Shea Growth And Retention Regimen 2018

[Chicoro]

@Chicoro All of your friends are beautiful. Thanks for helping them with their hair.

Girl, I've not found an ugly Black woman, yet! I can't believe how many women with afro-textured hair STILL don't know how to take care of their hair. It's my pleasure to help them master, embrace and love their hair.

 

[Chicoro]

This is what Shea butter does to my hair and what I mean when I say that I no longer have to intentionally stretch my hair on wash day anymore with rollers, braids or twists:

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See how the roots are already stretched just by applying Shea butter?

And this is how it clumps my hair: The side that my hand is on is what my hair looks like the day after Shea butter has been allowed to soak in and deeply condition and weigh down my hair. The side next to it is after I've separated the strands from each other and removed tangles with my fingers. Even more stretch.
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Wow! And look at that long, long, long hair! Is that all Shea-Made? It's only one small section in the front. I can't EVEN imagine what that glorious hair looks like when it's all down and loose. I am sure it is a sight to behold!

 

[Chicoro]

Her hair is amazing! It's so dense and long. So many little girls from my neck of the woods have gorgeous tresses that look exactly like hers, but sadly their hair never reaches it's full potential due to improper care. I hope there comes a time when seeing hair like your friend's hair is just as common as seeing a head full of bundles. No shade to rocking weaves. I love my wigs too but I love it more that I can use them to protect my hair instead of feeling like I need ghet in order to hide unattractive hair.

It is pretty, isn't it. Can you believe she was actually contemplating cutting it all off because she didn't know what to do with it? This is the first time her hair is going to start to reach its full potential as well. She just big chopped about 2 or 3 years ago.

Now, she is looking forward to getting to tailbone length and beyond! She's really excited about her future hair journey.

 

[Chicoro]

She and her hair are both lovely!

Whenever we *cough* have our stateside meet up, please make sure the venue has a sink. Imma meet you in the back, so you can wash my hair and slather me up with Shea butter. I can sit back and relax cause I know you will be gentle, treat my hair like it's your own then send me on my way with my very own Chicoro whipped Shea butter!

Yes, I think so too.

I can make due with a plastic cup and some bottled water! Girl, meet me in the back? At a Shea-Made Hair Unicorn meet-up. Forget that. We gone be front and center. Don't forget to bring a towel because I don't want to get grease on your outfit. Yes, indeedy, I'd love to get my hands in that gorgeous, long, cascading hair of yours. I grew up tender headed and I know what that feels like.

Of course you can sit back and relax with yo drank, and yo plate while I do your hair! I got to fly from France so if somebody provides the Shea butter, oil and mixer, I can HOOK YOU UP!

 

[Chicoro]

Shuffles over to stand in line behind Elevated...shoot, I'm tender headed too.

You ain't got to shuffle nowhere. I got a spot for you, too. Ya'll got to bring your own towels, though. I can't be doing laundry on my holiday.

 

[Chicoro]

One of the door prizes for the Shea-Made Hair Unicorn Extravaganza:



For those of you needing clarification, that's a 'Gangster Merman'.

 

[Chicoro]

This is my long, scraggly hair. It's 1/3 of one braid. 1 part of my braid is to the front and the other two parts of the unraveled braid are behind my shoulders, against my back.

Most would cut or trim this. Some people would interpret this as trying to hold onto unhealthy hair because of a desperation to have length. Nope. I don't care what people do or say. More and more hairs will drop down and join this length.

At this point there is no trimming. There is no search and destroy. There is no visits to professional hair stylists who will cut the hair even. Nerp, nope, no! Any of these will impede the progress of my length gains. I LEAVE.IT.ALONE.

I cut and trim when I heat straighten or if my ends are tangling. I don't have any of that going on right now.

The hair will begin to 'thicken' at this length.

This section of hair is the Prophet that foretells the length I will get! If some of my hair gets long, the rest is very likely to get this long as well. In my other length check pictures, I am pulling the whole section or the entire braid. In this picture, I'm isolating 1/3 of the braid.


Night, night ya'll!

 

[caribeandiva]

One of the door prizes for the Shea-Made Hair Unicorn Extravaganza:

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For those of you needing clarification, that's a 'Gangster Merman'.

Omg

 

[jennex]

@jennex i thought I was looking at my pic until I made the pic bigger

I know, same here! I didn't think I would ever find a hair twin

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

This is what Shea butter does to my hair and what I mean when I say that I no longer have to intentionally stretch my hair on wash day anymore with rollers, braids or twists:

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See how the roots are already stretched just by applying Shea butter?

And this is how it clumps my hair: The side that my hand is on is what my hair looks like the day after Shea butter has been allowed to soak in and deeply condition and weigh down my hair. The side next to it is after I've separated the strands from each other and removed tangles with my fingers. Even more stretch.
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Done tackling 3 sections today but I will finish the rest tomorrow. Here is another example though on a section of my hair with a totally different texture.

Clumped dried Shea buttered up hair



After separating



I don't always separate, but I am prepping my hair for a braid out this weekend. I usually just leave the clumped curls alone (unless shed hair/tangles are clumped with it) and just throw it in a French braid or bun.

 

[ElevatedEnergy]

Wow! And look at that long, long, long hair! Is that all Shea-Made? It's only one small section in the front. I can't EVEN imagine what that glorious hair looks like when it's all down and loose. I am sure it is a sight to behold!

I actually started using Shea butter because of you about 6 months ago. You will forever be known to me as the person who changed my hair game.

I'm heading out of town this weekend for an event and I plan on wearing my hair down...big, fluffy and Shea'd up to the GAWDS! I will snap a pic

 

[IDareT'sHair]

I plan on wearing my hair down...big, fluffy and Shea'd up to the GAWDS! I will snap a pic

@ElevatedEnergy
......

 

[Sarabellam]

You just nasty, girl!

It DOES sound like an erotic novel! What book you got on your night stand right now?


I am so glad you pointed that out. I'm just inadvertently sharing prose from a possible forthcoming new novel:

"Shea Tales From Abroad: Greasing 'Em Down 2- American Style"

Featuring Chicoro, The Slipping and Sliding Queen: Her butter will dirty up your sheets, every time!

Don’t speak those lies about Queen Shea!! She has never dirtied a sheet in all her years. What is she... a common oil!?

 

[Aggie]

Just whipped up my SB blend with an ounce each of jojoba butter and grapeseed butter tonight and I added (approx. 24 drops each) essential oils of rosemary, tea tree, lavender, calendula, ginger, and peppermint. I also added 1 ounce each of fractionated coconut oil and jbco plus a half ounce each of sesame oil and hemp seed oil.

It looks and feel wonderfully fluffy, more so than my last 2 blends. I will have fun with this mix and will use it as a base for other things I will be doing with it this go round, like adding some ayurveda powders for when I do my ayur-treatments, and to my conditioners when I need an oily buttery treatment.

For my body, I will add some ylang ylang essential oil for a more perfume smell. Love ylang ylang oil a lot and I always have some in my stash since I add it to my hair and body oils as well.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Whipped Up a Blend of:
Unrefined SB
Wheat Germ Powder
Wheat Germ Oil (couple drops)
Emu Oil (couple drops)
Veggie Glycerin

Turned out very nice

 

[Jade Feria]

This 3CayG Shea butter is the BUSINESS!!! I didn't know it was possible for Shea to be EVEN BETTER than I've already experienced. It's extremely soft and needs little doctoring. I am loving it.

 

[Taleah2009]

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This is my long, scraggly hair. It's 1/3 of one braid. 1 part of my braid is to the front and the other two parts of the unraveled braid are behind my shoulders, against my back.

Most would cut or trim this. Some people would interpret this as trying to hold onto unhealthy hair because of a desperation to have length. Nope. I don't care what people do or say. More and more hairs will drop down and join this length.

At this point there is no trimming. There is no search and destroy. There is no visits to professional hair stylists who will cut the hair even. Nerp, nope, no! Any of these will impede the progress of my length gains. I LEAVE.IT.ALONE.

I cut and trim when I heat straighten or if my ends are tangling. I don't have any of that going on right now.

The hair will begin to 'thicken' at this length.

This section of hair is the Prophet that foretells the length I will get! If some of my hair gets long, the rest is very likely to get this long as well. In my other length check pictures, I am pulling the whole section or the entire braid. In this picture, I'm isolating 1/3 of the braid.


Night, night ya'll!

Sweet baby Jesus that is some beautiful hair!

 

[Chicoro]

@Daina ,

You can't hide...

 

[Chicoro]

Looks like we've got a NEW addition to the Shea Made Hair Unicorn Hall of Fame!

@Daina has been outted as Hair Unicorn in Post #2130 in ANOTHER thread:
Hip Tbl & Beyond Challenge 2018-2019.

https://longhaircareforum.com/threa...llenge-2018-2019.801937/page-71#post-24669983

Her post:
"I am happy to report I think I'm back to WL after impulsively trimming off all of my final heat damage in early Jan. When I trimmed it took me back to just below MBL. I did a blowout on cool and then did some twists in the attached but decided to do a quick pull test and I think I'm back to WL. My new ayurvedic regimen and Queen Shea gets the credit as I have been very lax on my supplements..."

Her Post 2137 of the same thread:
"...I trimmed/cut my damage in January and started whipping shea butter the same month. My ssk's and breakage are virtually non-existent. Shea butter is a game changer for real!!!!!"...

 

[Chicoro]

I, Chicoro, on this 4th day in April 2018, nominate and induct @Daina
into the Shea Made Unicorn Hair Hall of Fame!

Daina posted pictures of her progress from MBL in January to her arrival at waist length by April, due to using Shea butter. Technically, she was "outted" in another thread, but I get 'em where I find 'em. (Posts #2130 and #2137 in the TBL 2018 thread.)

Hold on tight to that crown and come on down! @caribeandiva , you got her golden pail/bucket?

 

[Chicoro]

The unicorn herd is growing. It's quite amazing.

Night, night ya'll!

 

[tapioca_pudding]

This 3CayG Shea butter is the BUSINESS!!! I didn't know it was possible for Shea to be EVEN BETTER than I've already experienced. It's extremely soft and needs little doctoring. I am loving it.

It's seriously lovely. I have been giving away sample jars of my whipped shea hair and body butter just for feedback from friends/family and have gotten rave reviews. I know it's largely in part from using the 3CayG shea as the base for both butters I'll be ordering more pails soon.

 

[caribeandiva]

I, Chicoro, on this 4th day in April 2018, nominate and induct @Daina
into the Shea Made Unicorn Hair Hall of Fame!

Daina posted pictures of her progress from MBL in January to her arrival at waist length by April, due to using Shea butter. Technically, she was "outted" in another thread, but I get 'em where I find 'em. (Posts #2130 and #2137 in the TBL 2018 thread.)

Hold on tight to that crown and come on down! @caribeandiva , you got her golden pail/bucket?

I got her!! @Daina welcome to the Shea butter made unicorn hall of fame!! Here is your trophy: your very own golden pail!


Congratulations!!

 

[Chicoro]

Had to come back! @tapioca_pudding , it seems I overlooked your information and did not post your Unicorn-ship in the first post of this thread, as I've done with all the others. I've remedied my error and your name and 'made' date have been posted! My apologies, excuse me, please.

 

[Daina]

I, Chicoro, on this 4th day in April 2018, nominate and induct @Daina
into the Shea Made Unicorn Hair Hall of Fame!

Daina posted pictures of her progress from MBL in January to her arrival at waist length by April, due to using Shea butter. Technically, she was "outted" in another thread, but I get 'em where I find 'em. (Posts #2130 and #2137 in the TBL 2018 thread.)

Hold on tight to that crown and come on down! @caribeandiva , you got her golden pail/bucket?

@Chicoro, thank you so much and what an honor to get to run in a herd with such awesome royalty! You definitely caught me as I was chillin in the cut but queen shea is the troof and my hair has never been better! I joined this thread on a whim thinking let me see what all the fuss is about...and now I'll never look back. I'm a Shea Butter shawty fo' life!

 

[Daina]

I got her!! @Daina welcome to the Shea butter made unicorn hall of fame!! Here is your trophy: your very own golden pail!
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Congratulations!!

Thank you fellow HOF class of 2018 shea sista! Love my golden pail!!!

 

[Daina]

Here is a pic of my hair basking in the shea goodness! I still haven't had to retouch my color, SB has helped my hair to retain the color better IMHO. My twists at night are moist, juicy and shea black!

 

[Chicoro]

Here is a pic of my hair basking in the shea goodness! I still haven't had to retouch my color, SB has helped my hair to retain the color better IMHO. My twists at night are moist, juicy and shea black!

@Daina,
I have two requests.

1. Can you post the photo showing your stretched length, the one you posted in the TBL thread, please?
2. Can you elaborate on the point about your color? What do you mean Shea butter helped your hair to retain color better?
   • Is color still on the roots?
   • Is the color the same, as in not faded?
   • How long does it take, in terms of time, before the color starts to fade?
   • Or does the color fade based on number of washes0? If it's number of washes, how many washes before the hair color starts to fade?
   • What kind of color are you using: permanent, semi-permanent, demi permanent or something else?
   • Is the color the same, or is the hair color even darker?
   • How often do you color normally?
   • Are you coloring to cover grays?
   • Or, are you coloring to have jet black, or darker hair?

Thank you!

 

[Daina]

@Chicoro, sure no problem! Attached below is the picture I posted in the TBL thread. As for the color, my hair is naturally very dark probably close to jet black. I only color the perimeter front and back edges because of gray strands. I don't put the color throughout. I don't have a before perimeter shot but will document better this time around to test my hypothesis/belief set. Typically when I've colored my grays the front would come back first and normally after 3 months. The last time I colored using SM permanent hair color in jet black was in the beginning of November. So by January I would have started to see the grays peeking through. At first I thought my hair had stalled and wasn't growing or doing anything but since starting the SB regimen in January I knew my breakage had stopped and there were minimal ssk's. Just this week I saw my first strand of gray appear and it's been 5 months since I last colored. My pull test shows that my hair did grow because I cut off at least 2-3 inches back in January which took me back to just below MBL and now I'm back to between 19 and 20 inches on my length check shirt. Now that I have a better phone and the app @YvetteWithJoy recommended works great I can document more and take more pictures. Hope this helps and what you were looking for!

 

[Saga]

I whipped up a batch this morning and I'm working on a set of mini batches. One for work, one for my car, and the third for idk what yet, lol. I am gonna stop by tjmaxx and get some more essential oils because the sweet orange EO I have is being overpowered by the nuttiness of the butter. I saw that they had a set of floral scents so I'll see if those make a difference. In the meantime, I'm definitely going to be bringing my Shea butter to my hair appointment so that she can use it before sewing down my wig.