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MillieBelle Ruby Offline Cowboy Take Me Away!! Posts: 86 TN Gender:	Pre-washing Aug 10^th, 2005 at 7:26pm Do any of you do this, and if you do, what are the steps on doing it, and what do you use?
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gabi Ex Member	Re: Pre-washing Reply #1 - Aug 10^th, 2005 at 9:38pm Milliebelle - I don't think I understand the questions. Pre-wash to what? Can you clarify. Help an olde lady out ...g
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MillieBelle Ruby Offline Cowboy Take Me Away!! Posts: 86 TN Gender:	Re: Pre-washing Reply #2 - Aug 10^th, 2005 at 11:43pm 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.
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gabi Ex Member	Re: Pre-washing Reply #3 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 1:02am Ahhhh - understood. Yes, people do do that - I's one of 'em ...overnight even. Just sleep on a towel if it's too messy ...g
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MillieBelle Ruby Offline Cowboy Take Me Away!! Posts: 86 TN Gender:	Re: Pre-washing Reply #4 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 1:31am Gabi, what products do you use, and how often do you use them?
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Re: Pre-washing
Reply #5 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 7:08am

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

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Re: Pre-washing
Reply #6 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 11:38am

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.

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novusfemina Emerald Offline La nuit a des douceurs de femme Posts: 476 Gender:	Re: Pre-washing Reply #7 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 8:49pm 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!
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gabi Ex Member	Re: Pre-washing Reply #8 - Aug 11^th, 2005 at 8:51pm Kinda depends on when you do whatever else it is you do - if you are all asleep no one will be bothered ...g
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Pre-washing Reply #9 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 2:39am Ooh yeah, I use shea. LOTS of shea. Anais
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Re: Pre-washing
Reply #10 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 4:23am

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.)

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novusfemina Emerald Offline La nuit a des douceurs de femme Posts: 476 Gender:	Re: Pre-washing Reply #11 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 3:56pm Quote: 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!
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Pre-washing Reply #12 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 6:32pm 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)
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Re: Pre-washing
Reply #13 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 7:51pm

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

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Reply #14 - Aug 14^th, 2005 at 7:02pm

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? Wink

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