I love concocting  hair recipes, so I was excited to get a challenge to experiment with products.  I chose to use the shea butter as my challenge because it is a product that I have not had very much success with in my hair.

I've always heard about people using a shealoe mix, so I decided to make something like that with a little added twist.   I used a bit of warmed shea butter along with some aloe vera gel and some almond oil to create a hair pomade.   I ran out of gel recenlty so I needed something that I could use to slick my hair back and provide moisture at the same time without being too greasy.  In my mix I used mostly aloe for hold and the shea butter added the thickness and the almond oil contributed shine.  I have found that just using shea butter alone tends to make my hair feel filmly and a little dull. 

 –This mix ended up being perfect.  I dampened my hair with water first and then I rubbed the mix into my hands until the small chunks of shea butter melted completely.  Then I used a scarf to hold the little short/ broken hairs down while it dried completely.  I ended up wearing the scarf out because it was raining.  Once inside I removed the scarf and the pomade held well for the rest of the day.  In the future I'd like to try this with twists — I confess my hair is long overdue to be washed because I've been sick–and it has been freezing here -can't wait to dunk my head in water and experiment with more styes!!!! 🙂