Sunday, June 29, 2008

New Growth Check... Its A Jungle Up There!



Yup I am still hanging strong with these braids. Go ahead and laugh or ask why I am holding on tho these braids. It seems like the new growth is getting alot thicker. Yahhh!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Aritha Soap (Another Indian Soap Bar)


This is another Indian soap I purchased and used for the first time the other day. It is for thick, silky healthy hair. I used it the other night and its somewhat similar to the Shikakai Soap. For all you product junkies its a KEEPER! :) The smell is not great it leaves the hair feeling clean. Since I have been using the Shikaki Soap Bars I have forgotten all about my creme of nature poo. :(

Sunday, June 8, 2008

My Indian Collection / My First Tea Rinse

Here's a quick picture of all the Indian products I own. For my first "Tea Rinse" I mixed the shikakai, maka and Alma powder in hot water; let it sit for 10 minutes, strained it and washed hair with shakakai bar, THEN I poured the tea rinse over my braids, covered with a shower cap and let it sit for 10 minutes because I was sleepy, took the cap off, rinsed it out. My hair was hard as hell EVEN though I made sure to pre-poo for almost 2 hours!!! Maybe I mixed too much powder and did not use enough water. After I saw that my braids were hard I conditioned with ORS and honey and let it sit for like 10 minutes, rinsed and my braids were soft as ever. This was my first time experimenting with the powder so I am not going to knock them. I will try again next week. :) Oh I guess I strained it well because I did not have alot of grit after I washed the tea out.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Indian Recipes:NATURAL TIPS FOR HEALTHY HAIR


For Dandruff
Massage the Scalp with pure coconut oil. This will also help for growth of hair.
Apply coconut oil which has been boiled with small onions. Wash it off with a mixture of green gram powder and water drained from cooked (boiled) rice.
Apply a mixture of almond oil and gooseberry juice with finger tips on the scalp.
Apply the warm mixture of olive oil, lemon juice and coconut oil. Do a steam -towel- wrap for 15 minutes and wash the hair with a shampoo.
Apply a paste of fenugreek and mustard to the scalp.
Mix Shikakai powder with the water drained from the cooked rice and wash the hair with it.
Crush the leaves of five petal hibiscus flower and take the juice. Wash the hair with this juice.
Heat the oil with a little camphor. Apply the oil in the scalp and massage for 10 minutes. After 30 minutes wash the hair with a herbal shampoo. Do the steam -towel- wrap for 15 minutes.


For Healthy and Shiny hair
It is better to apply castor oil for a healthy growth of hair.
Wash hair with tea once in a week.
Apply besan in the hair and wash it with water drained from the cooked rice.
Soak a handful of gooseberry in a cup of milk for two hours. Make it as a paste and apply in the hair.
Apply the mixture of an egg white, 2 spoon of castor oil, 1 spoon glycerin, in the scalp and hair. Wash it after some time.
Massage hair with warm coconut oil an hour before washing. Let it soak. Cover your head with a hot towel and wash your hair after an hour or so.
Boil a few hibiscus flowers in coconut oil. Filter and use this hair oil to control hair loss and thinning.
Do a 'steam-towel-wrap' once in a while, if your cuticles are damaged, as this steaming opens out the pores and absorbs the oil.
Deep condition with curd, beer and egg.
Mix a little vinegar in warm water and rinse your hair with this solution. This will add bounce to dull and lifeless hair.
Soak 1 teaspoon fenugreek in curd and keep it for a night. Have it in the next morning.
Boil coconut oil with the juices of curry leaves, basil, hibiscus flower and gooseberry. Apply on hair, keep it for sometime and rinse.
Egg white and curd is a good conditioner for hair.
Take a cup of coconut and mustard oils. Soak half a cup of curry leaves in the oil mixture and keep it for a night. Next morning, heat on a slow fire till the curry leaves turn crisp. Remove from heat and add two to three camphor balls. Allow oil to cool and then strain. Apply oil to hair roots using cotton wool along the parting and massage in circular movements. Leave the oil overnight and shampoo the next morning. Repeat twice a week.
Add a lemon peel to a 'shikakai' and 'amla' mixture while washing your hair.

I haven't tried this yet but I will when I take the braids down I will. :)


Did you know?

Not only does it soften the hair and conditions the scalp but using the coconut oil as a pre-wash conditioner can rid a person of dandruff better than a medicated shampoo.