Homemade Conditioners: Work Wonders for Hair

Homemade conditioners are safe, effective and excellent for the health of your hair. Conditioners are very essential part of hair care. Conditioners help hair to stay healthy strong and radiant. Conditioners give protection to hair by forming a barrier against the environmental wear and tear. As a skin moisturizer works for skin, conditioners work for the hair. By conditioning, hairs get a bounce and it becomes easier to manage them.

Instead of buying expensive commercial hair conditioners, you can prepare them yourself at home by using homemade conditioner recipes. There are no harsh chemicals used in preparing homemade conditioners while readymade conditioners are replete with chemicals and they can ruin your hair in long run. Homemade conditioners are inexpensive and you can instantly prepare these conditioners with the help of easily available contents like henna, mayonnaise, lemon juice and many others.

Homemade Conditioner Recipes

Below are given easy-to prepare conditioner recipes having no harsh chemical in them.

Homemade conditioner for all Types of Hair

It is conditioning rinse. Take 1 tsp of castor oil, 1 tsp Indian Gooseberry (Amla) oil, 1 tsp of glycerin and 1 tsp of malt vinegar and 1 tsp of shampoo. Blend all the ingredients and apply the mixture gently in your hair. Let it be there for about 20 minutes and wash it with clear water.

This is a magically nourishing conditioner as it has herbal oils working as hair tonic, glycerin acts as a moisturizer to hair and vinegar maintains the acid/ alkali balance of hair. Shampoo is a medium of blending for all. After using it, you will feel instant bounce and shine in your hair.

Henna conditioner for dry hair:

Add 1 tbsp of oil and warm milk to henna and make a smooth paste. Apply this mixture and wash after about ½ an hour. You will notice a shine, bounce and color in your hair.

Henna Conditioner used for oily hair:

take small quantity of henna and add to it 2 tbsp of yogurt and a ½ tsp sugar. Beat them all to make a paste using little water if needed. Apply this on hair and after ½ an hour, rinse with clear water.

Hair Setting Conditioner:

Take one mug of water and add to it 1 tsp of gelatin. Use this as last rinse while washing your hair. You can set your hair as you desire.

Wheat Germ oil Conditioner:

Take one cup of water, one tsp of wheat germ oil, one tsp of lemon juice, yolk of one egg, one tbsp glycerin and one tbsp milk. Beat all the ingredients to blend them well. Massage it through your scalp and apply on hair till end. Rinse it off with lukewarm water having lemon juice in it.

Sunflower and wheat germ Hair Conditioner:

Take one cup of wheat germ oil and one cup sunflower oil. Mix both oils and gently warm it. Massage it on your scalp and in hair till end. It is better if you leave it for a night. In the morning, rinse it off with lukewarm water containing lemon juice.

Some More Homemade Conditioner Recipes:

Avocado is excellent natural moisturizer and it works wonders for hair. Mash an avocado and beat it well till it becomes frothy and creamy. Apply it on your scalp and wrap with a plastic cap for 30 minutes. Rinse properly with clear water.

Pour equal quantities of olive oil and boiling water in a clean jar and shake well till oil emulsifies. When mixture is still warm, massage it over your scalp and wrap a steaming towel around head. Shampoo your hair after ½ an hour.

Take ½ cup of real mayonnaise and apply it over damp hair. Then wrap a steaming towel to give steam treatment to hair. Shampoo your hair as usual after about 20 minutes.

Apply ½ cup of mayonnaise on the damp hair and wrap your head with semi hot towel. Leave it for 20 minutes and shampoo it as usual.

Take 6 tbsp of rice or wheat bran and make a smooth thin paste with hot water. Then mash an avocado and beat it well to make it creamy. Mix it with bran paste using a blender. Add to this few drops of sesame oil. Apply this mixture to damp hair after shampoo. Now wrap a steaming towel around it for some time and wash it with gentle shampoo.