Summer Hair Care

Homemade Summer Hair Care Treatments:
Treat your hair more gently in the summer, trim often, use a good shampoo and don't let the water get too hot. Warm water is good for the hair and skin. Try the following homemade rinses. As your hair dries the vinegar smell will fade. Make herbal vinegars instead of using plain vinegar. You can use lavender, chamomile flowers, calendula petals, rosemary, lemon herbs such as lemon balm, lemon verbena or lemon thyme. Pour the vinegar over the herbs in a glass or plastic container and allow to set for 3-4 weeks, or bring the vinegar just to the boiling stage and remove from the heat, then pour over the herbs. You can use this more quickly, about a week or two. The recipes below can be used immediately.

1. Apple Cider Rinse:
1-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 3 cups distilled water;
Combine and use as a final rinse on hair.
Another rinse: 1 cup water; 1 cup apple cider vinegar; 1 handful of fresh mint leaves;
Bring all the ingredients to a boil in a non-aluminum pan. Strain and pour into a jar. Massage solution into the scalp, and allow it dry without rinsing out.

2. Lemon Moisturizing Hair Treatment: This homemade treatment is great to help treat dry hair and scalp. Use as a shampoo twice a week throughout the winter to keep your hair looking and feeling fantastic.
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 Tbsp Mayonnaise;
Directions: Blend all ingredients until smooth. Add 3 Tbsp of shampoo to mixture. Blend until combined. Wet hair and use mixture to shampoo. Rinse with warm water. Refrigerate unused portion in airtight container for up to a week.

3. Hair pack for damaged hair:
Ingredients: Juice from freshly squeezed lemon; 2 egg yolks; 1 egg white; 1 tablespoon of honey.
Mix all the ingredients, apply on hair and let it rest for 10 minutes. After that, shampoo and rinse off.