Deep Conditioning Treatment at Home

It's the DIY time again!

TGIF!    

Ha! At last it’s Friday which means the much wanted weekend is here. J Yeah weekends mean a lot of sleep, chatting and talking to the family, wandering in and around the city, cooking yummy food, but… weekends also mean DIY time for me.

It is on weekends that I get to pamper myself at home with fruit masks, hair spa and pedicure et al. After all pollution plays havoc with the skin and hair doesn’t it? This weekend my mission is to try the DIY hair spa I had posted earlier, along with henna conditioning, preceded by a deep condition treatment for hair. 

Today, I’ll share the deep conditioning treatment with you that I try to do at least once in a month, to smoothen my otherwise dry tresses.
Note that you can add other items like almond oil, neem oil or castor oil, if you have common problems like hairfall, dandruff or want your hair to shine.
I’ll give you two tips that will deep condition your hair, and add bounce and shine to your hair as well.

Option 1:
What you need?                                                                                   

·  Olive Oil

·  You could add other items like aloe vera gel, almond oil or mahabhringaraj oil for nourishment.

·  A shower cap

How to proceed?

·   Take enough olive oil - the quantity depends on how much oil you need to cover your entire hair in a bowl.

·  Add any other oil to the olive oil if you want to.

·   Double boil the oil by putting it in a vessel full of hot water.

·   Now apply the warm oil on your scalp and hair in generous amount.

·   When you are done with oiling, wear a shower cap and fasten the loose ends with clips.

·  Keep the oil for 1 hour and then shampoo.

Result - Your hair will be silky and soft and you’ll love to touch your hair all day long.

Option 2:

What you need?

·         Curd

·         Eggs (quantity will depend on the length of your hair. For short hair, you need 1)

 How to proceed?

·         Beat the egg well and add it to the curd.

·         Stir the mixture and apply all over the scalp and hair.

·         Keep this for 1 hour and shampoo off.

Result – Your hair will feel silky and shiny. Egg also adds volume to hair. 

Try these tips for yourselves and I'll be eager to know the results you saw! 

Also do not forget to share any tips that you follow as part of your beauty regime at home during weekends.

Love -

N

Ayurvedic Hair Spa at Home - Feedback Post

A month ago I had chanced upon a wonderful blog, while looking for a DIY hair spa. And I found a great mask here which, I knew would work on my dry and frizzy hair. But sadly, I didn’t find dried hibiscus flower as directed in this blog, so edited the spa recipe a little bit for my benefit.

What you need?

• Reetha (Soap Nut) – 2-4 pieces

• Shikakai – 2-4 pieces

• Amla/Awla (Indian Gooseberry)– 2-4 pieces

• Methi (Fenugreek) – 2 tsp

• Olive Oil – 4-6 tbsp

• Aloe Vera – 1 leaf / 5 tbsp of gel

Olive Oil and Aloe Vera are meant for dry hair. If you have oily hair, add lemon juice and if you have normal hair, you can add aloe vera only. Non-vegetarians and eggetarians can add eggs too. I personally hate the smell of eggs, so excluded it altogether.

Here’s how I proceeded…

• Soak the methi seeds separately in a bowl of water the night before. Add enough water as methi soaks up water.
• Soak the reetha, amla and shikakai together in a glass of warm water. You could boil these together for 20-25 mins the previous night.
• The next morning when you are ready for hair spa, add the soaked reetha, amla and shikakai in the grinder and make a paste.
• Take out the pulp of aloe vera. You can use aloe vera gel too. Add enough gel to the mixture you have made.
• Now, put methi seeds and then add water carefully so that the consistency is paste-like and not too runny. Make a smooth paste out of the above items.
• Lastly add olive oil. If you have dry hair, you can massage your hair with olive oil first, and then apply the mixture. You can also add the olive oil to this mixture directly.

I kept the mixture for 1 hr 30 mins followed by a shampoo. The result was bouncy, shiny and smooth as silk hair.

The Pros:

• It’s dirt cheap and very healthy for your tresses.
• Requires very less time, unlike coloring your hair with henna.
• Your hair dances with joy literally.

• Didn't require much effort, as I had all the items at home.

The Cons:

• You need to make preparations in advance.
• Some ingredinets might not be handy and you may have to search for them.

Feedback:

This is a wonderful hair mask and it does show great results.

My hair felt fabulous and I'll continue to try this over and over again.

PS:

• Images have been sourced from Google.
• This is a feedback for the original post in the following blog. http://whenwitcheswrite.blogspot.in/2012/04/ayurvedic-hair-spa-nourish-your-roots.html