Let’s admit it, naturally beautiful hair is an added advantage and it improves your overall appearance. Not all of us are blessed with thick, long and lustrous hair. However, you can always take care of your locks to look your best every day with these simple home remedies. I promise that these hair masks will work wonders for your hair, just the way it worked for mine. Use it and you can always thank us later. All the home remedies suggested in this article are completely organic and 100% on your scalp, yet a patch test is highly recommended.
Baking soda
Baking soda works great on thin hair by giving them a fuller, more voluminous appearance by coating individual strands of hair.
How to use baking soda for hair:
- Take the desired quantity of shampoo and add 2 teaspoons of baking soda to it.
- Mix it well and apply it to your hair.
- Let it stay for 5 minutes and rinse as usual with cold water.
- Skip the conditioner and let the hair air dry.
- You may also use baking soda paste to cleanse hair thoroughly.
- Dissolve baking powder in a cup of warm water to make a paste.
- Then massage it on the hair like you use a shampoo.
- Be cautious not to use dry baking powder as it is abrasive and damaging.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Use this home remedy twice a week to get the best results.
Honey
If you have damaged hair, go for honey, it is a natural humectant and it will do the needful to give you soft, smooth and shiny locks. Honey has a rich composition of vitamins and minerals due to which it is widely used in a number of beauty rituals. It is a great cure for thin hair as it repairs damaged and worn out hair. It also makes the hair shiny and voluminous. The regular application of honey makes the hair thicker and healthier.
How to use honey for hair:
- Cover the scalp and tip of your hair with honey very gently to avoid any breakage of strands.
- Cover your head with a towel or a shower cap and let the honey lotion work on your hair for around 20 minutes.
- Then rinse with warm water and shampoo and condition as usual.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Use this home remedy once in a fortnight to get the best results.
Avocado and banana
Avocado and banana are fruits rich in vitamin A, B, and E as well as potassium. This completely explains why their combination works magic for weak strands susceptible to breakage. They turn thin hair into thick and strong ones. Along with this, their combination also promotes healthy and quick growth of strands.
An avocado and banana mask helps to increase the resistance of hair towards excessive heat, dust, and pollution. It also softens the texture of hair strands and gives it smoother and shinier finish.
How to use Avocado and Banana hair mask:
- In order to prepare this nourishing paste, mash an equal amount of banana and avocado in a small bowl (1/4 banana and avocado should be enough).
- Now massage this thick paste into your hair and scalp.
- Then cover your hair for 20 minutes and let the paste be absorbed.
- Now wash the hair with a shampoo. Condition if desired.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Use this home remedy twice a week to get soft, smooth and shiny hair.
Egg and Beer mask
Beer has properties that thicken the hair and give the appearance of fullness. It also contains proteins to give strength and shine. Use this egg and bear mask to do the trick.
How to use egg and beer mask :
- Take an egg and separate the whites from the yolk.
- Blend the yolk with 50 ml of beer.
- Apply the mixture to damp hair and cover the head with a shower cap for half an hour.
- Shampoo and rinse thoroughly.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Use this hair mask once in a week for a month to get the best results.
Hibiscus Oil
Hibiscus oil mask is a very effective way to add shine, softness, and volume to hair. It also works magic on split ends, besides that if your hairline is receding then this hair mask will take care of this problem as well.
How to prepare and use Hibiscus hair oil:
- Make a paste of some hibiscus flowers and leaves in a mixer.
- Now heat a little coconut oil in a pan and add the paste to it.
- You can also add fenugreek seeds to the oil for added benefits.
- Let it heat till the seeds pop and then let the oil cool down.
- You can store this oil in a glass bottle.
- Apply it once a week and let it stay for about an hour.
- Then wash and condition your hair to wash off the oil.
- Let your hair dry naturally.
- The regular use of this mask ensures thick and healthy hair.
- You will surely see a huge difference in your hair quality in a couple of months.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Use this home remedy twice a week to get the best results.
Fenugreek seed hair mask
Using fenugreek seeds in your hair mask will reduce hair fall to a considerable extent and promote healthy hair growth over a prolonged period of time. Besides that, it also deeply moisturizes and conditions your hair strands, makes them soft and shiny with regular use.
How to prepare and use fenugreek seed hair mask:
- To prepare this hair mask, you will require, 1 tablespoon of fenugreek seed powder, 2 tablespoons of pure argan oil, 6 tablespoons of whole fat yogurt, a teaspoon of shikakai powder and amla powder each and a quarter cup of purified water.
- Set it aside for a while and let everything get mixed up properly.
- Mix everything well in a mixing bowl to make your own customized fenugreek seed hair mask.
- Comb through your hair to make sure that it is detangled properly.
- Divide your hair into small sections.
- Put on a pair of gloves.
- Take a generous amount of this hair mask on your hair color applicator and apply it evenly on your hair strands, from the roots to the tips.
- Do not forget to apply it on your scalp as well.
- Tie up your hair in a top-knot.
- Wear a shower cap to avoid this hair mask from dripping.
- Keep it on for about 30 minutes.
- Wash your hair with a mild shampoo.
- Follow up with a nourishing hair conditioner and a hair serum afterwards to get the best results.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Use this home remedy once in a week to get the best results.
DIY Indian gooseberry herbal hair mask recipe
Indian gooseberry or amla is enriched with vitamin C and it adds adequate amounts of nourishment to your hair. Alternatively, you can also consume amla in moderation to keep your tresses healthy and strong naturally. If you do not want to use too much chemical on your hair, then use this organic amla hair mask to get healthy, soft and smooth hair without visiting the salon.
How to prepare and Indian gooseberry hair mask:
- To prepare this completely organic hair mask, keep quarter cup finely chopped curry leaves and amla handy along with a cup of extra virgin coconut oil.
- Take all the ingredients in the specified quantities in a pan.
- Bring it to boil.
- Keep the flame on until you see everything turns brown in color.
- Then strain out the oil in a clean container and throw away the curry leaves and amla chunks.
- Use a detangler comb and make sure that your locks are completely free from tangles before applying this hair mask.
- Divide your hair into small sections.
- Put on a pair of gloves.
- Take a generous amount of this hair oil on your finger-tips.
- Apply it evenly all over your scalp hair strands from the roots to the tips.
- Massage your scalp with this hair oil for a while.
- Keep it on for the next 30 minutes.
- Cover your hair with a shower cap if you want to.
- Then wash it off with a mild, sulfate-free shampoo in cool water.
- Follow up with a nourishing hair conditioner and a hair serum.
- Blow-dry your hair.
- Style it the way you like it the most.
How often should you use this remedy?
- Try to use this hair mask twice in a month and you are good to go.
