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We all love beautiful hair, and feel great about how we look when it is healthy.
Who doesn’t love strong, shiny, bouncy hair with great color!
However, salon perfect hair is just not affordable for most of us working girls, right?
Wrong! For just pennies per treatment, you can fix almost any hair problem with common ingredients you keep in your kitchen.
Is your hair, dry, damaged and brittle? Use avocado to restore your hair and make it smooth and silky. Simply remove the pit from an avocado, scoop out the flesh and mash it. Before you shampoo, mist you hair to
make it damp, and work the avocado through. Wrap your hair in plastic and wait half an hour for the essential fatty acids and vitamin E to work their magic. Remove the plastic, rinse out the avocado and shampoo as usual.
Do you want to revitalize your hair color and make it last longer before your next dye job? Try tea! Simply take two or three teabags and steep them for ten minutes in boiling water. Allow the tea to cool and pour it over dry hair, so it will absorb most of the pigment in the tea. Comb it through evenly and wait about 20 minutes, before shampooing as usual. If you are a brunette, use black tea, a redhead use hibiscus, and chamomile tea if you are a blond.
Is your hair dry and frizzy? Tame and moisturize it with yogurt. Lactic acid found in milk will coat and nourish each strand. If you also want to add shine, stir in some olive oil, or add an egg for extra protein to strengthen your hair.
Here is an easy recipe you can try at home:
Whisk one egg until frothy. Add ½ cup of plain yogurt and two tablespoons of olive oil. Apply to damp hair and scalp in small sections and work it in completely. Leave the mixture on your hair for at least 15 minutes, then wash and condition as usual.
Are you plagued by dandruff? Banish it with apple cider vinegar and mint. The vinegar will clean the scalp thoroughly and add shine to your hair, and the mint will invigorate the scalp, leaving it feeling fresh and tingly.
Simply add ½ cup apple cider vinegar, 2 cups of water and 3-4 sprigs of fresh mint to a saucepan, and warm it up. Allow the mixture to cool. After you wash and condition your hair as usual, simply pour the vinegar rinse through and allow it to sit for about ten minutes. Rinse thoroughly with cool water. Don’t worry, if you do a good job of rinsing, there will be no vinegar smell left on your hair.
Irene Helen Zundel is a freelance writer, educator and mother, and an expert in child development, home schooling and creative parenting and home making. Visit her online at http://www.irenehelenzundel.com
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