Moisture Help Needed!!!

misskris wrote:Hey girl. Your hair is super thick. I don't know what to tell you other than moisturize evreyday even though you don't want to. You don't have to wet everyday but you can use a leave in daily. I like Cantu and YEsTo Cucumbers. Not too heavy and they both smell great. What are you using now other than the Kimmaytube? Still using that KK?

ajsimmons8 wrote:Jada, in addition to the sealing, very important step, you can also try honey.

"Honey is a humectant, which means that it holds on to water molecules. This is a desirable property in a moisturizer for your hair. Honey will smooth the cuticle so the hair feels soft and looks shiny."

I've been adding raw honey to my shea mixtures, my aloe vera juice spritzer and to my Ayurveda mixtures and I can tell that my hair is definitely retaining the moisture a lot better.

Raw Honey, is better for mixing because its not as thick or sticky as regular honey (think honey in the cute little bear container) and it mixes very well with other ingredients.

ajsimmons8 wrote:I usually add about 2 tablespoons in with the aloe vera juice. My bottle holds 8 oz and with the aloe and honey, I add EVOO and usually some other type of oil such as avocado or macadamia nut oil.

Hope that helps.

Naturalin2010 wrote:Hi jada07, you're hair is very pretty. I do not have problems with moisture when I wear a twist out. I usually can go about 4 or 5 days as well. For each section that I twist, I apply the Kimmatube leave in, then my mixture of shea butter (raw shea butter+jojoba oil+vatika oil) and then the eco pudding. When I untwist, each are very, very moisturized. My twists are more like coils because they are pretty tight. But as the days go by, they loosen but still are moist. I think, for me, the key is the shea butter mixture. HTH! But, for my WnG afro -that's another story and another topic