hair much easier even without it being moisturized. Right now i have twists and will have to wait until tomorrow to see the final results.
Next time i will try greek yogurt and play around with different ingredients to see the results and also try using the steamer.
I did the yogurt DC today...or well, more like yesterday now lol
Here's what I did:
I went out and got some Dannon All Natural Plain Yogurt (Full Fat)
Added a few generous scoops of the yogurt into a tupperware bowl, along with some other goodies. Ended up smelling like a dessert
Applied to my dry hair in sections
...left it on for about an hour, hopped in the shower, rinsed, and did a quick cowash. My hair was SUPER defined coming out of the shower, when normally it's really frizzy/not so defined. I was so surprised! I noticed my hair had a little bit more hang, but nothing dramatic, and my hair felt stronger.
Fresh out of the shower results
I will definitely do this again, but with a few changes:
1. no banana! Unless I suuuper mash it, with like a blender or something first. It sucked trying to get the little bits out of my hair.
2. Ditch the Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque. My hair is sort of indifferent/borderline hates it when I use it by itself... I was just trying to use it up basically. Would have been better without it.
I'd like to try the yogurt by itself or with just one or two conditioners next time. I'll probably do this again this weekend
Sorry for the big pics!
www.snowdriftfarm.com sells pure lactic acid in it's liquid form -- if added to some moisturizing ingredients and a light protein could this be a shortcut to the whole yogurt/sour milk thing? If Lactic acid is the active ingredient causing the straightening/loosening maybe it could be combined to a set strength, and the mixer could determine what degree of looseness they want....It would take some experimenting, but since it's temporary there's not alot to lose...right?
I did a google and found that in many if not most of the hair styling products that help enlongate / relax / lengthen the curl pattern in kinky hair is lactic acid. I am going to purchase some and experiment (using it sparingly of course) Most of those finishing products are mega expensive. I'm going to make up a gel of my own using the lactic acid and IC gel as the base adding oils and other moisturizing ingredients.
I received my Lactic Acid yesterday and will be experimentning with it soon.
I also found some Greek yogurt that looks like its on steroids it's made with Whey protein isolate and cream. It has a ton of fat, it's yogurt on streoids, I'll be doing a DC with that this weekend. This Greek Yogurt makes my Dannon look like a 10 lb weakling!!
lwilliams1922 - That's strange. I used yogurt in my DC last week and it rinsed right out. No smell. Did you use it solo?