Hair Conditioner for African-American Hair
Many African-American women and men are dropping chemical treatments to style hair or condition hair. This is because using harsh treatments which contain strong chemicals or hot appliances can rip the hair off moisture, and cause even more hair breakage. Given below are tips on selecting the right conditioner for African-American hair, and two recipes to make your own conditioner at home.
Understanding Your Hair Type
African-American hair care needs special products as these are very thick curly hair and have delicate strands. Hair sebum which is the natural oil secreted by the scalp, can easily move from the scalp to hair if the hair is straight. However, due to the very curly texture of African-American hair, sebum has a harder time reaching to the hair. This make the hair more dry compared to straight hair. Also, the outer layer of the hair strands can be twice as thick as Caucasian hair. So, you need to use to take extra hair care, to prevent the hair from drying and breaking. So, avoid products which contain harsh chemical or drying ingredients like alcohol. Use products which contain moisturizing mild ingredients or the best ingredients are essential oils.
Hair Conditioner for Black Hair
Choosing the Best Hair Conditioner
African-American hair needs deep moisturizing and conditioning treatments as they get exposed to many harsh treatments like chemical relaxes, stressful braiding, heat appliances like hot irons and blow dryers. Hence, deep conditioning once a week, and mild conditioning for other days is required. With conditioning you can retain the hair moisture, and reduce the hair breakage. Using leave-in conditioners are best, and once a week a deep hair conditioning treatment is a good idea. You can buy a deep conditioner which contain natural and organic ingredients. However, many of such products still contain some chemical in them, and hence buying a leave-in-conditioner for everyday and using a deep conditioning treatment using homemade ingredients is advisable. You can use a bit of olive oil as a leave in conditioner for African-American hair.
Deep Hair Conditioning Recipe with Mayonnaise: The best conditioner for black hair can be made at home using some mayo. In a bowl mix half cup of mayo and 10 drops of rosemary essential oil and 7 drops of tea tree oil. Then mix everything well, rosemary will help to condition hair and tea tree will help to thoroughly clean the hair. Mayonnaise is excellent for deep moisturizing. On the scalp massage with a bit of olive oil, and then apply the mix to the hair for conditioning, make sure you cover all the hair. Let is sit for 20 minutes, and then wash your hair with cool water.
Conditioning Hair with Avocado: For a lighter and more refreshing hair conditioner for curly hair use these tips. In a bowl add fresh avocado fruit mash, and add 3 egg yolks to it, and add some honey and lemon juice and blend well. Egg yolk will help to nourish hair, avocado will provide moisturize and refresh your hair, honey will add a nice shine while lemon juice will help to clean hair. Then apply the mix and cover all your hair properly with it. Then cover your head with plastic cling fling, and then wrap your head with a warm towel. Keep it for 10 minutes, and then wash off with cool water.
Hot Oil Treatment with Essential Oils: Hot oil treatment works great as homemade hair conditioner and using it once a week can be very beneficial to stimulate new hair growth. Also it helps to get life in dull frizzy hair and helps restore natural shine to the hair. For a nice hot oil treatment, in a small metal bowl add 5 tablespoons of pure olive oil, add 20 drops of rosemary oil to it, 10 drops of lavender essential oil and 10 drops of tea tree oil. Lavender and tea tree oil will help to thoroughly clean the scalp and hair, rosemary will help to get rid of dandruff and stimulate new hair growth. Then warm up this mix, and massage the scalp with this oil mix in circular motions. Apply the remaining oil to the hair, and wear a warm towel for 20 minutes. Then rinse your hair with shampoo and cool water, and you will have soft conditioned hair.
These were the three recipes to make a homemade conditioner for African-American hair, and tips on selecting a hair conditioner for black hair. Feel free to change the ingredients a bit and their amount in the above hair conditioner recipes, according to your hair length.
