Ingredients: ½ cup vegetable glycerin 2 cups water ½ cup moisturizing conditioner (choose your favorite) 4 drops of your favorite essential oil (optional) Method: Mix together all the ingredients in a spray bottle. Spray as often as hair needs to be refreshed. This recipe works very well if you want to do curly hairstyles. Seal after moisturizing with your favorite carrier oil … [Read more...]
Rosemary and Lavender Moisturizer For Hair
Homemade Moisturizer When I first tried this I borrowed the recipe from the back of a commercial preparation and then tweaked it to suit my hair. My hair loved it. Please note that vegetable glycerin is used somewhat sparingly, too much and the recipe can get sticky. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp vegetable glycerin 1 ½ cup filtered water 3 tsp. lavender oil 5 drops rosemary oil 5 drops … [Read more...]
Cocoa Butter Hair Lotion Recipe
This hair recipe was pulled out of the annals of time, dusted off and embellished a little. I can vaguely recall using cocoa butter hair lotion when I was very young. My mother got a couple blocks (literally blocks) of the stuff from England and she was determined to not throw them away. I bathed in it, used it as moisturizer for skin and hair. I can recall hating the smell at … [Read more...]