Coconut hair masks

Residents of Polynesia smear their hair with oil to give it a shiny and healthy look. Now, many manufacturers of cosmetics use for hair Coconut oil, adding to creams and masks.

Coconut oil has its secrets. For better penetration into the skin cells and filling them with microelements, including vitamins, styrenes and fatty acids, and restoring hair from the inside, the raw material for its manufacture is the pulp of young fruits of coconut palm.

Lauric acid is the most saturated fatty acid, identical in composition to the natural proteins of skin and hair cells.

The oil contains 50% lauric acid, therefore it is very useful for treating dry and split hair.

High antioxidant activity is given to the oil. vitamins A and E, therefore, it is useful to apply it after a long stay in the sun without a headdress and the formation, in connection with active insolation, of carcinogens in skin cells and hair roots.

Medical mask for hair with a mixture of hot oils

It will take:

1. Blend of oils: coconut, Virgin Olive Oil, avocado - 20 g each. Natural honey - 20 g. 3. Essential oils: lemon and ylang-ylang - 5 drops each.

Mix everything thoroughly and hold in the “bath” for 5-10 minutes to obtain a homogeneous consistency, then add essential oils.

Apply on the head and hair at a mixture temperature of 30-35˚С. The head is wrapped in cellophane or cling film and the mask is left overnight. In the morning, washed with shampoo and decoction of lavender flowers: in a liter thermos placed 1 tbsp. l raw materials and pour boiling water. Hold 2 hours.

Mask for hair with coconut oil tonic

It will take:

1. A mixture of oils: coconut and olive - 2 tbsp. l.2. Fresh egg yolk - 2 tbsp. l.3. Natural honey - 1 tsp.

Add yolk and honey to a warm mixture of oils, mix thoroughly and also rub in hair roots with spiral and dashed massage movements from the forehead and from the center line of the head to the ears.

You can lubricate the skin of the face, neck and ears and behind the ears. Then you need to warm your head under a plastic cap and a towel for 2 hours. Wash the head with shampoo and herbal extract from a mixture of herbs: thyme, oregano and lemon balm (1 tsp. Per 1 liter of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 1 hour).

Coconut and Almond Hair Mask for Dry Hair

It will take:

1. Coconut oil - 1 part 2. Almond oil - 3 parts.

The mixture of oils is heated, and a small amount of them put on the palm. Then, with gentle movements of the palms, spread the oils over the head and hair. For better spreading, comb your hair with a rare wooden comb. They put a cellophane hat on their head and wrap a scarf on top.

After 30-40 minutes, wash off with shampoos, whipped yolk in a liter of water and decoction of rose flowers.

Medical mask for dry hair from infusion of nettle on coconut oil

It will take:

1. Powder from dry nettle - 2 tbsp. l.2. Coconut oil - 0.5 tbsp.

Insist nettle on oil in a glass or porcelain for a week, tightly covering the lid. Before applying, an hour before washing the head, the mixture is passed through a gauze filter and squeezed, heated and applied with massage movements in the course of hair growth.

After washing, the hair is rinsed with an infusion of thyme and oregano (1 liter of boiling water - 1 tbsp. Of raw materials, insist in a thermos for 1 hour).

Hair mask with coconut oil and green clay

It will take:

1. Coconut oil - 1 tbsp. l.2. Green Clay - 1 tbsp. l.3. Fresh yolk - 1 tbsp. l.4. Natural honey - 1 tbsp. l

The ingredients are thoroughly stirred and heated (except for clay) in the bath for 3-5 minutes, then clay is added. Rub their fingers into the roots of the hair with bar-shaped movements ("up-down") and accordingly wrap up the head.

An hour later, the head is washed with water (1 l) with a beaten yolk (1 pc.) And washed with water with rose water: the rose petals are tightly placed in a jar, filled with boiled water and put in the sun for 5 days (until the leaves are clarified) then filtered.

Cream mask to restore dry hair from a mixture of oils

It will take:Coconut oil - 2 tbsp. l.Masla burdock (or castor) - 2 tbsp. L.Persikovogo or jojoba oil - 1 tbsp. L.Lanolina - 2 tbsp. l Baked interior-1 tbsp. L. Water - ½ tbsp. Apple cider vinegar - 1 tsp. Glycerol - 1 tsp. Liquid soap or shampoo - 1 tsp.

Oils, interior and lanolin are melted in the same container, then mixed with warmed water, thoroughly mixed by adding the rest of the ingredients. Nutritious cream masks get a lot, so it is stored in the refrigerator.

Even more nutritious, the mask will be obtained by adding fresh chicken yolk (1 piece) to it. For applying a cream mask on the head, 2 tbsp. l., respectively, the head is wrapped for 2-3 hours and washed off with shampoo, rinsed with a decoction of nettle.