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castor oil, coconut oil, diy, hair, hair care, homemade, jojoba oil, naptural85, natural, natural hair, olive oil, shea butter, shea butter mix
Two posts back to back? What? I’m just as shocked as you are. However, I just had to share my first time experience, making Naptural85’s Thick and Fluffy Pomade-Type Moisturizing Creme.
Ingredients:
-Unrefined Shea Butter at Room Temperature
-About 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil
-About 1 tsp Olive Oil
-About 1 tsp Castor Oil
-About 1 Tbsp Jojoba Oil
-About 1/2 tsp Vitamin E
I modified the recipe by adding 1/2 TSP of vegetable glycerin and about 4-6 drops of lavender to add a nice scent.
I bought the Africa Shea Butter a week or two ago, from a beauty supply store near me. Instead of storing it in a cool place, I left it out in the open, giving it time to soften.
I have a Ninja Blender, so I knew my baby could handle the job.
It blended greatly. Nice and fluffy. After I poured/scraped it out and looked at my blender, I finally remembered how much work it takes to clean my blender very well. I need a hand mixer & mixing bowl, for next time.
I attempted to pour it back in the original container and soon realized it wasn’t going to fit.
Good thing, I had two old creme containers that I saved for just this instance. I used an old Shea Moisture container.
Voila! I’m going to try it first as a twist creme and then let you know the results. After that I experiment, I will use it as my moisturizer, before applying hair gel/custard for a wash-style-wait-then go. No such thing as a wash and go, for me at least. I applied the little bits I had left over, on the twists I currently have in. Didn’t want to waste it and I get to try it out a little. Tomorrow, I had planned to take my twists down for a twist out anyway.
Well that’s all for tonight. I did get around to trying the Cherry Lola Treatment and the Egg, Mayo, Honey, & Olive Oil Deep Treatment, I mentioned in a previous post. I did the Cherry Lola once so far, and I’ve done the deep treatment every time I washed or cowashed my hair. I’ll write a post soon about my experience with both. Until next time, good night & thanks for reading!