Hello!

I was just wondering if anyone still had the recipe for this?

Here's the exact text I took off the page of the original thread. Unfortunately, I lost all the measurements for now. I can also add my own personal recipe, if you'd like.
coconut oil
olive oil
wheatgerm oil
shea butter
honey
molasses
Apple cider vinegar
Two overripe bananas
water

I just throw this all in a blender. It freezes rather well, so you won't have to keep making mini-batches every time you wanna use it, just thaw out. It should be a caramel cream look and consistency. Once you coat it on your hair, leave on for a couple hours. If your hair is longer than BSL, it may be easier to put your hair in a ponytail and just do that ponytail portion and loose baggy it to keep it from getting messy. Do not try to manipulate your hair during this time, it is very sticky. Rinse out in the shower. If you have fine hair, this may be all you need, but if you have coarse hair, you may want to follow up with a reconstructor and/or deep conditioner. It doesn't matter how kinky/curly/frizzy your hair is... it will shine like you've never ever seen it do before. I am now a big believer in this and will tell anyone who will listen. It really works!

Thank you so much! Yes, if you'd post your own recipe that would be nice too. I somehow forgot the ratios.

Ok, for my personal recipe I use:
2 over-ripe bananas,
1/3 C Honey
1/3 C Molasses
1/3 C EVOO
1/3 C Coconut Oil
1 capfull ACV

Just remember you want your honey or honey/molasses to not quite equal the volume of your bananas, and your total oil to equal the volume of honey or honey/molasses. I just don't use anything other than those two because of cost and availabilty.

Question here.....apply to dry or wet hair??

TIA,

Deb

^ Either way.

But a tip if you're fine-haired... do it on a wet head. It will prevent too much oil from being absorbed.

BTW Dolphin Princess,

Thanks for reposting the recipe! There were quite a few personalized recipes that were compiled on that thread, and I wish I could get them all back so I can put post it here.

BTW Dolphin Princess,

Thanks for reposting the recipe! There were quite a few personalized recipes that were compiled on that thread, and I wish I could get them all back so I can put post it here.

You're very welcome! I'm just glad I hapened to remember that! I definitely miss my journal!!

There are a couple of cached pages out there, if you google for it..... *nod*

Yet another question here about the coconut oil..

melted or hard at room temperature??

It's the only thing stopping me from making this as I dont want to get the measurements wrong.

TIA,

Deb

Yet another question here about the coconut oil..

melted or hard at room temperature??

It's the only thing stopping me from making this as I dont want to get the measurements wrong.

TIA,

Deb
I always use it at room temp. I shoud also clarify my recipe for those who have never used the caramel treatment:
Blend your over-ripe bananas very very well first, when you think they are super smooth, do them for another minute, otherwise you end up with banana chunks stuck in your hair.
Add your honey or molasses or both, blend very well again.
Add your oils, just do a quick mix, enough to kind of 'stir' them in quick, then add a capful ACV. Blend. If your mix starts to separate or just doesn't come together, you may add a second capful of ACV, if you wish.

Also, don't leave on for more than three hours, at that point, it doesn't seem to help any more.
;):cool:

Thanks :)

Deb

You are very welcome. :)

Wahoo! I finally found the infamous Caramel Treatment. :cheer:

eta-anyone use this without the molasses?I have everything it calls for but that.

If you don't have molasses, just double the honey. There were many personal recipes that did just that! HTH!

Thanks so much dolphinprincess.I did end up going to the store and getting the molasses.I also got banana baby food.I will omit the EVOO because I'm thinking that will be much too much oil for my hair.I'll report my results since this is my first time :)

You're welcome! Also, you could reduce the amount of both oils, they have slightly different benefits, so they more different types of oil you use, in theory, the better.

It came out horribly :( I mixed all the ingrediants minus the EVOO like the original directions call for and the coconut oil just refused to blend in with the rest of the mixture.Also,I put 2 jars of bananas in it and it still was really dark bc of the molasses.I slathered it on anyway,on my ponytail and then patted some on my crown.Covered it up with a plastic grocery bag with no holes and left it on for 2 hours(I couldn 't stand the smell to wait the whole three).I rinsed and rinsed and kept on rinsing but my hair felt so oily.So much I actually shampooed with a commercial shampoo and it still didn't work.I did put on some cone conditioner (thinking now that wasn't a good idea)and that was mostly for the smell because the molasses stench was really getting to me by then.
No oil whatsoever when I dried,just a bit of aloe like always.I woke up this morning to horribly greasy hair and now its sitting in a sock bun.Again.
Looking back on it-I think I should have cut down the coconut oil quite a bit but that still doesn't explain why it refused to blend,even after 3+ cap fulls of ACV.I'm also thinking that possible overload of the ACV might have caused the greasies.But,why the dark color and why didn't the oil blend?! Help!! :thud:

*bump* I really hate to do this but I want to give this treatment a go again.

Sorry, missed your post the other day. Ok, so, did you total oils equal your total of honey and molasses, or was it more? You can try it with more bananas, honey, and molasses, and you can also try applying it on damp or wet hair. You have a very similar hairtype to me though, and I didn't have to... Hmmm... I'm not sure what else could have gone wrong. We'll figure this out though!

As to your coconut oil problem, was it hard as a rock, or was is slightly soft? Mine is always slightly soft as our apartment is fairly warm. Not melted, but soft.

And yes, definite overload on the ACV!

Oh no Ilovemycop. :(

It sounds like there was a lot of oil in your mix. I only deal with oil by the teaspoon... mabye by tablespoons at most (you should not have more than 4 tablespoons of oils all together, especially if it's your first batch, try to keep the ratio lower). A cap full of ACV should do you fine, perhaps two if your batch is somewhat large.

If you didn't use the whole batch, I would freeze what you have leftover, and augment it with more non-oil ingredients (banana and honey) and see how it goes.

Oh, I'm sorry Ilovemycop! Hrrm.

How much oil did you use? I use a 1/4 cup of everything (oils, ACV, honey, molasses), and I use a 3.5 oz container of banana babyfood (it's Gerber Naturals, I think - the only ingredients are banana and citric acid). Put it all in the blender, and go! I get two/three 'doses' out of that, and I just freeze the leftover in the freezer.
Did you melt the coconut oil, first? All of the oils should be liquid when you mix it up.
I actually did a pictorial (http://www.nappydelphia.com/2008/02/caramel-treat.html) for it - it really sounds like your proportions were out of whack....

Good luck, and let us know how that works out for you!

Nappywomyn, Thank You for that link! I am checking out your blog right now! :D

I did 1/4 cup of everything as well.I didn't add the EVOO because I knew that was going to be too much oil for my hair.I froze the mixture but I'm thinking that I'm just going to toss it and try the treatment again some other time.

eta-my coconut oil was melted

Napywomyn, The caramel treatment in your blog looks absoulutely delicious!:yumm:.

I've tried the one from E'tae and liked it, but your pictures have me wanting to try my own. More details please :D. What kind of baby food did you use, where did you get your butters, etc?

I wasn't around for the other threads about the caramel treatment experiences, so could you guys share what you liked about it?:cheese:

thanks :)

Napywomyn, The caramel treatment in your blog looks absoulutely delicious!:yumm:.

I've tried the one from E'tae and liked it, but your pictures have me wanting to try my own. More details please :D. What kind of baby food did you use, where did you get your butters, etc?

I wasn't around for the other threads about the caramel treatment experiences, so could you guys share what you liked about it?:cheese:

thanks :)

:) The baby food was Gerbers - all it had in it was bananas, ascorbic acid, and citric acid.
The butters, I've been collecting over time. :lol: The Red Palm Oil I got in a swap - you should be able to find it at local african stores, though - along with the shea butter. The coconut oil you should be able to find at any health food store. The other stuff is all grocery store ingredients....
I actually purchased most of my stuff online, one way or another, as I hate shopping. :lol:

I LOVE it. It makes my hair crazy soft, super shiny, super moisturized, super smooth - it's REALLY nice. I'm still working on combating the drippies, but otherwise, I'm in love. :lol:

:) The baby food was Gerbers - all it had in it was bananas, ascorbic acid, and citric acid.
The butters, I've been collecting over time. :lol: The Red Palm Oil I got in a swap - you should be able to find it at local african stores, though - along with the shea butter. The coconut oil you should be able to find at any health food store. The other stuff is all grocery store ingredients....
I actually purchased most of my stuff online, one way or another, as I hate shopping. :lol:

I LOVE it. It makes my hair crazy soft, super shiny, super moisturized, super smooth - it's REALLY nice. I'm still working on combating the drippies, but otherwise, I'm in love. :lol:

Oooh, that sounds great Napywomyn. I'm really thinking of trying it when I take my braids out in June. I really hope it works for me too becuase I'd hate to try and have it not work like the one I got from E'tae. But I'll never know if I never try right?:D

Your ingredients look a lot more rich than E'tae's though. I noticed your recipe has some ACV in it. How come it was included. I'm kinda scared it will dry my hair out:eek:

Oooh, that sounds great Napywomyn. I'm really thinking of trying it when I take my braids out in June. I really hope it works for me too becuase I'd hate to try and have it not work like the one I got from E'tae. But I'll never know if I never try right?:D

Your ingredients look a lot more rich than E'tae's though. I noticed your recipe has some ACV in it. How come it was included. I'm kinda scared it will dry my hair out:eek:

*grin* I don't know! I actually got that recipe from here - I might be able to dig up the thread over on the archives.

I NEVER use ACV in my hair - and I really do mean, NEVER - because it makes my hair unhappy, but it works wonderfully in this mix. I think that it helps prevent it from being TOO rich. I was actually kinda nervous about trying it, because my hair generally does NOT like oils, at all - but I'm glad I did.

Worst comes to worst, your hair hates it, you need to shampoo and DC afterwards, and you'll know to never use it again. Best case? Your hair will do magical, magical things. :lol:

oh, ok. It makes mee feel better to know this worked for you since your hair doesn't always agree with oils. Oils by themselves are hit or miss with me so it makes me feel more comfortable using ACV. I'm definitely going to try it when I take my braids out now. Will definitely keep you posted :)

and here (http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=65854)is the original thread from the archives.
maybe that link could be added to the first or second post of this thread?

the ACV works as an emulsifier in the mix and it's just about a teaspoon full with all that oils and honey/molasses and banana, so even if you usually don't like ACV you very well might like it in this treatment. but you could substitute it with just a tad lemon juice if you want.

thanks for the link Minnie May :).

no prob! :-)