I started using Coconut oil as my sealer after reading all of the hype about it. Understandable hype as it turns out.
I, being the impatient person I was / am didn't wait the whole 10 seconds for the oil to melt in my hands before applying it to my hair, which meant I nearly always put too much or too little in, or rubbed the oil into my hair forcefully like a grizzly bear scratching it's back against a tree.
So I made a mixture with jojoba oil, then with jojoba and vitamin e, then with avocado, the list goes on. Eventually, when I started experimenting with body cream, I got my hands on some mango butter which is weirdly dry. When I mixed that into the sealer I knew I got it right. One of my biggest aims was that my hair still feel touchable, I have never been a fan of the greasy head feeling, especially as I have fine hair so too much just weighs me down. The mango butter took the worry out of it.
As time went by I found the right balance, I still experiment with the liquid oils and essential oil amounts and choices. But the core elements of Mango Butter, Coconut oil and Vitamin E have stayed the same.
Ingredients
- 15g Mango Butter
- 45g Coconut oil
- 5g Vitamin E
- 12g Olive oil
- 7g Jojoba oil
- 1g Cocoa butter - first time using this in the sealer, was Lanolin
- 3 x Rosemary EO
- 2 x Calendula
- 3 x Lavender
- 2 x Vetiver
- Whisk, tissue, baby wipes, pyrex
Put everything except the jojoba and essential oils in the pyrex and double boiler, heat and stir until the mango butter is completely melted. Wait for it to cool until it is murky like Vaseline.
Whisk and use the spatula to get any oil from the bottom. Add the essential oils until you get a nice smooth mix. It lasts me about 6 weeks or so.
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