Homemade Hair Care

Are you trying to save money and improve your health by making your own beauty products? Perhaps you have wondered how you would clean your hair if you no longer had access to the pharmacy or grocery store. Here are a few hair care options using ingredients you normally have at home.

There are fabulous recipes all over the internet for DIY or homemade hair care products that use all kinds of wonderful ingredients. Here are a few simple hair care options to add to your repertoire that use common household items. 

Homemade Wet Shampoo Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 raw egg

• 1 raw egg yolk

• 1 t. honey

• Juice of 1 lemon

Directions:

• Beat eggs and honey together very well, and then slowly add the lemon juice. Massage the liquid into wet hair. 

• Allow it to sit about 5 minutes in your hair so the lecithin in the eggs has a chance to work. 

• Rinse well.

This recipe is said to give your hair a lustrous shine and is only needed once a week.

Homemade Dry Shampoo Instructions

• Make a paste of baking soda and water. It should be fairly dry. 

• Massage into scalp. 

• Comb through hair and rinse.

Easy Homemade Conditioner Instructions

• Add 3 T. of apple cider vinegar to 32 oz of water. 

• Pour over scalp. 

• Rinse with plain water or water mixed with essential oils.