Home Remedies and Tips for Healthy Hair

October 29, 2015

Oil Massage

This is also the best home remedy for healthy hair. Massaging warm oil on to the scalp is a very popular medication in India. You can use coconut or olive oil for best results.

Leaving this for an hour and following this procedure with the application of lime juice mixed with some vinegar can help you get rid of dandruff.

Bananas

Due to high level of potassium found in bananas, they help improve hair health and natural elasticity.

Use a fork to mash one banana in a bowl, and then apply the mixture from root to tip. Leave the treatment on for 15 minutes, and then wash with shampoo. This treatment will cure dry and damaged hair.

Eggs

Egg is one of the best home remedy to get soft and silky hair. You can either massage your head with the yellow part of an egg directly or make a mixture of 1 tablespoon olive oil, 3 egg yolks and 2-3 drops of vitamin E oil. Leave it for 10-12 minutes and then wash your hair thoroughly with shampoo. This procedure can be repeated weekly to naturally condition your hair.

Hair Conditioning With Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise not only tastes good but is healthy for your hair as well. Mayonnaise works as a superb deep conditioner for hair. Wet your hair and apply mayonnaise. Leave it on your hair for not more than an hour. Rinse well and shampoo afterwards.

Honey

Honey is not only a useful remedy for beautiful skin but can work wonders for your hair also. Honey is an excellent home remedy to repair damaged hair and prevent hair fall. Simply add 2-3 drops of honey to your shampoo or conditioner. Then, use this to wash your hair.

Fenugreek Seeds

This treatment helps you to get rid of hair loss and dandruff naturally. Soak two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds overnight. Then ground the seeds into a fine paste in the morning and apply over the scalp. Leave it for 30 minutes and then wash thoroughly. This is a highly effective remedy to remove dandruff.

Beer Treatment

Beer is often used to impart shine to the hair. Wash your hair with little beer to show off beautiful, shiny stresses. You can also store beer in a spray bottle. Spray this lightly on shampooed, towel dried hair to get instant shine.

Apple Cider Vinegar

This is yet another effective home remedy for voluptuous mane. Just apply a mixture of apple cider vinegar and warm water to your tresses to give them an amazing bounce.

Strawberries

Mash eight strawberries with one tablespoon mayonnaise. Massage into washed hair. Cover with a shower cap, then a warm towel.

Wash out with a shampoo and conditioner combination.

Hair Care for Oily Hair

You wash your hair in the morning and style it to perfection, all ready to look good through the day. But a quick glance in the mirror after a few hours reveals a different story. Your hair seems to have become oily and greasy look you never even washed it in the first place.

Cornstarch

Cornstarch makes a great dry shampoo for oily hair. So just sprinkle it onto your scalp, let it sit for 10 minutes and brush it out.

Vinegar Rinse

Mix ½ a cup of vinegar with half a bucket of water, rinse through hair after shampoo and conditioner for bouncy looking hair.

Tea Tree Oil

Mixing a small amount of tea tree oil into your normal hair oil will provide a great relief from oily hair.

Lemon Rinse

Rinse your hair with some juice of lemon with small cup of water.

Hair Care for Dry Hair

Olive + Honey

Mix two tablespoons of olive oil to a half cup of honey and apply onto hair and keep it on for an hour and then wash as usual.

Egg Yolk + Honey + Yogurt

Beat an egg yolk and mix with honey or yogurt for a protein rich pack for your dry hair.

Home Remedies to Get Rid of Dandruff and Residue Build Up

Lemon Juice + Olive Oil

Lemon juice and olive oil mixture removes dandruff and reduces itchy sensations on the scalp.

Baking Soda

Baking sodas made into a paste with water, massage it into the scalp and wash off with a mild shampoo to remove the buildup easily.

These home remedies will surely turn your dream of having beautiful hair into a reality. Besides, your diet also affects the health of the hair. It is therefore important to eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and high-protein foods to condition your hair naturally.

General Hair Care Tips

Let us have a glimpse at the general hair care tips you should follow besides these home remedies.

Food and Hair

Eat all the protein rich and nutritious food you can.

Vegetarians can get all the protein from pulses or supplements.

Ensure that you drink a lot of water at regular intervals to keep your system clean, thus helping boost hair growth.

Sun Care

Make sure you wear a hat or scarf on your head in strong sun, thus helping it protect from harsh sun rays, while keeping you hydrated.

Right kind of Water to rinse the hair

It also is very important to wash your hair with slightly warm water over hot water. Boiling hot water tends to snatch away possible nourishing natural skin oils, leaving the skin high and dry.

Use of Electrical Appliances for styling

It also is important that you avoid the use of hair dryers, straighteners and curlers, as they leave the hair dry, dull or even lifeless. Sometimes over using of these electrical appliances for styling burns the hair, which further remains difficult to repair.

Combs and Brushes

It is very important to know what kind of combs and brushes are used to manage the hair. High quality combs and brushes are suggestible over low quality products as they help you massage and relax your scalp.

Combs would be more suggestible than brushes. However, paddle brushes available in the market are better than the other brushes.

Ensure that the combs and brushes you use are clean and neat.

Avoid sharing combs and brushes as it increases the chances of transfer of dandruff and other skin infections.

Avoid over use of chemicals

It is better to avoid over use of chemical shampoos and conditioners as they also are possible ingredients that leave the hair dull and dry. Ingredients such as parabens are said to be dangerous.

The chemicals apart from doing no good to your hair do no good to the environment. So it’s better to use products that are naturally obtained or herbal in nature.We also could do a little more to you and environment by using products that are free of animal testing.