just wondering if there were some more "kitchen beauticians" out there?.
i know my hair likes egg based concoctions best- so far
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just wondering if there were some more "kitchen beauticians" out there?.
i know my hair likes egg based concoctions best- so far
My hair loves olive and coconut oil. I used to use mayo for deep treatments but the smell became too much to bear.
Avacado treatments.Which involve oils and honey.
Vinegar n' oil. Not together.
Coconut oil, honey and banana baby food :p
Honey, eggs, lemon juice and mayo!
Olive oil, egg yolks and honey.
honey! And maybe light syrup. I had success in the past with combining eggs, honey and water and wash my hair with it. And a diluted white vinegar rinse when I'm done washing.
Rosemary, basil, sage, parsley, mint, coconut oil, EVOO, cauliflower, yogurt, honey.
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Originally Posted by Elanor
What do you do with banana baby food? What does it do for your hair?
burns_erin Do you use then like a tea rinse? or how do you use them? but one question I must know!!!
cauliflower,??
I use banana baby food any place that would need a smashed normal banana. For me I find that its easier to rinse out without having clumps of it still left in my hair. It also mixes with other things smoother.Quote:
Originally Posted by mommy2one05
My favorites are Coconut oil, EVOO and Honey
The herbs make a tea with and either use it as a rinse or a mist.Quote:
Originally Posted by naturechild
Cauliflower (cooked) mashed or blended with yogurt and honey makes a nice hair mask. My mother and sister love it, I like it okay. My mother and sister use an egg yolk instead of honey but I do not like egg yolk in my hair. It sort of thickens and smooths, particularly with the egg yolk.
Honey and various oils mostly. Eggs were a disaster. The occasional vinegar rinse is nice too.
Typical SMT (honey, aloe, condish)...I used to mayo a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time again...I tried a variation of a caramel treatment (I think that's what it's called) last night of baby mashed bananna's, honey and condish...my hair felt good, but I skipped the ACV that I normally do and I felt like I had honey at my hair line all day...thank goodness it was a scrunchie Bun day at work. :D
That's the reason I use it too, I don't like the clumps either :D My favorite mix is 1 part aloe vera gel, 1 part honey, 1 part conditioner and 2 parts banana baby food. And sometimes I add some coconut oil there too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sakura07
Yogurt is probably my favourite ingredient, whenever i use it in a mix my hair feels amazing and has great shine.
I haven't used anything kitchen wise except for honey and coconut oil. I am afraid to experiment with other stuff. Afraid I would have a mess and something would go wrong.
My favorite kitchen treat is probably some honey. Even though I'm not in it for the lightening I just love the way it smells when I have honey water in the shower :) (plus I don't have to worry if a little get in my mouth like the ACV lol)
My favorite bathroom treat though is Listerine. I read about it on a thread a couple of days ago and my scalp loved it! (and again the smell was a factor)
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Originally Posted by plainjanegirl
Never be afraid to experiment. My DH is a well meaning, smartass who loves to tease when I have a "concoction" in my hair...likes to tell me that my hair is going to be green one day when I take the shower cap off...;)
I just tell him he's jealous that I have had kitchen success and his shoulder length hair needs some TLC....:D
Jaderyan: My beau is a smart butt also he has even called out from the bathroom after a really good hair experiment (hey your eye of newt is loose in the bath tub)
*sorry for the spelling of newt I dont know how to spell it.*
I got the same comment from DH once, except the "newt" poor thing was a salamander and really was in the bathtub, fortunately we found him before the cat, 'cause she would have squashed him.Quote:
Originally Posted by naturechild
I use many things from my kitchen in my hair. I've never been able to find a commercial deep conditioner that does what I can do at home.
Honey
Mayo
Eggs
Avacado
Molasses
ACV
EVOO
Coconut Oil
Safflower Oil
Banana
Strawberry
Thyme, Rosemary, Parsely, Cilantro, Mint
Yogurt
Heavy Cream
Milk
coco milk
baking soda
...and probably some other things that i'm forgetting at the moment.
Honey, EVOO, Coconut Oil, occasionally ACV. Tried an egg shampoo once and have no opinion one way or the other. Have used Mayo and Yogurt but not as a consistent treatment :)
Camellia oil, avocado oil, plum kernel oil, both shea and cocoa butter, aloe vera and sometimes honey.
Coconut Oil, EVOO, Honey, Lemon, Vinegar (any type) herbs (dry & fresh) Tea (all sorts) Cinnamon, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Cloves, Mayonaise, Sugar, Salt, Oats...
I am considering using Cocoa powder in some kind of hair mask - but haven't yet refined it!
I've been known to apply Tomato paste... Interested in Carrot at some point... Anyone done a Peanut Butter hair mask yet?
i did a peanut butter mask for getting gum out. It did get them gum out but made my hair feel really gross. I do not reccommend it.
I wonder if olive oil would have worked better?Quote:
Originally Posted by burns_erin
End of hijack! :eyebrows:
I use mayo and beer in my hair and honey or aloe depending on what i am doing
Well it WAS avocado until I made a treatment consisting of coconut milk and avocado blended. Now I had bought two avocados, one for hair and one for lunch...well when I began to eat one for lunch my throat began to close up and my mouth itched terribly. So I threw it away. Still thinking using it in my hair shouldn't be a problem, I went forward with it....and :agape: it burned sooooooooooooooo bad I wanted to cry!! I didn't realize I was THAT allergic to it! My hair felt soft but boy did my scalp burn! So for now I stick to coconut milk, yogurt and bananas. They do my hair lovely!
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Originally Posted by burns_erin
Glad to know I'm not the only one. Mine has said the bathroom looks like a meth lab.Quote:
Originally Posted by naturechild
He often makes cracks like, "blah blah blah... whatever you're cooking up in the bathtub". Whatever.
While oiling my hair last night in the bathroom DH came home from work. I walked out and started walking around the house while scritching my scalp (anyone else a walker when working your hair?), and apparently DH needed to use to toilet.
A second after he went in he asked if I was done cooking in the bathroom.
coconut milk. coconut oil. mayonnaise
Honey, baking soda, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar and olive oil :). My boyfriend was like leave my brown sugar alone!! It's to put in my cereals. Hahaha *evil laugh*
coconut oil, olive oil, and honey are my favorites
Mayo for a quick protein treatment, EVOO for a good deep treatment before a club soda and acv rinse :)
My kitchen hair treat list includes:
EVOO, EVCO, honey, eggs, cinnamon, lemon juice, and occasionally baking soda
Now I'm intruiged and must find this thread! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by thankyousir74
I haven't experimented too much yet, but love using coconut oil, EVOO as well as honey (combined with cinnamon & water, hmmm the smell!!!).
My kitchen experiments have reduced somewhat since embracing my gray hair as I worry about staining. But I love white vinegar, coconut oil, coconut milk, and cornflour (cornstarch) prewash to remove a heavy oiling.
