Naturally Kinky

OK I made my first spritz. Jojoba oil, Sweet Almond Oil, with my Suave Naturals Conditioner, mixed with water and a drop of honey as preservative. It seems to work pretty well. I have only used it once though so only time will tell. It is a recipe from Najahface's book, Mixed Up.

I made a hair dressing and body moisturizer with coconut oil and shea butter. It is still cooling. I nuked it in the microwave to blend it together really good. Another recipe from Mixed Up.

I think both products will be awesome. Now if I can make some homemade Anita Grant, I will be in business LOL

I just ordered some more shea butter and coconut oil from this place. I am hoping the shea butter is a little bit better than from the last place. The last place I bought shea butter from, I think it is more for mixing in products not using stand alone, as it was very gritty. It melted well and it worked well, it just had a different consistency than the shea butter I purchased from before. I also ordered some virgin palm kernel oil. This place is inexpensive like the last place. It is from a coop and again fair trade, which is a very important aspect of any product I buy. I don't want to knowingly exploit people.

I do plan on buying some scented oils though so I can make things smell pretty.

I made my first hot oil treatment you guys. With coconut, sweet almond, and jojoba oil. It ended up working pretty well. I think now I am going to work on making my first spritz for daily use with these oils. I think the sweet almond and jojoba oils would be good for this.

OK I ordered some shea butter, black soap, jojoba oil, coconut oil, and almond oil from here. The only downside is I think I ordered a pound of coconut oil and only received a half a pound, they also overcharged me on some things, and took forever to ship my stuff. I probably wont order from them again. The coconut oil is my favorite thing right now, I just don't know what the hell to do with it. It feels great on the skin, and smells wonderful in my hair, but I don't know if it is really effective for my hair. It does make my skin soft and my hair soft, but I want to mix it with the jojoba for a hot oil treatment. I also want to make a spritz with the almond oil and jojoba for daily use. One thing that was a concern that is a relief to know: The shea butter is fair trade, so I am not exploiting people, at least knowingly exploiting people anyway. I also like the black soap, it seems more like authentic black soap than the other stuff I have received, which was awesome, but seemed more like cookie cutter soap. The black soap here is in chunks, I bought a pound of it and plan to just cut off what I need. I still have some other black soap left though from my initial purchase from Afrikan Republic. So I will be shelving this black soap for a while. I am looking at my recipe book from Najahface for hair concoctions I can make, but I haven't committed to anything yet. I am so chicken!!!! I do plan on ordering some stuff from From Nature With Love soon, once I figure out what I want to buy, I will do a review on them soon.