the best curl definer (and maker) Ive ever used

I was at whole foods about a week ago and and i got a bunch of different things i thought i could use for hair. So of course when i came home i start mixing up concotions and testing them and having a good time. lol. anyway, I ended up making an amazing curl definer. I've been using it for about week now, and it hasnt failed to put lots of wave into my straight-haired roots. So I figured I'd put up the recipe for all curly girls :
Ingredients:
half a cup of warm water
2 tablespoons epsom salt
1.5 teaspoons jojoba oil
Just mix it in a bowl or cup and wait till the epsom salt is close to being fully dissolved. Then just pour it into a spray bottle, and use!
Hopefully you guys like it :]
Ingredients:
half a cup of warm water
2 tablespoons epsom salt
1.5 teaspoons jojoba oil
Just mix it in a bowl or cup and wait till the epsom salt is close to being fully dissolved. Then just pour it into a spray bottle, and use!
Hopefully you guys like it :]
2c/3a
Growing out hair to a little above bsl
pw: ringlets
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ETA - and this one did too
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Do you think another oil would work?
...It's a siggie. :shock:
aww Im sorry :[ why dont you try playing around with the amount of salt and jojoba? When I first made my spray I put WAY too much salt in the mix for my hair and I was a frizzball. But when i lowered it to fit my hair, it actually started taking frizz away from my hair. weird, but good. :]
2c/3a
Growing out hair to a little above bsl
pw: ringlets
definitley as long as it moisturizes. Ive found that a moisturizing oil helps balance out the drying properties of the salt.
Good luck with making it :]
2c/3a
Growing out hair to a little above bsl
pw: ringlets
I just made some, and it worked! I had to add a little extra epsom salt.
Two questions, please:
does epsom salt dry out your hair?
does this need to be refrigerated, or should it be okay kept in the bathroom?
I'm going to try it tomorrow morning for second day hair. It would save me so much money if this consistently works!
Thank you-
Sherry
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Ideally it should be made with distilled water and kept in the fridge. The container and all ingredients would have to be completely sterile (and who can do that!) for any homemade recipe to be kept out without refrigeration even for a few days.
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I can't use sprays either. Frizz city. What I do is put this (or any other spray concoction) in a cup and pour it over my wet hair as a final rinse, before adding my gel.
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How much epsom salt do you put into your aloe gel? How much would you put into 1 cup of aloe gel?
Thanks
Currently I'll put into 1 cup of aloe gel 2 drops of agave nectar (for hold) and 1 drop of glycerin (for shine/moisture).
But since you mentioned AVG, I have to add that twice I mixed the FSG with FOTE AVG and honey and those were the very best days, my hair looked and behaved as well as with any store-bought gel and I had no trouble getting 2nd day hair. I hear agave works even better than honey so this could be a real winner for you.
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Thank you so much for the recipe.
Thank you so much for the recipe.
Thanks for your reply. Sorry I meant flax seed gel. What I tried today was this and had fantastic results!
2/3 cup flax seed gel
1/4 teaspoon epsom salt
2 drops agave nectar
2 drops infusium conditioner
1 drop rose fragrance oil
Shake vigorously!
I scrunched the above into wet hair, plopped for 10 minutes, and used my ionic drier on low for approx. 20 minutes. Got good curl formation, minimal crunch. Really happy with this new concoction!
Reduce the E.s., apparently it's too much for your hair, especially right now as you pointed out. Also, maybe during the winter you should try a variation of the "All In One" recipe (no gel) which basically is adding a teaspoon of CO to the spray (besides a few drops of oil). Some people prefer using vegetable glycerin instead of oil, supposedly it adds shine and moisturizes as well.
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That sounds good! I've heard agave works even better than honey
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)
For next time: Epsom salt is usually kept in the pharmaceutical section, near the bandages and wound healing ointments and such at my local Walgreen's. The Dollar Tree also sells it (and other dollar stores) in their "Health" section.
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)
HG's - Body Shop Honey shampoo & conditioner and Shea Moisture leave-in condish which gives me lovely frizz-free bouncy curls. My PJ is calling me to experiment with gels again... argh!
If you have the list of ingredients and it doesn't contain anything strange you can use it but don't put 2 Tbsp., it would be way too much for sea salt.
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)
I have used mine as a leave-in rinse follopwed by gel, also as a touch in a small spray bottle up when my roots didn't curl.
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)