DIY: Homemade Shea Butter Deep Conditioner

For skin, shea butter is a must have, especially in winters as it hydrates, moisturizes, and uplifts your skin quite well. In winters, your hair tends to become dry and scalp gets flaky. So, shea butter becomes the much needed drink for your hair to combat environmental effects.

Conditions It Can Treat

Shea butter works wonderfully as a conditioner because of its natural properties. There are quite a few ways that it can help improve the health of your scalp and the look of your hair.

Dandruff becomes a major concern for all in wintery weather because of the drying out of the air, which impacts skin by drying it our. Shea does an effective job of providing much needed moisture to reduce dandruff. It also soothes irritated and sensitive scalps.

It also enhances sebum production, thus infusing in a lot of moisture that is needed for effective winter care. Shea butter also protects your strands from detrimental environmental factors, such as heat and UV rays.

Varieties

There are majorly two varieties of shea butter that are available in the market- one that is refined and the other one that is unrefined. While picking up for hair, one should always go for unrefined shea butter as it contains more goodness of the product.

Homemade Shea Butter Recipe

To get the most benefits from shea butter, you really should make your own at home. Homemade beauty products are always preferable to mass produced store options because you can control what goes into the product, meaning you can ensure the ingredients are high quality and that no harmful fillers are added.

Here is the recipe for your own homemade shea butter deep conditioner. Give it a try!

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Shea butter
  • 1 cup coconut oil (virgin)
  • ½ cup grape seed oil
  • A few drops of essential oil of your choice

Method of preparation

Step#1 : Take the first three ingredients- shea butter, coconut oil, and grape seed oil. Microwave them for 30 seconds or until all of these ingredients get mixed thoroughly.

Homemade Shea Butter Deep Conditioner

Homemade Shea Butter Deep Conditioner

Step#2 : Now, add the essential oil of your choice. Prepare an ice bath in a pan and add the bowl into it and start blending the liquid with a blender.As you whip the mix, the texture will get creamy and will look like this:

Homemade Shea Butter Deep Conditioner

Step#3 : Transfer the contents into a plastic jar or bottle. Keep this bottle in your bathroom and use the conditioner as per your needs.

Homemade Shea Butter Deep Conditioner

DIY homemade Shea butter deep conditioner is ready!!!!!!

In Closing

Now you know how to make your own shea butter deep conditioner. You can now use it whenever you want to reap the many benefits.

You may even want to make some extra and give it to friends and family for gifts. It will be quite welcomed since it is so effective at taming winter flyaways, dandruff issues, and scalp irritation. Almost everyone can enjoy the way it soothes and pampers the scalp and hair.