HEAVY SEALING - RESCUE YOUR DRY HAIR!

[youwillrise]

I have watched a few videos and people use a variety of things . Also I notice "L" can stand for liquid but I guess it can be water or another leave in.

yeah, you can use plain water or another liquid leave-in. i just use water, then oil, then usually a regular conditioner (sometimes a moisture cream). im not really sure why it works for me, but it does. when i just lay oil on top of leave-in or moisturizer, my hair becomes dry quickly...with this method, moisture stays in my hair.

 

[daviine]

I have watched a few videos and people use a variety of things . Also I notice "L" can stand for liquid but I guess it can be water or another leave in.

I read L stands for liquid-- so some people use water; some use leave-ins; some use tea spritzes (or other spritzes). I guess it doesn't matter what the L stands for as long as you find the right L for you and seal it in.

I've been using water in between washes but it isn't enough.

 

[daviine]

I love using Alba Un-Petroleum Jelly blended with other oils and melted cocoa butter. I started sealing my ends with my blended butters nightly and its working well so far. I will do a dusting in about a month...

greenandchic Do you premix it or are you blending it in your hand?

 

[karenjoe]

I wash once a week. There is of course a build up but nothing excessive or unusual for me most of the Dax sinks into my hair - just at a much slower rate than oils. Oils seem to disappear within a few hours for me.

I'd Just like to add that this method makes your fingers/comb glide through your hair, so for those who try it, will see a dramatic reduction in tangles thus less breakage and ssk's. I'm looking forward to seeing alot more retention.

I also look forward to the feedback and for those who are already doing it - yey for Heavy Sealing

thank you sooo much!! dryness stopped me from keeping up my cornrows.
I was told my hair has gotten too long for my style....
30.00 for 5 rows(?)
I couldn't get moisture into my hair so it got dry & very tangled.

when I go in this time I'm gonna have my hair all greased up....
moist w leave in moisturizing creme w coconut oil.
I can go at least 4 weeks... i will dc every 2 w the braids in tact
thank you!!!

 

[youwillrise]

yall think it would be really weird to use shea moisture organic raw shea chamomile & argan oil head-to-toe baby ointment as a heavy sealer?

i mean, the ingredients look pretty safe/normal for hair. i always see this is the baby section of walgreens and i'm always rubbing my chin like "hmmmmm...." but i never take the plunge. and the name does say HEAD to toe hahaha...

here are the ingredients:

Raw Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter , Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter , Olus Oil , Centhera Biennis Oil (Evening Primrose) , Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil , Simmondsia Chinensis Oil (Jojoba) , Carthamus Tinctorius Oil (Safflower) , Cocos Nucifera Oil (Coconut) , Argania Spinosa Nut Oil (Argan) , Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Leaf Juice , Natural Wax Blend , (Carnauba , Non-GMO Soy) , Persea Gratissima Oil (Avocado) , Rosa Rubiginosa Seed Oil (Rosehip) , Olea Europaea Oil (Olive) , Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) , Tocopherol (Vitamin E) , Calendula Extract , Lavender Oil , Rose Extract , Chamomilla (Anthemis Nobilis) Flower Extract , Boswellia Serrata Oil (Frankincense) , Myrrh Extract

 

[BraunSugar]

youwillrise I think it would work.

 

[DarkJoy]

that sounds tasty youwillrise! Nice ingredients list. Some might take issue with the waxes in the product? But I never had problems with waxes. The waxes in this one are soy and carnauba. Shouldn't be bad at all!

 

[youwillrise]

the waxes are my only issue...my hair is kinda iffy on em. but i really wanna tryyyy it. lol.

 

[Tonto]

I definitely need some heavy sealing with the temperature that dropped from 73 degrees to 40 degrees... I have my sugar berries from Oyin and the Hair Shine Butter from UrbanBella (I HATE the smell ya’ll...)

 

[jprayze]

I'm sealing with softee mango butter...smells great.

 

[DarkJoy]

Then try it for a few days youwillrise! If your hair doesnt like it, then use the rest on your skin.

the waxes are my only issue...my hair is kinda iffy on em. but i really wanna tryyyy it. lol.

 

[greenandchic]

youwillrise - I would try it for sure. Like DarkJoy said, you can always use it on your body if it doesn't work out. For me anything with cocoa butter is a winner. The was looks pretty far down the list...

 

[Bublin]

For the past week I have been putting a little of my co-wash conditioner (mainly on my ends) in my hair and sealing with my Blue Magic Castor Oil grease.

My hair is very very happy.

 

[HanaKuroi]

yall think it would be really weird to use shea moisture organic raw shea chamomile & argan oil head-to-toe baby ointment as a heavy sealer?

i mean, the ingredients look pretty safe/normal for hair. i always see this is the baby section of walgreens and i'm always rubbing my chin like "hmmmmm...." but i never take the plunge. and the name does say HEAD to toe hahaha...

here are the ingredients:

Raw Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter , Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter , Olus Oil , Centhera Biennis Oil (Evening Primrose) , Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil , Simmondsia Chinensis Oil (Jojoba) , Carthamus Tinctorius Oil (Safflower) , Cocos Nucifera Oil (Coconut) , Argania Spinosa Nut Oil (Argan) , Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Leaf Juice , Natural Wax Blend , (Carnauba , Non-GMO Soy) , Persea Gratissima Oil (Avocado) , Rosa Rubiginosa Seed Oil (Rosehip) , Olea Europaea Oil (Olive) , Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) , Tocopherol (Vitamin E) , Calendula Extract , Lavender Oil , Rose Extract , Chamomilla (Anthemis Nobilis) Flower Extract , Boswellia Serrata Oil (Frankincense) , Myrrh Extract

I used to seal my hair my hair with this! I also use burt's bees nonpetroleum baby butt balm to seal with too.

 

[greenandchic]

youwillrise, HanaKuroi, DarkJoy

I took the plunge and purchased the Shea Moisture Baby Head-To-Toe Ointment today from my local Walgreen's today (none of my local Targets carry SM products). I haven't used it on my hair yet, but I do like the way it feels. It was hard squeezing it out of the tube, but the formula is very buttery. I will use it on my ends tonight.

 

[youwillrise]

I took the plunge and purchased the Shea Moisture Baby Head-To-Toe Ointment today from my local Walgreen's today (none of my local Targets carry SM products). I haven't used it on my hair yet, but I do like the way it feels. It was hard squeezing it out of the tube, but the formula is very buttery. I will use it on my ends tonight.

oooh let us know. i havent gotten it yet. how's the scent? i always kind play around with it in walgreens and it does seem thick (like it would be hard to get out of the tube). hope you like it...or maybe i DONT hope you like it so i wont be tempted to spend money LOL.

 

[Lucia]

for winter regimen:
Damp hair, CO, then Blensblend 3-1 conditioner as a my leave in, then seal with BB hair/body butter. Voila! Moisturized soft hair all week-BAM! I'm too hardcore about sealing and protecting my length and ends.

 

[greenandchic]

oooh let us know. i havent gotten it yet. how's the scent? i always kind play around with it in walgreens and it does seem thick (like it would be hard to get out of the tube). hope you like it...or maybe i DONT hope you like it so i wont be tempted to spend money LOL.

youwillrise
The scent is pretty light, at least light for a Shea Moisture product since that and Nubian Heritage is pretty heavily scented. Since is for a baby I think that was the idea.

If I don't like it on my hair, I think it would be good for my skin, especially when it starts to get colder.

 

[Desert Skye]

If i use grease,will i have to use a sulfate shampoo? I am currently co washing only now. I have vaseline on hand now,but i dont want it to build up

 

[greenandchic]

If i use grease,will i have to use a sulfate shampoo? I am currently co washing only now. I have vaseline on hand now,but i dont want it to build up

I don't use petroleum, but I do use some things that are just as heavy and cleansing conditioners work pretty well to cut through the grease.

 

[SEMO]

I just got into heavy sealing over the summer. Jojoba & coconut oil just weren't cutting it for me anymore and my ends were feeling horrible. I started using Nubian Heritage Evoo & Moringa hair butter. My hair felt so much more moisturized and soft. Now I'm going to be using some Tasti kiss hair butters, made with shea butter.

I have always avoided pure shea butter in my natural hair journey b/c I felt like it would be too heavy. But I'm starting to think my hair loves heavier moisturizers. Esp. as my hair grows longer and my ends get older.

 

[Lissa0821]

I am still heavy sealing and it is doing wonders for my hair.

 

[greenandchic]

youwillrise - I used the butter on my ends last night and its a keeper. A sealed my ends with it, but a little goes a long way when it comes to using in on the length of your hair. The shine is out of this world and doesn't give your hair a buttery dull, matte appearance. It makes a good lip gloss too!

I usually blend my own butters, but it gets old after a while. This will be my backup when I run out of what I normally use.

 

[youwillrise]

nice! im gonna try it. prob go to walgreens after work this evening and pick some up. i also ordered some other oils (castor, sunflower, apricot) online last night. ive been out of oil for so long. i ended up stealing the olive oil (which i dont usually use) from the kitchen and using that up (oops...gotta buy some more). definitely need something heavier, though...the cold is having an effect on my hair already...the light/medium oils just arent working for me right now.

 

[*Frisky*]

I have been doing the LOC method for the past week and I def can tell a difference. I have zero breakage when I finger comb through my hair.

 

[Luv4hair]

I have been doing this with Shea butter lately and it works really well!

 

[youwillrise]

I have been doing the LOC method for the past week and I def can tell a difference. I have zero breakage when I finger comb through my hair.

what are you using (what oil or butter?)...i havent used the LOC method with heavier things like butters. i used it with castor oil mixes (castor oil and a lighter oil) which is heavier...im hoping it'd still work ok (creamy moisturizer able to penetrate through the butter lol)

 

[*Frisky*]

what are you using (what oil or butter?)...i havent used the LOC method with heavier things like butters. i used it with castor oil mixes (castor oil and a lighter oil) which is heavier...im hoping it'd still work ok (creamy moisturizer able to penetrate through the butter lol)

I always manage to put my own twists to things so I might be doing a little extra hahaha

I spray with water, then I use a leave in. I have been using either As I Am leave-in or Koils by Nature Shealoe leave-in, then I put on this oil mixture of olive oil, castor oil, sweet almond, safflower oil and wheat germ oil then I put on this shea cocoa butter mixture that has grapeseed oil in it that I made...yea I am doing alot but it seems to be doing wonders for my hair.

 

[sckri23]

I would never use castor oil to seal its too heavy my short hair would be stiff as a board but I do use softee mango butter

 

[Desert Skye]

So I went ahead last night and put the vaseline on my ends on damp hair. Now, I live in the desert so my hair is always dry by the second day making my curls look scraggly and sorry. Today I woke up my curls look just as nice as it did right after I washed it. You kidding me? After all the crap I bought, all I needed was some old fashioned grease? SHM.

This is something I will continue to experiment with, and I will go to Walmart today and buy a better grease product with some nutrients or sumthin' haha