Shea Butter + Aloe from the plant

bambii

Hey I have a massive aloe plant growing in my yard and I wanted to know how I will be able to use it to benefit my hair.

I have also been reading up on shealoe butter and wanted to know if mixing the aloe with shea butter would work , with a touch of preservative like rosemary oil. Thanks in advance

bambii

noone ? well i guess I will try it and see for myself then

chenaj

Cant say much about shealoe butter, but when u use aloe directly form the plant be sure to pass it through a fine strainer or you will be picking bits of plant material out of your hair for days.

Basically you split the leaf down the side and scoop out the "gel", which, depending of which species of aloe can be kind of solid. Then you put it in blender whith some water and blend it up. The resulting liquid is the aloe gel you can use to wash your hair, etc. Just be sure to strain it, maybe even pass it through a cheesecloth or a stocking scok to be sure you get all the white bits out.

Once u have that liquid then you can experiment mixing it with other stuff, but becasue of the water content you would need an emulsifier for the aloe and the oil of your choice to bind. I think they use powdered aloe vera with the shea. Just have to melt the shea, add the powder, mix until it disolves and you have shealoe

You can use fractioned coconut oil which has a 2 year shelf life and will preserve the other ingredeints too. If you have experince using rosamary EO as a presrevative then go ahead. Its a powerful EO to be used with caution. If you are not sure, add fractioned coconut oil to your mix and a few drops of lavender EO which is a much safer and milder persrvative, plus its good for our hair.

Hope this helps

Chenaj
(UK Curly)

bambii

Well thank you chenaj. That was very helpful. I cannot get hold of powdered aloe. So i guess i will just mix the aloe juice with gel and a conditioner and see if it works for my curls.

But i will try the aloe juice with a bit of shea and coconut oil and see how that goes too

chenaj

Your welcome! Let me know how it goes.

bambii wrote: »

Well thank you chenaj. That was very helpful. I cannot get hold of powdered aloe. So i guess i will just mix the aloe juice with gel and a conditioner and see if it works for my curls.

But i will try the aloe juice with a bit of shea and coconut oil and see how that goes too

sweetypie

bambii wrote: »

Hey I have a massive aloe plant growing in my yard and I wanted to know how I will be able to use it to benefit my hair.

I have also been reading up on shealoe butter and wanted to know if mixing the aloe with shea butter would work , with a touch of preservative like rosemary oil. Thanks in advance

Check out youtube I saw a video not so long ago where the woman took the plant from her yard and mixed it with her shea.