Let me say that I am, by no means, an expert on the usage of Crisco but I have used it at least a couple of times. I tried it this time after reading a thread about heavy sealing. I realized that I too use all the oils or combinations of them but my hair ends up being dry. For example this morning I wet pieces of my hair in the nape area (so it could create defined curls) and sealed it with oils. It looked great but by 2pm those curls looked like a dry and thirsty cloud (unkept).
erplexed I am going to try it again tomorrow morning with Crisco just to see how it turns out but let me answer your specific question:
The two times I used the solid canned Crisco I used it to flat or two strand twist my hair. I washed, DC and used Kimmaytubes leave in recipe, then added flaxseed gel (with oils in it) then sealed with the Crisco. My hair was so smooth that I didn't need to used the fine toothed comb or the brush (can't think of the name). I could actually just smooth it out with my fingers. What I find remarkable though is just how soft and moisturized my hair felt the next day - heavenly if I must say so myself (except I was probably a little heavy handed on the shortening
). I love it even though I think I have fine hair and I'm concerned about being able to wash it out (I really shouldn't be because I use Terressentials Mud Wash) and I hope that I am not putting a bad product on my hair. I just know it makes my hair feel the way I want it to.