Homemade Conditioner for your Hair
October 11, 2006 by Jejeizahfaye
Published in Hair
Easy, homemade conditioners.
Kitchen-based treatments for shiny, healthy-looking hair are cheap, easy, and fun to use.
Find the right one for you and try it after shampooing (leave in for 5 minutes).
Repeat every few weeks or as needed.
Lemon juice or vinegar
It removes build up from hair products
Best for dirty, oily, or frequently conditioned hair
Pour 1 cup through hair; rinse; then use your regular conditioner
Overuse can strip natural oils, damaging hair. Do not use everyday, or on treated hair. Left on, it will lighten hair in the sun
Beer
Adds body and shine
For fine, limp hair, but also good for all types of hair
Pour 1 can onto hair; rinse. Condition if hair is dry.
Beer must be fresh, not flat. Safe to use everyday
Egg yolks
Adds shine; conditions slightly
For dry, dull hair
Massage 2 yolks into hair; rinse. No additional conditioner needed
Wash out with next shampoo. May make fine hair a bit oily.
Mayonnaise
Adds shine; deeply moisturizes
For very dry, dull hair
Massage 2 tablespoons into hair; rinse. No additional conditioner needed
For very dry hair only. Could leave normal hair looking greasy for days.
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October 11th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
An interesting idea.
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I tried the mayonnaise and egg with olive oil. It made my hair coarser than ever. It took me over 10 minutes to comb all the tangles out of my hair. I don’t know what the problem was. The minute I put the mayo on my hair I could tell this was not going to work. What happened?
April 4th, 2008 at 4:30 am
for shine and healthy hear
May 20th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Hello,
I am doing a science fair for school, and I want to create my own conditioner. I want the conditioner to make your hair smooth and silky, not hard to brush after your shower or bath, not bad for your hair and cheaper than the ones you buy in the super market?
May 24th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
it makes your hair coarser wen its wet
but wen its drie it has shine and luster
June 21st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I have naturally dry and curly hair. I have tried the vinegar tip before and thinking of it now, it really removed buildup from my hair and moreover it added shine to it. I think that I’ll resume to this as from now.I have also tried the lemon tip but my hair was drier.
As for the beer tip, I’ll try it.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Do any of these recipes for your hair make your hair stink really bad?
December 6th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
#2,if you use fake-mayonnaise (miraclewhip, salad dressing) it can dry your hair out. Could that be the problem?
January 30th, 2009 at 11:40 am
i have really think and dry hair and i heard of adding alvacado to the mayonaise tip will it work? will it make my hair stink?
February 15th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Soy mayo works only since egg and dairy mayo is full of toxins. Beer and eggs doesn’t work either since it full of toxins. Animal products are cruel anyway since I have something called compassion. People need to look it up. Vinegar and lemon is great. I use it 4 times a month.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:16 am
I have tried egg yolk to my hair it really work’s. One can also go for fresh aelo-vera gel to the hair, it will give bounce and shine to hair.
March 5th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Egg yolk works wonderfully for shine, doesn’t do much to condition though.
April 12th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
does anyone know a recipe to make a homemade version of wen hair
conditioner. I LOVE IT! But, I can’t afford to keep buying it!
June 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Natasha, please stop misleading people with your agenda. If you have facts and sources to back up your claims then fine, but don’t go spewing false or unverified information just because you are offended by the use of animal products. Eggs have sulfur, and sulfur actually helps to remove toxins so I don’t know how you can say that the egg is full of toxins when I know that is not the case, therefore I discredit your entire post. You need to look it up. Furthermore, for someone who claims to be compassionate, you sure do not hesitate to belittle others who do not hold your views.
June 10th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Thanks for steppin up Alexi #14, and jeez Natasha regarding toxins, did you know that some studies say soy products cause breast cancer, google it! So step off your high horse for god’s sake, this is a hair forum… speakin of, my hair is dry, frizzy and processed. I found a ratio of 3/4 honey & 1/4 olive oil mixed and applied after shampooing work really well, especially if you put a shower cap over that and sleep with it. adding tea tree oil or essential oil helps with the smell of anything except mayo, which did nothing anyway for my hair.
June 19th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Speaking of olive oil and honey! I did that last nite and I slept with a shower cap and scarf (to keep my head somewhat heated). I’m about to wash it out now. This mixture works great! It leaves your hair extremely soft and its aids in maintaining friz.
July 20th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I’ve done the mayo and when I saturated my hair with it, it was a tangled stinky mess. However once I shampoo’d the mayo out my hair was soft and shiney.