Radishes are great hair strengthening veggies, they contain vitamin C, silicon, and sulfur. They're also a top mucus dissolving food. Radishes dissolves mucus in the digestive tract which makes it easier for nutrients to be absorbed. Because the radish is a cleanser and detoxifier, this is all great ingredients for a beautiful, healthy head of hair and also great skin. You can make a salad and slice them on top, or you can make a veggie dip and consume them that way. Which ever way you chose, include radishes in your healthy hair regimen, I promise you will not be disappointed. If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave in the box below and thanks for reading:)
Amla oil a.k.a indian gooseberry is a fruit found largely in the subtropical mountainous regions of South and Southeast Asia. Amla oil contains a number of essential fatty acids and the fruit itself contains vitamin C, polyphenols, flavonoids, water, protein, and other vitamins and minerals. Amla oil helps treat dry, itchy scalp, and helps prevent gray hair. It has twice the antioxidant power of acai and 17 times that of pomegranate. It has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal properties, and it binds copper and iron which makes it an chelating agent. You can find this oil here Amla Oil or at any health food stores, websites, etc. A lot of the cheaper ones contain mineral oil so be careful and read the ingredients!! Do you use Amla? Are you planning to use it? Leave us your comments!!
I absolutely looove coconut oil!!! It does my hair right, I cook with it, I make lip balm with it, I oil my skin with it, etc. Coconut oil is one of the few oils to penetrate through the hair shaft because of its molecular structure. I personally use it as a pre-poo (which is a treatment applied to the hair prior to shampooing or co-washing) and I finger detangle with it. It's a great conditioner for the hair, think of the natives in those tropical regions with that beautiful shiny black hair!!! Here's how I do my pre-poo!!!
I take my jar of unrefined organic coconut oil
part my hair into 4 sections
I part one section at a time
I put the oil from root to tip
after I am done with the section I put it in a bun
then I cover my hair with a plastic cap for a couple hrs then wash
It helps keep the oils in your hair instead of completely washing them out. Do you use coconut oil? Do you pre-poo with it? Leave a comment below!!!
Porosity refers to how much or how little your hair can absorb water or chemicals into the cuticle layers and the cortex of your strands. There is low porosity, normal porosity and high porosity. Low Porosity - means that it's difficult for your hair to absorb moisture and it resist chemicals. Normal Porosity - means your hair easily allows moisture to enter in and it stays in longer. High Porosity - means your hair is badly damaged. The cuticle layers of your hair is lifted and will let moisture out easily.
How do you know which one you have? There is a porosity test you can take. Gently hold a strand or two of your dry hair between your finger and your thumb, slowly slide your fingers along the length of the strand. Start from scalp to end and if you feel an uneven texture then your hair is slightly porous. Here's an in depth article about hair porosity, hope you enjoy!! Hair Porosity 101: What It Means & How To Repair it
Leafy green veggies are so important to incorporate into your diet while trying to grow long and strong hair. They contain fiber, phytonutrients, minerals, vitamins, and enzymes that flush pollutants and toxins stored in fat cells. According to Kimberly Snyder's The Beauty Detox Foods you can get more greens in her glowing green smoothie than several salads put together!!! It is better to blend your smoothies because blending doesn't completely masticate the produce. Instead, blending helps the greens' nutrition become readily available because they are considered predigested at that point. So if you want thick, healthy, shiny hair remember that you have to take care of your inside as well as your outside. Please if you have any questions, concerns and or comments leave a little something in the box down below we appreciate them thank you:)
Co-washing is a term short for conditioner washing. Conditioner washing is great for us curlies because our hair have a tendency to be drier than straight hair. The reason for this is because natural oils that comes from our scalp have a hard time lubricating our strands to the end. Co-washing helps keep the hair hydrated and nourished. You can co-wash your hair as much as you like but if your hair becomes dull from product build up you should always clarify with a sulfate free shampoo or apple cider vinegar rinse. Build up happens when you constantly co-wash without clarifying because of silicones. Water soluble silicones wash easily from hair, non-water soluble silicones do not and that's when you have to clarify. Co-washing is not for everyone, if you have oily hair it would just add more oil. If your hair is dry it can moisturize your hair. Here is an instructional video on how to co-wash by the lovely naptural85. You can visit her blog at www.naptural85.com.
Do you co-wash, and if so how often? What are some of the methods you use for moisture? Please leave your comments in the box below, we greatly appreciate them!!
Rhassoul clay is a natural clay mined in the atlas mountains of Morocco. It contains trace minerals such as silica, iron, magnesium, potassium and other trace elements. Rhassoul clay is great for detoxifying the scalp by removing dead skin cells and sebum while nourishing skin cells with the trace minerals. You could use this clay as a natural alternative to shampoo and you can use this as a facial mask just adding water. I have a recipe that I put together for my own hair. My hair is multi-textured and thick so this is how I make my rhassoul clay.
Rhassoul Clay Mix
2 cups of rhassoul clay
hot water (I just judge the consistency I don't really measure)
2 tbs of apple cider vinegar
a bit of coconut milk and half a banana ( I mix in the blender)
2 tbs of organic raw honey
melted organic cocoa butter
olive oil
monoi oil
Stir the mixture with a WOODEN spoon not a metal spoon you do not want the clay to react. Part your hair into 4 sections (at least thats what I do, whatever works), do one section at a time parting those sections and smoothing the clay in each section. After the hair is covered in clay put a plastic cap over it and let sit for 30-45 minutes then rinse. I like to dunk my head in a tub of water to make it easier!! I use clays to wash my hair cause I find that even sulfate free is a bit much for my hair. My hair comes out a little dry after using shampoo so this is one of my alternatives. Here is an instructional video by kinkykurlyqueen!! We do not have the same ingredients but this shows you how to distribute the clay correctly. You can follow her at http://naturallyobsessed.net/.
Do you use a natural alternative to shampoo? Are you thinking about trying rhassoul clay? Please leave a comment at the box below!!! We would love to hear about your alternatives!!
