Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2019

[Mystic]

I am interested in this challenge. Would love to gain 4" more by Dec 2019. Will moisturize my ends daily with Shea butter.

Starting pic:

 

[Prisangela]

Is it the actual hibiscus plant you put in the oil?

I used ground hibiscus flower

 

[water_n_oil]

Scalp was itchy so I jumped in the shower. Usually if it's not wash day I'll simply do a water wash or an acv rinse. I detangled with the Felicia Leatherwood brush and ended up with 5 twisted sections. Used my ayurvedic oil blend and plain yellow shea afterward. My twists look so juicy .

 

[PlanetCybertron]

I co-washed earlier today, and coated my hair In Cupuaçu and Shea butter mixed together. I rub it together in my hands with a bit of water to cut down on thickness, and wet bunned all day since I was called in to work.

Here are my pictures after taking down my hair and getting ready for bed. Love how smoothed the Shea Butter mix has my hair. I don’t really get shine since my hair is this dusty brown color, but I see the sheen peeking through nicely.

Air dried, after finger separating, and did one single English braid and bunned it up.

 

[PlanetCybertron]

I will also put up my overall length, tomorrow. Since I’ll be off.

 

[CurliDiva]

After watching several YouTube videos, I think my hair has low porosity. That could help explain why the butter was just sitting on my hair and not soaking in.

 

[Chicoro]

@PlanetCybertron

Your hair looks good in post #604. It looks fuller and fluffier. The texture of your hair is coming out to play so you can really see it. Regarding the color of your hair, I don't see 'dusty brown', as you call it.

I see Tuesday Taylor hair color. That's this beautiful black doll I had when I was little. She had gorgeous, brown streaks in her hair with a tinge of red. Just like your hair. I see doll hair color.

"Appreciate what you got, and what you got will appreciate in value."

~~Chicoro~~​

 

[Chicoro]

After watching several YouTube videos, I think my hair has low porosity. That could help explain why the butter was just sitting on my hair and not soaking in.

@CurliDiva

Shea butter may not work for everyone. So, that's a possibility. You may need to find a way that works for you using it. Or, you may determine it doesn't work for you. There are plenty of gorgeous heads on the board who have tail bone length hair and don't use a DROP of oil or butter in their hair. If you continue looking, the answers will definitely come for you!

 

[Chicoro]

When I got up this morning my braids were slick and juicy from my Shea treatment and had no signs of unraveling. I think the sunflower oil was making my hair too soft and thus, my hair was escaping from my braids. I'm going to continue to use pure castor oil and see if my hair stays braided, along with my baggie concoction.

 

[Chicoro]

@PlanetCybertron ,

Gorgeous texture and color!

 

[Chicoro]

I am interested in this challenge. Would love to gain 4" more by Dec 2019. Will moisturize my ends daily with Shea butter.

Starting pic:
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Four (4) inches is very possible! Shea butter is a great lubricant.

 

[Chicoro]

@snoop
I know you had some challenges when initially using Shea butter in 2018. Also, you indicated that you have revisited Shea butter and have modified the way you use it. It sounds like @CurliDiva is having some similar challenges, based on similar reasons that you have. Please, could you come over and share how you are using it today, here in this thread?

 

[PlanetCybertron]

I see Tuesday Taylor hair color. That's this beautiful black doll I had when I was little. She had gorgeous, brown streaks in her hair with a tinge of red. Just like your hair. I see doll hair color.

Way better color description! I’ve had about 3 people including you mention the red tints in there. Thank you! I’m hoping this year the sun won’t give me UV damage. It’s always very noticeable in my bangs. They’re already kind of sun kissed a bit. I like my doll hair color , as you say.

 

[Chicoro]

Way better color description! I’ve had about 3 people including you mention the red tints in there. Thank you! I’m hoping this year the sun won’t give me UV damage. It’s always very noticeable in my bangs. They’re already kind of sun kissed a bit. I like my doll hair color , as you say.

One way to minimize sun damage is to keep the hair covered. Cotton scarves on the head, not satin, absorb uv rays from the sun when outside.

 

[ArrrBeee]

@ArrrBeee ,

Your hair looks much thicker in the back. And the 'hole' has completely filled in. I am so glad you did not cut your hair off like you mentioned doing, in passing. It would have been impossible to have seen the progress and increase in thickness had the hair been removed.

Questions:

• Do you color your hair? No
• Also, when you get a trim, exactly how much is your stylist trimming? She only dusts the ends. I did have someone else trim my hair about 4 months ago and she was reckless. My hair is naturally curly and tangles easily. We decided that I'll come every 6 months for a trim.
• Your box braids and feed braids use synthetic hair for the style? Yes, she uses synthetic hair (different stylist). Do you suggest something else?
• In the photos, what state is your hair: freshly blowdried, just washed etc? My hair was blow-dried and flatironed.
• Is your hair natural? It's natural
• How often do you go into the salon per year?

Thank you!

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. I have been through so much, it's a miracle that I have any hair at all. Thank you Chicoro for suggesting that I not cut it. If anyone has input for how I can maximize my growth this year, I'm all ears.

 

[water_n_oil]

So while my hair looked good yesterday, it was a dried out hot mess in reality. Shea overload. Sometimes I'm too heavy handed. I ended up using a natural bar soap to get it out as my shampoo wasn't enough. Squeaky clean but not rough or anything. Deep conditioning now and will go light on the shea this time.

In other news, I'm itching for 22nd Century products. She's my shea idol lol. I want to go back to her shampoo bar and deep conditioner when I finish my current stash of products. Love them both.

 

[snoop]

@snoop
I know you had some challenges when initially using Shea butter in 2018. Also, you indicated that you have revisited Shea butter and have modified the way you use it. It sounds like @CurliDiva is having some similar challenges, based on similar reasons that you have. Please, could you come over and share how you are using it today, here in this thread?

@CurliDiva
I'm not sure if I didn't whip it properly or didn't use the right combination of oils or perhaps the way that I was applying it, but when I've tried it previously, I didn't like it. At the end of last year, I was gifted some whipped shea butter by Feneti who is an Etsy seller and so far I'm not getting that hard feeling that I previously had.

The way that I applied before, if I remember correctly, was LCB. Now I apply as LCOB and the shea butter only is applied to the ends of my hair. For the first two days after washing (so wash day plus the next) I've been using a water + glycerine spray, then my normal spray as my L for the remainder of the week. I'm not sure if that is making a difference. I haven't really looked at my hair since I started using it (loose texture), but I'll try to take down a few twists this weekend and report back.

 

[Mystic]

Four (4) inches is very possible! Shea butter is a great lubricant.

Thank you. My hair grows pretty slowly so I am looking forward to the surprise growth with the shea butter.

 

[caribeandiva]

@ElevatedEnergy Finally ready to start infusing!!

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

@ElevatedEnergy Finally ready to start infusing!!

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Yessssss! Body gone be all types of smooth!

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

My hair is moisturized & Buttered up in a protective style until the weekend. I started having Shea withdrawals, so I washed my youngest son's hair and Shea'd him up from head to toe. His lil greasy butt went right to sleep after his Shea massage. Nite Nite Boo!

 

[caribeandiva]

Yessssss! Body gone be all types of smooth!

Yesssss!!

 

[VictoriousBrownFlower]

@Chicoro is there any way you could put the way @ElevatedEnergy makes her coffee oil on the first page for future reference?

 

[Chicoro]

@Chicoro is there any way you could put the way @ElevatedEnergy makes her coffee oil on the first page for future reference?

Hi @VictoriousBrownFlower ,

Thank you for the note and the suggestion! Last week, I created a recipe section on the first page.
It's already there on page 1, under recipes:

1. Shea Butter and Coffee Oil for Scars: Post #160 by @ElevatedEnergy

I referenced the post # of the recipe because she has great detail and photos and the space is limited in the first post of this thread. We are in January and I am sure there are going to be lots of goodies that will be added to that first post.

 

[Chicoro]

@ElevatedEnergy Finally ready to start infusing!!

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@ElevatedEnergy 's recipe for coffee bean oil smells sooo good when I made it for myself.

I have my second jar of coffee oil marinating in the closet. It's when the oil is marinating that the coffee bean smell is the strongest. Yum!

I'm 1/2 way through my first batch of Shea Coffee Butter for my body. So, by the time I'm finished with it, my second jar of coffee oil will be on deck and ready to be used.

I grease myself down almost every night. I put on my 'onesie' to sleep and my socks and marinate under my electric blanket, during the night. I sleep sooo good. I'm a true Shea baby, in every sense of the word, at night.

But, I've got a spot of crusty dermatitis on my face, between my eyes. Under my eyes it's really dark and I'm a little chunky. I'm going to call this my 'chrysalis phase'. I'm hoping to emerge a butterfly at some point in the near future because right now I'm looking: ROUGH! BUT: Feeling great!

All of that is to say that even though I am sleeping good and pampering myself, the results may not be instant. Or, more importantly, the transformation may be gradual with some 'not looking so cute moments' that arise in the midst of the changes.

 

[VictoriousBrownFlower]

Hi @VictoriousBrownFlower ,

Thank you for the note and the suggestion! Last week, I created a recipe section on the first page.
It's already there on page 1, under recipes:

1. Shea Butter and Coffee Oil for Scars: Post #160 by @ElevatedEnergy

I referenced the post # of the recipe because she has great detail and photos and the space is limited in the first post of this thread. We are in January and I am sure there are going to be lots of goodies that will be added to that first post.

Thanks alot!!! Reading is fundamental lol..... This is turning into an it girl challange instead of a shea butter challange.... We all getting right from head to toe. Plus we'll smell like coconuts and fresh ground coffee. I researched and coconut oil is also great for tightening the skin and lessening the look of stretch marks and scars so imma infuse mine in virgin coconut oil.

 

[Chicoro]

@CurliDiva
I'm not sure if I didn't whip it properly or didn't use the right combination of oils or perhaps the way that I was applying it, but when I've tried it previously, I didn't like it. At the end of last year, I was gifted some whipped shea butter by Feneti who is an Etsy seller and so far I'm not getting that hard feeling that I previously had.

The way that I applied before, if I remember correctly, was LCB. Now I apply as LCOB and the shea butter only is applied to the ends of my hair. For the first two days after washing (so wash day plus the next) I've been using a water + glycerine spray, then my normal spray as my L for the remainder of the week. I'm not sure if that is making a difference. I haven't really looked at my hair since I started using it (loose texture), but I'll try to take down a few twists this weekend and report back.

Thank you for helping us, @snoop!

 

[Chicoro]

Thanks alot!!! Reading is fundamental lol..... This is turning into an it girl challange instead of a shea butter challange.... We all getting right from head to toe. Plus we'll smell like coconuts and fresh ground coffee. I researched and coconut oil is also great for tightening the skin and lessening the look of stretch marks and scars so imma infuse mine in virgin coconut oil.

The ground coffee smell drastically dissipates once it is mixed with Shea butter. But it still delicious. Keep us posted about your results!

 

[Chicoro]

Spoiler: Shea Coffee Journey

hello

Putting this here for myself (my original burned leg photo)

https://longhaircareforum.com/threa...ost-about-it-here.809529/page-9#post-23792319

Thread title: 2018... Callanetics, Pilates, Barre, Yoga, ... Post About It Here.
Post: Post #241

My burned leg as of April 2nd, 2017 (used honey to heal my burns)


My burned leg as of January 3rd, 2019



Starting my Shea Coffee Butter Journey to try to erase the leg scars!

I put this in a spoiler because I have a picture of my burned leg. I want to revisit this in September and December 2019, seasonally, as @ElevatedEnergy has suggested she does.

 

[Chicoro]

Parting and Sectioning the Hair in Preparation for it to be Shea'd Down or Shea's Up:

This is something that doesn't get much discussion, but it is very important. How and where you part your hair can not only impact your hair style, but the tension/breakage/ and or length gains of your hair.

Remember: Maintaining healthy afro-textured hair requires analysis and it's a thinking game!