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DIY Cream Hair Spa & Some Tips for Beautiful Hair

by Vandana

I like everything about MABH blog. I love reading all the beauty tips, do’s and dont’s displayed here. Honestly speaking I am interested in writing posts for this blog because I might win awesome prizes and this will give me extra entries in other giveaways as well. Secondly, I keep reading beauty related magazines. etc so I want to share that beauty knowledge with other people!

A secret which I would like to reveal today with you is my own homemade pack for a hair spa effect at home!!! If you are tired of going to salon every 15 days for taking hair spa with no effective results then you can try this homemade hair pack which will give your hair new softness and shine. You don’t have to spend those 800-1000 Rs per month for hair spa when you can give spa to your hair yourself.

Cream Hair Spa at Home:

Instructions:

Step 1:

Firstly, take a bowl and put some milk cream in it (You can buy it from market or you can use the one which our mom makes at home) If you do not have the homemade version, I strongly suggest you to check out the Nestle Milk Cream!

Step 2:

Secondly, mix your hair conditioner with it! Blend everything together. I love using Tresseme Condioner! It helps my hair turn very smooth!

Step 3:

That’s it! Now your complete spa pack is ready. Apply it on your hair properly and leave it for 1 hour. After an hour wash it with shampoo and clean water. Now there is no need to use conditioner again because your hair would be already soft. I hope you all will like your hair more after following all these steps and your visits to salon will be less! Try it and do let me know.

Easy Tips to Control Hair Loss and Get Beautiful Hair

If you do regular exercise, your blood circulation will improve and the health of your hair will also improve.
Drinking lots of water, eating soya, almonds and oranges can be beneficial to your hair and drinking lots of water detoxifies our body!
Massaging your scalp with almond oil can also prove to be helpful for your hair strength. I use Khadi sweet almond oil! I’ve been using it for 2-3 years and it works like a charm to smoothen hair!
We should follow a proper hair care regime. We should massage our scalp for few minutes which will increase blood circulation, hence making our hair good.
We all know that aloe vera gel is very good for our skin and for our hair as well! We can apply aloe vera gel once in a week to the hair which will make our hair soft and supple.
Curd works as a very good conditioner for our hair leaving our hair soft and shiny.
Henna is also very effective. This will remove dryness from our hair and will make it silky. I use Shanaz Hussain Henna!
You can also take steam once in a week or 10 days before applying the pack which will give your hair a spa-done effect.

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How Does a Hair Conditioner Work?

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Hello everyone!

Today, I’m sharing some facts about hair conditioner with a DIY hair conditioning recipe for you.

From my experience with store bought conditioners, I have noticed several things! The parlor girl always advises me to use store bought branded conditioners only on the hair strand and not on the SCALP as it would spoil the hair roots with the loaded chemical content. I was wondering when the store bought conditioners actually help in making hair shiny, smooth and supple, how does they make it? While hair is a dead follicle itself, how does these conditioners make them visibly soft? It’s because of some silicon content or other chemical content in them. They coat the hair strands and make them looks shiny, soft and also make them manageable. Do you think this helps in improving our hair in any way? Of course not much! Several store bought hair conditioners help just in two ways, they are that they prevent split ends by moisturizing the hair and they also makes your hair manageable. Using store bought conditioners on your hair is not a bad thing, but they do not really help much in providing anything EXTRA to your hair.

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You need to be a little wise while choosing your hair conditioner. Choose conditioners without SILICON because the silicon coats your hair strands and give a temporary shiny look. Do you think it is permanent? Not at all! Try to use mild, herbal nourishing conditioners on your hair every time after your shampoo wash as conditioners are meant for painting the moisture loss due to shampooing. Me, and many of my friends really found our hair soft, silky and manageable after started using hair conditioners. Its sad that many people around India are still not concerned about conditioning their hair after shampooing.

Lets check some more about how conditioners work.

While some store bought conditioners just provide the temporary shine to our hair, there are some exceptional ones. For an example, there are some nourishing oils and creams available in the market which should be used before shampooing your hair. They actually nourish the scalp, hair roots, hair body and provides a deep conditioning treatment to your hair. When we shampoo our hair after using these kinda conditioners, they prevent excess moisture loss on the hair and scalp due to shampooing. Everything is in your hand, you need to choose a suitable conditioner for your hair to maintain it’s health and beauty. Health and beauty of hair depends on your maintenance and the hair products you use. Of course health matters too!!

So what is a hair conditioner for you and how do you use it?

If you have any specific query about hair conditioners, do let me know in the comment section below. We can discuss more about it or if you like me to do a post on any other product,do please let me know as well.

How to Make Your Hair Wash Cream at Home – Photo Tutorial

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As soon as summer begins, our hair starts getting damaged due to the harmful UV rays and heat. Due to this, hair wash twice – thrice a week becomes necessary in every person’s hair care routine. We face split ends, oiliness, dandruff, sweating and many other hair ailments due to regular shampooing. Today, I am going to show you the steps of making your own hair wash cream at home easily.

In this recipe, shikakai is used as a base. Shikakai is a natural made hair wash powder, widely used in India. You can make your own at home or get a ready made pack from your nearest shop. This hair wash cream is suitable for all hair types, however a little alteration would be needed to make it suit your hair. Usage of this hair cream instead of your regular shampoo not only acts as a natural side effect free hair cleaner, but also adds a perfect shine and smoothness to your hair. Let us move on to the recipe now.

P.S. Some people find shikakai drying (when they use it plainly mixed with water) but if they use it this way, no more dry hair!

Things you will need:

Shikakai Powder – 2 teaspoons
Curd – Required
Vitamin E Oil/Hair oil – 2-3 drops

Instructions

Step 1

Take a small clean bowl and add 2 teaspoons of homemade shikakai (Its my mom’s older version but we make a new one with more beneficial herbal ingredients now. My mom switched to it and experienced more better results. It will be soon up for sale online) or store bought powder into it. I am using the Meera herbal hair wash powder here (for my cousin as she cannot shampoo without LATHER!) but I always use my own homemade version.

Step 2

Pour required curd to the shika powder. Curd acts as a natural hair conditioner and adds shine to dull hair, hence you can skip your conditioner. I sometimes use milk instead of curd 🙂 It works fine too! (Shikakai is little drying in nature so curd balances it!)

Step 3

Blend well to form a thick paste.

Step 4

Now add 2-3 drops of any light hair oil or pure Vitamin E oil to this paste for a nourishing effect on your hair. Make sure to avoid thick oils like castor oil and go for thin filtered oils (thick oils might) weigh down your hair. I have used a thin hair oil from Garnier as my cousin liked it. I personally use Vitamin E oil. If your hair type is extremely oily, then skip this step and add few drops of lemon juice to the cream.

Step 5

Now mix all the ingredients well and keep the bowl inside your refrigerator 10 minutes. (Skip this step if you catch cold easily) This process allows the ingredients to mix well together and gives a smooth soaked shikakai hair cream.

That’s all. Your homemade hair wash cream is ready to use now. You can apply it on your wet hair soon after taking out from the refrigerator for a cooling and relaxing effect. This hair wash cream cools down your body, refreshes your eyes and prevents summer acne as well. However, allow it to warm in room temperature before using if you have a cold body type.

The texture of the cream should be normal to runny for a perfect application. This doesn’t lather much as your shampoo (Meera shikakai lathers a bit in first wash and very well in second wash but my homemade version doesn’t lather) but thoroughly cleanses out all the dirt and oiliness. Plenty of water should be used to wash out the cream thoroughly. Make sure to choose a good branded shikakai powder if you cannot make one at home.

P.S: For oily hair, it takes 2 rinses to completely cleanse the hair but the after will be amazing! You will be left with soft, manageable, shiny hair. So take half – apply, massage and rinse your hair & scalp once and then wash your hair with the rest of the cream. Your hair will be thoroughly cleansed this way though the cream doesn’t lather. (It takes a lot of practice!)

Texture:

I have been using this for ages and it gives great results on my hair every time. My hair turns visibly shinier and smoother after every usage. I can say it is 1000 TIMES better than store bought shampoos! You will agree with me once you start using it. I can also feel my hair growth faster than before as there is less hair loss. This above preparation is made for my cousin and I will be washing my hair tomorrow with an altered recipe.