Hair is an essential attribute of femininity. In stores, treatments and conditioners are legion but full of chemicals. What if the beauty of hair was in natural treatments made at home?
Natural hair care: the right diagnosis
Each hair type has its hair care. Excessive use of industrial hair products or aggressive shampoos damages the hair, weakens it, and makes it dull.
The different types of hair:
- Dry: The ends are split, they are rough and no longer shiny. They have been damaged or suffer from a lack of sebum and break easily.
- Oily: They are excessively oily at the roots in less than a day, this is an excess of sebum, a reaction of the scalp.
- Combination: Oily at the roots but very damaged and dry at the ends, they are weakened and burned by the use of straighteners or curling irons.
- Normal: No split ends or lack of shine, just need to be maintained to keep them healthy.
Natural hair care: what is the principle?
It’s about finding the right remedies for your hair problems in natural products. Your refrigerator or cupboards are full of ingredients with regenerating, moisturizing, nourishing properties, all you have to do is find the right recipe for your natural hair care.
How to properly apply a treatment:
- Washing hair
- Rinse them without applying conditioner.
- Apply the mask all over the head or on the ends
- Cover your head with a towel (optional)
- Rinse thoroughly or wash with a mild shampoo
- Finish with a splash of cool water
Natural hair care: beauty recipes
To make natural hair care at home, you need to use the right products and get cooking.
Natural care for dry hair
To treat your dry hair and restore its vitality and volume, you need to nourish it deeply and boost the functioning of the hair follicles so that your hair grows back stronger.
What ingredients to use?
- Rum and olive oil: Make a lotion with a teaspoon of each and apply it at bedtime, massaging your hair to treat the scales.
- Honey: The virtues of honey are numerous, it is nourishing and retains moisture. It is applied as a mask on damp hair and can be combined with avocado or olive oil. Be careful, it has lightning properties.
- Banana: It fights dandruff and prevents your hair from breaking or splitting at the ends. It is applied as a puree on the length.
- Avocado: Loaded with vitamins (E and B) and natural oil, it fights dry hair. It can also be applied as a puree to the hair.
Natural care for oily hair
The goal is to regulate sebum production on the scalp. These masks should be done once a month to avoid destabilizing the pores which could produce even more sebum.
What ingredients to use?
- Apple cider vinegar: It deeply removes chemical residues, restores shine, and regulates sebum production. It can be used as a rinse or mixed with other ingredients.
- Strawberries: this fruit also helps regulate sebum and provides vitamin C. Apply as a puree, pure, or mixed with mayonnaise to prevent hair from drying out.
- Baking powder: it cleans the scalp and hair. Mix with water or a moisturizer like yogurt to rub the roots like with shampoo.
- Lemon juice: It tightens pores and regulates sebum production. It can lighten hair especially if you expose yourself to the sun while the mask is on.
Natural care for combination hair
Most of the natural treatments above can be used in combination for combination hair that requires care at the roots and on the lengths.
What ingredients to use?
- Yogurt: It contains probiotics, and nutrients for hair, and helps to deeply hydrate them. By combining yogurt with strawberries, you will regulate sebum production, by opting for yeast, you will remove all dirt and chemical residues.
- Eggs and cider vinegar: This duo (vinegar and two beaten eggs) is excellent for nourishing dry ends and cleansing the scalp. It regulates its pH to permanently eliminate dandruff.
More beautiful, shinier, lighter, it’s up to you to decide. You now have all the recipes in hand to pamper your hair using natural and homemade treatments.
