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A brief Hair Interlude
many weeks back I had mixed up a batch of The Filthy Hippie Cosmetologist's Ultimate Hair and Skin Buttah. Some folks decided that they would like to try this stuff, and so I sent them a jar.
I've been using the Buttah pretty faithfully since I started this formulation, and I have some observations about it.
The best use for it, I've found, is as a leave-in conditioning product after my hair wash. I get out of the shower with dripping wet hair, and melt a slightly bigger than pea-sized amount in my hands. Then I smooth the melted butter into the last 5 inches of my hair, or go a little higher. I go by halves, so it's actually two slightly bigger than pea sized amounts, because my hair is quite thick. after that, I add a lighter leave in and rather a lot of gel to keep my curls forming nicely together, and air-dry.
I have done an isolation test - where all I added was the buttah and no other products for an air-dry. the only reason why I add another lighter leave in is beacuse I'm hanged if I'm going to let a perfectly good litre of leave-in go to waste. this stuff is fantastic, especially on curls. I end up getting a lot of nice fat clumps and it encourages the spiral effect - so I get apparent length shrinkage because my hair is curling in spirals instead of waves, but oh man pretty hair!
I've also melted a generous amount and added it to my deep conditioning treatment. Here's a recipe, in case I haven't flogged you all with it already:
1 tsp hair buttah
2 tsp honey
melt the buttah in the microwave about 20 seconds. add honey, melt again about 20 seconds.
2 tbsp deep conditioning treatment (whatever you happen to like, regardless of if you do curly girl or not.)
2 tbsp Lily of the desert or fruit of the earth clear aloe vera gel
more regular rinse out conditioner, to make more if you need more (I use cheapo Alberta V05 free me freesia and stuff like that.)
stir stir stir. if your mix comes out lumpy and funny, don't worry - it just looks ugly, that's all. wash as usual, add deep treatment, detangle with wide toothed comb. Cover with plastic cap (or plastic shopping bag, I've done that) and hang around for half an hour to an hour. if you're not soking in the tub, then warp your hair in a towel turban style and watch tv.
rinserinserinse. I like rinsing under the shower best for this, it keeps things flowing in the right direction for me. I also comb my hair under the spray because that does really good things for the state of my curl afterwards. then get out with soaking wet hair and add the buttah as a leave-in on your ends. be amazed by the amazing.
The buttah isn't exactly what I would use as a tube of hand cream by the phone or next to the sink, or whatever. it's very dense, and because it's an oil-based formula it's only going to soften up a little.
What I've found is that it is killer as an after bath moisturizing treatment. so after I've done my hair, I wil massage pea-sized amounts of butter into my feet, my heels, and up my calves to the knees. (I put socks on right away after this, or slippers, or whatever.) I will for sure attack the elbows and forearms with the heavy-dutyness of it. I may do up the rest of me if I've been feeling particularly dry. and I will massage it over my nails and cuticles.
It's great like this. the butter traps in the moisture and doesn't let it out, so it's great as your moisturizer over wet skin than on dry. I don't have a problem with ashy skin after I've done this, and it helps to gently soften the calluses on my feet so they don't get right out of control.
I do wonder if increasing the content of the liquid oils would help for spreadability, or if it would just make it easier to use too much.
I've been using the Buttah pretty faithfully since I started this formulation, and I have some observations about it.
The best use for it, I've found, is as a leave-in conditioning product after my hair wash. I get out of the shower with dripping wet hair, and melt a slightly bigger than pea-sized amount in my hands. Then I smooth the melted butter into the last 5 inches of my hair, or go a little higher. I go by halves, so it's actually two slightly bigger than pea sized amounts, because my hair is quite thick. after that, I add a lighter leave in and rather a lot of gel to keep my curls forming nicely together, and air-dry.
I have done an isolation test - where all I added was the buttah and no other products for an air-dry. the only reason why I add another lighter leave in is beacuse I'm hanged if I'm going to let a perfectly good litre of leave-in go to waste. this stuff is fantastic, especially on curls. I end up getting a lot of nice fat clumps and it encourages the spiral effect - so I get apparent length shrinkage because my hair is curling in spirals instead of waves, but oh man pretty hair!
I've also melted a generous amount and added it to my deep conditioning treatment. Here's a recipe, in case I haven't flogged you all with it already:
1 tsp hair buttah
2 tsp honey
melt the buttah in the microwave about 20 seconds. add honey, melt again about 20 seconds.
2 tbsp deep conditioning treatment (whatever you happen to like, regardless of if you do curly girl or not.)
2 tbsp Lily of the desert or fruit of the earth clear aloe vera gel
more regular rinse out conditioner, to make more if you need more (I use cheapo Alberta V05 free me freesia and stuff like that.)
stir stir stir. if your mix comes out lumpy and funny, don't worry - it just looks ugly, that's all. wash as usual, add deep treatment, detangle with wide toothed comb. Cover with plastic cap (or plastic shopping bag, I've done that) and hang around for half an hour to an hour. if you're not soking in the tub, then warp your hair in a towel turban style and watch tv.
rinserinserinse. I like rinsing under the shower best for this, it keeps things flowing in the right direction for me. I also comb my hair under the spray because that does really good things for the state of my curl afterwards. then get out with soaking wet hair and add the buttah as a leave-in on your ends. be amazed by the amazing.
The buttah isn't exactly what I would use as a tube of hand cream by the phone or next to the sink, or whatever. it's very dense, and because it's an oil-based formula it's only going to soften up a little.
What I've found is that it is killer as an after bath moisturizing treatment. so after I've done my hair, I wil massage pea-sized amounts of butter into my feet, my heels, and up my calves to the knees. (I put socks on right away after this, or slippers, or whatever.) I will for sure attack the elbows and forearms with the heavy-dutyness of it. I may do up the rest of me if I've been feeling particularly dry. and I will massage it over my nails and cuticles.
It's great like this. the butter traps in the moisture and doesn't let it out, so it's great as your moisturizer over wet skin than on dry. I don't have a problem with ashy skin after I've done this, and it helps to gently soften the calluses on my feet so they don't get right out of control.
I do wonder if increasing the content of the liquid oils would help for spreadability, or if it would just make it easier to use too much.