Using Pure Aloe

_Empress_ · 10-13-2005, 01:08 PM

I hear a lot about Aloe Vera Gel and was wondering if anyone has tried using the actual aloe plant from scratch, like boiling it perhaps. I've been thinking about it for a while like boiling it and using the water as part of a leave in conditioner....

Anyone?

**pookeylou** · 10-13-2005, 05:39 PM

Not me. Just been buying the bottle of it at Walgreens. But if you want to make sure you are getting the purest thing, I guess the best thing to do would be to get the plant.

I dont know about boiling it though. I would think you would split open the leave, scoop out the insides of the plant, process it in a food processor until it is super smooth.

But that is my ameture kitchen scientist thinking. Let the pros answer this.

**Barklel** · 10-13-2005, 06:10 PM

yeah... what Pookeylou says...*s*

_Empress_ · 10-13-2005, 06:23 PM

Thanx ladies...My fam has had the plant growing in the yard ever since I was lil so I was just wonderin... :dunno:

**CoutureKitty** · 10-16-2005, 06:41 AM

Originally posted by _Empress_@Oct 13 2005, 07:23 PM
Thanx ladies...My fam has had the plant growing in the yard ever since I was lil so I was just wonderin... :dunno:

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where you living that you can grow an aloe in the yard all year long? the midwest woulda tore that thing up!

_Empress_ · 10-17-2005, 04:44 PM

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@Oct 13 2005, 07:23 PM
Thanx ladies...My fam has had the plant growing in the yard ever since I was lil so I was just wonderin... :dunno:

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where you living that you can grow an aloe in the yard all year long? the midwest woulda tore that thing up!

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I don't live in the USA CoutureKitty

**rosalindb** · 10-17-2005, 10:07 PM

I had a herbal steam treatment a few years ago at a hairdressers that only specialise in natural hair. They just scooped out the insides of the aloe leaf and added kemi-oyl, peppermint and rosemary essential oils.

Unfortunately they then used some gel to do my twists which did not agree with my hair at all and completely dried it out

I would like to try the herbal treatment again to see if it actually works and am thinking of buying the plant so I can try it at home.