Curly Pants Hair Frosting

My first attempt at making my own shea butter mixture didn’t pan out as well as I would have liked. I followed Curly Nikki’s recipe, modifying it to my liking. One of my biggest mistakes was hand mixing all the ingredients. The result was a hard, gritty mixture that made my twists look alright, but left my hair feeling heavy and gunky.  Where did I go wrong? After some much needed youtube research I discovered that using a mixer to blend the ingredients results in a fluffier product. Below is my new and improved recipe.

Curly Pants Hair Frosting

1 cup unrefined shea butter

5 tbsp coconut oil

2 tsp rosemary oil

1 tsp jojoba  oil

 2 tbsp Aloe vera gel

2 tbsp Vanilla fragrance (optional)

Everyone’s mixture is different so feel free to play around with the ingredients. After measuring out your shea butter melt it either by putting it in a container and setting it in hot water or use the microwave. Make sure not to overheat it. If using the microwave try 30 second intervals. You’ll find out why in just a second.

Next, add your shea butter and all of your oils to a medium size bowl. Mix on low speed until well blended. Afterwards, put the bowl in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes. To prevent crystallization, that grainy feel of shea butter, you have to cool it rather quickly. This is why we melted the shea butter and didn’t mix it as is.

When you take the bowl out of the freezer your mixture will have begun solidifying. Add the aloe vera gel. If you want to have a pleasant smelling product use less oils that give off a strong aroma, like rosemary oil, and add a fragrance of your choosing.

Now comes the part where you’ll need much patience and a strong arm. Mix everything well for a good 5 to ten minutes. What I did was add the aloe vera gel, mixed for 5 minutes, added the vanilla fragrance, and mixed again for another 5 minutes. All of this pays off in the end because what you end up with is a smooth mixture resembling cake batter. Once all of this is done, using a rubber spatula, scoop into a container (with a lid) of your choosing. This recipe will fill a 16 oz. container.

What you’re left with is a pudding-like substance. When I left my Curly Pants Frosting at room temperature it didn’t completely solidify. It’ll feel almost like butter when you scoop it out. Rub it a little between your fingers before applying. This is a great sealant because we’re using ingredients, like shea butter and coconut oil, to lock in moisture. With that said, make sure to spritz your hair first. This is not a moisturizer, despite how it feels. Remember, for a product to be a moisturizer one of its main ingredients needs to be water and this recipe's main ingredient is shea butter.