DIY #10 : Shea Butter Styling Cream for Curly Hair - Le Journal Institut Karité Paris (2024)

Our Shea Butters are to be used alone for a deep action or can be integrated into your favorite homemade cosmetic recipes.

Sun, sea salt, chlorine… If it is usually difficult to take care of your curly hair, in summer it is subject to numerous attacks that weaken it: it then becomes even drier, more brittle and even unruly.

So to bring your curls back to life while taming them, here is our miracle remedy to moisturize, nourish and define your hair.

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What you need before you start:

• A medium-size bowl
• A whisk for mixing
• One teaspoon
• A container

Ingredients and proportions:

• 2 teaspoons of Shea Butter
• 2 teaspoons of Coconut Oil
• 2 teaspoons of Aloe Vera
• A few drops of Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Easy steps to follow:

Take two teaspoons of Shea Butter and put them in your bowl.Add the two teaspoons of Coconut Oil in the same bowl. Mix and lightly melt theShea Butter and Coconut Oil for easier incorporation.

Once the mixture is hom*ogeneous, add two teaspoons of AloeVera.

To flavor your recipe, add a few drops of Ylang YlangEssential Oil.

Transfer your preparation to a resealable container.

Once your recipe is ready, take a hazelnut from thepreparation and apply the cream evenly from the middle of your head to theends, preferably on damp hair. You can twist your hair to give it pretty waves.Use a hair dryer or let your hair dry naturally in the open air.

This recipe for styling cream helps to discipline andnourish your hair, which is attacked by the multiple ailments of summer. Thanksto the virtuous properties of Shea Butter, your hair is deeply nourished andmoisturized. This action is completed by Coconut Oil, with its protective andsoftening virtues, and by the moisturizing and healing properties of Aloe Vera.In addition to perfuming your cream, Ylang Ylang Essential Oil brings shininessto your hair!

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