Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Natural hair: Deep conditioning recipe for stronger and healthy hair

I have a simple treatment  that I love to do on my daughter's natural hair and wanted to share with you. The previous post is actually a French version that I wrote to encourage my readers who are not fluent in English to feel welcomed on this blog.
The treatment simply calls  for 1 tbsp of honey and 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil that you would mix with your conditioner. Reserve some apple cider vinegar for your rinse. Here are the simple steps.
  • Shampoo your hair as usual
  • Apply the mixture of honey, olive oil and conditioner ( you can do that with just honey and olive oil)  to your hair until your hair are fully saturated with your mixture. Sit under a hot dryer or simply leave it on.
  • Leave it on for 30-45 minutes.
  • Rinse thoroughly with water and a little of apple cider vinegar 
  • Apply some of your conditioner mixture as a leave in- conditioner and
  • Complete your treatment by applying any of the following oils: coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil, jojoba oil or any carrier oil of your choosing. I personally stick to the first three simply because they are easier to find.
On my daughter's hair below I applied some almond oil after rinsing her hair and applying a little bit of the conditioning mixture.
Please share with me some of your own homemade hair treats.
Three oils I love using for hair care

Ingredients for this homemade deep conditioning

In the small white bowl honey and olive oil (to mix with or w/o the conditioner) after shampooing



With the shower cap on waiting 30-45 minutes with the deep conditioner on
 


Soft and shiny hair after deep conditioning and Almond oil to seal her hair.

What kitchen ingredients do you generally use for your homemade deep conditionner? Which of the oila listed above do you use most often on your hair?

N'na

3 comments:

  1. I am trying this out for myself and I will be sure to report back on the effects (*^,) And may I say that, that is the prettiest little face I have ever seen, what a little sweetheart! And just look at those curls!
    Those curls are the reason I am trying it, because I too, have such curly hair (well, when its not being blowdried and flat-ironed) lol! Thanks for the suggestion N'nako, super!

    Lots of love,
    Nisha

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  2. Well, I hope it works on your haire as well as it does on my little sweetheart hair and thanks for the kind words!

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  3. awwww N'na...your daughter is gorgeous!!!!! I only thought you had boys!!!

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