Crisco Shortening For Hair?

So, a few weeks ago I was browsing the forums at Hairlista and LHCF. Coincidentally, both sites had posts about crisco shortening as a growth aid. Both of the posts were basically talking about someone claiming to have grown their hair with the shortening and asking if you'd use it or not for yourself.

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I thought about it a while, and then went to see what Crisco Shortening was actually made of. It consists of

SOYBEAN OIL, FULLY HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, TBHQ and CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANTS). 

So, it looks like a bunch of natural oil, glycerin, and preservatives. With ingredients like this, I say "why not?"

I doubt it'd make the hair actually grow, but I bet its great at sealing moisture into the scalp. Hey, and retaining moisture reduces breakage and ultimately allows us to keep the hair we are constantly growing.

Crisco may be able to replace your favorite grease! So, how about you? Would you use Crisco for your hair?

 ♥ KAYLA