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Aug 15th, 2004 at 6:03pm
 
Has anyone tried shea butter? Please post your reviews! 8)

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Reply #1 - Aug 15th, 2004 at 11:43pm
 
I love shea butter! It's great used pure (but remember a little goes a long way). I can't find the link right now, but this is a recipe someone on another long hair site made up:

1 part pure shea butter
1 part conditioner
1/2 part carrier oil (like jojoba, olive, etc)

This works very well. Pure shea butter works great on cracked heels, too, and other dry parts of your body.  Smiley
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Reply #2 - Aug 16th, 2004 at 6:33am
 
Hiya,

I've used shea butter to oil my hair, but I find it difficult to apply. It's impossible to oil wet, as the shea butter solidifies on my hands when I try to apply it to my cooler hair.

I've been meaning to mix some into my deep conditioner but haven't got around to it yet. I currently use my shea to grease my hair up the night before a wash (I have to have a towel on the pillow).

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Reply #3 - Aug 16th, 2004 at 2:07pm
 
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I've been meaning to mix some into my deep conditioner but haven't got around to it yet.


Do try it! It's great!
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Reply #4 - Aug 16th, 2004 at 2:13pm
 
How should I do it Leia? Should I melt the shea butter first and warm the conditioner, then stir them together? What proportions are appropriate?

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Reply #5 - Aug 16th, 2004 at 10:56pm
 
Hi Kate, I don't recommend warming your conditioner--just the shea. They should mix nicely if you do it real quick. Some people mix the shea and the conditioner at up to 1:1 ratio (and with other natural oils added, if you like). Less shea for oily hair, I'd think.

Thanks for everyone's comments.. I'm ordering ingredients to make lotion bars. The recipe is 4 parts shea butter, 4 parts beeswax, 2 parts jojoba oil, 1 part hemp oil, 1 part avocado oil, and a bit of vitamin E as a natural preservative. They should be suitable for lip and skin care. The ingredients really add up to be expensive, but these bars are supposed to last months. I bought my solid lotion tin last Christmas!!

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Reply #6 - Aug 16th, 2004 at 11:45pm
 
Kate, I agree with Anais. You could warm up the shea a bit in the microwave, and try a 1:1 ratio. Even less shea butter really.. you don't need that much. You could even add a few drops of oil or EO.  Smiley
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Reply #7 - Aug 17th, 2004 at 3:32am
 
So I guess y'all like Shea? anybody else have any shea experiences?
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Reply #8 - Aug 17th, 2004 at 1:11pm
 
Thanks Leia and Anais Satin. I'll try it for my next wash (probably tomorrow).

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Reply #9 - Aug 21st, 2004 at 4:10pm
 
Kate,

Did you try the Shea? Do you like the results?

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Reply #10 - Aug 25th, 2004 at 7:36pm
 
I FINALLY remembered to do the shea butter thing, I used about 1 tbs, nuked it and mixed it with my normal amount of conditioner. It certainly wasn't a 1:1 ratio, more like 1:4.

My hair feels quite soft, and there is no frizz. However, my hair looks a tad greasy up on the crown - I'll probably want to wash it again tomorrow. Also, it feels like the shea butter weighed my hair down, it's not as curly as it usually is, more wavy. Did I do something wrong? Was I supposed to recondition after washing with the shea/conditioner mixture?

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Reply #11 - Aug 26th, 2004 at 12:29am
 
Probably not... I think the other thing.. is that your hair isn't long enough to get really really super dry yet. But Leia put it perfectly: "a little shea goes a long way" and that's probably the case. I hope your second try(ies) go well : ) let us know

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Reply #12 - Aug 27th, 2004 at 9:26am
 
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I think the other thing.. is that your hair isn't long enough to get really really super dry yet.


Bah. You're right, of course. But that doesn't mean I have to like it.  Roll Eyes

I have used the shea butter several times just to oil my hair (both wet and dry) but it really is too heavy for me. It weights my hair down too much. Nowadays I use it as an overnight deep conditioner, but I think I'll stick to almond oil for the time being. Hey! Maybe I'll mix *that* in my conditioner!

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Reply #13 - Aug 27th, 2004 at 7:48pm
 
Kate:

I'm sorry if my last post on this thread sounded offensive... I didn't mean to make a comment against your hair length... in fact I sooooo wish I could cut off half my hair to start healthy again!!! again Kate I apologize; because to me it sounded awful in retrospect.

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Reply #14 - Aug 30th, 2004 at 6:20am
 
Of course it wasn't offensive! I've had short hair for many years and now that I've decided to grow it, I get annoyed that it's taking so long.

I usually express myself bluntly and with way too much sarcasm, especially in this sort of forum. But it takes a lot more than an honest comment to offend me. Smiley

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Reply #15 - Aug 30th, 2004 at 3:45pm
 
Aww, thanks Kate.. that meant a lot to me. I tend to be blunt and sarcastic on this board too, on the occasion.
Anyhoo, have a great day 8)

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Reply #16 - Mar 12th, 2005 at 5:38am
 
*two-cents worth*

I'm still really new to the whole oiling thing...  but shea butter has become my favorite.

I've got thick pouffy-wavy hair that tends to go way dry and crunchy on the ends while the scalp all the way at the top is oily.  So...

I use it as a leave-in rescue treatment on dry hair, which seems to control where it goes and keeps it off the scalp.  I braid my hair halfway leaving a 'tail' of about six inches.  Then I take a teensy bit and warm it in my palms before running it through the tail, working it with a wood comb and boar's bristle.  Then I leave the braid in overnight to let it soak in.

Presto!  Ends don't crunch, no grease on my scalp, frizz cut.  Might very well be too heavy for straighter/ less pouffy hair, though.  Anyway...
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Reply #17 - Mar 12th, 2005 at 2:47pm
 
Most of the people that like shea butter, seem to have drier, coarser (or poofy) hair.  Of course, I believe, if it works for you - go for it!
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Reply #18 - Mar 25th, 2005 at 12:38am
 
So this is a silly question, but how on earth do you work with shea butter?  I've tried rubbing it between my hands to warm it up, and even microwaved it, but I never can get it to a consistensy that I could work into my hair evenly.  I would like to use it to make soaps and lotions also, but this basic problem has me stumped, so my tub of shea butter sits in the closet unused.   Sad
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Reply #19 - Mar 25th, 2005 at 7:48pm
 
Someone mentioned earlier in the thread about the shea/conditioner leave in (equal amts shea and conditioner, 1/2 part oil--will mix together better if the shea is room temp before blending)  This is fabulous for my hair--my ends are dry and damaged from an old perm and this makes them so soft!  Just apply a small amt when your hair is wet and let it dry.  If you don't want to use conditioner, I'd add a bit of oil to the shea to make it softer and easier to use.

I use plain shea butter on my skin.  It works nicely for my hands, cuticles, lips and feet.  I mist my hands with rosewater, rub it in a bit and add a little shea to lock in the moisture.  It works very well!
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Reply #20 - Jun 21st, 2006 at 6:31pm
 
My question may have been covered elsewhere but, at the moment, I sure can't find anything with the search thingy.  Here tis: 
The first jar of shea I purchased at my local health food store was perfect; all smoth and silky.  But the second and third jars I've purchased have been grainy, for lack of a better word.  I've tried melting it with simply rubbing my hands together.  A lot of it melts but I can still feel granules, almost like unmelted beeswax.  I just don't know what to do.  Would melting it help, like nuking it in the microwave? 
Thanks for any suggestions!
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Reply #21 - Jun 21st, 2006 at 10:17pm
 
Hi Trisha! 
Go to www.mystifyyoursenses.com and they have shea butter already liquified for sale.  I bought it along with fractionated coconut oil,and some other oils.  I mix a few different oils with e/o's (my own recipe) and it works out fine.  Just an FYI Smiley
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Reply #22 - Sep 5th, 2006 at 10:07pm
 
I use shea butter as a leave in rather than oil now as i find i can use lots of shea without my hair looking greesey. Plus when i was it out my hair feels so moisturised. I only apply oil to the tips of the hair to avoid that greasy look and seal in the shea's moisture.

I would say try it and see, i apply mine to dry hair as it gets to sticky on wet hair. Also you have to wait at least half an hour before it has all sunk in to your hair as before that it may feel a litlle stickey.
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Reply #23 - Oct 2nd, 2006 at 3:26pm
 
Just.thought.i.would.mention.that.shea.butter.
does.not.work.as.well.in.the.winter.than.in.the.
summer.as.it.needs.the.warmth.of.th.air.but.
oil.is.great.for.winter
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Reply #24 - Oct 11th, 2006 at 9:36pm
 
I've had the same experience, Rainbow.  It gums up a little on me in the winter, but I love it in the summer.
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