What shampoo do you use?

Hi Layla. I put shea butter conditioner on my scalp and hair after shampooing. (While my hair is still wet.) If you can't find a shea butter hair conditioner, you can use natural shea butter. Just warm a blob between your hands to liquify it. Then massage it into your scalp and work it through your hair with your fingers. You can leave it on for 3 minutes. (I sometimes leave it on for up to 30 mins. with my hair wrapped in a warm, damp towel.) Then rinse your hair with tepid water.

I tried a lot of dry scalp treatments before finding shea butter. None of them worked this well. It smells great too and makes your hair feel soft and look really shiny. It's also an excellent body moisturizer.

Juliana,

"GM" is George Michael, reknowned long-hair stylist (opened a salon in NYC in 1960, still in operation today under ownership of his original assistant).

Thanks for reminding me of these products, Nicole. I used them years ago. My first impression of their Creme shampoo was "yuck, too drying!" and I gave away a big bottle of it. Some time later I tried it again (using my dilution method) and was amazed to discover that my hair loves the stuff. And, at this same time I tried their 12-minute conditioner, too. My hair loved that stuff as well.

strawberryfine wrote: I would really love to read about your dilution method with the GM shampoo, if you wouldn't mind posting it.

Hi Strawberryfine!

Your hair is very pretty and shiny! And thank you for your nice compliment.

Here is my shampoo method:

1) center-part head, bring sides forward, comb thoroughly, then brush. Hair is "perfectly" detangled.

2) Hop in shower & wet hair, trying not to move head up/down/sideways... keeping it "in place"... until it's wet.

3) Pour about 1 ounce of your favorite shampoo into a clear/translucent plastic bottle, add about 5 ounces of water. Slowly rotate bottle back/forth. "Stirred, not shaken." Shaking it would make it all foamy -- would not help with application.

4). Slowly pour diluted shampoo mix onto one spot on the scalp, massage with fingertips of the other hand, until it starts to get sudsy, then move onto an adjacent spot on the scalp and repeat. It takes about 2 minutes to cover the entire head. Then massage the suds some more, and rinse, letting the shampoo flow through the strands.

5) Repeat step 4) if you feel necessary

Practice makes perfect. Let us know how it goes for you!