Hair Stuff

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Herbal Shampoo:

2 tablespoons catnip

1 tablespoon castille soap

1/4 cup boiling water

Place boiling water in a cup and add catnip. Allow to steep for 10 minutes.

Add castille soap to cup. Mix well. Apply entire portion to wet hair and lather

well. Rinse with cool water.

Camomile Shampoo

1 tablespoon soap flakes

1 teaspoon Borax

1 ounce Camomile flowers (Powdered)

1/2 pint hot water

3 tbsp vinegar (to rinse with)

Put soap flakes, Borax and Camomile flowers into a bowl.

Add hot water and warm unitl a thick layer is formed. Wet hair with warm water and lather, rinse and later massage again.

Rinse with warm water and three tablespoons of clear vinegar for a squeaky clean feel. Yield: 1 bottle

Leave-In Conditioner for Dry Hair:

Handful of fresh rosemary

Handful of fresh mint leaves

1 cup cider vinegar

In a glass jar with a lid, drop the rosemary and mint leaves and cover with the

cider vinegar. Seal the jar and leave for two weeks. Strain the potion. After

shampooing, pour a tablespoon onto dry hair and leave in.

Dandruff Elixir:

4 or 5 drops tea tree oil

1 tablespoon jojoba oil

In a glass jar with a tight lid, combine ingredients. Shake well. After

sectioning wet hair, dab mixture onto a clean cotton wad and stroke along the

scalp. Wrap hair in a towel and let sit for 2 hours. Work shampoo into hair with a little water to remove oil. Rinse.

Hot Oil Hair Treatment:

3 tablespoons pure jojoba oil

Warm the jojoba oil and apply it to your hair, starting at the ends and working

up to the top of head. Wrap hair in a towel and relax for an hour, or leave the

oil in overnight. Rinse and shampoo hair as usual. Do once a week, more often

if your hair is extremely dry.

Dandruff control:

A couple of drops of comfrey tincture in with your shampoo.

Strong tea of plantain as a hair rinse.

A few drops of teatree oil in a few tbsp. shampoo.

SESAME - COCONUT HAIR CONDITIONER:

Formula:

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons light sesame oil

2 whole eggs

2 tablespoons coconut milk

2 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions:

In a blender, mix all ingredients together on low for 30 seconds. Shampoo and

rinse with your shampoo of choice. Apply conditioning mixture to the hair and

massage in with your fingers. Leave on for 5 minutes and then rinse with warm

water. Can be used daily, leave on longer for more intensive conditioning.

Makes 3/4 cup. Cover and refrigerate. Discard after 5 days.

Conditioner for Oily Hair:

1 lemon

1/4 cup cider vinegar

Wash, slice, and de-seed the lemon. Whir lemon in a blender to a smooth pulp.

Filter through muslin. Mix with the cider vinegar. After shampooing, blot

hair with a towel and rub lemon-vinegar mixture into scalp. Leave on 5-10

minutes, then rinse with cool water.

Conditioner for Fine Hair:

2 strips kombu (Japanese seaweed)

3/4 cups boiled spring water

Steep kombu in spring water for 30 minutes. Remove the seaweed. After shampooing, massage into hair. Rinse.

Hairspray:

1 lemon (or 1 orange if you have dry hair)

2 cups of water

Cook cut up fruit in water until volume is reduced to 1 cup. Put in spray

bottle and refrigerate.

Becky

"They say that God only gives us what we can handle - do you ever think that God has you mixed up with someone else?"