Can you share your oil regimens?

My favorite oil is using an electric mixer to mix shea butter with jojoba oil.  I have ...what do you call it...the kind of shea butter that is white and hard and doesn't have the bad smell the unrefined does - I think I have ultrarefined or something.  Anyway, it doesn't mix into the oil, its stays in lumps that float, but if I grab some of those pieces with the oil all over them and use that on my hair, I don't get the crunchy ends I get with jojoba alone. I get very soft, detangled, moisturized hair which I love.  Since it doesn't mix in, you could probably grate some into some oil and get the same effect as using the mixer, next time I'll probably just try that because it will be less messy in the kitchen...I do love it though so I'll definitely be making some more.

Sometimes I still use jojoba alone, but sometimes it also tricks me into thinking I need a half inch trim, so I never trim with jojoba on as a general rule to make sure I'm not getting tricked.  

I think we have a pair that came with electric trimmers.... does it matter that they aren't brand new and have been kept in a cupboard for a while... would that blunten them? Would trimming all the splitends make my hair look uneven from where i have cut them?

CalliaNatane wrote: I think we have a pair that came with electric trimmers.... does it matter that they aren't brand new and have been kept in a cupboard for a while... would that blunten them? Would trimming all the splitends make my hair look uneven from where i have cut them? Much appreciated :)

Nope, doesn't matter that they aren't brand new.  The blades only go dull with excess or improper use (such as using them to cut paper or other things).

Trimming individual split ends, no matter how many you have, will not make your hair look uneven!  Don't worry, you're good.

I have refined Shea butter. I wasn't sure so I had to look. I thought it was the unrefined, but I was wrong. I have heard that it mixes better if you warm it up first. I personally have never mixed anything with it, but I plan on making a few things with it. I am going to try to mix some tomorrow when I have some more time.

Where can you buy shea butter from?

hairbraider wrote: gypsydoll, glad I could help.  Let us know your results!

I am still experimenting with Shea butter, but I also really do like jojoba oil. I use it on my daughter's hair as well. She had pretty thin fine hair, and it helps with any fly aways.

I hope you don't mind me posting a non hairboutique link after yours Dave, but since the hairboutique shea seems to currently be out of stock, here is where I usually get mine.  You can get a pound for about $7, and choose between the easy to mix but possibly smelly unrefined, and the not so easy to mix but has no smell ultrarefined.  (Click on "butters" in the left hand menu).  They do ship worldwide.

Edited by Susan W - January 30 2007 at 7:25am

Yay!  I'm glad it mixed.  Keep us updated about how you like it.  It works great for my hair type and doesn't make my ends feel crunchy like jojoba, but I'm curious if it works that well for everyone (I'd imagine it must since jojoba makes so many people's hair types feel crunchy).

Ok, I was wrong it is not a solid. It is very creamy, and cloudy looking when before it cooled it was transparent. It is like a very thick liquid with a little bitty bit of pieces floating around. the pieaces are so small that they melt on contact when you rub it between your hands.It is a lot easy to apply than straight shea butter,but it still feels like it when it is dry.so far I think I really like it.