Homemade Hair Growth Pack

Homemade Hair Growth Pack

Now I am discussing about a homemade hair growth pack or mask that is very descriptive and contain more ingredients that help hair to become healthy, trouble free and growing. The last post (Hair Care Rejuvenating Pack) in which I suggested easily found ingredients. Here this tip is for those who have lots of problem with their hair. This pack definitely helps hair growth. This homemade hair growth pack will improve the scalp conditions and make your hair healthy.

Homemade Hair Growth Pack - ingredients:

Amla powder - 2tsp.
Shikakai powder - 2tsp.
Bhrahmi powder - 2tsp.
Hibiscuss powder - 2tsp.
Chickpea flour - 5tsp.
Green gram flour - 2tsp.
Orange peel powder - 2tsp.
Rice flour - 5tsp.
Egg white - 1

Preparation of homemade hair growth pack You can find the ingredients in Indian food stores or supermarkets or get it online from Amazon.com. Get all the ingredients and mix together in a suitable container. Now you can add water to get a paste. Wash your hair, towel dry and apply this pack on scalp and entire hair. Leave it for 20 min. then wash it off.

If you can apply this homemade hair growth pack once in a week is fine.

Hair Treatment

Hair treatment for hair loss
Here we discuss about homemade hair treatment for hairloss. If you suffer from hair loss, definitely you require a hair treatment. In the market there are so many types of hair treatment products available. But here we focus on homemade hair treatment.

Hair treatment using Reetha (Areetha), Shikakai and Amla. All these ingredients are herbs. In India it is very common. I would like to tell you some thing about these ingredients of our hair treatment.
Reetha otherwise is called soap nut. Soap nuts contain saponin, a natural detergent which is used to clean clothes. It is used to make herbal shampoo. Here we can add this in our hair treatment.

Soap nuts have become popular as an environmentally friendly alternative to manufactured, chemical detergents . A few nuts can be placed in a cotton drawstring bag in with a wash load and reused several times. Soap nuts are safe for washing silk, woolens and other delicate fabrics.



Shikakai means "fruit for hair" and is a traditional shampoo used in India.








It is made from Acacia concinna, a shrub native to the warm, plains of central and south India. Acacia concinna has been used as hair treatment in India for centuries, it is now grown commercially in India and Far East Asia. The plant parts used for the dry powdered or the extract are the bark, leaves or pods. So it is also very good for hair treatments.

Amla or Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica, syn. Emblica officinalis) is a deciduous tree

of the Euphorbiaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name. It is used in Ayurvedic medicines. Locally the crush of this fruit is used in hair treatment in India. Whatever hair treatment we make out of this Gooseberry is very effective in controlling hairloss and helping hair growth.








How to make Hair Treatment
Mix Reetha 2 tbsp, Shikakai 2 tbsp and Amla 2 tbsp. Add an egg and make it a paste. Wash your hair first. Apply this paste on scalp and hair. Let your fingers pass through out your hair that will make the paste mix well in your entire hair. Leave it for 20 min. Then rinse hair well. if you want use mild shampoo. Repeat it two three times a week for a month. Some may not like the smell of egg, so use coconut or olive oil instead of egg to prepare this hair treatment. I hope you enjoy these hair treatment.

Hibiscus Hair Pack

Hibiscus Hair Pack

You have seen how to make hibiscus hair shampoo. But whenever you think to use hibiscus shampoo, fresh hibiscus leaves should be available and you need time to get the leaves and prepare it. So the hibiscus hair pack is the remedy for all these hustles. Whenever you want you can apply the hibiscus hair pack.

How to prepare hibiscus hair pack
As a first step to make hibiscus hair pack collect the leaves of hibiscus as much you can. Keep the leaves on the sun for one or two days. When it is completely dry put it in mixer-grinder and powder it. This powder you can use it whenever you want to prepare hibiscus hair pack. One thing I have to mention that the hibiscus flower powder is available in the market to add to the hibiscus hair pack.

At the time of using, take 1/2 cup of hibiscus leaf powder. Mix with 5tsp. of amla powder and 2tsp. of shikakai powder. Then add water and mix well to get a paste. This is the hibiscus hair pack. This herbal pack will work as a shampoo and a super conditioner. It will give extra shine and make hair color too dark. If you apply this hibiscus hair pack at least once in a week you can avoid the formation of dandruff and reduce hair loss. Eventually this pack will help hair growth.

(see other products with hibiscus)

How to apply hibiscus hair pack
Before applying pack apply your favorite oil on hair. If your hair is too dry apply generously. Massage the scalp. Then apply the hibiscus hair pack all over hair. You know how to apply. Apply from the roots to tips, strands by strands. After applying on each strand twist it and make it like a bun. Similarly add all strands upon this made bun. Wait for 15-20 min. Then rinse hair wash it off all the pack. One more thing if you want to use henna powder you can add that also. It will give a reddish tint to hair. But consider hibiscus powder as main ingredient for this hibiscus hair pack. Do not make the paste and try to keep it in fridge. Use it instantly when you make the paste. I am sure you will enjoy this hibiscus hair pack well.

Wheatgrass Juice

Wheat Grass Juice for hair growth

I am happy to write here about wheat grass juice because it helps hair growth. Wheat Grass juice is said to have so many benefits. But in India it is used since long for good hair growth. If we take care our hair in other ways and drinking wheat grass juice, our hair becomes healthy.

So here goes the Wheat grass juice
How to prepare wheat grass juice

Take one cup fresh wheat and soak in water for 8-12 hours. Treat like this till we can see some roots coming out. Plant this in a tray with soil. Watering is must till it grows to green leaves. Cut the green leaves into pieces and put in mixer/juicer. Add 1 tsp. fresh lemon and salt for taste. Mix well and get the juice. You will get green juice. Wheat grass juice contains 70% chlorophyll and other vitamins.

Drink one glass of wheat grass juice in empty stomach in the morning. If you don't like the taste, mix it with other juices also fine. Now wheat grass powder is available in the market. Or sprouted wheat also is available.

Your hair as well as skin is going fabulous by drinking wheat grass juice daily.

Homemade Protein Pack for hair

Homemade Protein Pack for hair

To keep the good health of hair, a protein pack once in a while is good. If your hair is in healthy condition it will not be affected by dandruff, hair loss etc. Homemade protein pack will give a healthy look for hair and it give hair growth.

ingredients:
Egg- 1
Green gram flour- 1/2cup
Orange juice- 5tsp.
Cucumber grated- 5tsp.

Take 1/2 cup green gram flour in a bowl. Add grated cucumber to it. Mix with orange juice. Now add one egg and mix well. Homemade protein pack is ready. You have to use it instantly, means do not keep in fridge.

How to apply
If your hair is not clean, shampoo hair in the evening and apply this pack next day morning. Do not apply this pack on wet hair but hair must be clean. Apply a little oil on hair. Then apply this homemade protein pack all over hair. Leave it for about 25 min. Then wash it off.

The effect of applying a protein pack takes place when you repeat it three times minimum. But applying this homemade protein pack once in a week is advisable.
posted by: Geetha

Hair oil with Coconut Milk

Recipe for Hair oil with Coconut Milk

Today I am giving you a very special hair oil recipe. It was widely used to help hair growth in Kerala. This hair oil with coconut milk is having a very tactical kind of preparation. In early times this was prepared by specially trained persons who make all kind of Ayurvedic preparations. In my home grand mother used to prepare hair oil with coconut milk and it was the oil we applied on hair. At that time my hair was also lustrous and healthy. Now as the time passing very fast even I cannot find a situation to prepare this hair oil with coconut milk.

The first challenge in preparing this hair oil is finding the best type of coconut. The coconut we select should be fully ripe and dried. In this condition the water content in the coconut will be almost removed. And we can get more oil from that. Why we select the ripe coconut is that we can keep this prepared hair oil for long time. This hair oil with coconut milk helps hair to grow well and can avoid unnecessary hair loss. Definitely we can forget about the problem of dandruff etc.

How to prepare hair oil with coconut milk

ingredients:
Coconut oil- 1 cup
Coconut milk- 1 cup
Brahmi powder- 5tsp.
Aloe vera- 2tsp.
Tulsi leaf paste- 1tsp.

You know how to prepare coconut milk. Grate coconut and using a mixer/grinder crush it. Then squeeze the milk. Brahmi powder you can buy. Use fresh aloe vera. Squeeze the inner crux or you can use with the skin but cut into small pieces. If you have tulsi leaves make it a paste or buy tulsi powder.

Mix brahmi powder, aloe vera and tulsi paste. Add coconut milk and mix well. Now add coconut oil and mix together. Start to heat it in low flame. Stir with a long spoon. When the fumes starts to come add few grains of rice or fenugreek or corn and see it pops up. This is the proper time to switch off the flame. Take care to not getting the contents too dark or do not allow to burn. When it cools down sieve it and pour into a suitable glass bottle or ceramic container.

You can apply this hair oil with coconut milk once in a week basis. First loosen your hair, take out all the knots with fingers moving from top to ends. Spread well all the strands. Apply the hair oil all over hair and scalp. Give a thorough massage. Special attention for doing rubbing on scalp in a rounded motion. Do not scratch with finger nails. No need to apply excess oil, keep an average quantity to apply. Wait for half an hour. Then take bath. If you want wash out excess oil by washing hair with green gram flour.

If you are applying oil for the first time, apply this hair oil with coconut milk very little at the first time. Then repeat it after three days. Similarly do it three times minimum. Then only your hair and scalp will become used to the new product. First time application may cause a temporary hair loss. Don't worry, continue applying.

(Note:The professional way of making this hair oil is a little different. In that no need to use coconut oil. By heating the coconut milk it will produce coconut oil from that. For that we require more coconut milk. This I am telling is for an information purpose.)
posted by: Geetha

Brahmi Hair Growth Pack

Homemade hair growth pack
with Brahmi powder

Yesterday I was remembering about my teen age days when we used to visit our backyard fields to collect one particular green leaves called Brahmi. My grandma prepare a special mix for our hair. This brahmi hair growth pack, she prepared for us, was on our midsummer holidays. Actually we enjoyed those days with grandma's care. Those days we were very enthusiastic about our hair length. It helped our hair to grow long as a natural treatment to hair loss also.

Brahmi Hair Growth Pack
There are so many type of brahmi, but I am talking about the brahmi with botanical name Centella asiatica. This is the local herb found in watery fields. Brahmi is very useful in hair growth. It enhance the total hair health. It darkens hair and gives body to hair. By increasing the total hair health it helps avoid hair loss, hair thinning and dandruff. This has got medicinal value in Ayurveda. It is a known memory enhancer.









The powder of brahmi leaves are available in Ayurveda stores or online. By mixing brahmi powder with amla powder you can make brahmi hair growth pack at home.

ingredients:
brahmi powder - 5to 10 tsp.
amla powder - 3 tsp.
natural henna powder - 1 cup

Mix the ingredients by adding water and make a paste. Before applying this brahmi hair growth pack on hair apply some oil. Use coconut oil or olive oil according to your choice. Then apply the pack all over hair and scalp. Wait for half an hour. Natural henna powder may give a light brownish tint on hair. Wash it off with water. If you have more hair increase the quantity of ingredients. Apply this brahmi hair growth pack once in a week.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips

Hair growth by homemade tips/natural tips

Hair growth is a main concern nowadays. If you can achieve hair growth by using homemade hair growth tips will it be great? In every beauty forums, everyday girls and women are asking about a quick fix for faster hair growth. Everybody wants to know how to achieve a faster hair growth. Because of some reasons their hair grows a little slower than a normal growth rate. The reasons may vary from mental to poor hair health. If your hair is healthy, it grows in a normal rate of 1/2 to 1 inch per month. But if you do not care about your hair and treating it very bad then growth becomes slow. Those who want to get good hair growth, just follow these homemade hair growth tips.

How to achieve faster hair growth:

Homemade Hair Growth Tips#1
Basic hair care- brushing, massaging, shampooing, rinsing, conditioning and drying. If you do it regularly and properly that may helps hair growth with other tips.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips#2
Make sure that your hair is in a normal condition- that is not too dry or not too oily.

{some extra tips are given in links in this page, so go to that pages and come back}

If your hair is too dry, then do something to avoid that condition. Select shampoo accordingly. Do not over shampoo your hair. But these steps are not a permanent solution for dry hair condition. If you like some natural herbal remedy for dry hair, try it. It is advisable to do hot oil treatment. You can go for "at home" hot oil recipes. Or use some natural hair moisturizer.

If your hair is too oily, shampoo twice a week. But remember over shampooing may tend the scalp to produce more oil. Use mild shampoo or natural, herbal shampoo. Shampooing is a temporary cure. Try some natural homemade remedies to avoid oily hair.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips#3
Check whether you have any dandruff in your hair. If you have dandruff use dandruff shampoo. If you use dandruff shampoo sometimes it may lead to dry hair. I recommend few natural remedies to avoid dandruff.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips#4
For some reasons do you feel any hair loss? Try to control or cure it. Now so many hairloss treatments are available. They may claim sudden cure but in reality that is not 100% true. You can try it. some how you have to control loss of hair or it will affect your hair growth. Try some permanent natural hairloss tips.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips#5
If your hair is unhealthy or too dry or damaged then it may leads to splitends in hair. See the tips of your hair, whether the ends are split apart. This also affect your hair growth. Even if from the root of hair may grow finally it results in more splitting of the ends. so you have to control it. The only method is to trim the ends. Or use these homemade methods to avoid further splitting.

Faster hair growth step#6
For general hair care apply homemade hair packs or hair masks once in a week.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips#7 Vitamins for hair growth.
It is said that the main reason for human hair loss is due to the lack of Vitamin B.The body also requires Vitamin A. Vitamin E helps the oxygen intake and blood circulation. Vitamin C also have a main role in proper blood circulation. So all these Vitamins helps hair growth. Biotin also helps hair growth.
Note: Vitamins should be taken after consulting a physician.

Homemade Hair Growth Tips# Nutritional tips to hair growth.

1. Include adequate amounts of protein in your diet.

2. Carbohydrates are essential, so do not avoid it.

3. Fats are also necessary factor in nutrition.

This homemade hair growth tips may help you achieve hair growth easily.

Natural Henna on hair

What is Henna, How to prepare Henna, How to apply Henna?

There are so much confusion about Henna, I mean natural henna. Now a days henna is available in different colors!! How many of you know that natural original henna powder cannot make different colors in your hair?



If adding some colorants may give colors, but then it is not 100% natural as they claim. Here I am talking about the original natural henna powder. It is made or prepared by grinding the dried green leaf of henna plant. It can give a slight color tint on hair. As it is natural it is safe.

The henna gives different results in diff. color of hair.

Blonde hair turns vibrant red or strawberry blonde.
Red hair turns vibrant red and it gives glossiness.
Mousy brown hair - rich red or copper penny red.
Medium brown - vibrant brown.
Dark brown - deep chestnut with red highlights.
Black hair - dark chestnut with red highlights.
Gray hair - orange.
Brown hair with gray - rich auburn with red threads.

Henna preparation and; application

Pour water little by little into the henna powder. Make it a paste that is not too loose or too thick. Part the hair in small portions and apply henna from scalp of that section and towards the entire hair.

Henna -add ons.

Dry hair - In the henna mixture add a little milk, water and 1 egg yolk. So your dry hair will not turn more dry. It is advisable to do it twice in a month.

Normal to Oily Hair – Adding a little lemon and egg yolks in henna is good for your hair.

Some may feel dryness so apply a little oil in your hair before applying henna will not make hair dry.

Extras....
Adding clove powder into henna will deepen and enhance the color.

Add 1 tbsp cognac and 1 tbsp olive oil gives a redder henna color.

Use tea or coffee water instead of water to prepare henna. Mix amla powder and onion peels. It will work as a natural conditioner.

Where to buy Henna? click here..
You can mix Indigo with Henna and color your hair naturally. See here.
Natural henna on hair.

Homemade Brahmi Hair oil

Brahmi Hair Oil Recipe

Hot oil treatment on hair is a weekly routine that will help the total health of your hair. A homemade hair oil recipe is explained below. I hope you all know the benefits of brahmi. Brahmi is a medicinal plant which is a known memory enhancer. The leaf of brahmi was used from olden days to enhance hair growth. Yes it is very helpful to increase hair growth. I explained about brahmi hair growth pack in an earlier post. Now here is the brahmi hair oil recipe:

Homemade Hair oil with Brahmi
In this topic I say oil means your favorite oil you use on your hair, may be coconut oil, olive oil etc. So now you are going to see how to prepare brahmi hair oil at home.

What are the ingredients and how to prepare:
Choose an oil to prepare. Take 0ne cup oil say coconut oil in a heating pan or pot. Now add brahmi powder 5 to 10 tsp. Mix it with oil. Now you can start heating the oil in low flame. When it starts to fume just put few grains of fenugreek to the hot oil and watch the fenugreek pops up, at this point switch off flame. Don't allow the brahmi paste to become too dark or black, before that just switch off the flame. Allow it to cool. Then sieve the oil into a glass or ceramic bottle. Your hair growth enhancer-homemade brahmi hair oil is ready.

Whenever you want to use oil on your hair just take few tsp. of homemade brahmi hair oil and heat it. Apply the warm oil on hair and do simple massage. Leave it for another ten or fifteen min. Then take a bath. This you can repeat weekly. But if you have dry hair apply homemade brahmi hair oil once on other day. If you consistently do this for several weeks definitely this homemade brahmi hair oil will help your hair grow thick. Not only that it will make your hair darker and surplus.

Homemade Amla Hair Oil

Image 'Gooseberry' via Wikipedia

Amla hair oil is very beneficial for hair growth and it is available in Ayurvedic stores. Amla for hair has been well known for its benefits to help hair growth. But it is factory manufactured and as you all know it will be cost conscious. Means the quality of the oil will be related to the cost consciousness of the manufacturer. Still it is ok. But if you do not want to fiddle around using this store bought amla hair oil for long time and if you are particular about the benefit out of the item you use then you can prepare amla hair oil at your home. Homemade amla hair oil that you prepare will have all the full benefits of amla. Then the result will be faster. Amla for hair can reduce hair loss. Amla hair oil will pre-condition your hair against dandruff or other fungal infection on hair. If you use this homemade amla hair oil consistently, definitely it will help your hair growth.

Amla or Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica, syn. Emblica officinalis) is a deciduous tree of the Euphorbiaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name. It is used in Ayurvedic medicines. Locally the crush of this fruit is used in hair treatment in India. Whatever hair treatment we make out of this Gooseberry is very effective in controlling hair loss and helping hair growth. Homemade shampoo using amla powder is found to be very effective in controlling hair loss.

How to make Homemade Amla Hair Oil
How to prepare homemade amla hair oil? Yes the main ingredient is amla powder. Amla powder is available in stores or it can be purchased online. But if you have fresh amla, then cut it into small pieces and dry it. You can use powdered amla instead of amla powder. Here another ingredient I am using is fenugreek powder.

Mix amla and fenugreek powder. Add a little coconut oil and make it a paste. Yes we are going to prepare homemade amla hair oil using coconut oil as a base. If you want you can use your favorite oil you used to apply on hair. If you take 2tsp. amla and 1tsp. fenugreek then now add one cup coconut oil and mix well in a heating pan. Heat in a low flame. Watch fumes coming out. See the amla paste content becomes brown then stop heating. Do not allow the amla paste to get black. Allow the oil to cool down. Sieve it and pour into a glass bottle. Amla hair oil is raedy.

Image 'Fenugreek' via Wikipedia

You can keep it for two weeks maximum. Do not refrigerate. When you want to use it just warm this amla hair oil and apply on hair. Do a light massage. Wait for 10-15 min. and then you can take a bath. The quantity you apply on hair you can decide. If you are comfortable using oils then apply more oil. But after this do not use shampoo, use green gram powder. But if you are not comfortable with oil and if you are using hair oil first time then use a very little oil. After 10 min. while taking bath you can wash off excess oil using green gram powder. Apply this homemade amla hair oil twice or thrice a week or at least once in a week.

Homemade Hair oils

Homemade recipes for hair oils.

In this section I would like to talk about hair oils. You all know that oiling is very good for hair.We can use any oils according to our choice. But just know all the cooking oils cannot be used on hair. If we used to a particular oil for hair and if we change to another oil, our hair and scalp will not accept the new oil immediately. But if we apply that oil for few times it becomes suitable. My personal opinion is stick to one suitable oil because changing oils may cause temporary hair loss etc.

There are so many ways we can prepare homemade hair oils to use in our hair. All the different recipes for hair oils are for making the oil suitable to apply on hair. Moreover it can help the total health of hair and hair growth.

The first thing is to select or find out a suitable oil to prepare homemade hair oil. I know coconut oil is very simple. Definitely I can recommend to others. It is very simple and light oil. But some may not like the natural smell of virgin coconut oil. For them I recommend purified coconut oil. In Europe and U.S people use olive oil. Ground nut oil, castor oil, gingelly oil or even sun flower oil also have been used in many places. But for people with oily skin and hair they don't bother about applying oils and it is OK.

The second step is to make the oil hot. You can apply oils without heating. But hot oil is better. Because by heating we can avoid certain difficulties by putting oil directly. If the oil is a little old and by heating the oil we can make the oil perfect for applying on hair.

How long we have to heat oil? Not to boil, only heat it. In Kerala and other states of India there is a method following to heat the oil. Heat the oil in low flame, then the fumes start to come watch it and add few grains of paddy or corn. When the grains pop up switch off the flame. That is the heating level. Do not allow the grains to burn darker.

And there are lots of local plant leafs added to the oil. But that plants are not available now. Today I am giving you a homemade hair oil recipe with curry leaves. Curry leaves are known to treat dandruff and it can reduce hair loss. That way it can help hair growth.

Coconut oil+ curry leaves recipe
Here we see how to use curry leaves to prepare homemade hair oil. The way I explains here you can prepare the oil and keep it for a long term use, say two or three weeks. No need to keep in refrigerator.

A simple method to prepare hair oil is as I said above heat the oil and add few curry leaves onto it. Before getting the curry leaves too dark switch off the flame. This is the simplest method for lazy ladies. But there is another method to prepare hair oil and it will give more positive results to hair.

First of all take one or two bunches of curry leaf. Remove the leaves one by one. Clean it with water and let it air dry. Make sure there is no water content on the leaves. Grind the leaves into paste. Let it be two tea spoon of curry leaf paste. Then pour half cup of oil, preferably coconut oil into a boiling pan or pot. Start to heat the oil in a low flame. After two min. add the curry leaf paste into the oil. After some time when the oil gets heated we could see fumes coming from the oil. Watch when the green color of the paste starts to become dark just switch off the flame. Allow the oil to cool. Then sieve the oil and pour it into a glass bottle. Homemade hair oil is ready.

When you want to use the oil just take enough oil into a heating pan and heat it. Just heat it minimum enough to apply on hair. Do not apply oil if it is too hot. Apply through out your hair from top to end. Massage the scalp and hair well. Wait for 10-15 min. and take bath.

This is the local very old form of homemade hair oil recipe. You can definitely rely on it. And do not forget the fact that when you starts to follow a new method your hair and scalp may reject it. But do not worry. If repeatedly apply the oil it will become suitable for you.
..........................posted by: Geetha

Protein Treatment for Hair

Protein Treatment for Hair at home

Protein is very much required for the growth of hair. Whatever things you do, sometimes your hair looks unhealthy. No hair treatments seems to work for you. Hair is not growing. At the time of an unhealthy condition you can't try other store bought products. It may create adverse effect. Here you have to make your hair healthy again. You can provide the protein through a homemade protein treatment for hair. Do the following protein treatment for hair.

Protein Treatment for Hair
ingredients:
Amla powder - 2tsp.
Hibiscuss powder - 2tsp.
Egg -1

You can take more quantity ingredients if you have long hair. Make everything into a loose paste. After washing hair apply this paste all over hair. Wait for 20-25 min. Then rinse it off. If you feel to shampoo, use some mild shampoo. Do this protein treatment for hair at least once a week.

Herbal Products with Amla

Amla or Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica, syn. Emblica officinalis) is a deciduous tree of the Euphorbiaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name. It is used in Ayurvedic medicines. Locally the crush of this fruit is used in hair treatment in India. Whatever hair treatment we make out of this Gooseberry is very effective in controlling hairloss and helping hair growth.

So many herbal products with amla are available in stores. The powder of amla is available and we can make hair pack using amla powder. Or simply make a paste of amla powder and apply on hair. Amla hair oil is produced out of amla. It can control dandruff formation and hair loss if used consistently. The fruit of amla if eaten raw is found good for acidity. Also drinking fresh amla juice is good treatment for acidity. If we drink a glass of water mixed with two spoons of amla powder is a good constipation remedy. So this process is believed to cleanse our internal parts of intestine. Because of this quality, a herbal product with amla is available as internal cleanser. Another herbal product with amla is shampoo. If produced with enough amount of amla and other ingredients it should work well as a herbal shampoo. Dried fruit of amla also available to buy. Herbal product with amla in tablet and capsule form I saw once. May be it is produced for those who hesitate to use amla in original form. It can be taken for acidity etc. I don't know how far it is effective. Below I am showing some examples of herbal products with amla for you to evaluate.

Hair care-discussion2

Hair care - part II.

Is conditioning important? Hair is a marvelous natural fiber, we wash it, apply heat and chemical and generally abuse it. Imagine doing all these to the most expensive outfit and pulling it thorough the most vigorous treatment everyday- years in and years out , of course, you would not do so. Why your hair does not deserve the same delicate care to that expensive dress of yours ? Well it does, that is why correct shampooing and conditioning are important. After all you replace a dress but hair cannot be bought.

Anyone would get confused with the varieties of shampoo and conditioner are available now in this market- which one to choose? So best is to go to a proper beauty parlour and ask your hair dresser who may stock a special range of products which is sold in the salon and you will be given an advise on what to use, when and how to use or else get into a shop and pick it up from shelf but preferably a known brand. 

Shampoo. A modern shampoo is a good cleanser designed to remove every day dirt and grease with out stripping the hair off its precious natural moisture content. Choose mild shampoo that suit your hair. Shampoo mixed with one part of water should be used . Greasy hair should be kept clean otherwise it looks flat soon and looses its bounce. Greasy hair also tends to attract dirt. Whether your hair is normal, dry or oily, keep it clean,shampoo it at least twice a week. A dirty greasy scalp is perfect ground for bacteria, it increases the risk of infection as well as making your hair smell extremely unpleasant.

Choosing the right shampoo is a matter of trial, it is very good to change shampoo often. Always buy a small bottle if you do not like it you have not wasted much money. Colour, perfume and shampoo bottle have nothing to do with the quality of the product inside.

Egg shampoo this is good for falling hair , for oily dirty hair and even for a dirty face. Separate the yolks of 2 to 3 eggs from the whites, add a tsp of the white not very stiff then combine the white and yolks, rinse the hair lightly, massage the egg shampoo into the scalp with your finger tips. Leave for 5 to 10 min rinse with luke warm water and redo with any other shampoo. This is the best home made shampoo for hair and face.

Treatment for dandruff

1.selerian solution is good for dandruff.

2 cetavio non medicated shampoo. wash your hair thrice a week and then once a week.

3 loxene shampoo is good for dandruff'

4 mix 2tsp of coconut oil mixed with 1 tsp of lime juice massage into the scalp, leave it on for half hour and then shampoo.

5 cut lime into half dip into salt massage in the scalp leave for half an hour and then shampoo

6 massage 3 days old curds into the scalp leave for 1/2 hour and then shampoo it. do not keep the curds in the fridge.

7 powder 20 to 30 black pepper seeds with 1 ounce of milk and half lemon juice.massage into the scalp leave for 1/2 hour then wash off.(if you have sensitive skin do not use this)

Hairloss

Grate 1/2 coconut, mix 1/4 glass of water. Squeze and remove thick coconut milk add juice of 1 lemon. Massage into the scalp leave it on for 15 min and then wash off.

Steam some amla powder wrapped in a banana leaf and when cool massage into the scalp and leave it for 1/2 an hour and then shampoo it .

Scrape a rotten coconut and massage it into the hair keep it over night and then shampoo the next morning.

Wash hair with 10 gram of shikakai, arrowroot and amla powder. Mix all and boil them in one glass of water wash hair once a week with this water.

Splitends
Rub any warm oil at the end of the hair and leave overnight.

Trim the hair once in 3 weeks or once in a month to prevent hair from splitting. Do not separate splits as it harms hair.

Hair growth.

To help hair grow rub egg white into the scalp and rinse with cold water.

For hair growth and getting rid of dandruff massage scalp with brandy leave for 1/2 hour and then shampoo.

For hair growth take a raw egg apply it and leave for 1/2 hour and then wash it off with shampoo. To prevent early greying of hair take a cup of strong black tea dilute it with a tsp of salt and apply on the roots,,, tea colours hair.

Lemon for your hair. Lemon has flourished as a beautifier 1000 years ago, everyone knows that to lighten hair naturally use a little lemon juice before you go out in the sun. Did you know that by adding a few drops of lemon juice to the shampoo will make hair shine. 

Hair Care Tips-discussion

Hair care - a discussion. Part I

We should know a few facts about hair to help us to take care of our hair and understand what treatment we should give to different kinds of hair. The shaft of hair which we see has no blood vessels or nerves.It simply sits there waiting to be fed. It is fed from beneath from a sort of a little sack called folicle and down inside of this the recipient begins to grow nurtured by the some source of nourishment that keeps your skin and finger nails strong. The growth and condition of the hair is also affected by the sebaceous glands under the scalp they decide weather your hair will be dry, oily or normal and the condition of your scalp and opening of the pores will make good or poor growing conditions for a fine crop of hair. Under normal condition your hair should grow at a rate between 0 - 1 inch each month. A hair stand is porous and can absorb and hold colourings and conditioners. The visible hair is built like a singled roof with overlapping section of cells. But these scale like cells have marvelous protection power. Hair can be subjected to many external influences such as permanent waving, setting extreme heat and cold dying and tinting lotion so it needs assistance to retain the status.

The routine for proper hair care

The ritual of washing hair was probably the first beauty routine you learnt but it is worth checking if you are getting the most out of it. The modern rule is to wash often , wash lightly , use shampoo sparingly in their way enough. Is your ways useful for it, they protect scalp from infection, here are the steps to a perfect wash.

1 brush hair gently to remove dead hair and particles of skin which sling to hair and scalp.

2 massage scalp with fingers gently. this helps to loosen more dead particles.

3 deep conditioning treatment helps.

4 wet hair very thoroughly with lots of water, work in small quantity of shampoo into a mild froth. rinse hair with warm water, if necessary apply shampoo again.
 
5 rinse hair thoroughly until very clean with warm water this may take 3-4 rinses, let the final rinse be of cold water and close the pores on the scalp. you can use a hair conditioner after this.

6 mop hair with soft towel, do not rub apply blot dry.

7 never brush hair when wet

Brushing and massaging
Daily brushing stimulates circulation and gives new body and fullness to the hair. Brushing before a shampoo is essential and the first step to a cleansing routine .Always keep your brush spotting clean otherwise you will brush dirt into your hand. A quick dip of the brush in warm soapy water rinse and dry upside down. Then brush your hair every time you brush your hair, you will lose some hair, its quite normal so do not get upset. Start with the brush at the scalp of the neck and close to the scalp and make long lifting strokes away from the head. If the hair is thick divide into section and work your way piece by piece, massaging helps to improve blood circulation do it before a shampoo and whenever you can spend a few minutes, start it from the back of head with finger rotating slowly and gently work the fingers in circulation movements, this is very relaxing for your muscles.

Shampooing
Careless shampooing can be harmful either wrongly used or wrong shampoo used for your hair. Wet the hair thoroughly with warm water use two teaspoon of shampoo and rub into hair with your finger tips. The hairline can be cleaned with a soft nail brush. If your hair too dirty you can use shampoo twice.

Rinsing  

This has not been properly just as well not have been washed at all rinsing is very essential after every particle of shampoo rinsing 3to4 times after every particle of soap any soap remains it will leave the hair enough to attract dirt immediately. daily rinse with two teaspoon of lemon juice in last rinse of water give smooth and grow.

Conditioning

Regular conditioning is a protection for hair. It is essential for hair that shows ages of dullness and breakage. The purpose of conditioning is to restore hair to its natural condition to make hair manageable, prevent breakage and reduce split ends. To smooth out rough hair you can condition hair with lemon.There are two types of conditioners, (1) deep instant conditioner is enriched liquid that is combined through freshly washed hair, it softens and adds bounce. Some have to be lightly rinsed away, others stay on and serve as a setting lotion.

Deep conditioning have products of home treatment, rich in cream and oils. They are massaged into the hair and left on from 10 to 30 min in order to allow the rich ingredient to penetrate the hair shaft. They are extremely valuable for dry hair and hair that has been damaged they are sometimes applied before or after. If hair is in a very bad condition, a weekly deep conditioning is recommended until there is an obvious improvement. Usually a treatment every three weeks is adequate to preserve and maintain it, conditioning treatment can be made from house hold items as follows:

Hot oil treatment, warm 2 tsp of olive oil and gently massage into every part of the scalp for 10 -15 min. Then apply orange juice and egg white for 5 to 10 min then rinse out. Then shampoo hair. It is good for brittle hair.

Castor oil treatment, warm half tea spoon of castor oil, mix with 1 tea spoon of almond oil. Massage into the scalp and gently comb it through hair , wind a steaming hot towel on the head, wait for 30 min before shampooing good for scandy hair.

Olive oil and honey treatment, stir together 3 tea spoon of green olive oil with half cup of liquid honey. Shake well massage into scalp and comb it through not letting the teeth scape the scalp as honey softens the scalp after massaging. Cover the hair with plastic bag make it air tight to let the heat penetrate, leave it on for 20 min, then shampoo and rinse thoroughly. This will make dark hair shining and lustrous.

Protein treatment, beat two eggs, orange juice and 3 tea spoon green gram. Mix well apply the scalp. Keep for 15 min and rinse well. This is good for all type of hair.

Bald dressing treatment. 1 egg, 1 tsp oil. Beat together, massage into the scalp, leave for 15 min. Shampoo and then rinse, it helps to moisturise the scalp and provide to lubricate dry hair.

continue... Hair care Part - II

Basic hair care

Hair care part 1

We should know a few facts about hair to help us to take care of our hair and understand what treatment we should give to different kinds of hair.

The shaft of hair which we see has no blood vessels or nerves.It simply sits there waiting to be fed. It is fed from beneath from a sort of a little sack called follicle and down inside of this the recipient begins to grow nurtured by the same source of nourishment that keeps your skin and finger nails strong.

The growth and condition of the hair is also affected by the sebaceous glands under the scalp. They decide weather your hair will be dry, oily or normal. The condition of your scalp and opening of the pores will make good or poor growing conditions for a fine crop of hair.

Under normal condition your hair should grow at a rate between 0-1 inch each month. A hair strand is porous and can absorb and hold colorings and conditioners. The visible hair is built like a singled roof with overlapping section of cells. But these scale like cells have marvelous protection power. Hair can be subjected to many external influences such as permanent weaving, setting extreme heat and cold, dying and tinting lotion so it needs assistance to retain the status.