Just lurking and thought one of you ladies might have a quick answer to my question about shea.
Silly question, but I have a 1 lb tub of shea butter that says processed. DH bought it because he was near a store I sometimes buy shea from, but I'm not sure if this is safe to use on my hair. I'd like to use it some way because he was excited and wanted to surprise me. It looks white and doesn't smell nutty at all, has anyone used processed butter effectively?
I'm not being a butter snob, but a few months ago I purchased butter online and that was the toughest butter ever, and it was off white, but so hard, I almost believed it was cocoa butter and it didn't have much smell, very hard to mix. I saw a recommendation from someone here and purchased a softer, better butter online. So I'm weary of "off" grades of butter.
In other news I took a hiatus from using shea butter because of ...drain issues
, my hair has not been the same, wash days seem more of a struggle and my hair doesn't have any sheen or long lasting moisture. I'm buying that drain opener this weekend, I tried a natural enzyme one and that shea buildup barely budges. (Now I'm thinking, if I moved somewhere very warm, I could do wash days outside and not get any butter in the drain.
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