Haircare Recipes 2

Citrus package for shiny hair

Citrus package is one of the best products for dry hair (and skin) emergencies. It contains rich ingredients that will give your hair shine and beautiful citrus scent.
This natural product is perfect for dry hair, and can be also used for styling curly hair. You can also use it on  your skin.
Given amount: 100 g of product;
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Shelf- life (on room temperature) is 6 months.

Ingredients:
40 g shea butter
30 g avocado
30 g nut oil
15 g virgin coconut oil
10 drops red orange essential oil
5 drops lime essential oil
2 drops bergamot essential oil
2 drops lemon essential oil
1 drop ylang ylang essential oil

Mix all ingredients in glass or plastic bottle. 
One week before preparation mix all essential oils in order to 'unite' all citrus aromas.
If you don't have virgin coconut oil, melt it down on steam and then add to the other oils.
Gently mix and apply on wet hair after shampooing and rinsing. Scent of this package is so aromatic and rich, you can use it as body lotion after bathing.

Mask for dry hair deep recovery 

Given amount: one treatment for short hair or shoulder length hair
For long hair, use double amount and add little bit more mayonnaise in order to achieve creamy texture.
Preparation time: few minutes
Keep in refrigerator.

Ingredients:
1 egg
3 spoon of mayonnaise

Preparation:
Put mayonnaise in a bowl and then add egg (yolk has benefits of emulsion). Mix ingredients until they unite.                
Apply on dry hair from roots to ends. Put on bathing cap and wait 15 minutes or more if your hair is extremely dry and damaged. 

Nutritive hair mask

Perhaps this mask doesn't have the best scent of all, but on the long run it will make your hair stronger, healthier and it will grow faster.
Given amount: 100 g
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Keep in refrigerator

Ingredients:
100 g mayonnaise
1 spoon of jojoba oil
1 egg
5 drops grapefruit essential oil
2 drops patchouli essential oil
1 drop sage essential oil

Preparation:
Mix in a bowl mayonnaise, egg and jojoba essential oil. While mixing,add drop by drop other essential oils.
Before use wash and rinse your hair as usual. Tap dry with towel and then on wet hair (especially hair ends) apply nutritive mask. Put on bathing cap and after 20 minutes rinse as usual. Apply hair conditioner.
For long hair use whole amount; for short hair use half the amount. Keep remaining amount in refrigerator in vacuumed bowl.  

Serum for disobedient hair

This serum is especially beneficial during winter and in areas with dry climate.      
if your hair is extremely dry, you can use it on daily basis, but not so often if your hair is oily. Nevertheless, you'll have less split ends, and castor oil will make your hair shine.   
Given amount: 100g
preparation time: 5 minutes
Shelf-life: 6 months on room temperature

Ingredients:
50 g shea butter
15 g linseed oil
15 g jojoba oil
15 g castor oil
6 g vitamin E
6 g hemp seed oil
15 drops sweet orange essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops tea tree essential oil

Preparation:
Mix essential oils in glass bowl and gently shake. Put in dark spot and leave there for 1 week.
Mix all scent-free oils (first 6 ingredients) in plastic bowl. Now mix scent-free oils with  essential oils. Apply on hair and mix good. Apply on wet hair (tap it with towel before) and then massage with your fingers.        

Hemp cream for hair

This cream is rich in oils and perfect for scalp and haircare. Curly hair becomes more defined, it expresses volume and shine. 

Given amount: 300 g
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Shelf-life: 3 months on room temperature

Ingredients:
150 g hemp seed oil
50 g babassu oil
25 g bees wax
25 g shea butter (unrefined)
3, 5 g ylang ylang essential oil
3 drops carnation essential oil
1 drop geranium essential oil
1 drop sandalwood essential oil
1 drop neroli essential oil

Preparation:
Mix hemp seed oil, babassu oil, bees wax and shea butter (unrefined) in a bowl. Put bowl in boiling water and mix until bees wax is almost melted. Remove from fire and mix until bees was totally melts. Add essential oils and continue mixing. Pour in clean bowls and leave them open until the mixture cools.
Apply on wet hair ends and scalp after washing hair. Comb and enjoy your curly hair!        

Kanna conditioner

it is scientifically proven kanna makes hair stronger and denser. Kanna is totally natural and very beneficial. For this recipe it is best to use neutral kanna, so the hair wouldn't dye (of course you can also use red kanna).
Remember! Kanna is not appropriate for every hair type: in some cases kanna can dry hair, which makes it impossible to dye it, until it grows.
     
Given amount: one treatment
Use immediately

Ingredients:
½ cup of natural kanna
boiling water

Add enough water to make thick paste, so do not pour all at once, but do it slowly. Leave it for 30 minutes.  
Use immediately after 30 minutes. Apply equally on hair and leave it on hair approximately one hour.
Rinse thoroughly and afterwards wash your hair with shampoo and conditioner.

Conditioner with molasses and horsetail

This conditioner is recommendable for deep regeneration, which will make your hair shinier, softer and silkier. This conditioner is especially recommendable for brunettes.
Given amount: one treatment

Ingredients:
1 spoon molasses
1 teaspoon horsetail in glycerin or very strong horsetail dilution
1 yolk
1 teaspoon of hemp seed oil
1 teaspoon of jojoba oil
1 teaspoon of whey buds oil
4 drops lavender essential oil
1 drop rosemary essential oil
1 drop thyme essential oil
2 drops oil of some herbal essential oil
 
Mix all ingredients. Apply mixture in wet hair and scalp. Wrap hair in plastic bag or bathing cap, and leave it work 15 minutes.
Wash your hair with shampoo and rinse thoroughly with warm and then cold water.

Warm lavender and rosemary oil treatment    


This treatment will make your hair shinier and easier to style.
Given amount: 80 g
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Shelf-life: 6 months on room temperature



Ingredients:
50 g sweet almond oil
15 g avocado oil
1 teaspoon whey buds oil
half teaspoon of lecitine
15 drops lavender essential oil
15 drops rosemary essential oil

Preparation:
Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Pour in glass bottle.
Before using, put bottle in hot water in order to warm up mixture. For one treatment use 2 spoons (or more, if you have long hair) and massage onto scalp. Afterwards wrap your head in towel and leave it work for 20 to 30 minutes. Wash your hair with shampoo as usual.
        
Fruit mask

Fruit mask is recommendable for hair damaged by excessive blow drying. It also helps removing dandruff.  
Given amount: one treatment for middle length hair
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Keep in refrigerator

Ingredients:
juice from 2 oranges
half peeled apple
half banana
1 spoon of fresh thyme

Blend all ingredients in mixer until achieving juicy substance with visible fruit particles. Apply fruit mask on wet hair and scalp and leave it 20 minutes. You can also wrap your hair in hot towel so the hair would better absorb nutritive substances.
Rinse hair and wash with shampoo and then apply conditioner. If you can still found some fruit particles in your hair, remove them with dense comb.

Jasmin and honey mask

Given amount: 1 treatment for short hair

Ingredients:
1/8 cup of jojoba oil
1 yolk (room temperature)
2 spoons of liquid honey
1 drops of jasmine essential oil

Preparation:
Warm jojoba oil in microwave 30 seconds. Add yolk and beat thoroughly (use egg white for toning oily skin). Then add honey and mix. Add essential oil and mix well.
Apply mask on wet hair and leave it work for at least 30 minutes.
If possible warm your hair with blow dryer, so the substances penetrate better through hair and roots.
After 30 minutes (at least!) wash your hair and shampoo as usual.
For long hair use twice or three times the amount.   
Since this mask contains yolk, in order to keep it fresh, use it the same day as preparing it.

Rosemary solution for hair rinsing

This refreshing lotion is recommendable for brunettes. It is believed that rosemary makes dark hair even darker.

Given amount: one treatment
Shelf-life: 1 week on room temperature

Ingredients:
branch of rosemary- about 10 cm long
1 liter of distilled water

Preparation:
Put rosemary in a big bowl. You can use more rosemary, if you want stronger solution. In another bowl put distilled water and bring to boil. Pour boiled water over rosemary and wait until it cools.   
Put solution in bottle and rinse your hair with it after shampooing. Leave on hair approximately 30 minutes and then rise with water.

Easy mask

Given amount is appropriate for short hair- if you have longer hair, use twice the amount.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Keep in refrigerator.
Ingredients:
2 spoons of mayonnaise
2 spoons of olive oil
1 egg
Few drops of essential oil (whatever you like)

Easy! Just mix the ingredients. Apply on dry hair, wrap in towel and leave it work 30 minutes.
Rinse and shampoo as usual. Your hair will be soft and shiny.

Mask for dry hair

This mask is perfect for dry hair with split ends.

Given amount: one treatment
Preparation time: 1 minute
Keep in refrigerator

Ingredients:
2 spoons of honey
2 spoons of olive oil

Preparation:
Mix ingredients. Apply on hair and comb. After 15 minutes rinse with warm water.

Rosemary shampoo

This shampoo is easy to make. All you need to do is add is herbs to shampoo and voila: shampoo that stimulates growth.

Given amount: 1, 5 cup
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Shelf life: 3 months

Ingredients:
½ cup of fresh rosemary
1 cup of distiled water
½ cup of neutral shampoo
2-4 of rosemary essential oil
   
Preparation:
Add rosemary in boiling water. Lower heat and leave it boil for 15 minutes. Filtrate. Add shampoo into water and mix. Then add essential oil and mix again.
Put in bottle and use it as any other shampoo.
This shampoo can slightly darken hair.

Aromatherapy for haircare   

Add essential oils to balsam.
To massage scalp, dilute 5 to 10 drops of essential oils in 15 g basic oil. (Jojoba oil is for example appropriate as basic oil.)

For blond hair use chamomile essential oil.
For oily hair use cedar essential oil.
For hair loss use rosemary essential oil.