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By Chinwe of Hair and Health
Put on your apron, grab your utensils, and get to mixing:
Ingredients:
– ½ cup unrefined shea butter
– ¼ cup aloe vera gel
– 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
– 1 tsp pure honey (some say it helps to lengthen the moisturizer’s shelf life)
Instructions:
Melt the shea butter slightly in a pot on the stove or by warming over a hot water bath. Do this until the butter is soft but not completely melted. Whip the butter with a hand mixer until fluffy. Â Add the grapeseed oil and honey to the shea butter. Whip again. Â Finally add the aloe vera gel. Â Whip all the ingredients together on low speed. Cover the mixture and store in a dry cool place.
Ingredients:
– ¼ cup water
– 2 tbsp aloe vera juice
– 2 tbsp glycerin
– 1 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil
– 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
– few drops essential oil (your favorite)
Instructions:
Pour the water, aloe vera juice, glycerin, coconut oil, olive oil, and essential oil into a spray bottle (or spritz bottle). Â Shake the bottle slightly, but not too hard, until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together. Â Store the bottle in a refrigerator.
Ingredients:
– ½ cup unrefined shea butter
– ½ cup leave-in conditioner (e.g., Kinky Curly Knot Today)
– ¼ cup jojoba oil
– few drops of essential oil (your favorite)
Instructions:
Melt the shea butter slightly in a pot on the stove or by warming over a hot water bath. Do this until the butter is soft but not completely melted. Whip the butter with a hand mixer until fluffy. Â Add the oils to the shea butter. Whip again. Â Finally add the leave-in conditioner. Â Whip all the ingredients together on low speed. Cover the mixture and store in a dry cool place.
Ladies, do you have any moisturizer or sealant recipes? Â Please share!
34 Responses
i have a baby with a very hard dry hair.she is 11 months old and please help how i can care for her hair.i have heard of coconut oil use bt cant find it more easily here in Bots.where can i get raw Shea butter in my country?
I seal my hair with a mix of shea butter, coconut oil and castor oil. I Just melt the shea butter and coconut oil and add the castor oil. I only need to use a tiny bit and it makes my hair incredibly soft and shiny if I use it over Aussie Miracle Moist conditioner on slightly damp hair.
I know this might seem silly, but I combined water, aloe Vera juice, glycerin, lottabody, coconut, avocado oils to a spray bottle. It feels absolutely yucky going on, but my hair feels so good after it dries. Do I still need to add the C to this?
I try all this before and my hair felt like a barbedwire.Now I use coconut oil with a hot took,and after washing use a heath blocker blow out and use Argan oil ,the hair stay moist and bouncy.
I imagine you could use the sealant as the ‘O’ but personally I would use it as the ‘C’ in the loch method and maybe cut out the ‘O’ making it the LC method as there seems to be enough oil and cream in the sealant mixture. Then again, I don’t really use the LOC method on a regular basis and my regimen is very very basic.
If you follow the LOC method, would the sealant mentioned here be used in place of simple EVOO or Coconut Oil? Would this be the “O” in the process? I’m asking because it seems a bit heavy to use my leave-in, the whipped sealant, THEN a cream…anyone know? I’d like to try it , but my hair responds poorly to product overload.
my favorite home-made moisturizer / leave-in conditioner contains aloe vera juice, aloe vera gel, rosemary water, glycerine, conditioner, essential oils and water.
my favorite home-made sealant contains shea butter, coconut oil, olive oil, cod liver oil, castor oil and essential oils
How long do these mixtures typically keep? Do they go bad or flat?
Thank you for this post. I actually dd the big chop back in 1997, but have been getting my hair pressed, and not permed.I began purchasing oils and such. So now I know how to put it together. Thank you for these wonderful recopies 🙂 Much love!
Where would I find glycerin?
My hair shrinks 75 precent when wet how can I stretch it out without using any heat ? [img]https://bglh-marketplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image-11.jpg[/img]
On youtube a lot of people give advice on how to stretch hair with methods such as banding. So search them out. However post washing I usually twist my hair because it dries faster that way. The upside is that is it curly the down side is that it is very shrunken, 70%. I hate it that way, so I usually stretch it somewhat that day in pigtails so I can tolerate wearing it out and then that night I put my hair in chunky plaits. So basically a braid out on top of a one day old twist out and repeat each night till washing. If you have time post taking the twists out you could do some chunky plaits and leave them in while otherwise getting ready. That will stretch the hair out a bit. If you want to forgo twists post washing and go straight to a stretched look you can dry your hair in a medium sized braid out. The down side is it takes longer than twists to dry (for me a day and a half), but on the upside it gives you very stretched results.
Dear Tia
I really appreciate your posting this video. It was pretty informative. In the spirit of helping spread the word about being Natural; its only right that I tell you and others about a young lady who I believe you’ll appreciate as well. Her website is ITSNATURALORNOTHING. (.COM BY THE WAY.) I truly encourage you and others to check her out; and thanks again for taking the time out to create this video for us. -S. Neal
I just learned about something called Cupuacu butter and ordered some to make my own moisturizer! It’s not as greasy as shea, and I hate my hair to be greasy because then my hands get greasy throughout the day, leading a greasy face etc. I haven’t made the cream yet but I’m hoping I found my miracle butter!
I tend to just mix extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, sahara oil, argan oil, jasmine oil, mustrad oil, black caster oil and almond oil with blue magic hair grease. I have used blue magic since I was little and my hair is used to it, it is the only thing that makes my hair shiny and stops my scalp drying out. From what I can see it doesnt have anything nasty in it (i could be wrong) and in this cold english climate, if I were to just use oil, my scalp would need to be greased four times a day so a little grease helps. I don’t have long hair (My hair reacts to stress and I have exams twice a year) but use this site cus I find it very helpful. Thanks for the tips ladies 🙂
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j’ai commencé a laissé naturel je voudras avoir de trés bon résultat dans quelques mois
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Hey Naturals…
I need some help! If anyone would like to help me, I feel disorganized when it comes to taking care of my hair, first of all, I have 3 different textures, from wavy, to no texture at all to curly…my hair straightens easily without heat ONLY when I roller set it, It’s not thick nor thin…I have been following this website since 2009, when I did my first BC…it’s 2013 and i’m still lost, the articles just intimidate me at times, the only advice I have been able to follow is “listen to your hair”…I wash my hair with conditioners only (Suave: almond+shea butter or Tresemme: Naturals)<<–this my be wrong b/c both of these have alcohol in them, and i just bought Mixed Chicks: Leave In Conditioner–it does leave my hair crunchy but I follow up with an Olive Oil Product and it softens it quickly…The only thing I know is my hair grows when I two-strand twist it, and use Olive Oil: Moisturizing Lotion every night before bed, and it does get dry after the 3rd day… However, I am a no fuss girl, and I am not so much about length because I have volume.. I love to wash n go. I wear my hear in a banana clip often almost everyday and alternate the style with scarves..b/c I just dont want to twist out all the time…BUT I am open to change and doing what is right for healthy hair..<3
Does anyone know the order in which a natural should care for their hair..an example would be..
1. wash
2. conditioner
3. leave in
4. moisturize and seal <—what does this look like
I'd really like to move forward from washing my hair everyday with conditioner… anyway if there is a sister out there…pls email me mi***********@***il.com I will be glad to exchange pics of my hair with you etc. Thanks for your help.
The following pic is what I'm working with, just tried Mixed Chicks: Leave In and I applied Olive Oil: Moisturizing Lotion on the ends, just a lil damp on the sides…still wet on the top…
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Hi, your regimen looks ok to me, it just seems like you may be over doing it. You shouldn’t have to use Moisturizing lotion every night, plus it may not be good to use the lotion it usually sits on the hair instead of moisturizing it. You say that you only co-wash, which is not bad, but you may need to clarify your hair once a month with a non sulfate shampoo, to strip the hair and start over. I’ve learned that to much conditioning overtime actually blocks the hair from receiving moisture, and will cause it to dry. I hope this helps.
Thank you for your advice, Nique. What is a good non-sulfate shampoo…? 🙂
Jane Carter’s shampoo is really good, and also Karen’s body beautyful if you check out her site you can pick what fragrance you want. I heard she is bringing her line to target next month so you might want to hold on a little longer. I believe jane carter’s line is already available at target. Im not sure if you like minty type products but trader joes tea tree shampoo and conditioner is good. I use that when i feel like me scalp needs a little extra help.
This is very late but I think the other ladies gave you some great advice. You could simplify your routine a bit. However if you are still looking for some advice I have given some suggestions below. This is just a basic routine that is easy to amend for personal use. Sorry for the length.
Cleanse – co-washing is great, but you could try to have a couple of different conditioner/cleansers that provide something different for your hair. For example I do one that is primarily moisturizing meaning no proteins, cones etc. Then I have another conditioner that has proteins because sometimes my hair needs a it of that.
Deep condition – it could be similar to the things sought in a conditioner alternating with one focusing on moisturizing or protein based on your hair needs. This can be done weekly or bi-weekly based on your hair.
Moisturizer – For me this is either purely water in a bottle or 90-95% water with something extra such as a conditioner (with no cones, proteins, etc). On this site there are suggestions that combine water with aloe vera gel and some oils. I plan to try those in the warmer months, so you can tailor this category to your needs, but I think water is very important.
Sealant – For me this includes butters, oils, lotions, milks and those products that claim to curl hair (excluding the gel ones). Some people choose one thing from this category some people do two. Some people have homemade products that has butters mixed with oil so you get the best of both.
Finally is the clarifying wash that someone mentioned. There are many products advertised for this purpose, but you can go homemade/all natural with an apple cider vinegar rinse or go inexpensive with a V05 clarifying shampoo, my personal choice, if you are not picky about ingredients. I presume Suave has one too. And like someone else said once a month is good, but pay attention to your hair. If you spent two weeks putting a lot of stuff on it, it might need a fresh start then. Also, sometimes I find a good sign your hair needs to be clarified is when your beloved products seems to stop giving you the results you love.
Sorry, that was a lot, but I hope it helps. My overall advice is to have an understanding of what your products bought or homemade do for your hair, so you know when best to use them.
Here is my favorite DIY moisturize and sealing recipe.
Great recipes I just make a simple shealoe mix 40% shea to 60% aloe gel and I can use it on my body and face as well.
I just use plain old water and Shea butter (or coconut oil) and that’s it. I used to be into the mixing and measuring but my hair would always seem really greasy and weighted down….less is more for my hair, but these recipes seem interesting!!
I’m all about simplicity and this is way too much for me lol. To me, simple is washing my hair, applying castor oil (since its winter time) and being done. Until its time to wash again, I spritz my hair with regular H20 and seal with the castor. All that mixing and maxing, man I just can’t lol.
The second pic didn’t attach for some reason, so trying it again.
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I just started making a simple coconut oil whip for my body and started using it on my hair and I LOVE it!! I used to get dry, crunchy hair at the end of the day when I used coconut oil to seal. But, I think whipping it eliminates that b/c the coconut oil doesn’t go solid at cool temps. It’s aerated in a way and stays light and keeps my hair soft and moisturized. I’ve used coconut oil to pre-poo for the last 2 years (in the form of Vatika Oil). But just now starting to use it to seal. I see ladies achieving great results with it and hoping it helps strengthen and grow my hair even more!
The recipe is here:
http://hairscapades.com/2012/12/10/coconut-oil-body-whip/
(I added some shea butter to my whip).
These are pics of my dry braid-out with the coconut oil whip (I used a leave-in and sealed with the coconut oil whip on wash day).
The first is upon releasing it and the second is at the end of the day.
Shelli
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DearBlackgirllonghair,
I really appreciate your posting this video. It was pretty informative. In the spirit of helping spread the word about being Natural; its only right that I tell you and others about a young lady who I believe you’ll appreciate as well. Her website is ITSNATURALORNOTHING. (.COM BY THE WAY.) I truly encourage you and others to check her out; and thanks again for taking the time out to create this video for us. -S. Neal
These are great I can’t wait to try them.
Do people who make their own products find that they are more effective than moisturizers and sealants bought in stores?
Yes, I do. I prefer home made products because I can adjust the recipes to fit my hair’s needs.
For example, in the winter I make my moisturizing creams with extra shea butter than I would normally add to give that extra seal needed during arid, cold weather.
However in the summer I use less shea butter and more coconut oil because the weather is less dry and I wash my hair more often so I don’t need so must sealant. It also makes my hair feel lighter, which is great for summer styles.
Homemade is the way to go, you can customise with different fragrances, it lasts so much longer and I find them more effective than shop bought stuff that always has to have preservatives and I think this impacts negatively on your/my hair.
great info! thanks!