Hair Conditioner Recipe

Women.... Who made 'em? God must have been a... genius. Their hair. They say that the hair is everything, you know? Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls, and just wanted to go to sleep forever? ~ Bo Goldman

The hair is the crowning glory of the human head, more so of the feminine human head! Hair of the head assumes an important position in all of our lives, irrespective of whether or not we have it! Those of us who have it pay attention to preserve it and those of us who do not have it either lament its absence or harrow over ways to gain it by pursuing the commercialized chimeras of wondrous products that promise a crop (read hair) on the barren soil (read scalp) without necessitating any tilling (read surgical procedure). Those of us who are lucky enough to have decent hair growth on our scalp (I count my blessings every day!) are always on the look out for preserving our manes and making it thicker, glossier, healthier by either using commercial hair care products or by conjuring up hair wash and hair conditioner recipe at home themselves!

Due to these reasons, neither is there a dearth of commercial hair care products in the market nor is there a deficit in the number of users and buyers of those products. However, more often than not, most of us would prefer to give our manes the benefit and wholesomeness of fresh, natural and herbal preparations than harsh chemical treatments. Although there are a lot of commercially available good quality ready-to-use herbal hair products in the market, most of those products don't impart the full benefits claimed by them because natural ingredients work best when fresh and not stored or preserved over a long time. Keeping this constraint in mind, here are a couple of natural hair conditioner recipe that you can whip up at home using easily available natural and herbal ingredients. You may be amazed to find that most of these ingredients are staple residents of your kitchen and refrigerator!

Hair Conditioners Made at Home

Given below are a few hair conditioner recipe along with instructions on how to make hair conditioner at home that you can use fresh for best results.

Lemon, Tea and Honey Hair Conditioner

Ingredients

• Juice of two lemons
• Two tablespoon fulls of honey
• Liquor extracted from one teaspoon full of tea leaves

Preparation

• Mix all ingredients together in a plastic or ceramic vessel. Do not use metallic vessels as the acidity of the lemon juice can react with the metal.
• You can also add half a cup of fenugreek liquor for more shine and luster.

How to Use

• Shampoo your hair thoroughly, preferably with a herbal hair wash.
• Apply the mixture on your wet, washed hair.
• Leave on for about two to three minutes.
• Rinse thoroughly with water till all trace of stickiness has disappeared.
• Towel dry gently.

This hair conditioner recipe is ideal for normal to oily hair.

Banana, Egg-Yolk, Honey and Lemon Hair Conditioner

Ingredients

• 1 Ripe Banana
• Yolk of two eggs
• Juice of one lemon
• Two tablespoon fulls honey

Preparation

Mash the banana till it's reduced to a smooth pulp.
• Add all the other ingredients to the banana pulp and mix till the texture is smooth.

How to Use

• Wrap a hot towel around freshly shampooed hair.
• Steam your hair this way for about a minute.
• Remove the towel and apply the banana pulp mixture on the steamed hair.
• Keep for about 5-7 minutes.
• Rinse thoroughly with plain, cold water till all traces of the conditioner are washed off.

This homemade deep hair conditioner recipe is an ideal hair conditioner for dry hair. It can also be used safely on damaged and color treated hair.

Lemon, Vinegar, Honey and Holy Basil Hair Conditioner

Ingredients

• Juice of two lemons
• One Teaspoon full of vinegar
• Two table spoon fulls of honey
• One cup of Holy Basil liquor extract

Preparation

Extract the liquor from fresh Holy Basil leaves by a cup of pouring hot (near boiling but not boiling) water over the leaves and keeping the vessel covered. Keep it like this till the concoction cools down top room temperature. Stain the greenish liquor.
• Add all the other ingredients to this liquor and mix well.
• You can also add egg white for better shine and volume.

How to Use

• Apply to freshly washed wet hair.
• You may want to wear a shower cap to prevent the conditioning mixture from dripping off.
• Keep for two to three minutes and wash off thoroughly with cold water.
• For best results, wear a shower cap after applying the conditioner to freshly washed hair and wrap a hot towel over the shower cap. The heat will assist in better penetration by the conditioner.

This homemade hair conditioner is ideal for oily hair and flaky scalp. However, too frequent use can strip hair of natural oils and the vinegar content can discolor hair if left on for too long. Also, if this conditioner is not rinsed off thoroughly before going out in the sun, the vinegar can further bleach the hair.

Natural Hair Conditioners

The following herbal and household ingredients are known and time-tested as some of the best natural hair conditioners around. Any combination of these items can be used to for hair conditioner made at home to suit individual hair care needs.

• Lemon juice
• Vinegar
• Honey
• Amla (read Amla Juice Benefits to know more)
• Holy Basil
• Henna
• Egg (both white and yolk)
• Banana
• Papaya Fruit
• Aloe Vera
• Fenugreek
• Green Apple extracts
• Olive Oil
• Coconut Oil
• Coconut Milk
• Yogurt

You can make and use these natural hair conditioner recipe fresh at home which means that you get to derive the maximum benefits of the natural vitamins, proteins and other nutrients that are lost in commercial herbal preparations. Coupled with these, a regular intake of dairy and poultry food items such as milk, cottage cheese, eggs, chicken, yogurt, etc., make sure that your hair gets all the proteins it needs for growth and damage repair from within. All this leaves you with silkier, shinier hair. So go ahead, whip up your own hair conditioner recipe and get hair that's neighbor's envy, owner's pride!