To make, stir 1 tablespoon of Gelatin powder (green lid) in to 1/2 cup of cool water until mixed. Add 1/2 cup warm/hot water, 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon of honey to create a thick gel/liquid. Pour into hair and massage through hair and scalp.
: having an unnatural or false appearance or quality. 1  The movie's contrived ending was a big disappointment. 2  The results of the test seemed somewhat contrived.
Definition of 'contrive'. contrive. If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. If you contrive something such as a device or piece of equipment, you invent and construct it in a clever or unusual way. We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain. If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it.