Is your hair dry, damaged and withering away? Are you looking for all-natural easy hair treatments to liven up your dull locks? Using totally simple ingredients that you can quickly fetch from your kitchen, you can create amazing hair masks to bounce your dry hair back to life! Let's look at 3 easy peasy hair masks you can make at home:
1. Moisturizing Hair Mask for Dry Hair
Using just two kitchen ingredients, you can whip up a nourishing hair mask that will feed your dry hair with vitamins and healthy fat, transforming it into a silky mass of lustre. Coconut oil is well known for its wonderful hair moisturizing and conditioning properties. Honey is the all ancient cure for many common ailments including dry flaking skin and it will work wonders for dry damaged hair! Here's a quick look at the benefits the ingredients in this hair mask provide for dry hair:
Ingredient
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Benefit for Hair
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Coconut oil
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A powerhouse of antioxidants and vitamins. Contains antiseptic fatty acids that guard the scalp against acne and
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Honey
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Rich in powerful vitamins and minerals. Great moisturizer. Natural humectant. Locks moisture into dry hair strands. Nourishes sun damaged dry hair. Deep conditions hair. Softens dry hair. Contains anti bacterial and antioxidant properties that keep your scalp healthy and promote
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Useful Tips:
Wet your hair. It's easier applying the hair mask to damp hair. You can also simply apply coconut oil alone to your dry hair strands without adding honey and wash off.
Always use organic. When making this hair mask, use extra virgin coconut oil and pure honey for best results. Pure coconut oil will be easier for your hair to absorb.
How often? Since it's an all natural hair mask, you can use this as often as you want. Once a week is good for dry and normal hair. Take care not to add a lot of coconut oil - just a table spoon will do for long hair (mid back length). If you have short (shoulder length) hair, you can use 1 teaspoon.
Long/short hair. You can always add more/less teaspoons of some ingredients if you have longer/shorter hair.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons honey
In a mixing bowl, add in the above ingredients and stir well till you get a thick mixture. And voila, you're hair mask is ready to use! Yes, it is that simple!
When applying the hair mask, use clean fingers and slather the mixture into your scalp first. Use a circular motion to massage the mask into your scalp gently. Work coming downwards from your scalp to your locks.
After the application , you can sit with a warm towel on wrapped around your head to open up your hair follicles so that all the goodness of the hair mask can sink in. After 15-30 minutes, rinse off your hair. You don't even need to condition your hair as coconut oil is one of the conditioners!
2. Nourishing Hair Mask for Dry hair
This nourishing hair mask also needs just two kitchen ingredients - egg and olive oil. Eggs are rich in protein, vitamins and fat - all of these being very nutritious to nurse dry hair back to its shiny lustre. Olive oil is one of the best nourishing and moisturizing oils for dry hair treatment. Let's look at the in-depth benefits of these ingredients for dry hair:
Ingredients
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Benefit for Hair
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Egg Yolk
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Loaded with b-vitamins and healthy fat. Very nourishing for dry hair. Nourishes, lubricates and waters dry damaged hair. Strengthens hair follicles and roots. Reivtalizes dry hair. Softness hair and transforms dry hair into silky locks. Deep conditions hair. Prevents hair loss.
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Olive Oil
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Hair mask ingredient used since ancient times. Moisturizes and nourishes hair. Rich in vitamin E and healthy fat. Hydrates dry brittle hair and strengthens hair strands, preventing breakage.
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Tips:
Rinse with only cold to tepid water.Make sure to use cold to tepid water to rinse especially for this hair mask. Using hot water to rinse off this olive oil and egg hair mask can leave you with cooked bits of egg in your hair.
Rinse, rinse and rinse. Rinse your hair thoroughly as many times as possible to remove the hair mask completely from your hair. Use an organic shampoo to wash it off and give a final rinse.
Massage your scalp. Give your scalp a soothing massage as you apply the hair mask. This will stimulate blood flow to your scalp, promoting a healthy scalp and luscious long hair locks.
Ingredients:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions:
Whisk the egg yolk in a small mixing bowl till it turns frothy. Add in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and mix well. Using clean fingers, apply the hair mask onto your scalp first. Massage the hair mask into your scalp in a gentle circular motion for about 1 to 2 minutes. Cover your hair with a disposable shower cap/plastic bag. Sit for 15 minutes. When the time is up, rinse your hair thoroughly with cold water. Please do not use hot water. Use an organic shampoo to remove the egg smells from your hair. Give your hair a final rinse and condition as usual.
3. Hydrating Hair Mask for Dry hair
Lock moisture into your hair cells with an amazing avocado and banana hair mask. This hydrating hair mask will definitely rejuvenate your dull dry hair. You will be astonished to see how fast your dry locks spring back to their original lustre. What's more is that this hair mask doesn't stink at all! All you need is avocado and banana. Sounds yummy, doesn't it? Let's first discover the importance of these two ingredients for dry hair and hair in general:
Ingredient
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Benefit for hair
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Avocado
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Contains vitamins A, E D, b-vitamins, healthy fat and natural oils. Adds shine and lustre to dry hair. Prevents hair loss. Nourishes hair promoting hair growth. Guards against hair breakage and split ends. Revitalizes dry hair, softening and moisturizing it.
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Banana
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Loaded with vitamins, potassium, antioxidants and moisture, banana works wonders for dry brittle hair. Strengthens hair follicles. Prevents split ends and hair breakage. Maintains natural hair elasticity. Controls hair oil production. Promotes healthy hair and scalp.
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Tips:
Place a towel around your neck. Wrap a soft cotton towel around your neck to protect your clothes from this hair mask.
From top to bottom. Work the hair mask from your scalp to the tips of your hair. Slather a generous amount of the hair mask onto you hair ends, where most damage occurs.
Relax yourself. As the hair mask works its magic, you can relax your mind by reading a book, meditating or even pampering your nails with a lovely manicure.
Sticky/oily hair mask. Don't over proportionate the amount of teaspoons or table spoons of ingredients you need to put in your hair mask. For example: Adding too much honey can make a very sticky hair mask which you'll spend a long time trying to remove. Also, using a lot of coconut/olive oil can give you greasy hair which is also hard to rinse off.
Ingredients:
1/2 ripe avocado
2 ripe bananas
Directions:
Puree the above ingredients in a food processor until it turns thick and is absolutely lump free. This is important - make sure the hair mask is very smooth with no chunks whatsoever. It can be a big pain trying to comb out dry banana/avocado bits from your hair! As usual, using clean fingers, apply the mixture to your damp hair from the hair roots to the ends. Cover your hair with a plastic shower cap. Wait for 15 minutes. Rinse your hair thoroughly. Take your time rinsing, ensuring the whole mask is off. This hair mask smells great and you don't even need to shampoo your hair.
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