How to Deep Condition Hair and its Recipes

What you will need:
Time — About an hour. I usually deep condition in the late evening when I don’t have to be anywhere anytime soon.
A Deep Conditioner — (You can find natural recipes below)

Plastic Cap — 25 cent cheapo plastic shower cap
Heating Unit — Hot Water Bottle, Heating Pad, Blow Dryer Cap, (you can try hot/warm towel too) or a Micro Heat Wrap


How to Deep Condition your hair:

1. If you wish, you can wash your hair first. I simply rinse it out well and gently squeeze out the excess water.


2. Generously apply your deep conditioner to damp hair, and focus on the ends. Work through with your fingers, or use a wide toothed comb to work through your hair. This is the only time I ever use a comb or brush on my wet conditioned hair. Otherwise, only use your fingers.


3. Place the shower cap over hair, and then put the heating device on your head for a full 20 minutes. You need to 20 minutes to allow the hair cuticle to open fully, and let the conditioner completely permeate and feed your hair. After 20+ minutes or longer, (you could leave the conditioner on at this point, even all night after heating), take off your cap and let your hair cool for at least 5 minutes. This allows your hair shaft to close again.


4. Rinse hair with warm water until about 80% of the conditioner is rinsed out.


5. Do a final rinse with the coldest water you can stand. This is important to seal your hair shaft and get all the benefits of your deep conditioning treatment.


6. Apply a leave-on conditioner and allow your hair to air dry. (optional for curly hair but not needed for straight hair)



7. Do not wash your hair the next day. Give your hair a break after a deep conditioning for at least 24 hours.
Recipes for homemade deep conditioner


Deep Conditioner For Beautiful Hair

1 small jar of real mayonnaise
1/2 of an avocado
Directions:
Put together in a medium bowl and squish together with your hands until it's a minty green color. Smooth into hair all the way to the tips. Put on a shower cap or wrap your head with saran wrap.
Leave on for 20 minutes. For deeper conditioning put a hot, damp towel around your head -over the saran wrap. And if you have really long hair and only need deep conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to the ends and just wrap them.
Deep Hair Conditioner

1/2 cup Mayonaisse
Directions:
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Special Note: Make sure the mayonaisse is real mayo and NOT salad dressing. It will dry your hair out.
Ravishing Rosemary Conditioner

Rosemary essential oil
Directions:
Add a few drops of rosemary essential oil to the palms of your hands, work through out your entire hair.
Tropical Conditioner

1 avocado (peeled and mashed)
coconut milk
Directions:
Combine mashed avacodo with some coconut milk. Mash together until its smooth and about as thick as shampoo. Comb it through the hair and let sit for 10 -15 minutes, wash out.
Egg Conditioner

1 [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]teaspoon[/color][/color] baby oil
1 egg yolk
1 cup water
Directions:
Beat the egg yolk until its frothy, add the oil then beat again. Add to the water. [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Massage[/color][/color] into the scalp and throughout your hair. Rinse well.
Egg Conditioner 2

1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp olive oil
3/4 cup lukewarm water
Directions:
Beat egg yolk until it is thick and light colored. Slowly drizzle drops of oil into egg, beating well. Slowly add and beat the water into the egg mixture. Transfer mixture to a container. After shampooing, massage all conditioner into hair and leave on for a few minutes before thoroughly rinsing.
Apple Cider Softness

Ingredients:
1-2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3 cups distilled water
Directions:
Pour over your hair as the final rinse. It will leave your hair feeling soft. Good for all hair types
Mayonnaise Conditioner

To recondition the hair, shampoo hair with homemade shampoo or a shampoo from the natural [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]foods [COLOR=blue ! important]store[/color][/color][/color]. Rinse and towel dry. Apply regular mayonnaise (not salad dressing) to the hair. Massage in. Let sit for 10-15 minutes, shampoo again lightly and rinse with an apple cider vinegar and water solution
Protein Conditioner

Beat 1 egg white until foamy. Add to 5 Tbsps plain natural yogurt. Apply to hair in small sections at a time. Leave in for 15 minutes. Rinse.
Hot Oil Treatment

1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup boiling water
Place olive oil and boiling water into [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]large [COLOR=blue ! important]glass[/color][/color][/color] bottle or jar with a lid. You may need to wrap a towel around the bottle to avoid burning yourself. Shake very well until oil is emulsified. Massage into hair, taking care not to burn your head. Put a shower cap or plastic bag over your hair and wrap your head in a hot towel that has been soaked in hot water then wrung out. Leave mixture on your hair for 1/2 hour, then shampoo as usual
Healthy conditioner

Mix 6 tablespoons of rice bran (or wheat bran) with enough hot water to make a thin paste.
Using a blender, add half an avocado, a drop of sesame oil. Blend.
Apply mixture to freshly shampooed hair. Then, take a damp towel and warm it up in the microwave for 30 seconds. Apply warmed towel to hair and let it set.
Lightly shampoo hair and rinse with water.
Steep a camomile tea bag in 7 oz. of warm water with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Apply tea mixture to hair and let sit for 3 minutes. Camomile renders a golden tone to hair, while the vinegar makes hair shine and closes down the cuticles.
Rinse hair again with water.


Coconut Honey Deep Conditioner

Ingredients:

4 tbls Coconut oil

2 tbls Natural honey


Directions:

Place coconut oil and honey in a small plastic bag and place the bag in a hot cup of water for 1 minute to warm. Apply to hair, wrap hair in a towel for 20 minutes. Wash then dry hair.

Fruit Salad Deep Conditioner

Ingredients:

1/2 a banana

1/4 avocado

1/4 cantaloupe

tablespoon wheat germ oil

1 tablespoon yogurt


Directions:

Blend all ingredients. Apply to hair. For extra conditioning, squeeze in the contents of a vitamin E capsule. Leave in hair for 15 minutes. Then rinse.
Strength Building Deep Conditioner

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon buttermilk

1 tablespoon natural unbleached flour


Directions:

Blend all ingredients. Microwave the mixture for 30 seconds until hot. Stir in one tablespoon of natural unbleached flour to make a paste. Apply the warm paste to wet hair and allow the conditioner to set for 20 minutes Wash as normal


"Try using 1tsp honey, 1 tsp lemon juice, and 4 cups water. Mix together, and apply to hair."
- Submitted by Paige



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Good luck :D

Serendity..Very good tips..Can you please give list of shampoos which has no SLS?

hi supriya,

I will post new thread soon abt shampoo natural recipes and list of ones that are safe. kk :D

glad u find it helpful!

Hi Serenity,

Thanks for the detailed info about Deep conditioning. I just saw this today as I am not able to spend time online these days.

thanks.........
Shree.

Good info..

Dear Serenity,

You have explained the procedures very well. And thanks for the herbal recipes.

love,
Anu

hey serenity
nice post yaar...

but i had a doubt...i heard that leave-on conditioners not such gud to our hair ..so is it recommendable?..