The Hair On My Head

[IcePrincessKRS]

Ok, as requested by Hughey and Brigid, here's the recipe for the hair cream I use. The initial cost of the ingredients may be a little pricey depending on where you can get them and how much your health food store charges, but it'll be worth it because with the ingredients you've bought you can make this stuff over and over.

This is what I like to call "Sarah's Fabulous Hair Goo" (Sarah is the sister in law who gave me the recipe). As you'll note its primary ingredients are oil and beeswax so if you use too much it'll make your hair look greasy (yeah, I made that mistake at least once) so I'd recommend the first time you use it apply it on a day you don't have to rush, that way if you use too much you can wash it out. You can also use it on your skin, so if you don't like it on your hair you can always use it for other stuff.

1 TBS cocoa or mango butter
1 TBS beeswax
1/4 C. cosmetic oil (sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, jojoba oil, etc.)
1/4 C. rosewater
1 TBS aloe vera gel
1/2 tsp borax (you know, the 20 Mule Team stuff you see in the grocery store next to laundry detergent)
1 tsp. honey
1 tsp. orange essential oil

Slowly melt oil, wax, and cocoa/mango butter in a double boiler.

In a separate pan gently warm the rosewater, honey, borax, and aloe vera gel.

Slowly add the water mixture to the oils and whisk with a wire whisk--you can also use an electric beater, it will go faster if you do, you'll be stirring a long time if you do it by hand. Add orange essential oil. Blend till cool and thick. Store in a jar or tub (those disposable ziplock containers would work). Outside the fridge expect it to keep for about a month, inside the fridge it will stay fresh considerably longer (and remain a bit firmer).

Some of the ingredients will be readily available at a regular grocery store or Wal Mart, but the oils and rose water you'll definitely need to get at the health food store. The beeswax you may need to hit up a craft store to find. If you can't find any let me know, I can hack off a chunk of mine and send it to you if you like (I have like 5 lbs worth of wax, I won't be needing THAT much any time soon). Walgreens sells tubes of pure cocoa butter for 99 cents, so that will a cheap and easy way of getting that ingredient as well (I know some other places sell it, too, so check that out before you buy an expensive tub of the stuff from a health food store). I actually had all this stuff on hand the first time I made it, with the exception of the orange oil and rosewater. lol

[Pig of Intrigue]

how much of this would it take to make my hair soft and sleek

[Cow of Shame]

do you snort this stuff or eat it?

[franciscanheart]

Sweet! I can't wait to try it... Thanks, Ice!

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1341870' date='Jul 26 2007, 09:47 PM']I actually had all this stuff on hand the first time I made it, with the exception of the orange oil and rosewater. lol[/quote]
You would. Haha!

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Pig of Intrigue' post='1341952' date='Jul 27 2007, 12:27 AM']how much of this would it take to make my hair soft and sleek[/quote]

For you, I'm guessing A LOT.


[quote name='Cow of Shame' post='1341975' date='Jul 27 2007, 12:39 AM']do you snort this stuff or eat it?[/quote]

Neither, its too greasy and gives me indigestion. I absorb its magical goodness topically.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1342000' date='Jul 26 2007, 11:12 PM']Neither, its too greasy and gives me indigestion. I absorb its magical goodness topically.[/quote]
you mean you've actually eaten it? yum ...

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' post='1341982' date='Jul 27 2007, 12:41 AM']Sweet! I can't wait to try it... Thanks, Ice!
You would. Haha![/quote]

Yeah... I guess I would!

[quote name='Terra Firma' post='1342005' date='Jul 27 2007, 01:18 AM']you mean you've actually eaten it? yum ... [/quote]

No. I was just being funny. I don't think all of that stuff is edible.

[Cow of Shame]

I think the Borax would do a number on ya

[IcePrincessKRS]

That and the essential oil.

[Sojourner]

Yeah I think the Borax would not be good ... the rest wouldn't hurt you though, I don't think.

[IcePrincessKRS]

Since we're talking about hair, Hughey, do you remember when I did this? when I had my SIL cut my hair I still had damage from when I did that!

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/IcePrincessKRS/Picture723.jpg[/img]

[Sojourner]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1342023' date='Jul 26 2007, 11:32 PM']Since we're talking about hair, Hughey, do you remember when I did this? when I had my SIL cut my hair I still had damage from when I did that!

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/IcePrincessKRS/Picture723.jpg[/img][/quote]

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Terra Firma' post='1342019' date='Jul 27 2007, 01:30 AM']Yeah I think the Borax would not be good ... the rest wouldn't hurt you though, I don't think. [/quote]

Yeah. I know essential oil is inedible, too. But I think those might be the only 2 things that aren't edible.

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Terra Firma' post='1342024' date='Jul 27 2007, 01:32 AM'][/quote]

That was 2 years ago. It took me that long to grow it all out long enough to get rid of all the damage. It was fun but really killed my hair.

[IcePrincessKRS]

I don't really have any before and after pictures since I started making this stuff, but thats because in pretty much all of my pictures I have a pony tail (because my hair was so insane), and anything older than the past year or so I don't have with me here in Korea.

But here are some comments I wanted to reply to from the Picture thread without detracting from the thread anymore than we already did.


[quote name='hugheyforlife' post='1341626' date='Jul 26 2007, 06:32 PM']here are a couple of quick shots of my silly locks. they're a lot longer now and are easily weighed down because my hair is so thin. it also hasn't been cut in a while so that needs to be done soon to avoid the dreaded triangle head --- and yes, it happens when it's long too![/quote]

Your hair reminds me of my sisters--only her hair is super thick and blond. But if she doesn't style it just-so she gets triangle head.


[quote name='azaelia' post='1341684' date='Jul 26 2007, 07:16 PM']Your hair reminds me of Moosey's hair. Her's is thick and coarse though. We both use Noodle Head by this random generic brand at Sally Beauty Supply. It's in an orange bottle. Works wonders.

I NEVER comb my hair. Ever. Not even run my fingers through it. I wash it, scrunch it, and that's it. The only time I comb it is in the shower when I have shampoo in it to distribute it evenly. It looks good. [/quote]

I only brush my hair when its sopping wet just out of the shower--sometimes I don't but usually I have to. Then I tousle it with my hair goo and let it air dry (NEVER blow dry... I think that verges on sacrilegious with my curly hair) Edited to add: I used to do my hair the way you do, but with the way my hair spirals I found that I really do have to brush it out when its wet and "start fresh."


[quote name='hugheyforlife' post='1341696' date='Jul 26 2007, 07:33 PM']i've always loved your hair.

btw, i comb mine in the shower too but when im doing the conditioner to make sure THAT's distributed evenly. and then when i get out (if im leaving it curly) i run my fingers through it to get out all the loose hairs. how do you do that?[/quote]

I do that, except I only use my hands in the shower. I especially have to when I'm in my post-partum shed, like I am now. I get out so much hair its disgusting.