HAIR MASKS
PROTEIN MASK
If your hair is damaged, dry and lifeless due to overuse of hair products, constant exposure to heat or things like chlorinated pool water, there’s often no need to seek relief in expensive, designer shampoos – simply raid your kitchen cupboards for a whole range of barnet-revitalising ingredients, from avocados to eggs.
If your hair is damaged, dry and lifeless due to overuse of hair products, constant exposure to heat or things like chlorinated pool water, there’s often no need to seek relief in expensive, designer shampoos – simply raid your kitchen cupboards for a whole range of barnet-revitalising ingredients, from avocados to eggs.
If the stresses and strains of washing, straightening and styling are a like workout for your hair, then this remedy is a protein shake. The proteins, fats and enzymes found in eggs have a powerful moisturising effect on hair, especially when combined with nourishing jojoba – and honey serves as both a deliciously-sweet antimicrobial and a means to keep your hair as moist and elastic as possible.
Directions:
1. Beat one medium-sized egg with 10 drops of Jojoba Base Oil
2. Add two tablespoons of 100% Organic Mountain Honey
3. Carefully coat your hair with the mixture, starting at the roots and moving out to the tips
4. Leave for about 40 minutes to fully benefit from the moisturising effects of the egg and jojoba
5. Wash off with a gentle shampoo and conditioner. Be careful to keep the shower temperature low – you don’t want the eggs scrambling in your locks!
Vitamin E moistening Oil
If you’re plagued by dry, damaged hair or tormented by split ends, this revitalising remedy could revolutionise your hair care regime. Taking advantage of two of our most nourishing oils, it helps moisturise and add elasticity to hair from root to tip, reducing split ends and maximising scalp health, body and shine.
Directions:
1. Mix a tablespoon each of Essential Organic Raw Virgin Coconut Oil and Vitamin E Base Oil
2. Warm the resulting mixture gently to reduce viscosity. A microwave or very low flame will do the trick, but the oil should be comfortable to touch
3. Apply the warm oil to your hair, taking time to ensure each strand is coated
4. Wrap your hair with a towel to protect your bedding and leave oil overnight
5. Wash out oil in the morning using shampoo and conditioner as normal
Banana Mask
If your bananas are getting to that stage where they are more brown than yellow, you could always whip up a loaf of banana bread – or you could nourish your hair, moisturise your scalp and repair split ends, all in one go!
Cultures throughout Europe and Asia have used rosewater gastronomically and medicinally for millennia. Like many herbal preparations, it features heavily in the ancient Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda – but also has ceremonial applications in Islam, Hinduism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Importantly, both rosewater and banana are fantastic emollients. This means that they moisturise, soften and add elasticity to hair – just the thing for taming split ends and dry, straw-like hair.
Directions:
1. Mash one ripe banana – the riper, the better
2. Add six drops of Lemon Essential Oil to the banana mash
3. Combine the resultant mixture with 50ml of Rosewater and stir well
4. Work the mixture into your scalp, taking care to cover each and every hair to the tip
5. For best effects, leave the mixture for an hour
6. Wash out with shampoo as usual
