Herbal Hair Care: Beneficial Conditioners and Lotions




Making your own hair conditions and lotions that feature entirely natural ingredients is a wonderful way to ensure a proper, high-quality hair care. It is particularly important to limit your exposure to chemical pollutants in commercial hair products if you suffer from hair loss, thinning shafts, damages follicles, or problems with the scalp, such as sebhorrheic dermatitis, dryness, or psoriases. Home-made conditioners and lotions, combined with natural herbal shampoos, oils, and rinses, will provide an additional, gentle treatment for your locks and ensure that you hair always stays healthy, thick, and disease-free.


The following two recipes for a home-made hair lotion and conditioner will enlarge your collection of health-promoting hair care products. Whenever you need them to heal, strengthen, rejuvenate, or otherwise benefit your curls, these natural herbal remedies with provide you with a whole spectrum of medicinal support!

Nourishing Egg Hair Conditioner with Herbal Oil

This natural conditioner includes only the best, nature-derived ingredients, every one of each is readily available from your local supermarket or pharmacy. It should be gently warmed before use and applied onto your scalp and hair about 15 minutes before shampooing, or even overnight, if you want a more profound healing effect.

To make, beat together 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 2 teaspoons honey, and 1 whole raw egg. Pour the mixture into the top of a double boiler and gently heat, stirring constantly, until it becomes just warm and creamy. Let it cool down. In the meanwhile, add 3 drops essential oil of rosemary to ¼ cups jojoba oil (can be obtained from a store with massage supplies), and combine them well together. When the egg mixture has cooled, slowly pour the oil into it, constantly whipping the contents with a whisk or fork to blend them well together. When ready, transfer the conditioner into a small container with a tight lid. Keep refrigerated and use within one month.

This nourishing hair conditioner is perfectly suited for dry, brittle hair, inflamed or irritated scalp, or hair loss conditions caused by scalp diseases or excessive dryness of the skin. Apply regularly, twice a week, and see you hair regain its great looks and silkiness!

Setting Lotion with Flaxseed

This lotion will provide your hair with beneficial Omega-3 essential oils, to additionally nourish the hair roots and combat scalp dryness. Besides, it will give body to thin, limp hair.

To prepare, crush 1/3 cup flax seeds with a spoon, or in a food processor (you can also buy already ground flax seeds). Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a saucepan, reduce the heat to a simmering point, and stir the flax seeds into the water, a teaspoon at a time, until the mixture thickens. Strain this thick liquid, let it cool, and massage into your scalp and hair 15 minutes before shampooing. The lotion is best to use when very fresh.

Christiana Roberts

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Posted on May 16, 2008 
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