Homemade Hair Remedies

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5 Homemade Remedies to Get Smooth & Silky Hair

Is your hair dry and lifeless? Do you subject your hair to frequent chemical and heat treatments? Bring the natural luster, softness and silkiness of your natural hair by trying these top five homemade remedies to get smooth hair.

1. Eat healthy and drink lots of fluids.

Healthy Hair Tips

Include a variety of fruits and vegetables in your diet as well as fish, nuts and milk. These nutritious food help improve your hair’s texture and appearance. A healthy diet works from the inside as nutrients from food and proper hydration can make your natural hair grow healthily.

2. Use eggs as conditioner.

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You can find protein in egg yolks and protein helps repair and strengthen damaged hair by adding shine and moisture. You can use it alone or add olive oil, coconut oil or baby oil and use as a hair mask. Eggs are rich in fatty acids, sulfur, proteins and vitamins E, D and A and these nutrients help make your natural hair grow healthy. The nutrients in egg can also prevent breakage and speed up hair growth. Just remember to skip the hot water when rinsing out the egg hair mask so you won’t cook the eggs on your hair.

3. If you are hesitant to use raw eggs then try full-fat mayonnaise.

try full-fat mayonnaise.

Made from eggs and oil, this full-fat dressing works miracles in making your natural hair shiny and soft. This is one of the most tried and tested homemade remedies to get smooth hair. Massage half a cup of mayonnaise onto hair and scalp, cover with a shower cap for 30 minutes then rinse. A jar of mayo isn’t too expensive so indulge and apply generous amount to your hair.

4. Beer can bring back the vitality in your natural hair.

beer can bring back the vitality in your natural hair.

Barley and hops in beer makes your hair fuller and more bodied. The alcohol in beer, on the other hand, cleanses and acts as a shine agent. Dull, limp hair can benefit from the yeasty brew as the protein in malt and hops nourishes and strengthens hair. The silica in hops fortifies hair while the essential oils in hops are rich in antioxidants. Beer also contains B vitamins and minerals that tighten the hair’s cuticles which results to light bouncing off your tresses and making it shine.

5. You can restore your dry hair with vinegar.

you can restore your dry hair with vinegar.

Use apple cider vinegar or white vinegar mixed with water to remove the build-up of chemicals, shampoo, conditioner and hair styling products on your hair. The clarifying properties of vinegar free your hair of excess weight from product build-up. Also, the pH level of apple cider vinegar complements that of your natural hair so the hair’s cuticles are kept sealed thus leaving you with smoother hair. Apple cider vinegar has natural antifungal properties too so you can use it to sooth itchiness and remove dandruff.

Bring back your natural hair’s beauty by trying these homemade remedies to get smooth hair. Step into your kitchen and pamper yourself with DIY hair treatment that is easy to make, low-cost and most of all, effective.

Homemade and Simple ~ A Natural Way to Go!

Venturing to the Beauty supply store or pharmacy and scouring the isles for just the right hair products to care for your hair is how most of us secure that beauty item that we believe is best suited to for our specific hair type. However, more and more it is being revealed – and encouraged – that our pantry at home is where we can find those valued components which will enhance our hair care.

Whether your hair is natural or relaxed, or you’ve incorporated body with ONYC Kinky Curly, ONYC Body-2-Wavy, ONYC Mongolian Relaxed Perm Or one of the other top quality hair types, we would like to offer some homemade elements learned from reputable woman’s columinist Brynn Mannino ,which will be a huge benefit!

1) For all hair types

Use the (raw) egg. Did you know that the yolk of the egg is rich in fats and proteins which work to naturally moisturize? As for white of the egg, it possesses bacteria-eating enzymes which removes unwanted oils.

How To Use:
  • For normal hair, use the entire egg to condition hair.
  • For oily hair, use egg whites only to treat oily hair.
  • For dry-brittle hair use, egg yolks only to moisturize dry.
  • Use 1/2 cup of whichever egg mixture is appropriate for you and apply to clean, damp hair. If there isn’t enough egg to cover the entire scalp and hair, just break another one.
  • Leave on for 20 minutes, rinse with cool water (to prevent egg from “cooking”) and shampoo hair. Whole egg and yolks-only treatments can be applied once a month; whites-only treatment can be applied every two weeks.

 

 

2) For Dull Hair

Dairy products like sour cream and plain yogurt can help reverse the damage that hair sprays and other hair enhancing products can leave behind. “Lactic acid gently strips away dirt while the milk fat moisturizes,” says Lisa Belkin, author of “The Cosmetics Cookbook”.

How To Use:
  • Massage 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt into damp hair and let sit for 20 minutes.
  • Rinse with warm water, followed by cool water, then shampoo hair as you normally would. Treatment can be applied every other week.
3) For itchy scalp
To combat those dry flakes, try a lemon juice and olive oil mixture in your hair.
How To Use:
  • Mix 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons water, and massage into damp scalp.
  • Let mixture sit for 20 minutes, then rinse and shampoo hair. This treatment can be applied every other week.

 

4) For limp or fine hair
To add body to hair, choose your regular after hours drink: beer! The plentiful amounts of yeast found in this drink works to thicken tired locks.
How To Use:
  • Mix 1/2 cup flat beer (pour beer into a container and let it sit out for a couple of hours to deplete carbonation) with 1 teaspoon light oil (sunflower or canola) and a raw egg.
  • Apply to clean, damp hair, let sit for 15 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
  • Or add flat beer only to a spray bottle and spritz onto dry hair. “When the liquid evaporates, the remaining protein residue (from the wheat, malt or hops) continues to strengthen and structure hair,” says Belkin. Treatments can be applied every other week.

 

5) For dry or sun-damaged hair

For whatever damage has been placed on your hair – whether from the sun, flat iron or even hard water – Honey works to trap moisture.
How To Use:
  • Massage approximately 1/2 cup honey into clean, damp hair, let sit for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
  • You can also add 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil to loosen the honey for easier application.
  • or extremely sun-damaged hair, trying mixing honey with 1 to 2 tablespoons of a protein-rich ingredient, like avocado or egg yolk, which will help replenish the keratin protein bonds that UV rays attack.
  • Treatment can be applied once a month.

 

6) For oily or greasy hair
 With the right amount of caution and delicacy, cornmeal or cornstarch will remove excess oils from the hair.
How To Use:
  • Pour 1 tablespoon cornmeal or cornstarch into an empty salt or pepper shaker and sprinkle onto dry hair and scalp until you’ve used it all.
  • After 10 minutes, use a paddle hairbrush to completely brush it out. Treatment can be applied every other day.
7) For frizzy hair
Avocado has been toted as a “cure-all” these days, and rightly so. Its contains oils, which are not heavy, but mimic our own natural skin secretions. The proteins contained in this fruit contain outstanding nutrients for smoothing and taming uncontrollable frizz.
How To Use:
  • Mash up half an avocado and massage into clean, damp hair.
  • Let sit for 15 minutes before rinsing with water.
  • Amp up moisturizing power by combining mashed avocado with 1 to 2 tablespoons of a hydrating ingredient, like sour cream, egg yolks or mayonnaise.
  • Treatment can be applied every two weeks.

 

8) For residue-ridden hair
Get that baking soda out of the refrigerator. This product is made up of Sodium bicarbonate which basically disintegrates all acidity.
How To Use:
  • Mix 1 to 2 tablespoons baking soda with small amounts of water until a thick paste forms. Massage into damp hair and let sit for 15 minutes. Rinse with water, then shampoo hair. Treatment can be applied every two weeks.

 

We hope that this information was helpful as well as useful. It’s all about treating your hair with some Tender-Loving-Care, and nature is waiting to take you there.