Wednesday 27 August 2014

Mixtress!



How many of you read that title wrong? I did several times hahaha! Anyway it had been a very loooooooooong minute since I made any homemade deep conditioning concoctions so I figured it was time for one. This was a spur of the moment decision and all I had in the kitchen that could go into my hair were eggs and one banana and that is what I used; one egg for protein, the banana for moisture. I blended the mixture for a smoother consistency, it turned out a bit runny and as I was out of bananas I used up what was left of one of my almost finished store bought deep conditioners to thicken it up, added a few drops of olive and eucalyptus oils and mixed it all up together. I transferred the mixture into an applicator bottle for an easier application; I am really loving my use of applicator bottles for my homemade mixes. Application done I wrapped some cling film/wrap around my hair and then tied a scarf over it and left it on for about 45 minutes.


While my hair was deep conditioning I did 20 squats and made an egg mask from leftover egg in the shell that I had left for this specific purpose. About fifteen minutes into deep conditioning I applied the egg white to my face and left it on for about 30 minutes until it was nice and tight and then proceeded to rinse my face. Face rinsed it was time to rinse off the eggybanana concoction; to avoid the egg cooking in my hair I did the first rinse with cold water and when fully rinsed out I shampooed, rinsed, detangled with conditioner and then t-shirt dried till damp. I applied my leave ins, moisturized, sealed left it to air dry completely and was done. 


The Wash Day Experience

6 comments:

  1. What an interesting #washdayexperience chica! Do you think that you got better results with your natural conditioning mix vs a store bought conditioner? I'd love to see how you styled your hair for the week!

    KLP | SavingOurStrands

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    1. Thanks KLP! I did my hair late in the evening so I didn't style it but will be bunning all week. About the results to be honest I think they are more or less the same my hair felt equally as soft with this mix as it does with store bought DCs the great advantage is that everything in this mix was natural no chemicals or additives and that's a plus. The only draw back to homemade mixes is that sometimes you tend to get fibre from the fruit in your hair left over even after rinsing but these can be blown away with a hair dryer so I don't mind the inconvenience.

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  2. I'm guilty of reading the title wrong lol. I really want to give a DIY conditioner a try.

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    1. Hahaha Tomes! You should give DIY conditioners a go and do a post if you do:)

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  3. How is your hair feeling? Hopefully, fantastic! You're quite the multi-tasker!

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    1. My hair feels great thank you! Multitasking is the only why I get things done in the shortest time possible even though it gets overwhelming sometimes.

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