Using Shortening

The how to on using Crisco in your hair depends on your own personal approach. Whether you’re using it as a sealant or a shampoo, a mix using your favorite vegetable shortening is a few simple steps.

  1. Begin the treatment with prep. Take out all the ingredients you are going to use. When it comes to using Crisco for hair moisture, many women love to add aloe vera, shea butter, honey, and a variety of oils, including almond, tea tree and olive oils. If you’re making shampoo, you also need glycerin (liquid soap”>.
  2. Whip the vegetable shortening until it has a smoother consistency. Mix all the ingredients well. Depending on what you add, the mixture should have a consistency of liquid soap or a thick conditioner. If you want to add perfume to cut the smell, mix that in as well.
  3. Wet your hair thoroughly from root to tip. If you decide to make more of a shampoo, now would be the time to add it and work your way through your hair as you would with regular shampoo and rinse. Otherwise, add the vegetable shortening mixture from your ears to your tips.
  4. Let the treatment sit in your hair for at least 15 minutes if it’s not shampoo. Wash out with water and shampoo. This may take a couple of shampoos to get all of it out.
  5. Apply a leave-in conditioner, or not, it’s up to you, and finger comb it through. If you want to create ringlets, twist your hair around your finger, hold for a few seconds and release.

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Final Thoughts

Although there is no specific recipe for the shortening concoction, it is what you make of it. You don’t need an entire tub of Crisco, probably only half a cup to a cup of your favorite oils, aloe vera, conditioners, honey, perfume and anything else you think would be a good addition. If you think the Crisco smells even with perfume, it might take up to three consecutive washes to work out the scent.

As an ingredient, vegetable shortening can be found in a variety of high-end conditioners. It’s not a new idea and it’s certainly worth a try. Give Crisco for hair moisturizing a shot, and you may never buy the expensive stuff again!

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