What is in that stuff? If it has coconut oil or parafin or mineral oil stay the heck away from it. That'll soften your hair. Until your locks are established you really don't want to put anything it that'll soften it up. It'll also leave nasty residue on your hair that'll stay on the hair shaft forever and a day since you're not using regular clarifying shampoo anymore. You don't want that stuff inside your locks.
How to use flax seed hair gel: go with your gut instinct, basically. If your hair naturally wants to twist and is naturally curly/wavy then lightly(LIGHTLY!!!) twist it with a bit of the gel on our fingers while patting down the lock.90% of my hair twists and the other 10% tells me to fuck myself. It just doesn't twist. No how no way. No.. no... those lovely locks want to wave SIDEWAYS! lol. So they wave sideways and aren't spiral curls like all the rest on my head. Oh well. They're the rebels. This is a game of patience and learning what your hair is trying to tell you. If it doesn't naturally twist then don't force it to do anything. If it does, sometimes you'll have a clump of locks that want to go in one direction and this one that just has to be the odd one in the bunch and wants to twist in the opposite direction. Just go with it. Smooth a bit of the gel down your lock and leave it alone. Let it be natural and how it wants to be.
The day after the gel is applied to freshly washed hair is the BEST in my experience.
I've noticed that you can really smooth those outrageous fluffy roots from looking so crazy the first few months with flax seed hair gel. And the homemade stuff isn't watery and it's not really a GEL, per say. It's like... I don't know. It's like the consistency of raw egg whites. It also helps your hair to dry faster, in my opinion. Mega vitamins, too. It's a gel/fat from flax.
Put three drops of essential oil like lavender in it, whip it up, stick it in the refrigerator and you're good to go the next day when you wash your hair. I make a four oz jar that lasts me just under 2 weeks and that's washing every three days. That's when I like to use it the most. Freshly washed hair is crazy looking. After I wash it, I wrap my hair up in a towel to let it dry as much as possible(10 minutes max in the towel) and then go to work with the hair gel. You'll spend more time doing it the first few weeks than you ever will later on. As the locks mature you wont feel like you need to touch them with it unless you just want some aromatherapy. The roots are helped a great deal to tighten up with this stuff.
To get at the roots I tilt my head down parallel to the floor so my hair naturally parts straight down the back, rub some gel between my palms, and then pat/smooth some on my roots and down an inch or so. I shift my head over to the side a bit more and then shake my head to uncover the next natural part. Then I put some more gel on there. You'll get practiced at it. Make sure you get the hairs by the back of your neck and behind your ears!! Those are a pain to lock up; usually the last to do so because of natural oil and sweat.
I really need to make a vid how to make this stuff and use it. It's crazy easy once you get the hang of it but for someone faced with all the unknowns then looking at that jar of goop can be an unnerving experience. Now I can wash my hair in five minutes, let it dry in the towel for a little less than ten minutes, and then get the gel/loose twisting done in another ten. Twenty five minutes 2-3 times a week. Not bad for someone who hates dealing with their hair!! Sooo glad I learned how to make flax seed hair gel! It gives a smooth professional look to the roots while they're doing their thing and making nice knots.
