Home remedies for healthy hair

For healthy hair, have hot oil therapy once a week. Heat sesame oil or olive oil and apply on the hair. If the hair is dry and damaged apply coconut oil or almond oil. Use your fingertips to massage the scalp gently, actually moving the scalp in small rotary movements. This helps to improve blood circulation to the follicles. Then do the hot towel wrap.

To restore health to damaged hair, mix two teaspoons vinegar with one teaspoon pure glycerin and one egg. Beat them together well. Massage lightly into the hair. Wear a plastic shower cap and leave it on for half-an-hour before washing the hair.

For split ends and dry, brittle hair, take 2 tablespoons of honey, one tablespoon of sesame oil and one egg yolk. Mix it together and apply on the scalp and hair. Wearing a plastic shower cap will help. Wash your hair after half-an-hour.

For oily hair and dandruff, heat coconut oil, or sesame oil or olive oil and apply on the scalp at night, using cotton wool. Rub gently as you apply the oil, to dislodge dandruff flakes. Leave the oil on overnight. Next morning, apply the juice of a lemon on the scalp and wash your hair after half-an-hour.

Hair oil with amla and methi – Take 10 to 15gms of dry amla and one teaspoon of fenugreek seeds. Grind both amla and methi seeds coarsely. Add them to 100 ml pure coconut oil or sesame oil. Put all the ingredients in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid.

Keep it in the sun daily for 15 days, shaking it each day in order to stir the ingredients. After 15 days, strain the oil through a clean muslin cloth and keep the oil in a glass jar. This oil may be used to apply on the hair. It will benefit all hair types, as well as dandruff conditions.

The egg is one of the most versatile ingredients. It contains silicon, sulphur and fatty acids that help to nourish the hair. The white of the egg has a powerful cleansing action too. Applied on the hair, egg coats the hair shaft and adds thickness, shine and body. Applying egg white on the hair for 15 minutes before shampoo helps to reduce oiliness and add texture to the hair.

After your shampoo, rinse the hair with milk and leave on for 5 minutes. Then rinse off with plain water. It would help to add shine to the hair. For extremely dry hair, add a little milk to the egg yolk and apply on the hair half-an-hour before shampoo. This is a wonderful nourishing treatment for dry hair. The hair looks soft, smooth and shiny.

If you have been using chemical colours and styling procedures, it is all the more important to nourish your hair regularly with natural ingredients. They are non-toxic and do not harm the structure of the hair. In fact, they are ideal for protective, preventive and even corrective hair care.