Last semester while I was researching on the web for a cosmetology theory class I was teaching, I ran across a few videos in You Tube where women were making their own homemade hair products. I thought that it was interesting; but due to my hectic life at the time, I didn't pursue it.
Now, some months, later I ran across some bulk shea butter in one of my dresser drawers. I had just finished doing my hair color and was in the conditioning phase. I melted some of it in the microwave just as I had saw the young lady do on You Tube. I rinsed out the conditioner, towel dried my hair, and put some of the melted shea butter in my hair. WOW! It felt so soft after it dried and was shiny.
I didn't know that the shea butter would harden as it cooled. I then began my web search on homemade hair products for natural hair. I found several: