How to Strengthen Hair with All-Natural Hair Masks

Use These Natural Ingredients to Make DIY Hair Masks

If your hair is looking and feeling dry, dull, and out of sorts, you could probably benefit from a homemade hair mask.

Hair masks can be used for all hair types, from stick-straight strands to the curliest of locks. Whether you’re looking to volumize, defrizz, or add some healthy shine, a DIY hair mask can help you get there fast.

There are many benefits to making your own hair masks over buying prepared ones. First, making your own hair masks at home is a much more cost-effective way to add life back into your hair. Second, you’ll be skipping all those nasty chemicals and toxins that are added to hair masks from the store that are damaging to both your health and the environment. Lastly, when you make your own hair mask at home, you can personalize it with the exact ingredients that will benefit your unique hair type.

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Okay, So…What Exactly Is a Hair Mask?

Hair masks are conditioning treatments that you apply to the hair from roots to ends. They contain rich and nourishing nutrients to strengthen, rebalance, revitalize, and rehydrate the hair.

Hair masks are meant to be left in the hair for an extended period of time, from five minutes to overnight.

Choosing Hair Mask Ingredients for Your Hair Type

Your hair is unique. Hair mask ingredients that your best friend uses for her hair may not necessarily fit your hair type. If your hair is damaged and breaks easily, you’ll want strengthening ingredients. If you struggle with dry hair, you’ll need moisturizing ingredients. If you have oily hair, you should be adding clarifying ingredients to your hair mask.

To determine whether your hair would benefit more from a DIY mask with moisture versus protein, do a quick strand test. Take about 10 strands of hair and spray with water; holding the hair with both hands between thumb and finger, stretch it gently. If it stretches and remains stretched, your hair needs protein. If it doesn’t stretch at all, it needs moisture. However, if it stretches and breaks, it needs both.

The following natural hair products can be mixed and matched to suit your hair mask needs.

Natural Hair Mask Ingredients

Moisturizing Hair Mask Ingredients

Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This popular hair mask ingredient is used by many people all over the world for softer, shinier, silkier hair. It contains important fatty acids that nourish the hair from the inside out.
Coconut Oil. This beneficial oil is incredibly moisturizing and provides important fatty acids that penetrate the hair, making it soft and silky.
Raw Honey. Honey helps to retain moisture in the hair and makes it soft and flexible. The protein in honey also helps to strengthen hair.

Clarifying Hair Mask Ingredients

Lemon Juice. Lemon is known to be clarifying and cleansing. It’s best for people with oily hair and for people with buildup from hair products. The lemon cleans the hair, leaving it shiny and full of bounce. It also helps to rid the scalp of dandruff.
Eggs. Eggs are full of vitamins and minerals that help to nourish the hair and scalp, including vitamins A, C, E, and B-complex, folate, pantothenic acid, calcium, iron, phosphorus, selenium, zinc, potassium, and healthy fatty acids.
Activated Charcoal. Activated charcoal is incredibly porous and binds to toxins, making it an excellent cleanser.

Strengthening Hair Mask Ingredients

Gelatin. Gelatin contains keratin proteins, which is also what hair is made up of. The proteins bind very well to damaged hair and strengthen it, smoothing out the strands and adding shine.

Dandruff Relief Hair Mask Ingredients

Apple Cider Vinegar. Dandruff that is caused by too much oil on the scalp can cause bacteria and fungal buildup, which can lead to a dry, flaky, and itchy scalp. Apple cider vinegar can help to rebalance the skin in order to stop dandruff.

Hair Growth Hair Mask Ingredients

Rosemary Essential Oil. Rosemary oil is a well-known hair regrowth remedy that is scientifically proven to work. Studies have even shown that it works better than conventional treatments. Add rosemary oil to your DIY hair mask for a fuller head of hair.

6 DIY Hair Mask Recipes

You can experiment by mixing different ingredients to make your very own homemade hair mask. To start, try any of these six tried-and-true DIY hair mask recipes.

1. Strengthening Hair Mask

If you have damaged hair that breaks easily, this hair mask is perfect for you. It’ll add strength, shine, and life to dull and damaged hair.

Ingredients:

½ cup cooled herbal tea
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp beef gelatin
1 tsp raw honey
2 drops rosemary essential oil

Directions:

Mix tea and gelatin in a small saucepan over medium heat until the gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in the rest of the ingredients.

Allow to cool and apply to hair from roots to ends. Leave the mask in for 15–20 minutes and then rinse out thoroughly.

2. Smoother, Softer, Shinier Hair Mask

If your hair is looking dull and it could use some pep and bounce, try this moisturizing and nourishing hair mask.

Ingredients:

½ avocado, mashed
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 Tbsp raw honey
1 raw egg
2 drops lavender or rosemary essential oil

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together and apply to hair from roots to tips. Leave in for 15–20 minutes and rinse out thoroughly.

3. Curly Hair Mask

By nature, curly hair is more dry than other hair types, and your curls could probably use some extra conditioning to keep those locks luscious and bouncy. These ingredients will help to hold those curls in place while keeping them soft at the same time.

Ingredients:

¼ cup coconut milk
1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 Tbsp honey
½ avocado, mashed
1 raw egg, whisked

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together very well until it is a homogeneous mixture. Apply to hair from roots to ends and leave in for 15–20 minutes. Rinse out thoroughly.

4. Clarifying Hair Mask

If you have oily hair that always seems to get dirty quickly, this is the hair mask for you. It’ll strip your hair of buildup from hair products and leave it clean, shiny, and soft.

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
Juice from ½ lemon
2 Tbsp raw honey
1 raw egg, whisked

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together well and apply to scalp, massaging the mixture in. Work it down through the hair, using your fingers to comb it through. Leave it in for 15–20 minutes and then rinse out thoroughly.

5. DIY Mask for Colored Hair

If you have colored hair, chances are it looks dry and damaged some of the time. Colored hair has been treated with chemicals, and therefore loses its natural shine. Restore life to your hair with these natural and nourishing ingredients.

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp mayonnaise
2 Tbsp olive oil
½ banana, mashed
½ avocado, mashed
2 Tbsp honey

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together until it forms a smooth, homogeneous mixture. Apply to hair from roots to ends and leave in for 15–20 minutes. Rinse out thoroughly.

6. Dandruff Relief Hair Mask

Do you suffer from a dry, flaky, and itchy scalp? The following natural ingredients can help you fight off dandruff.

Ingredients:

¼ cup apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp aloe vera gel
3 drops tea tree essential oil

Directions:

Mix ingredients together and apply directly to the scalp, massaging the mixture in for about five minutes. Leave it in for 15–20 minutes and rinse out thoroughly.

Conclusion

Whether you’re looking to repair damaged hair or just add a little shine to your locks, there’s a hair mask out there for you. Experiment with the ingredients listed above based on your unique needs. Happy masking!

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