New way to minimal fade

Yeah I did as I'd bought some to treat my hair before bleaching. I just used the superdrug coconut oil, the one in the white tub thats solid as a rock lol. It definitely has stopped transfer onto my pillows, towels, skin etc.

Just noticed you live in Manchester too Martha 🙂

Did you melt it before you put it on or did you just rub it between your palms?

And I do, whereabouts are you from? 🙂

I had to put my tub in a sink of warm water to soften in, then kind of scooped it out and rubbed it between my palms then like finger combed my hair...if that makes sense? lol.

I live just outside of Manchester, in Stalybridge. Nobody has ever heard of it, such a ghost town! What about you?

I've heard of Stalybridge! I used to live in Ashton-under-Lyne 🙂

I know where Stalybridge is! Haha I've a friend who lives there
I technically live in Stockport but no-one's ever heard of there so I just say Manchester 🙂

And okie doke, I'll do that tomorrow when I wake up and then leave it a couple of hours more before rinsing 🙂

I went with the shea butter, which was actually a real pain as my bathroom is cold so it kept solidifying while I was applying it (and it solidifies like a weird sticky butter). Shea butter is such a pain in the b*tt but it really does condition wonderfully. I usually melt it and use it mixed with other stuff.

I can say I definitely didn't have any run off, but then again I use all my dyes diluted so I've barely ever seen colour run off when I wash my hair and never on any items of clothing.

Whaay 2 people who have heard of Stalybridge! Ashton is only a few minutes drive in the car from me, I used to work in the Arcades there.
I know Stockport, I have friends who also live there lol, in Offerton? My Dad works in Hazel Grove too.

Oh no, must have been a bit of nightmare with solid gunk on your hair lol. Would you say shea butter is better than coconut oil for conditioning? Might try it when my tub of coconut runs out...

I find coconut oil is much easier to use. And the main use of coconut oil is that it helps retain protein because of its lauric acid.

Shea butter is good, but I think it's more recommended for coarser hair, and mine is super fine. I still like its effects, I just tend to like using it mixed with other stuff so it's not so stiff. I love this caramel treatment (which is usually more for people with coarse/curly hair, but I like it and I have fine straight-ish hair):
coconut oil
olive oil
shea butter
honey
treacle
Apple cider vinegar (1 capful)
Two overripe bananas
I use 1 tablespoon for all the ingredients, I melt the coconut oil and shea butter in a pan and I blend it super well to not have chunks in it. It's weirdly appetising and gross at the same time.

My hair is so weird, it used to be quite course and frizzy a few years ago but then slowly it has become less so. Was actually able to have my hair cut shorter with more layers which I never used to have done because I needed the weight of hair to control the frizzy/wavyness I had. I still have quite rough cuticles and a slight wave to my hair but not as bad as I used too, even need a bit of voloumising action on my hair now!

That sounds strangely nice haha, what is your hair like after the treatment?

Oh just noticed I never answered this! It looks really shiny and feels really moisturised (it's definitely for parched/dry hair as opposed to gummy hair in need of protein).
Here is the original archived thread about the caramel treatment on the old long hair forum:
http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=65854

It's quite interesting as you get people with different variations around the recipe and people with very different hair types trying it.

I still haven't tried this yet, does it fade your colour at all? If it does I might leave it til I'm coming up to a re-dye....although just remembered we actually have 2 very ripe bananas downstairs lol.....
My hair is definitely more the parched/dry hair than gummy hair.

Thanks for the link 🙂

Oooh I can't really say, I did mine pre-dye. It might make it leak a little as people have reported that from oil treatments in general. But it really depends on people.

You can always freeze the ripe bananas, I do that with all my really really ripe bananes and then use them for smoothies/hair treatments/making banana muffins.

good just eat a banana nut muffin right now after that....

Yummm I feel like dessert now thanks to you! Although I've just had a big bowl of strawberries while watching videos on youtube :p

I want cake!!!