Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2015

Leo24Rule · Nov 30, 2014

What color is your Shea Butter mix? Before yesterday, mine was a yellow color with lots of chunky bumps. I FINALLY decided to use an electric mixer and it's more whipped, smooth, and a light banana color. Melted just so right in my hands when rubbed together and in my hair

toaster · Nov 30, 2014

I usually wash my hair twice a week but this week I only washed once. I still moisturized and sealed with shea butter every night and my hair was very soft all week.

Bibliophile · Dec 2, 2014

Bibliophile said:
Leo24Rule
Yes, my regimen is Ayurvedic-based using similar products. I'll send you a PM soon.

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Leo24Rule PM sent...Here are the pictures:

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Alta Angel · Dec 3, 2014

Still using my Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie around 4xs per week. My hair is very moisturized (thanks to the Steaming Challenge!).

Leo24Rule · Dec 3, 2014

So far with me spritzing my hair every other day with homemade teas (black, green, nettle, and coffee) followed by slathering Shea Butter to all of my hair has been very soft and silky.

SweetlyCurly · Dec 6, 2014

Used my SM curl milk and a wonderful whipped butter by Valanalana to seal. Hair feels so moisturized. Loving this challenge for the winter.

Leo24Rule · Dec 6, 2014

My hair hasn't been this moisturized since I've included my tea spritz and mixed my Shea Butter thoroughly. Just beautiful I say

xu93texas · Dec 6, 2014

I used Bel Nouvo Avocado and Shea Hair Milk
and sealed with Jakeala Amla Shea Hair Parfait.

Pennefeather · Dec 6, 2014

Continuing to use SM jBCO leave in morning and night. Couple of times a week, I switch to Naturelle Growth pumpkin butter , which is also shea based.

SweetlyCurly · Dec 7, 2014

Pennefeather said:
Continuing to use SM jBCO leave in morning and night. Couple of times a week, I switch to Naturelle Growth pumpkin butter , which is also shea based.

Is her pumpkin butter pumpkin scented?

Babygrowth · Dec 7, 2014

Still using Jakeala's nappy butter and Shea parfait.

Barbara · Dec 7, 2014

Keep the comments coming . . .

H0tPinkButtafly · Dec 8, 2014

I made a shea butter mix with shea butter, mango butter, coconut oil, vitamin e oil and grapeseed oil. I whipped it and it was fine but after letting it sit for a little while it became so thick and hard to work in my hair. Should I add more oil to the mix? How do I make it creamier and less thick

niknakmac · Dec 8, 2014

^^^I made my own shea butter mix yesterday. I used shea, olive oil, glycerin and lavender. I whipped it for about 20 minutes to get it super fluffy. You could try to whip it again to lighten it up or maybe add more coconut oil? I'm not sure this was my first time making my own mix.

Leo24Rule · Dec 8, 2014

H0tPinkButtafly said:
I made a shea butter mix with shea butter, mango butter, coconut oil, vitamin e oil and grapeseed oil. I whipped it and it was fine but after letting it sit for a little while it became so thick and hard to work in my hair. Should I add more oil to the mix? How do I make it creamier and less thick

Maybe your ratio of Shea Butter and oils are off. Did you use a tub of Shea Butter? Like for me I buy a tub of Shea Butter and use only half of it and include my variety of oils. So yeah, try adding more oils or half'n the concoction to store later, but still add more oils.

Leo24Rule · Dec 8, 2014

Almost done with my homemade batch of Shea Butter. It's kinda strong with the tea tree oil so next time I'll try essential Lavender oil. I should have to make more buy the weekend. How long does your batch of Shea Butter last ya'll? For me about 2 1/2 weeks.

Firstborn2 · Dec 8, 2014

Washed my hair and sealed with Shea Butter mixture, I've also noticed I haven't gotten any single strand knots since I've started using Shea Butter.

H0tPinkButtafly · Dec 8, 2014

Leo24Rule said:
Maybe your ratio of Shea Butter and oils are off. Did you use a tub of Shea Butter? Like for me I buy a tub of Shea Butter and use only half of it and include my variety of oils. So yeah, try adding more oils or half'n the concoction to store later, but still add more oils.

I didn't use a whole tub, I took a few spoonfuls out then added the oil without measuring it.. That's what I was thinking. I'm going to add more grape seed oil to thin it out more

MsKinkycurl · Dec 8, 2014

I've stopped sealing with Shea butter for the last two weeks while my hair has been in twists. I will remove the twists in two weeks and will begin using Shea butter blends weekly again. I have been conditioning my hair with a Shea butter based conditioner while in the twists.

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Dilettante · Dec 8, 2014

I made a new batch of shea butter mix, but this time I used an electric mixer. I mixed in cocoa butter, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, rice bran oil, and flax seed oil. The end result is the creamiest, fluffiest butter I've ever touched. I put it in my hair last night after my DC and today my hair feels just lovely.

I've still got quite a bit of Shea butter left, but once I use it up I'm going to buy some really high quality white shea butter. Hoping I'll have even better results with higher quality ingredients

imaginary · Dec 8, 2014

Cowashed my hair late last night and mixed shea and mango butters into my DC for extra soft hair. And then after twisting my hair up, I sealed with my shea butter and castor oil mix.

^^I've always noticed that my shea mixes come out softer the longer I use the hand mixer on them. So even though I have a lot of castor oil in my current mix, it's still fairly solid because I got lazy and mixed with a fork while it was melted.

SweetlyCurly · Dec 8, 2014

Sprayed my hair with some water and moisturized with Kinky Kashmere conditioner. Its main ingredient is shea butter. Then I did some twists for a twist out tomorrow. Too damn cold to be playing with wash n gos.

Pennefeather · Dec 8, 2014

SweetlyCurly said:
Is her pumpkin butter pumpkin scented?

@SweetlyCurly,

The scent is very faint, but I have had this for a year now. I was disappointed when it first arrived because I expected it to be a softly whipped product, instead of a firmer butter. In fact, I really hadn't used it until recently.

I thought that this had disappeared from her website, but I see now that it is back.

PlainJane · Dec 8, 2014

Just used jbco hair food to seal. Love this stuff. Works better at stretching than my oyin BSP.

SweetlyCurly · Dec 8, 2014

Pennefeather said:
SweetlyCurly,

The scent is very faint, but I have had this for a year now. I was disappointed when it first arrived because I expected it to be a softly shipped product, instead of a firmer butter. In fact, I really hadn't used it until recently.

I thought that this had disappeared from her website, but I see now that it is back.

Thanks for the review. Yeah, I don't like firm butters so I'm glad I didn't go for it.

Leo24Rule · Dec 9, 2014

Dilettante said:
I made a new batch of shea butter mix, but this time I used an electric mixer. I mixed in cocoa butter, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, rice bran oil, and flax seed oil. The end result is the creamiest, fluffiest butter I've ever touched. I put it in my hair last night after my DC and today my hair feels just lovely.

I've still got quite a bit of Shea butter left, but once I use it up I'm going to buy some really high quality white shea butter. Hoping I'll have even better results with higher quality ingredients

Where are you buying this "high quality" white shea butter?

Dilettante · Dec 9, 2014

Leo24Rule I know butters n bars is supposed to have very nice quality shea butter at a decent price. I still have quite a bit of the yellow stuff (which has been working for me so far) to use up so I haven't done a lot of research into vendors yet

SweetlyCurly · Dec 10, 2014

Cowashed this morning. Used kinky kashmere conditioner as a leave in (shea butter based) and sealed with Valanalana whipped shea butter). Hair feels awesome!

toaster · Dec 10, 2014

Still using my whole foods whipped shea butter every evening and wash day.

Babygrowth · Dec 10, 2014

Used SM JBCO leave in yesterday as well as Jakeala nappy butter. My ends love this stuff but I am a little heavy handed. I'm going to try her whipped Shea too.

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