13 Dry Hair Treatments From Your Kitchen

We all love to flaunt healthy and shiny tresses, right? While that’s true, it’s also quite true that not everyone is blessed with lustrous and beautiful locks. Some of us are born with hair that is dull, dry and frizzy by nature. For others, who were lucky to be born with beautiful hair, sunlight, pollution, blow drying, artificial products and chemical treatments end up making hair lifeless, shine-less and brittle.

If you have dry hair, you may have been trying to find out the best ways to treat dryness and restore its natural moisture. A good place to start is to look around in your kitchen where you can find some cost-effective as well as safe remedies. These will not only soothe your dry hair problems, but also bring back life into your locks.

Here are the 13 dry hair kitchen treatments you can try at home for soft, healthy and manageable hair:

1. Homemade Hot Oil Treatment:

Hot oil dry hair kitchen treatment is known to be an excellent hair care remedy. If you want to make the most of it for your dry and fragile hair, opt for a homemade oil mixture.

• Pour 2 tablespoons each of almond oil, olive oil, jojoba oil and pure coconut oil into a medium-sized pot and warm it.
• Don’t overheat as it will end up damaging your scalp. Make sure it’s lukewarm, not hot.
• Massage hair with this oil mixture and wrap it up in a towel.
• Unwrap after 30 minutes and wash with a mild shampoo.

Using this treatment once every 7 days will give you softer, shinier and healthier tresses.

2. Egg White And Water Mix:

Egg white is another wonderful remedy for dry hair. It can induce enough moisture to the hair strands and make them easy-to-manage.

• Separate the white section of an egg from its yellow part and place the white part in a small mixing bowl.
• Add 3 tablespoons of water and blend well.
• Apply all over your hair and wait for 30 minutes before washing.

You’ll be surprised at the instant shine in your hair!

3. Egg And Yogurt Hair Mask:

Egg mixed with full-fat yogurt is another great hair mask that works wonders for the hair.

• Beat 2 raw eggs in a medium-sized bowl
• Add 2 tablespoons yogurt.
• You’ll end up with a creamy smooth paste.
• Apply this throughout your hair.
• Leave on for at least 20 minutes
• Wash with cold water.

The protein content of both egg and yogurt will strengthen your hair strands from the roots and add extra shine, without removing its natural moisture.

4. Honey And Vegetable Oil Hair Mask:

This mask is great for providing nourishment to dry hair.

• Mix 2 tablespoons honey with 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Mix to make a sticky paste.
• Use it on your hair as a mask and wrap with a plastic shower cap.
• After 15 minutes, remove the cap and shampoo

The moisturizing property of honey will give you soft and super smooth tresses.

5. Rice Milk And Honey Hair Wash:

• Take a cup of rice milk and add 2 teaspoons honey.
• Blend them together with the help of a spoon.
• Spread the mixture over your hair and allow it to sit for 10-15 minutes.
• Rinse off.

This is an excellent way to get lustrous hair in minutes. You will also love the smell of your hair once it’s dry.

6. Avocado And Banana Hair Mask:

When it comes to sealing the natural moisture of the hair, the importance of avocado can never be ignored. Avocado balances the normal water-content of hair and preserves it into the follicles. Conversely, banana can increase the elasticity of your hair strands and make them softer.

Take 1 ripe banana and 2 perfectly ripe avocados

• Reduce both of them to a pulp.
• Use this thick paste on your hair as a mask and wash off after 20 minutes.

7. Full-Fat Mayonnaise Massage:

If you want some instant remedy that does not need any type of preparation, go for a full-fat mayonnaise massage. This process is highly admired by hair stylists and can easily be done at home as well.

• Spread 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise uniformly over your hair.
• Gently massage with your fingertips.
• Cover the hair with a plastic shower cap.
• Remove the wrap after half an hour and rinse off.

8. Beer Spray:

• Pour some beer into a spray bottle.
• The alcoholic beverage claims to be one of the most effective remedies for making dry hair soft and shiny.
• Just wash your hair, spray a little beer on it and let it dry.

You are done. And don’t worry, your hair won’t smell.

9. Vinegar Magic:

Pour about 1 tbsp of vinegar as you wash your hair the next time you’re in the shower. Rinse well and shampoo for super-soft and shiny hair!

10. Honey Hair Mask:

Make a hair mask with (a paste of) honey and hair oil, keep it on for about 20 minutes, rinse and wash it with shampoo, and say hello to fabulously supple hair.

11. Amazing Aloe Vera:

Here’s what you do. Mix these ingredients, let them stay in your hair for half an hour and then wash off for glossy, shiny hair.

• Yogurt – 3 tbsp
• Aloe Vera – 4 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp

12. ACV – The Supreme:

½ cup of apple cider vinegar when mixed with 1 cup of water and massaged into the hair will moisturize it and make it lustrous to look at and silky to touch.

Supreme it is- hands down! ACV has myriad benefits, can be used to treat zits, clarify the skin and even removing product build up from your hair. If you have tried from Mayo to Greek yoghurt on your dry hair with no results, it is time you trusted ACV. In return you will be gifted with soft, smooth and shiny hair that you are sure to fall in love with!

13. Bring In The Baking Soda:

Make a smooth paste of the following and comb it into your hair, followed by a thorough rinse and wash.

• Water – ¼ cup
• Baking soda – 1 tsp

If you thought baking soda dries up your hair, well it is just for the first few washes. Baking soda in fact when used regularly absorbs only the excess oil in your hair, works on dandruff and keeps you hair soft and luxurious. The best way to use baking soda to treat dry hair is to substitute the water with an egg. Simply beat some baking soda into an egg and apply the mixture onto your hair and bid goodbye to dry hair woes!

Some of these hair remedies are sure to be the perfect solution for your hair. Do give it a try and share your experience with us in the comments!