Replacing Conditioners & Shampoos: {Part 4} of Care for Your Natural Hair: A Better Way

All Natural Hair Treatments

I'm sure you heard of or seen hair masks made out of a mixture of foods like: mayonnaise, avocado, olive oil, or eggs, well using food instead of expensive hair products to Condition, Moisturize and Strengthen hair isn't so wacky after all, these foods below can replace three hair products:

Conditioner

Deep Conditioner/Protein Conditioner

Moisturizing Conditioner

You can test these recipes as see if these hair treatment works for your hair.

These recipes provided are easy 2 or 1 ingredients recipes, you can tweak the recipes to your liking just remember each food have its own properties like: honey naturally lightens hair and egg is a protein and can harden hair fast

If you tried it and it just doesn't work for your natural hair go back to using Conditioners and Shampoos, just look for natural, organic, and chemical free ingredients.

This post is to motivate anyone who is looking for new ideas for their hair care the more natural products in your Hair Care Regimen the better.

Remember: JUST BECAUSE IT'S NATURAL DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T DO DAMAGE

Always remember to take precaution when adding a new hair care treatment

Do your own research and see what you can learn about these foods, the list of foods that can be a great hair mask can be many so test out these few below:

Banana as a Conditioner

*Buy Baby Food Puree Instead of mashing up a ripe banana,  fresh banana cannot be fully washed out of natural curly hair*

Ingredients Fully Ripened Bananas, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

Banana Mask Recipe (1 Ingrdient: Banana Puree)

1 or 2 bottles of Puree Bananas

Add mixture to section hair

Let sit for 10-30 minutes with shower cap

Rinse out with cool luke warm water

Honey as a Moisturizing Treatment  

*Honey Lightens Hair

Be careful not to heat up the honey and do not use honey if you do not want your hair to be lighten.

Honey can strip the color from your hair:

If your hair is dyed dark dyes like black/brown will be stripped and color will not be a vibrant.

Regular table honey is fine

Honey Mask Recipe (2 Ingredients)

Mix together olive oil and honey

Apply to hair

Wrap your hair in a warm, damp towel or shower cap.

Leave the hair mask on for 30 minutes

Shampoo and rinse well.





Egg as a Protein Mask Treatment (Deep Conditioner)

Natural hair has enough protein most conditioners have protein, so be sure to read your conditioners and shampoos ingredient label to know if your hair products has protein.
If you are looking to strengthen your hair then protein will make your hair stronger, quickly.

If you are interested in using animal protein that comes from using egg then here are some tips to remember:

*1 egg is enough for a Protein Treatment

1 egg treatment can harden hair (make hair brittle) please be sure to condition your hair before using a protein treatment for at least 5 minutes to prevent protein overoad:

Egg & Olive Oil Hair Mask Recipe (2 Ingredients)

Mix 1 whole eggs with four tablespoons of olive oil.

Section hair into four 

Apply egg mixture on ends, close to roots, and the rest of your hair.

Let mixture sit for 5-10 minutes

After a protein treatment, rinse hair in cool water

Follow up with a moisturizing condititoner to make sure your hair gets enough moisture

 If you are conditioning your hair twice

Once before a protein treatment

And Once after the protein treatment only keep the conditioner in your hair 5 minutes or less to prevent elastic/stretchy hair (Over Moisturizing).

1 egg treatment a month is enough protein for natural hair, maybe once every two months is safer:

Remember this advice is suppose to be added to your own research

This information varies from each natural, these recipes all Depends on your own

Hair, Diet, and Lifestyle

This post is Part 4 of Care for Your Natural Hair, A Better Way

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Washing Natural Hair: The Quick n Easier Way

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