what the hell am i looking at!!!!!!so i've been browsing youtube (again) and i have come across glycerin for adding moisture to natural hair, so i thought i'd give it a try as the shea butter was such a hit!
Glycerin is a neutral, sweet-tasting, colorless, thick liquid which freezes to a gummy paste and which has a high boiling point. Glycerin can be dissolved into water or alcohol, but not oils. On the other hand, many things will dissolve into glycerin easier than they do into water or alcohol. So it is a good solvent.
Glycerin is also highly "hygroscopic" which means that it absorbs water from the air. Example: if you left a bottle of pure glycerin exposed to air in your kitchen, it would take moisture from the air and eventually, it would become 80 per glycerin and 20 percent water.
i mixed 75% water and 25% pure glycerin which i got from my local hair store and i also added a few drops of aveda essential oil in vanilla.
and it feels pretty good though it feel funny on my fingers like kind of waxy?!!? but my hair feels really soft its great for a light daily moisturizer.
Glycerin makes your hair feel AMAZING! I mix it with half water in a spray bottle. It makes your hair expand like crazy!!! Seriously, its fabulous.
ReplyDeleteHi, I just found your blog the other day and have been avidly reading up on all things natural. :)
ReplyDeleteI plan to do my big cut next weekend, and would like a basic list of hair care products I can use.
What brands and products do you swear by? Right now, I'm using Motions shampoo and conditoner, but need some moisterizers for daily use.
thanks in advance for any feedback you have. :)
I just saw a bottle of pure glycerin in the hair store while looking for hair to do some kinky twist over Thanksgiving break so styling will be easy and take less time as I go into the last two weeks of school and finals. This post was definitely helpful so I;m going to go back and grab some =]
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