Has anyone else found that their hair can no longer cope with heavy oils for daily oiling?

I can't think of anything I've done that would make this happen, and it's not weather related as I've been using the Shea on and off, and as part of a mix for over a year now. Is it perhaps because my hair now has enough moisture in it?

I'm going to check it tomorrow and see if it has all absorbed in, but certainly at the moment I'm thinking my hair no longer likes even a tiny amount of Shea.

Did you change shea brands?

My hair used to love the lighter oils but now that I've moved to the desert they just make my hair feel like greasy straw. Has the weather changed much where you are, or maybe your using a different shampoo or conditioner?

Igonore the weather comment obviously I need to read slower =)

Is it possible that your hair is coated by something else? My hair can't stand any lotions/oils if I don't clarify from time to time...

Shea builds up in my hair. Im not sure what your washing routine is but have you tried clarifying? That might be the problems afterwards you should be able to return to your usage with no problems.

I've read that shea butter contains latex. Maybe that could be the problem?

Are you happy with the condition of your hair? If so, then yes, maybe your hair is well moisturised and there should be no more need for daily oiling. Maybe just oil lightly after washing..?

On the other hand, if your hair looks greasy and dry at the same time, it's probably build up. Anything, including heavy or, indeed, light oils, can build up on my hair if I use it a lot. Clarifying followed by moisture should help.

Shea does contain naturally occuring latex (some people can experience an allergic reaction to it) and it does build up on the hair. It should be used sparingly. You can always melt it and dilute it w/ other carrier oils so it won't build up so much. Shea butter and oils in general do coat the hair instead of penetrating it like water based products so clarifying is a must if you use them everyday.

Maybe you have been oiling it long enough, and your hair is now well-moisturized. If so, you maybe just don't need it anymore. If so, good Work! :cheer:

Shea-butter is difficult, I´ve used it more in combinations with other oils and it´s been some time ago. I hope I don´t mess up anything.
As a pure hair-oil I found it too heavy and coating, great for detangling, but not that beneficial to improve moisture as olive oil or coconut are.
If you stop using it for a while and only use it when you feel that your hair needs it, then clarifying may not even be necessary. Just go on with your normal cleaning routine the coating will get less automatically. Within the next two or three normal washings it should feel better automatically.

Two years ago I oiled daily, with Shea and several lighter coating oils, pure and in combination with olive and coconut oil. Now I like to combine coating and penetrating oils it gives me the best results. At the point where the condition of my hair got better, it was not longer necessary to oil daily. So I went to every other day oiling and now I´m only oiling on the first two days after washing and in-between when / if needed.
;) I assume it´s a good sign for the overall-health of your hair that it does not need the Shea any longer.

I don´t like to throw away things so I used the Shea in a mixture with other oils, which worked better than Shea-pure.
Cocos-oil:Shea:Jojoba / 2:1:1 worked nice for a while and had a better consistence for applying it. In this mixture the Shea-butter did not coat too much and was better to wash off the hair without clarifying.
Olive oil:Shea / 3:2 also worked when heavier oiling was necessary.
And you can use this mixtures as a body oil too :) much better than rubbing a 100% shea brick on the skin.

clarifying...
;) is one of the words which make me go eeek :lol: if you know what I mean.
I see no benefits in clarifying and going on with producing the same buildup as before. It´s a self continuing cycle: produce buildup > strip off buildup, make hair dry again > pamper it with the same products > buildup is back > clarify again. If I get problems with buildup when following my normal cleansing procedure, I stop using the buildup-producing-product or change the way of using it, to not recreate the buildup problem again.
If you decide to use a clarifying-shampoo, please remember that hair at your length will react in another way than bsl-hair would. Clarifying might undo all the benefits of the used oils completely and leave your hair stripped suddenly... shudder:maybe dry, tangly and brittle afterwards.