Leave-in Conditioner*/Cream: you can melt some Cocoa Butter* in a sauce pan, add your choice of oils* or other additives such as honey* or Aloe Juice and whip to make your own leave-in or styling product. You can also forego melting it and just using the oils* and Cocoa Butter in a food processor* to create a cream that you can use as your leave-in.
Volumizer: if you have thin hair cocoa butter* may add volume to your hair, so your styles can hold longer and look fuller.
Sealant: Rubbing the bar of raw cocoa on wet hair or moisturized hair can seal in the moisture so hair does not become dry, brittle and lifeless. This will bode well for length retention and could be your solution to lifted cuticles through which moisture escapes.
Protectant: use of Cocoa Butter overtime can help protect hair from chlorine damage if you live in a hard water area. Also, by using it you have one less thing to worry about if you take a dip in the pool or go to the beach!
It can also lessen the effects of the sun on your hair since Cocoa Butter is a fat which does not burn the way other fats tend to. It has a rather high tolerance for heat once it is melted, so weather you rub the wax like block onto your hair or melt it down into an oil, your hair heat damage can be lessened. It is also great for use before blow drying.
Hot oil treatment: it can be melted down and used as a hot oil treatment. Be careful not to leave it on for more that 15 minutes though, because it solidifies at room temperature.
Anti-itch scalp balm: owing to the fatty content of the Cocoa Butter, it can be applied to the scalp o relieve dryness that often causes itching and it will not clog the pores on your scalp like many other conditioners tend to do.
Hair loss solution: over the years Cocoa Butter has been used as a pain ingredient in hair loss solutions. This may be due in part to the trace amounts of caffeine that exist.
Darlene Waller says
I like to combine it with grapeseed and jamaican black castor oil then whip it up into a creamy butter…. great on the baby’s hair!
Maybell Lena Killion says
I mix it in my body butter and use it daily on my hair, my face and my body!
Whitney Maybelle says
Cocoa Butter is one of those amazing natural products that really is amazing for skin and hair. I make a mask for my hair at least every other week to infuse some serious moisture into my locks, I have seen so many benefits! I also found that making a creme of coconut oil and cocoa butter makes my skin so silky smooth! Thanks for the great post I love learning more, I would love to write a post about essential oils if you are taking guest posts! let me know.