Are You Jelly?

You may know that I have a few plants now, and the main reason I wanted these plants are to use them!

So far oregano has been the most used.

But a few days ago I used my aloe vera plant.

One of the leaves bent in half, so I cut it off the plant and used it for my hair!

First I cut the leaf off of the plant, and cut the damage piece (that circle, sunken in part) off.

I cut the spikes off next, I looked up how to cut this plant when I first got it so I could get all the gel out. 

So cool

 I removed the skin, so I could get to the good stuff.

I wasn't sure if pictures were deceiving me or what.

But this stuff is actually clear!

It's an actual gel.

This was so cool to hold, you can eat this stuff too.

I probably won't do that though, if has a bit of a weird smell.

I knew this one leaf would not be enough for me hair, not even half,though it is a lot.

So I chopped it up and mixed it with aloe conditioner.

Something we just happened to have.

I think putting it in the blender might have made it go together better, but I thought it would just dissolve.

Look at all those chunks!

I just deep conditioned with this mix and washed it out, believe it or not my hair was way soft!

A leaf fell off of my plant yesterday, so I have to find out what to do with it.

I hope this plant doesn't die, I'm letting it dry out a bit, maybe I was overwatering it?

Have you ever tried something you were surprised worked?