Anyone use butter? aka the kind you eat

[lora410]

yup, I is the crazy poster :lol: sooo I was wondering if anyone has tried butter as a deep moisture treatment? I have lots sitting in my deep freeze.:eyebrows:

[ladystar]

Never tried it but here to listen to others. lol

[Bucatini]

Lora, interesting.... I've never tried it, but I know that butter is 80% butterfat, somewhere between 1-2% milk protein solids, another 1-2% salt if it has any, and the rest is water. At least, in the USA. European butter has more fat (and is therefore even more delicious).

I don't know how readily the butterfat will wash out. Re: the milk protein, many conditioners have that but isn't it processed somehow?

Hmmmm. If I had endless stores of butter in my deep freeze as you say you do, I'd be more likely to make cookies and/oor a big pot of popcorn to munch on while I did SMT. This is why I'm pudgy. But I'm going to watch this thread and see if anybody's ever tried it!

[chloeishere]

I've never tried it.

But man, if you have cats... I can just imagine my cat frantically trying to get near my head so he could lick my hair. :puppykisses::run: NOOOOO! Mr. Snaggy Tongue.

The smell would be... pretty intense, don't you think? Make you crave some popcorn, maybe?

I don't know, it might work if it isn't too hard to wash out, but I'm definitely too chicken to try it. And I think it would make me hungry. And greasy. I'm still going to watch this thread with interest, though!

[lora410]

:drama:I think I am going to try this experiment this weekend. I shall let you all know how it works out.:misskim:

[ChloeDharma]

A while ago i started a thread about ghee which is clarified butter and it looks pretty interesting. One poster said she had used it successfully i think, i've not tried it yet but i do plan to at some point, the ghee i brought i've just been using to cook with though.
Here's a link to the thread
http://www.forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=2318&highlight=ghee

Oh, one thing i would suggest is using unsalted butter if you do try the regular stuff.

[Speedbump]

I have not used it, and I wouldn't, because of three concerns:

1) The salt, if it's salted butter. Salt is terrible for hair and I wouldn't want to put even a little bit in there. :scared:

2) The smell. Nuff said.

3) Butter goes rancid quickly at room temperature when exposed to the air. Aside from the smell, I'm not sure what that would do to the hair if you used butter frequently or left it in often.

Just my :twocents: ...

[Kirin]

I've used it, it works extremely well if used for the right purpose and generally not all by itself. Its an old folk remedy for weathered hair, meaning someone who's hair is battered by the wind say, by working outdoors or on a ship or near the coast. (it works well moisturizing bleach damaged hair too).

Recipie:

1/4 cup soft/melted butter (i like to use it soft very warm but not liquid.
2 tsp olive oil
1/8 tsp rose oil (this is what my grandmothers recipie used, I couldn't find it i used rosewater)
1/4 tsp vegetable glycerine

Beat ingredients until smooth, apply to hair for fifteen to twenty minutes, wash out.

Thats it.

To beat it i used a potato masher first in a bowl, then a fork to get it smooth like making cookie dough.

Yes it IS greasy. But it works for brittle desperately dry hair. Definately use unsalted butter.

[Patrycja]

I admit-I came here just for amusement.I never thought that someone actually tried it! I like the sound of that recipe too :lol: Lora let me know what your sweety says about this experiment when he sees it on your head :D Or when he gets of whiff of it :D

[DecafJane]

The smell would be powerful! Chloeishere is right about the cats - I don't think I would be able to get them off my head!!

[lora410]

I've used it, it works extremely well if used for the right purpose and generally not all by itself. Its an old folk remedy for weathered hair, meaning someone who's hair is battered by the wind say, by working outdoors or on a ship or near the coast. (it works well moisturizing bleach damaged hair too).

Recipie:

1/4 cup soft/melted butter (i like to use it soft very warm but not liquid.
2 tsp olive oil
1/8 tsp rose oil (this is what my grandmothers recipie used, I couldn't find it i used rosewater)
1/4 tsp vegetable glycerine

Beat ingredients until smooth, apply to hair for fifteen to twenty minutes, wash out.

Thats it.

To beat it i used a potato masher first in a bowl, then a fork to get it smooth like making cookie dough.

Yes it IS greasy. But it works for brittle desperately dry hair. Definately use unsalted butter.

Awesome. I am so gonna try this during the weekend :D

[jojo]

:drama:I think I am going to try this experiment this weekend. I shall let you all know how it works out.:misskim:

Ive read somewhere that it is quite good, ive thought about this myself. Let us know how it goes.

[Kirin]

I forgot to mention, the butter obviously melts LOL, keep a towel around your neck and one handy to get any that might drip.

[Hatsumomo]

Sounds interesting but I don't think I could cope with melted butter running down my skin *shudders*. So I'll be watching this thread from a distance lol.

[n3m3sis42]

I've used it, it works extremely well if used for the right purpose and generally not all by itself. Its an old folk remedy for weathered hair, meaning someone who's hair is battered by the wind say, by working outdoors or on a ship or near the coast. (it works well moisturizing bleach damaged hair too).

Recipie:

1/4 cup soft/melted butter (i like to use it soft very warm but not liquid.
2 tsp olive oil
1/8 tsp rose oil (this is what my grandmothers recipie used, I couldn't find it i used rosewater)
1/4 tsp vegetable glycerine

Beat ingredients until smooth, apply to hair for fifteen to twenty minutes, wash out.

Thats it.

To beat it i used a potato masher first in a bowl, then a fork to get it smooth like making cookie dough.

Yes it IS greasy. But it works for brittle desperately dry hair. Definately use unsalted butter.

Hmm, my hair DEFINITELY qualifies as brittle and desperately dry. I wonder what would happen if I added butter to an SMT?

[Shadow]

I know that this was posted ages ago, but Im dying to know the results *lol*

I am one BORED kitty today :D

[Madame J]

Hmm, my hair DEFINITELY qualifies as brittle and desperately dry. I wonder what would happen if I added butter to an SMT?

...and maybe used brown sugar instead of honey, and eggs instead of conditioner. And then you might need some flour to thicken it up, and some baking soda so it doesn't build up. And chocolate chips... for... um... antioxidants!

Actually someone mentioned using egg yolks for a cholesterol treatment but didn't want protein so I was wondering about butter for hair earlier today. If you wrap your head in plastic, it shouldn't go rancid too easily -- I had friends who stored their butter in just a regular ceramic butter dish (not the kind you submerge in water) at room temp all the time.

Dang it, now I want cookies.

[MandaMom2Three]

...and maybe used brown sugar instead of honey, and eggs instead of conditioner. And then you might need some flour to thicken it up, and some baking soda so it doesn't build up. And chocolate chips... for... um... antioxidants!

LOL this reminds me of a conversation that took place in my grade 12 math class. A couple girls were whispering in the back of the class and the teacher stopped and told them to please share with the rest of the class. Turned out they were discussing how to make their hair less dry. Suddenly all higher learning was forgotten as all the girls in the class started discussing hair care LOL. The teacher knew he was beat so he just sat on his desk and waited it out. One long haired girl mentioned she used egg on her hair. Another one said she used mayonnaise, then the teacher piped up and said "and when you're done you can scrape it off and make a sandwich!" :rollin:

[Norai]

In the bollywood movie "Namaste London," the main character goes to visit her relatives in India (was it Punjab? I can't remember) and one of the women keeps trying to smear ghee in her hair to make it shiny (and puts it in everything else). I'm not Indian, I don't know if it was a joke or not. :laugh:

Does ghee have the milk solids removed? It might be like a protein treatment if you leave them in, but then they might smell pretty funky after a while too. Not sure how long you're planning on leaving it in.

[ericthegreat]

No, I haven't used actual dairy butter in my hair also I'm sure it could be a great hair treatment.
But I have used Frederic Fekkai's Shea Butter Line. I have all three, the Shea Butter mask, conditioner, and shampoo. Yes it is very expensive at over $30 a bottle for one item, but no other haircare line has fully detangled my hair with such ease that I can even run a fine tooth comb over my hair from roots to my ends which are now down to my butt.

[Honey39]

When I was a teenager, I used margerine as a deep conditioning treatment. It took my about ten shampoos to get the wretched, greasy stuff out of my hair. It was a terrible terrible experience, lol. So I would never use butter because of the terrible memories of the margerine....it just would NOT budge, like my hair was slimed or something. Scary.

[ratgirldjh]

YEARs ago my parents had a case of clarified butter (same as ghee).

We had a pool and I decided to use some for sun-tan oil. It worked great and did not get smelly with the heat. Actually it didn't even smell too much to begin with.

I also put it all over my hair and slicked it back. It was pretty hard to wash out - but I remember it did make my hair soft.

I'm also sure it was unsalted.

[Angharad]

I sometimes make a hairmask I got from LHC (can't remember the thread I got it from) but it is named the "Rusalka treatment": you put equal parts of honey and butter together in a pan and stir until you have a creamlike paste.

Put it on your damp hair, put some foil over your head and leave in for a few hours; wash your hair like you're used to. This is an excellent treatment for dry hair.

Your hair smells a little buttery afterwards but if you don't like that use some EO in your leave in treatment or jojoba-oil.

[rach]

Anyone use butter- interesting idea but i hate the idea of removing the stuff.

[zift]

I never used butter on my head but thanks to the thread now I want to eat butter :lol: and if I put on the weights I just lost it would be all your fault:smirk:

[Saisaisayonara]

I have some unsalted butter in the fridge left over from making cuppcakes XD I might try this tomorrow. I can't really recall butter smelling? Except on pop corn (is that the same kind? Tastes so much better on popcorn lol)

[Angharad]

I can really smell it when I've done such a hairmask, but you should give it a try maybe to know exactly what I mean; it is not nasty smelling actually but it is not fading, like when you've done an ACV-rinse.

[lora410]

OMG I forgot about this thread and I forgot to do my butter experiment. I know what I am doing tomorrow :eyebrows:

[Celebrian]

I think I'd try this the first time just on the ends of my hair (where it's driest anyway). That way, if I didn't like the effect or the smell (!) I'd only have the ends to cope with!

[lora410]

I have the butter on my head now I want :drama:

[lora410]

Well, I did the butter treatment. I left it in for 1 hour but I don't notice too much of a difference, although it is a bit softer.

[mugglemomof3]

Lora - I love you people that will just try anything!!! Thanks for posting this because I've always been a bit curious. :waving:

[Angharad]

Lora, did you use real butter or margarine?

[Shadow]

Thanks for that Lora :)

Can I just ask, how on earth did you wash it out? lol

[lora410]

I used 100% real butter and it washed right out with shampoo. I shampooed twice just to be sure..LOL