Natural hair: Natural homemade deep conditioner for stronger and healthy hair

I made Friday evening a deep conditioning mixture that one of my maid used on my hair when I was in elementary school. Every Sunday afternoon as she would do our hair ( twin sister and me), she would shampoo our hair and make a mixture of egg yolk and olive oil that she would apply for 45 minutes before rinsing and braiding our hair.
I don't know why it never occurred to me to do it until now! Like I said in a recent post, a lot of pleasant childhood memories have resurfaced in my mind and this recipe is one of them. The only difference is that I added coconut oil.


I started with

• one egg yolk
• a tablespoon of EVOO Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• a tablespoon of coconut oil (optional)
• The one ingredient I did not add that I would greatly suggest adding is Honey! I abstained from adding some in this mixture because I did not have any more raw honey and I just did not want to add the commercial brand I had on hand and my treatment was a spare of the moment thing.

Then I just mixed all the ingredients! The texture was just like a commercial conditioner would be since my coconut oil was still in it's solid form!

I shampoo my hair with a commercial shampoo and then applied the mixture. I was not satisfy with the quantity so I made some more this time without the coconut oil! I mixed one egg yolk and one tablespoon of EVOO! This was enough to saturate my hair.
I put on a shower cap and vacated to the rest of my activities ( tackling the laundry and having a devotion time with my children)


You could leave it for 30-45 minutes but since I was not in any rush I just thought the longer the better so I kept mine on for well over an hour!

I rinsed it out by adding some apple cider vinegar to the rinse water...

And I applied some olive oil to moisturize my hair and let it air dry! Voila!

Please do not have egg white in that mixture otherwise you will be spending your time picking up egg from your hair!

The next day I deep conditioned my daughter's hair as well.  I used the same ingredients except that I added some honey.

I did not have to make any extra conditioner for her hair and I followed the same procedure up until the time I rinsed her hair.

After rinsing her hair I did not add olive oil to moisturize her hair! I simply finished her hair treatment by applying some mousse to her hair.

There she is after her shampoo and deep conditioning!

Since I love to recycle things, I used the egg white from my deep conditioning and hers to make a face mask. After beating the egg white I added  a tablespoon of coffee to the egg white just for antioxidant and the scrub feel. This mask can be made with the egg white alone but since I generally use some coffee as a facial or body scrub I added some to the mix I figure it might as well add some to the mix!

Facial mask with leftover egg white and used coffee. More on that in my next post!

Final result, Mother & Daughter enjoying their natural look after a healthy homemade deep conditioner!

In case you wonder why use egg yolk in my homemade deep conditioner:

Hair are made of protein

Eggs are protein

Eggs' protein will straighten the hair follicle

Eggs make the hair smooth and easier to comb and keep the hair from tangling That is if you are combing. In our cases we left our hair curly!

Well just a few benefits I am aware of, there might be more so feel free to share!

Have you used egg yolk before to condition your hair? What was your experience? What natural ingredients do you generally use to deep condition your hair? Do you know any additional benefits to using egg yolk in your hair? Have you ever had the unpleasant experience of having egg white in your hair?How did remove them?

N'na

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

Un bon traitement pour avoir les cheveux lustrants

J'offre aujourd'hui un conseil de cheveux pour mes amis francophones qui ne maitrisent pas bien la langue anglaise afin qu'ils se sentent tous encourager de joindre ce site. ( English readers I will post this post in English by Friday so please come back for this one and enjoy the other posts you haven't read yet)

Beaucoup de femmes se plaignent que leur cheveux ne sont pas en tres bonne sante, qu'ils sont fragilent et qu'ils se cassent facilement. Cela est juste des symptoms de cheveux qui ne sont pas tres bien entretenu et qui sont malnourri pas forcement que la personne a de mauvais cheveux juste qu'il faut plus d'information et plus de soins. J'ai pour ma part constatee que faire regulierement un bain d'huile est une pratique indispensable a la bonne sante des cheveux.

Pour commencer laver vos cheveux  avec du shampoin ou avec un demelant/shampoin. Melanger a votre demelant une cuilleree de miel et de cuilleree d'huile d'olive. Apliquer ce melange afin qu'il sature vos cheveux et assiez  vous avec un bonnet a douche sous un casque ou garder le bonnet 30-45 minutes. J'admet que pour celles en Afrique c'est fort possible de se passer du casque vu la chaleur en temps normal.
Rinser completement vos cheveux et ajouter un peu de vinaigre de cidre de pomme a l'eau du rinsage. Vous pouvez aplliquer un tout petit peu de votre melange precedent et le laisser dans vos cheveux et finaliser avec applications d'une des  huiles suivantes plutot que de mettre de la pommade:
 de l'huile de coco, de l'huile d'avocat, de l'huile de jojoba, de l'huile d'olive, de l'huile d'amande ou de l'huile "castor" ( je ne sais plus en francais desolee)




Quelques huiles que vous pouvez utiliser pour vos cheveux.





Miel et huile d'olive a melanger avec le demelant a cheveux

Elle vaque a ses occupations pendant son bain d'huile!



Ses cheveux apres son bain d'huile!

Faites ce traitement ou une fois par semaine de preference ou chaque 2 semaines et vous etes guarantie des cheveux en tres bonnes sante.

Je vous prie de partager avec moi  et autres lecteurs ici vos astuces pour maintenir  vos cheveux en bonne sante. J'espere que cette information vous sera utile. Je vous prie de considerer et pardonner le fait que mon clavier n'est pas francophone et je n'ai aucune idee comment mettre les accents et maintenir l'orthographe appropriee pour les mots francais.
Prennez le temps de joindre ce site, jetter un coup d'oeil sur les autres articles car bien qu'il y en ait beaucoup en anglais il y a plein de photos et de video que vous trouverez que serviraient bien d'inspiration. S'il vous plait laisser vos commentaires meme en francais car ca fait toujour plaisir de savoir ce que vous pensez!

update: 30 Avril 2011.
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