naturaldoll
Well-Known Member
Hi ya'll!
Although i'm still pretty new, and don't know the ends and outs of the board, I can see from my time here that past shea retention threads started by @Chicoro and @planet cybertron and inspired by @ThatJerseyGirl have been a important -wealth of knowledge about the growth of hair and miraculous-ness of queen of hair care, shea butter. As such, i can't stand to see these threads end, so a picking up the torch so that future members can learn about amazing queen shea.
So here we are! let's bow to the queen and celebrate the magnificent Shea
Copied from @Chicoro with many recipes from @ElevatedEnergy
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Things We've Learned About Shea Butter in 2019
RECIPES
Shea Vitamins
My Hair
With my hair personally, i had beautiful, thick-ish hair as a child. Then as a teenager, i began to experience breakage, that got worse when I started
caring for my own hair and became over processed. My hair would snap off whenever touched, nothing seemed to help, and i ended up around chin length. For years i lived with that, I had no idea how to fix my hair, or that it was even possible. I used the internet for celebrity drama, i had no idea hair boards or hair youtube existed. I thought i just had terrible hair, and it was my destiny to always have terrible hair
When I was 23, I found a copy of Cathy howes's book at goodwill, and It was like a bomb went off in my head. I devoured that book, finished in a day. Then started clicking around on google searching for more information. That's how i found my way to curly nikki's blog, and the concept og going natural was introduced to me.
Within a month I had begun transitioning. 13 months later, i cut my hair off.
My hair grew quickly at first. Within the first two years, i made it to APL. But never could get breakage and tangling under control. I would hear hair youtubers say their hair was braided or twisted 90% of the time and hair should be styled no more than once a week. Then i'd try say a headful of plaits for a week, and my ends would tangle and mesh together like a impossible spiderweb and untangling would eat my ends to shreds.
During this time I would not use Shea butter. I tried it early in my natural hair journey, but it stank, was rock hard, and seemed to flake and make my tangling worse and contribute to dryness. My hair wasn't too short, it hovered between APL and BSL in length, but stayed there for several years, and i used various store bought products products that made my hair look healthy and all. But i wasn't convinced it was the best it could be.
Then i found my way to 22nd century natural's youtube and hair products. MY HAIR THRIVED LIKE NEVER BEFORE!! Immediately it was shiny, i had never known my hair to shine, and defined, and soft, but not coated feeling, and it stayed detangled! Around the same time I randomly found my way to LHCF, and the 2018 shea growth thread. What was being said sounded like what i was experiencing with 22nd cn's products. Then i realized, her products are based in shea. So i decided to give Shea another chance. I went out to walart and got a 8oz tub of ok natural's yellow shea butter and the rest is history.
Today i keep my hair in two strand twists nonstop, only taking down once i month to redo. I wash in those twists and everything. But i try to moisturize and seal with shea butter daily. And on redo day they come apart as easily as fresh, day old twists, with minimal tangling. The shed hairs slide out with barely any effort. This has helped me finally break past BSL after 8 years natural. I'm now kissing waist length in the back (my sides and front always grow a little slower, so i'm BSL on the side and APL in front)
If I can do it YOU CAN DO IT!!
Nothing is impossible with Queen Shea!!
Up until I measured this morning, I believed i was a solid BSL all the way around. I had no idea I was waist length in back or even that it was possible for e to hit waist length. I thought of it as a far off dream. Now I know it's all possible.
My next goal is Hip length in back !! And i know i can do it with queen shea on my side!!
So please join me and shaking off the dust of 2020, and continuing to explore the benefits of and pamper our hair with wonderous shea butter
Trusted shea butter vendors
Fragrance oils
Most users whip their she butter, or otherwise mix with various carrier oils, to soften the shea, make application easier, and absorbtion better. I personally like a mixed of mostly shea and a small amount of safflower, and mamey seed oils, blended with a immersion blender until creamy. But oils, ratios and method of mixing, or whether to mix at all is totally up to you. Have fun, and tell us about your shea adventures.
past threads included:
Alright shea unicorns, let's go!!!!!!!!!!
Although i'm still pretty new, and don't know the ends and outs of the board, I can see from my time here that past shea retention threads started by @Chicoro and @planet cybertron and inspired by @ThatJerseyGirl have been a important -wealth of knowledge about the growth of hair and miraculous-ness of queen of hair care, shea butter. As such, i can't stand to see these threads end, so a picking up the torch so that future members can learn about amazing queen shea.
So here we are! let's bow to the queen and celebrate the magnificent Shea
Copied from @Chicoro with many recipes from @ElevatedEnergy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Things We've Learned About Shea Butter in 2019
- Shea butter greatly impacts the physical appearance afro-textured hair in three (3) areas:
- Other worldly Thickness
- Other worldly Length
- Other worldly Darkness/Blackness (hair coloring)NEW! in 2019
- Shea butter is biologically active. Unlike hair grease with a petroleum or paraffin base, which is inert.
- Shea butter covered hair tends to have LESS SHRINKAGE, especially when used in conjunction with a leave in hair conditioner. (Post #427 and #428)
- Shea butter mixed with coffee infused ceramide oil, in conjunction with dry exfoliation can lighten scars and stretch marks. (Post # 160)
- Shea butter mixed with citronella essential oil can help to repel mosquitos. (Post # 702)
RECIPES
- Shea Butter and Coffee Oil for Scars: Post #160 by @ElevatedEnergy
- Shea Butter and Glycerin: Post # 514 by @water_n_oil
- Shea Butter Mosquito Repellent: Post #703 by @Chicoro
- Shea Butter Melt, Freeze and Whip: Post #227 by @ElevatedEnergy
Shea Vitamins
- Vitamin F = Linoleic Acid (@PlanetCybertron )
- Vitamin A =
- Vitamin D =
- Vitamin E =
My Hair
With my hair personally, i had beautiful, thick-ish hair as a child. Then as a teenager, i began to experience breakage, that got worse when I started
caring for my own hair and became over processed. My hair would snap off whenever touched, nothing seemed to help, and i ended up around chin length. For years i lived with that, I had no idea how to fix my hair, or that it was even possible. I used the internet for celebrity drama, i had no idea hair boards or hair youtube existed. I thought i just had terrible hair, and it was my destiny to always have terrible hair
When I was 23, I found a copy of Cathy howes's book at goodwill, and It was like a bomb went off in my head. I devoured that book, finished in a day. Then started clicking around on google searching for more information. That's how i found my way to curly nikki's blog, and the concept og going natural was introduced to me.
Within a month I had begun transitioning. 13 months later, i cut my hair off.
My hair grew quickly at first. Within the first two years, i made it to APL. But never could get breakage and tangling under control. I would hear hair youtubers say their hair was braided or twisted 90% of the time and hair should be styled no more than once a week. Then i'd try say a headful of plaits for a week, and my ends would tangle and mesh together like a impossible spiderweb and untangling would eat my ends to shreds.
During this time I would not use Shea butter. I tried it early in my natural hair journey, but it stank, was rock hard, and seemed to flake and make my tangling worse and contribute to dryness. My hair wasn't too short, it hovered between APL and BSL in length, but stayed there for several years, and i used various store bought products products that made my hair look healthy and all. But i wasn't convinced it was the best it could be.
Then i found my way to 22nd century natural's youtube and hair products. MY HAIR THRIVED LIKE NEVER BEFORE!! Immediately it was shiny, i had never known my hair to shine, and defined, and soft, but not coated feeling, and it stayed detangled! Around the same time I randomly found my way to LHCF, and the 2018 shea growth thread. What was being said sounded like what i was experiencing with 22nd cn's products. Then i realized, her products are based in shea. So i decided to give Shea another chance. I went out to walart and got a 8oz tub of ok natural's yellow shea butter and the rest is history.
Today i keep my hair in two strand twists nonstop, only taking down once i month to redo. I wash in those twists and everything. But i try to moisturize and seal with shea butter daily. And on redo day they come apart as easily as fresh, day old twists, with minimal tangling. The shed hairs slide out with barely any effort. This has helped me finally break past BSL after 8 years natural. I'm now kissing waist length in the back (my sides and front always grow a little slower, so i'm BSL on the side and APL in front)
If I can do it YOU CAN DO IT!!
Nothing is impossible with Queen Shea!!
Up until I measured this morning, I believed i was a solid BSL all the way around. I had no idea I was waist length in back or even that it was possible for e to hit waist length. I thought of it as a far off dream. Now I know it's all possible.
My next goal is Hip length in back !! And i know i can do it with queen shea on my side!!
So please join me and shaking off the dust of 2020, and continuing to explore the benefits of and pamper our hair with wonderous shea butter
Trusted shea butter vendors
3CayG Bulk Natural Oils, Raw Shea Butter, and African Black Soap
Wholesale cosmetic supplier of bulk natural oils, bulk shea butter, wholesale African black soap, bulk mango butter, almond oil and more. Exotic oils including kombo butter, mafura butter, kpangnan butter, murumuru butter, and other bulk oils. Distributor for soapmakers, hair care, skincare and...
www.3cayg.com
Fragrance oils
P&J Trading: Home page
P&J Trading brings you premium fragrance oil scents from around the world in bottle form. P&J offers quality and affordability from their family to yours.
www.amazon.com
Nature's Oil: Home page
100% pure essential oils, natural oils and raw ingredients manufacturer direct from Nature's Oil. We carry a complete line of fragrance oils and soap making supplies.
www.amazon.com
Most users whip their she butter, or otherwise mix with various carrier oils, to soften the shea, make application easier, and absorbtion better. I personally like a mixed of mostly shea and a small amount of safflower, and mamey seed oils, blended with a immersion blender until creamy. But oils, ratios and method of mixing, or whether to mix at all is totally up to you. Have fun, and tell us about your shea adventures.
past threads included:
Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2019
Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2019 Theme: Breaking Through Length Barriers in 2019! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Own Shea Butter Unicorn Who Has Broken Through Her Length Barrier After 6 Years of Trying and Failing and Ridicule from Others: From Post #2387 of THIS VERY...
longhaircareforum.com
Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018
Welcome everyone!!!! :welcome4: This is the Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2018 thread. Come on in! If you are using pure shea butter, a shea butter mix or shea butter with ayurvedic oils and powders or any other mix, you are probably going to get some great results! Just come by and let us...
longhaircareforum.com
Shea Butter Growth And Retention Thread 2020
Sorry for the delay my lovely ladies!!! But here we are! Happy new year to EVERYONE!! :dance7: New year, and a new decade to unlock your hair growth and retention potential in 2020! Last year was awesome, and all of you ladies posted the MOST gorgeous pictures! Thank you to @Chicoro for...
longhaircareforum.com
Shea Growth and Retention Regimen 2015
Is anyone interested?:look: All you have to do is use pure shea butter or a shea butter blend on your hair at least once a week. Thats it! I know there is a Oils,Grease,Pomades,Butters,Lotions,Cremes Challenge but this challenge would only be focused on shea butter. So many long haired...
longhaircareforum.com
Alright shea unicorns, let's go!!!!!!!!!!
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