Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

Aggie said:

I finally mixed some Shea Butter in with my preferred ayurveda powders. This is my own version of ayur-chebe/Shea butter mix:-

-8 oz Raw Unrefined African Shea Butter

-1/2 teaspoon each of triphala powder (boosts hair volume and growth, prevents hair graying and manages split ends and frizzy hair), brahmi powder (stimulates growth), hibiscus powder (promotes hair regrowth), kalpi tone powder ( controls dandruff, premature graying and strengthens hair, smells wonderful).

-1 teaspoon of rose petal powder for scent - smells so wonderful (increases blood flow to hair follicles,strengthens hair, reduces hair fall, hydrates hair but did I mention it smells so good ).

-2 teaspoons each of amla powder (promotes moisture and strength), and Bhringraj powder also known as king of the herbs (promotes moisture and strength, promotes hair growth).

-1 oz of Zenia Brahmi/Amla Oil
-2 ozs of Bhringraj oil
10 drops each of peppermint and lavender essential oil.

I will be using it once every 4 days on my strands for 3 months to see what happens and report back.

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ElevatedEnergy said:

Got some winter shea mask recipes to share to keep those strands buttery soft and the scalp supple in this cold, dry season.

Shea mask Recipe #1
Cream Shea Delight!

Starts with oat milk. If you have experience making nut milks, it is exactly the same. Soak the oats in water overnight, blend then strain. I find knee highs gets the job done the best for straining.

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If you dont want to use home made oat milk you could just use coconut milk and be done with it but it is not the same. Oat milk is thicker, richer, creamier and because of its mucilage has amazing slip. I found it to work pretty awesome on its own as a pre-poo mask.

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However this is a shea recipe so go ahead and separate out around 4 ounces of oat milk add a few spoonfuls of your whipped shea butter and about 1/4 teaspoon of honey.
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Mix well.

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Use on dry hair pre-wash. Slip and slide from the slippery oat milk and shea butter combined for about a hour.

(This is still my favorite GIF...I'mma put it in my signature!!! LOL)


Tell your winter dry hair and scalp to be gone boo!

Shampoo & Condition as normal. This treatment is very concentrated so I would recommend to do it once or twice a month. Also any oat milk that is leftover can be frozen. I like to measure enough for each treatment, pour into molds and separate so I can just use as needed.

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ThatJerseyGirl said:

@Chicoro -- I've found something else while surfing YT last night. In this video, she melts her shea butter. While the shea is in liquid form, she adds 1/4 of Hibiscus powder, Fenugreek Powder, Amla Powder, etc along with her oils and msm. Her mixture is refrigerated and she whips it with a fork. So far, according to the comments, there are no grainy bits and it doesn't leave any particles in the hair, as the oil has fully absorbed the powders.

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ThatJerseyGirl said:

Ok. so this is what I made this morning. Some things I measured, some things I just simply eyed...

Ingredients are as follows. Please note that I made a post with the benefits of diff butters.

BUTTERS:
Unrefined Shea Butter
Unrefined Mango Butter
Cupuacu Butter
Kokum Butter

I melted the above butters using the double boiler method. This took me an hour. After the butters were melted, I included the following oils. Keep in mind the butters are still warm, but not hot. It resembled liquid gold!

OILS:
Parachute Coconut Oil
Castor Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Moringa Oil
Black Seed Oil
Argan Oil
Rosehip Oil
Amla & Brahmi Oil

I did not measure my oils. Just eyed everything.

POWDERS:
Fenugreek Powder (Methi) (2 tsps)
Amla Powder (1tsp)
Brahmi Powder (1tsp)
Maka Powder (aka Bhingraj) (1tsp)
Neem Powder (1tsp)

I did measure my powders. Don't even ask me why. It just felt like the right thing to do at this point lolol...

After I included the powders, I used a wooden skewer to stir the powders carefully into the mixture because at this point, the butters and oils are warm. The color is looking good at this point. A nice green color.

I placed saran wrap over the mixture and stored it in the refrigerator for 4 hours to make sure it was good and solid considering the amount of oils that I used.

Four hours later, I whipped it and it came out deliciously whipped. Thick, airy and fluffy and the color is that of a light beige color. No green in sight from the powders. Also, since the powders were added while the mixture was warm, there is no texture or graininess to it at all. All powders were thoroughly absorbed. I am pleasantly surprised.

I added the following Essential oils:

Rosemary
Lavendar
Ylang Ylang

I am in Shea Heaven yall!!! I made a separate body butter. Just Shea, Mango, Olive and Sweet Almond Oil and Grapefruit essential oil.

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Aggie said:

Okay. I did not melt my butter because I did not have to. I live in the tropics where coconut oil and palm oil and all other solid oils are just liquid - all the time.

The Shea Butter is very very soft from the sheer warmth of our climate here, so there is no need to melt any of it.

It mixed so easily with my powders and oil, it just did not make no sense . I love my Shea/Powder mix. @Chicoro, The next morning, I felt no powder residue at all from it in my hair which was quite a surprise to me. I was wondering where did the powder go ? It's just weird to me I guess.

Remember I already said above that my mix is extremely smooth but if I hold it in my very sensitive hands, I can feel the powder. I am a Massage Therapist and Esthetician. My hands are trained to feel anything foreign, no matter how tiny.

All I can say to those who want to try it out, try a little bit and see if you can handle it. I used a LOT of powder, much more that the Chebe recipe calls for. The Chebe recipe only calls for 1 teaspoon of powder, I added wayyyyy more than that.

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"The next morning, I felt no powder residue at all from it in my hair which was quite a surprise to me. I was wondering where did the powder go ? It's just weird to me I guess.

Remember I already said above that my mix is extremely smooth but if I hold it in my very sensitive hands, I can feel the powder. I am a Massage Therapist and Esthetician. My hands are trained to feel anything foreign, no matter how tiny."

SHEA BUTTER is a MAGICAL ingredient!

And THE Most Magical Black Girl of All,
Mother Africa

Is Its Creator!​

Aggie said:

Okay. I did not melt my butter because I did not have to. I live in the tropics where coconut oil and palm oil and all other solid oils are just liquid - all the time.

The Shea Butter is very very soft from the sheer warmth of our climate here, so there is no need to melt any of it.

It mixed so easily with my powders and oil, it just did not make no sense . I love my Shea/Powder mix. @Chicoro, The next morning, I felt no powder residue at all from it in my hair which was quite a surprise to me. I was wondering where did the powder go ? It's just weird to me I guess.

Remember I already said above that my mix is extremely smooth but if I hold it in my very sensitive hands, I can feel the powder. I am a Massage Therapist and Esthetician. My hands are trained to feel anything foreign, no matter how tiny.

All I can say to those who want to try it out, try a little bit and see if you can handle it. I used a LOT of powder, much more that the Chebe recipe calls for. The Chebe recipe only calls for 1 teaspoon of powder, I added wayyyyy more than that.

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NCHairDiva said:

I'm doing the Chebe as well. Can you say how your using it...how often... Please....Thanks

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Chicoro said:

"The next morning, I felt no powder residue at all from it in my hair which was quite a surprise to me. I was wondering where did the powder go ? It's just weird to me I guess.

Remember I already said above that my mix is extremely smooth but if I hold it in my very sensitive hands, I can feel the powder. I am a Massage Therapist and Esthetician. My hands are trained to feel anything foreign, no matter how tiny."

@Aggie ,

Your are a 'tactile' and touch EXPERT! That's what makes your 'testimony' so powerful.

SHEA BUTTER is a MAGICAL ingredient!

And THE Most Magical Black Girl of All,
Mother Africa

Is Its Creator!​

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IDareT'sHair said:

@ThatJerseyGirl
Hey Ms. Lady!

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Chicoro said:

Shea butter user
Her hair is about 22 inches. She has been growing her hair for 4.5 years. She has been natural for the last 3 years. She uses shea butter.

At minute 2:43, you can see how her hair started out and how it USED to look!


Her hair now: The hair is magnificent which is typical of hair that is treated with Shea butter on a regular, consistent basis.


In the second video she talks about having used chebe for 5 weeks. In my mind, the beauty of her hair is not from chebe. Her hair is magnificent and I would say that's from her years of shea butter use. In the second video, at @10:56 seconds when she is rinsing, you can she the health and incredible beauty of her hair.

She doesn't use a comb! She DOES NOT wash in braids, though. See her method of how she keeps her hair separated at around @11 minutes.

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ThatJerseyGirl said:

Is she natural? I couldn't understand what she was saying, but her hair is gorgeous

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ThatJerseyGirl said:

Today is my birthday, so I think I'm going to ride up to DC/MD, get my gamble on, win some money

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Chicoro said:

"The next morning, I felt no powder residue at all from it in my hair which was quite a surprise to me. I was wondering where did the powder go ? It's just weird to me I guess.

Remember I already said above that my mix is extremely smooth but if I hold it in my very sensitive hands, I can feel the powder. I am a Massage Therapist and Esthetician. My hands are trained to feel anything foreign, no matter how tiny."

@Aggie ,

Your are a 'tactile' and touch EXPERT! That's what makes your 'testimony' so powerful.

SHEA BUTTER is a MAGICAL ingredient!

And THE Most Magical Black Girl of All,
Mother Africa

Is Its Creator!​

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YvetteWithJoy said:

Here's her video demo of how she makes it:

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Chicoro said:

Poor kitty! I'm hoping it's a green screen and that they didn't really put that lil' guy in the sky like that. But he really is cute, though!

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ThatJerseyGirl said:

Wassuppppp, chica!!!

How are you sista! Today is my birthday, so I think I'm going to ride up to DC/MD, get my gamble on, win some money and bring my ole happy arse back to VA. As I am typing this, I am not contemplating because it started to rain again

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YvetteWithJoy said:

Here's her video demo of how she makes it:

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Sally. said:

I’m experiencing severe breakage at the nape area and my texture there is much rougher than any other part of my hair. It’s dry and even if I moisturize it with water, oil and sheabutter, a couple hours later it’s extremely dry again and breaking off. I don’t know what caused it (the metal clips from my wigs, the relaxer I put on it 6 months ago to try to get it silky straight enough so I can wear my hair out, or the fact that during wash day I always put my hair in jumbo twists pulled back in a ponytail under my wig).

I don’t know what to do to get it to grow back. I thought moisturizing with Shea Butter would be the cure.

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ThatJerseyGirl said:

THANK YOU, ALL FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES! I heard it is snowing in Maryland, so no go for me. I do not...I repeat...do not drive in inclement weather of any kind lolool.....

The Chariot will not move lolol....

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Aggie said:

Girl it's your birthday. You do what you want to do. I know you will enjoy it indoors no matter what.

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