Recipes to Make Avocado Hair Treatment Mask
- Avocado is rich in proteins and moisture and is known for its hydrating properties. Mash an avocado and place the resulting paste in a clean bowl. Now add one tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice, one teaspoon of pure aloe vera juice, and a teaspoon of sea salt. Mix all the ingredients together till it forms a fine paste. Dip your fingers into this paste and slowly massage your scalp with it. Repeat this procedure until you have used all the paste. Run your finger through your hair so that you get rid of any tangles. This also helps to spread the paste along the hair shafts. Cover your hair up in a shower cap or plastic bag and wrap a towel around it in order to seal in the treatment. Leave this on for about half an hour and in the meantime you may watch television, read a book or simply rest. Carefully unwrap your newly conditioned hair and rinse out the paste. Shampoo and rinse your hair thoroughly once again for smooth, soft, and luxuriant hair.You may also add other fruits to this paste as this will help to increase its effectiveness. Fruits like grapes, oranges, and bananas are high in vitamins and proteins that are essential for healthy and smooth hair.
- There are other avocado based hair treatments that you may use. Take a ripe avocado and cut it in half. Take one half and remove the seeds; mash and mix it with a spoon of mayonnaise. Apply this onto your hair, both onto the scalp and down to the tips of your hair. Leave it on for 20 minutes by sealing your hair in a shower cap and wrapping a warm towel over it. Rinse your hair well with slightly warm water.
- If you are wary of using mayonnaise you may use coconut milk instead. Mash one ripe avocado and add enough coconut milk to make it a smooth paste. Add the coconut milk slowly to ensure that the mixture is not too runny. Follow the same method of application and rinse it off in half an hour.
- Although egg yolk can be smelly, it is an excellent conditioner and can be mixed with mashed avocado and applied to your hair. Wrap your hair in a shower cap and use the same warm towel treatment. You may have to shampoo your hair twice though to get rid of the offensive smell.
- If your hair is dull and dry, you will require intense moisturization for which you can mix half a cup of mashed avocado, quarter cup of plain unflavored yoghurt, quarter teaspoon each of lemongrass and chamomile essential oils, a few drops of jasmine essential oil, two tablespoons of water and one tablespoon of jojAoba oil. Mash the ingredients in a blender till you get a smooth paste and apply this on your hair, leaving it on for about twenty minutes. Rinse it off with a mild herbal shampoo.