Do any of you do this, and if you do, what are the steps on doing it, and what do you use?

Milliebelle - I don't think I understand the questions.  Pre-wash to what?

Can you clarify.  Help an olde lady out  ;D...g

Put oil or something on dry hair or a conditoner on dry hair and then a few hours later shampoo it out.

Sorry Gabi, I was in a hurry when I typed it! Watching the little nephew run circles around my room.

Ahhhh - understood.

Yes, people do do that - I's one of 'em  ;D...overnight even.  Just sleep on a towel if it's too messy ...g

Gabi, what products do you use, and how often do you use them?

Hi MillieBelle - I use Louise Marie Longhairs products only.  Take a look at my journal ( which I promise to keep up with more and make more interesting *urf*).

This line is meant to be used daily, or as close to that as you can get.

Conversation about her line tends to get intense and I don't want that to happen here.  But if you get interested I will certainly give you links to read up on their website (which is not designed to sell you stuff; it's a one woman effort to explain her product line, it's Canadian, so no product ingredients are listed,  it's homeopathy - all natural and quiet a ride)...g

I've slept in alot of hot oil treatments the night before a wash.  Just glop it on, go to sleep and wash out in the morning.  I've used olive oil and honey quite a bit, jojoba oil, almond oil, and shea butter (mixed with other oils works well for me).  

When I'm not going to sleep in it, I'll often add an egg to the olive oil and honey mixture.  

How does that do (the overnight conditioning stuff, that is) with your sweeties?

I feel funny with four doughnut rag curls on my head... LOL!

Kinda depends on when you do whatever else it is you do  ;) - if you are all asleep no one will be bothered  ;D...g

Ooh yeah, I use shea. LOTS of shea.

Anais

For pre-washing I use coconut oil, the kind found in the food section at the grocery store.  I concentrate it especially on the ends, and then I wash my hair.  Actually I just shampoo my scalp, but the bubbles kind of wash down the length of the hair as well.

(After hair is washed and conditioned, I also apply a little coconut oil to the damp ends before night curling. It adds SUCH bounce and shine in the morning.)

wrote on Aug 12^th, 2005 at 2:39am:

Ooh yeah, I use shea. LOTS of shea. Anais

Hey Anais... what kind of shea do you use?  

I buy cocoa butter in the tubs from the drugstore, and saw they had little btubs of shea butter... is that the sort of thing you use?

It's not solid, but it's really thick and creamy like good lotion...

Just curious!

I put in some EVOO, braid my hair and sleep in it and then wash the next morning.  I do this after any other activities that night...hem 8)

Hey Novusfemina

I get my shea from two suppliers- Brenda Sullivan (Mystifyyoursenses) and Emporium Naturals. I had a really yummy recipe but the unrefined shea supplier has run out. Basically I mix my own shea cream.

2 golf balls of shea refined (or 1,1 of shea, mango)
1/2 golf ball of shea unrefined yellow (smelly)
3 tablespoons of jojoba oil

Melt the butters, add the oil, and stir until the mix thickens. Hint - use ice packs when the container cools off to room temp. Keep stirring until the mix is thick as frosting, thicker, thicker, until it finally looks like play dough. It will get even harder by the next morning. If you put it into containers and leave it overnight, it will have the final consistency of a creamy butter (truly melt-on-contact).

Anais

That sounds WONDERFUL, Anais!

I used some of the cocoa butter that I had (from the store) to smear in my hair before I went to the beach (figured I was going to be out in the sun/water with my hair coiled up tightly anyway... why not deep condish?) and my hair turned out SOOOOOOOOO soft after I washed it!

My hair definitely likes butters, and I would love to find something creamy yet still relatively light to put on my ends...

WOuld you consider bottling your recipe and selling it?   ;)

Novus, That's a great idea.... we'll see what happens.

Still, I think most people can still make the Shea Buttercream recipe at home using only one shea butter and one oil. I used shea and jojoba. The recipe can be simplified very easily if anyone is missing ingredients. of course it won't be standardized like the stuff I make, and not all sheas are the same texture, but the recipe is definitely doable.

Glad you like it!
Anais

Mmmm, I was looking for something new to try for a deep condition. Perhaps, this is the one! ;)

Yep, now I have to order some stuff from the Mystifyyoursenses....  ;D

Yay!  I'm so excited... *claps hands*

Oooh, Anais that does sound wonderful.  Can't wait to try it.  

Novusfemina--my husband works nights, and I tend to do the overnight conditioning on those nights.  One, those happen to be my days off so I can spend longer in the morning taking care of my hair, and 2, I don't like to get any goop on his pillow case which inevitably (sp?) happens if he's home.  All the other wierd stuff I do with my hair, he just giggles and says its cute.  He's asked if I need special socks to curl my hair with.  

It seems that Brenda is back from vacation now, so Mystify Your Senses is a go. Glad you folks liked the shea cream, and enjoy the witchery :)

Anais

wrote on Aug 17^th, 2005 at 5:16pm:

It seems that Brenda is back from vacation now, so Mystify Your Senses is a go. Glad you folks liked the shea cream, and enjoy the witchery :) Anais

I love that you said that, Anais.  Witchery... I'm best adept at kitchen witchery myself.  :)  Can't wait to try this.

"Witchery" I like it and think we all should add it to our lexicon for kitchen/food recipes for hair. "Hair Witchery". Has a certain ring to it.  ;D

You can use regular lotions for the hair? I thought you were supposed to use stuff made for the hair only? I would use cocoa butter in my hair if I knew it was OK...

The shea cream recipe is all-natural and not exactly "lotion". It does, however, work wonderfully for skin. I highly recommend shea mixtures for both skin and hair. YUM ;D

Anais

Along the lines of what Anais says...whenever I shea my hair, I always end up with extra on my hands. For some reason, my hands are rarely dry, instead of washing my hands to remove the extra oil/butter, I just start rubbing the excess on my skin. In no time at all, I've the greasy feeling gone from my hands and the rest of me is soft too. So, Anais is right, it's wonderful for your skin as well. I can't imagine why it would not work the other way around, I once read that hair and skin (epidural) were very similar in composition.