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Homemade Hair Packs to Promote Hair Growth

Every girl likes to have a beautiful and shiny hair. Bouncy and thick hair adds beauty to face. I know most of us prefer to use natural products to maintain our hair properly. So here are my few hair packs which I had been using for a long time in my hair care routine. These hair masks improve the hair texture and helps with hair growth.

Fenugreek and Lemon Hair Pack

This is a pack which I have been using for a long time. It is super easy to prepare. Just soak some fenugreek seeds in milk or water overnight. At the morning blend it in a mixer with juice of one lemon. You will get a smooth pack. Apply it on your hair and wait for an hour.
I was super impressed just after one use. It made my dry hair smooth and bouncy. Not to forget this wonderful pack reduced my hair fall to a greater extent. Only con in this pack is its removal. It absolutely needs a large amount of time and water. But it is nothing when compared to the bounciness it gives to our hair.

Banana and Honey Hair Pack

I guess all of us would be aware of this pack. It is again super easy to prepare. You don’t need more than 5 minutes to prepare this. All you need is a ripe banana and some honey. Take a ripe banana and mash it along with some honey. Always prefer using organic honey. Apply it to your hair and wash it after one hour with a mild shampoo followed by conditioning. I must tell you, the result was awesome. Yes I have very dry hair and this pack added life to my dull hair. My driest split ends was smooth after rinsing so I dint use conditioner at all.

Henna Hair Pack

Henna is one of the products used for hair care from olden days. Henna not only makes hair strong but also gives a mild brownish tint to our hair. Beauties who loves coloring their hair but still afraid of the damage caused by harmful chemicals can give this a try.
The process is simple. Pluck some fresh henna leaves and leave it to dry under sun for a week. Collect them and grind it to get a powder. Take some amount of this powder, add an egg, lemon juice and apply it to your hair. This will also soften your hair.

Hibiscus Hair Pack

Hibiscus is again well known for its growth properties on hair. Whenever my granny visits my home, she is sure to apply a paste of fresh hibiscus petals on my hair. It is greatly believed to reduce hair fall and strengthen hair roots. This is same like henna pack. Dry hibiscus petals ( make sure to use only the dark red one’s) under sun and grind it to a powder form. This when used with amla powder can give double benefits. Mix it with egg and lemon.

Along with the above packs, it is essential to eat healthy food items rich in proteins and drink more water. It can help you in a greater extent.

Hope you like this and start using your favorite.

Take care 🙂

Which is your favorite hair pack recipe? Share below!

How to Make Hibiscus and Green Gram Shampoo at Home?

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Hey All!

Friday is here and I guess you are waiting for a relaxing weekend. Are you reading for some Sunday pampering? Why not make a shampoo? Making your own shampoo at home is a simple and fun task to do at weekends. It saves money and of course your precious hair from harmful chemicals and preservatives present in your store bought shampoos.

Homemade shampoos might not be lathering that well or smelling better but they cleanse hair well and add lustrous shine to it in a very natural way. Now we are going to check an interesting shampoo recipe with hibiscus flowers, leaves and natural green gram powder. This recipe is again from my Amma (mom) 🙂

This shampoo cools down the scalp, clears out oil and dirt, controls dandruff and naturally conditions hair. Check the instructions below and make your own hibiscus shampoo in minutes! Let your hair shine naturally forever.

Things you will need:

A small bowl
1 cup of distilled water
10-12 hibiscus leaves
2 fresh hibiscus flowers
3 teaspoons of green gram powder
Few drops of jojoba oil

How to Make?

1. Take a small clean bowl and fill it up with one cup of distilled water.

2. Cleanse you hands and crush the hibiscus leaves and flowers well. Drop the crushed mixture to the bowl of distilled water.

3. Bring this mixture to a boil in simmer stove until the consistency is moderately thick. It would form a serum like consistency.

4. Now at this stage, switch off the stove and take the bowl off. Strain the flower and leaf extract and add the green gram powder to it. Blend well until it forms a smooth creamy paste.

5. Finally, add the jojoba oil to this paste and blend once again well. Your homemade hibiscus shampoo is ready to use now. If you don’t have jojoba oil, you can also use few drops of sweet almond oil or olive oil.

How to Use?:

1. After rinsing your hair with plain water or taking a shower, apply this creamy shampoo over your hair and scalp. Make sure to cover every single strand

2. Gently massage hair and scalp with finger tips for 3-5 minutes.

3. Leave on the shampoo on hair for 5 more minutes after massaging and rinse with fresh cold water.

4. After shampooing, condition hair if necessary and blow dry hair.

5. Soft, shiny and black hair is all yours now!

Ingredient Benefits:

Green Gram:

The green gram powder cleanses out the scalp well to get rid of excess dirt and oiliness. You can either buy green gram powder from shops or prepare your own by grinding dried green gram dhal at home.

Hibiscus:

Hibiscus is a natural cooling agent and it also works well to add that elegant shine to your hair! Hibiscus leaves and flowers are easily available. So why not to use them in your hair care regime?

Jojoba Oil:

This oil is used in this recipe to maintain the hair’s natural moisture balance. Jojoba oil is also proven to strengthen the hair strands naturally. If you have a really oily scalp, skip adding the oil.

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How to Get Soft and Silky Hair in 2 Days at Home?

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Hi everyone!

Are you going out somewhere in 2 days and need silky soft hair? Then you are at the right place. Today I will share my tried and tested DIY method of getting soft, silky, shiny and smooth hair at home!

Before you start reading the steps, remember that you need 2 days for this process after which you will have healthy shiny hair like never before temporarily. This is a tried and tested method. So let us proceed.

Note : To make your hair shiny in a day, do read Lancy’s DIY tutorial on Rose Coconut Hair Spa. It is easy, natural and makes your hair shine in few hours! You can also check her recent 6 month hair growth challenge results to know more about natural hair care!

Read: DIY Cream Hair Spa & Some Tips for Beautiful Hair

Things needed:

Fresh Aloe Vera Gel extracted from the plant
Olive oil
Sunsilk Perfect Straight Shampoo/Any other mild shampoo
Dove conditioner/Any other conditioner
Silk and Shine Hair Potion/Livon/any hair serum (optional)

Steps::

1. Extract some Aloe Vera Gel directly from the plant, apply it to your dry hair, and scalp so that the gel completely covers them up! You need to do this in the afternoon time. If you do not have itchy scalp then skip this step. Keep the aloe vera gel for about 2 hours and then rinse it off!

If you do not have a aloe vera plant at home, I suggest you to try store bought aloe gels but make sure they contain less-to-no chemicals compared to the other ones. I suggest the Nature’s Essence Aloe Vera Gel and the new Khadi Natural Aloe Gel! (It is available in two variants – green & transparent!) I’d go with transparent!

I heard the Patanajali one is great too but I’m unsure if it can be used on hair! I suggest you to check the reviews before you decide getting it for this treatment!

If you prefer homemade (it is the best choice) then extract the gel from the leaves safely and do give this recipe a glance! Amoolya has shared the wonderful method to make this coconut aloe vera gel at home. It can be definitely used for this treatment!

2. At night, before going to bed, heavily oil your hair with some light oil like olive oil (Luke warm) and go to sleep. After waking up, remove the oil by using Sunsilk perfect straight shampoo and then apply Dove conditioner!

3. Finally, let your hair dry naturally and comb your hair. After 40 minutes, you will see that the hair is becoming frizzy. Comb your hair once more to set it.

4. Touch your hair now 🙂 I am sure you hair it will feel extremely soft and bouncy and it will have a natural shine. You can apply Silk and Shine hair potion/Livon to your hair too after completing all the above steps for that extra shine and bounce.

I do this whenever I have to go out somewhere and it works perfectly! 🙂

Two Tips for Maintaining the Shine:

1. You an use Yoghurt (I know it sounds weird and yuck but it works) on your hair and keep it for 30 minutes and then shampoo your hair to remove the bad fragrance. Believe me, I have tried this as well. It works wonders, makes the hair soft, silky, shiny and healthy looking too.

Read: How Does a Hair Conditioner Work?

2. Well, another tip from my side to maintain the shine of your hair is to use fenugreek mixed with some curd. I love this tip and I always apply a paste of Fenugreek to my hair and keep it for 45 minutes and then rinse it off. It helps to make the hair super duper shiny.

Finally, I will share with you a tip that I guess you hear everywhere. The tip is to maintain your diet. I know it is difficult but at least try to eat healthy food (fruits and lots of green veggies) one time a day! But that does not mean that rest of the time you can eat junk food. You should always eat home made food. You can cheat for one day in a week when you can indulge in anything you want!

For more experienced hair care diet ideas, do check THIS post!