Hair Conditioner

Conditioning your hair on a regular basis is essential for keeping it strong and healthy. A deep treatment coats each hair strand, minimizing friction so that combing and styling wet hair doesn't stretch, fray and damage it. Also, regular conditioning protects your hair from the corrosive effects of sunlight, chlorinated water, hair dryers, color treatments, and permanents. When you massage hair conditioner onto your scalp, it stimulates blood flow to the hairs' roots, which supports growth and regulates oil production. Conditioners contain three basic ingredients: emollients, which soften and smooth your hair; moisturizers to increase the water content of your hair; and proteins that strengthen each hair shaft. In addition, essential oils help to customize conditioners for a range of hair types and needs.

Protein Repairs Hair Damage
Egg yolks and other forms of protein, such as supplemental protein powders derived from eggs, whey, milk, soy or rice, can help repair hair damage. Protein-based conditioners smooth and bond the scales of the cuticle to the hair shaft. This produces resilient, shiny hair that's able to resist tangles.

Hair Conditioner
Application: For deep hair conditioning, apply conditioner to wet, washed hair. Cover with a shower cap or plastic wrap. Wrap your head in a towel, preferably one that has been warmed in a dryer. Leave on for one or two hours, and then rinse. Repeat once or twice a week, using a fresh batch of conditioner each time.

*Essential Oils for your hair type
Adding essential oils to conditioners can help address your particular hair-care needs. For example, myrrh and geranium oils can help repair dry, damaged hair, while clary-sage oil can give hair a delicate sheen. Dandruff may benefit from cypress oil, which gently cleanses the scalp without drying it out, and from tea-tree oil, which helps fight bacterial infections that can occur with cases of severe dandruff. Invigorating rosemary oil stimulates circulation and promotes vigorous hair growth, which can counteract hair loss and dandruff.

*Scalp Massages
Daily scalp massages enhance the effects of deep conditioning. Grasp the scalp underneath your hair, using the pads of your fingers, and gently move it back and forth. You can also massage your scalp with a special brush, using light pressure and circular motions. Massaging your scalp should be done for few minutes every day before you wash or style your hair.

Take Care!
Ultraviolet rays from the sun can dry and damage your hair. A head covering, such as a hat or scarf, is recommended for periods of prolonged sun exposure.

Ingredients:

Deep Conditioners

For normal hair:
2-3 tbsp. warm water
2 tbsp. protein powder
1 tbsp. jojoba oil
1 egg yolk
5 drops clary-sage essential oil
5 drops spearmint essential oil

For dry hair:
2-3 tbsp. warm water
2 tbsp. protein powder
1 tbsp. jojoba oil
1 egg yolk
7 drops myrrh essential oil
3 drops geranium essential oil

For oily hair
2-3 tbsp. warm water
2 tbsp. protein powder
1 tbsp. alo-vera gel
1 egg yolk
7 drops cedarwood essential oil
3 drops tea-tree essential oil

For dandruff
2-3 tbsp. warm water
2 tbsp. protein powder
1 tbsp. aloe-vera gel
1 egg yolk
5 drops tea-tree essential oil
3 drops cypress essential oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil

For chemically treated hair
2-3 tbsp. warm water
2 tbsp. protein powder
1 tbsp. jojoba oil
1 egg yolk
3 drops rose-otto essential oil
1 drop patchoili essential oil

Directions:
1. In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients for the appropriate conditioner until an easily spreadable paste forms.
2. Wash your hair. Apply conditioner to the ends of your hair with your fingers.
3. Massage the conditioner into the rest of your hair and your scalp.
4. Cover your hair with a shower cap and a preheated towel. Leave on 1-2hr.
5. Rinse and style as usual.
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Conditioner

1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup olive oil, use 2 Tbsp. for normal hair

Mix honey and olive oil. Work a small amount at a time through hair until coated. Cover hair with shower cap; leave on 30 minutes. remove shower cap; shampoo well and rinse. Dry as normal.

Honey should not be fed to infants under one year of age. Honey is a safe and wholesome food for children and adults.

You make hair conditioer sound...edible. Maybe that's why I'm balding. I don't like eating eggs. I don't suppose egg noodles will help?


<< This was an interesting read, actually. I didn't know about honey. I wonder if that's why they sell honey scented shampoo at stores. I've always bought the coconut shampoo, actually. (I don't eat them either).>>