Stop Throwing MANGO Seeds Away. Do THIS For Your Hair, Black Sisters

Can a mango seed really help your hair? For Black women fighting dry, breaking ends, the kernel hidden inside the mango pit cooks down into a soft homemade mango seed butter, and Janet shows exactly how she makes it. -- Here's How To Go From Hair Coming Out Everywhere To Long Hair Again, With 3 Things From Your Kitchen: https://www.janetmercer.cc/kitchen -- She learned the mango kernel butter from a Nigerian braider in Atlanta whose aunt made it every mango season in Enugu. You'll see how to open the pit safely with kitchen shears, how to spot a kernel that's gone bad, how much olive oil to use so the mango seed oil actually sets, and the quiet sign that tells you the pot is done. There's a no-stove sun jar version from India too, and what to buy if you have no mangoes at all. Janet is plain about what mango butter for hair can and can't do. It softens and seals the ends so our hair keeps its length, but it won't regrow a bald spot. She explains why a homemade batch is mostly olive oil, why the small whipped tubs cost so much per pound, how to read the label, and why the mango allergy connection to poison ivy means a patch test first. The daily keeping around it matters too, from satin at night to detangling from the tips up, plus when thinning at the crown needs a dermatologist who knows Black hair. Sources: Van Pee et al. (1981), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Mango kernels contain roughly 6.8 to 12.6 percent fat, mostly stearic and oleic acid. Wholesale Supplies Plus, refined mango butter listing. 2 oz for $8.89, 1 lb for $18.16, one-year shelf life, average melt point 86 F. 21 CFR 701.3 (FDA). Cosmetic ingredients above 1 percent are listed in descending order; those at 1 percent or less may be listed in any order. Contact dermatitis literature (NCBI PMC6861053, PMC8621529). Mango belongs to the poison ivy family, and its peel and sap can cause a delayed rash in sensitized people. American Academy of Dermatology. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia is a scarring hair loss seen most often in Black women, usually starting in middle age, and early treatment gives the best outcome. Stock footage from Pexels (pexels.com)