natural options
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Printed Date: October 29 2025 at 10:27pm
Topic: natural options
Posted By: PinkPoodle
Subject: natural options
Date Posted: February 09 2002 at 10:36pm
In magazines and spa recipes, they always list things like mayonaise, honey, and olive oil. They claim that these ingredients are really good for your hair, but these three things are really thick, sticky and altogether messy! If I were to put any one of them in my hair, would it rinse right out and look great? Or would it take days to fully come out, and look greasy?
Are there any household products that really ARE good for hair?
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Kate
Hair: It can make you happy, it can make you sad, but mostly it just allows you to spend some quality time with your mirror. :-)
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Posted By: Budokan
Date Posted: February 10 2002 at 9:38am
Women have been using natural ingredients on their hair for thousands of years - after all, what else did they have? I have used homemade hair products for 15 years and find they work really well for me. If you are interested in trying homemade natural products, here are a couple of my favorites:
Hair Conditioner
Mix 1/2 cup honey and 1/4 cup olive oil. (Use 2 tablespoons oil for normal hair.) Work a small amount at a time through hair until coated. Cover hair with a shower cap; leave on 30 minutes. Remove shower cap; shampoo well and rinse. Dry as normal.
Deep Conditioner
Avocados contain vitamin B6 & vitamin E
Ingredients:
1 small jar of real mayonnaise
1/2 of an avocado
Directions:
Put together in a medium bowl and squish together with your hands until it`s a minty green color. Smooth into hair all the way to the tips. Put on a shower cap or wrap your head with saran wrap.
Leave on for 20 minutes. For deeper conditioning put a hot, damp towel around your head -over the saran wrap. And if you have really long hair and only need deep conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to the ends and just wrap them.
Special Note: Make sure the mayonaisse is real mayo and NOT salad dressing. It will dry your hair out.
Tropical Conditioner
Ingredients:
1 avocado (peeled and mashed)
coconut milk
Directions:
Combine mashed avacodo with some coconut milk. Mash together until its smooth and about as thick as shampoo. Comb it through the hair and let sit for 10 -15 minutes, wash out.
Give them a try. You may be surprised how well they work. ;)
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Posted By: PinkPoodle
Date Posted: February 10 2002 at 10:21am
thank you so much! i currently have the honey- olive oil concoction on my head, and all`s going well. can`t wait to try the rest!
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Kate
Hair: It can make you happy, it can make you sad, but mostly it just allows you to spend some quality time with your mirror. :-)
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Posted By: Budokan
Date Posted: February 10 2002 at 11:17am
Good for you! The honey/olive oil one is my personal favorite. I used to do straight olive oil but it was a bit too much to wash out (always use extra virgin olive oil or you will be washing and rinsing for an hour). There are more exotic recipes but I find these simple ones work really well for most people.
Have fun experimenting and let us know how it works for you. Good luck! ;)
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