Folk recipes for skin and hair care sometimes help no worse than the most expensive medical and professional cosmetics. But they cost several times cheaper, are made from readily available ingredients and delight with their naturalness and simplicity.
One of the most common cosmetic problems among the urban population is the problem of oily hair. In the city, the air is saturated with dust, heavy metals, smog and soot, which instantly settle on the hair and turns even freshly washed curls into scruffy icicles. In addition, washing water plays a significant role in increasing oily hair - in the city water supply it is oversaturated with bleach, which upsets the Ph balance of the skin and provokes a greater secretion of sweat and sebum. And, of course, the hair starts to get very oily in the winter, when they are dried out by central heating and constantly hide under caps without access to air.
A good help for urban residents will be hair masks . For oily hair - this is a really effective method that will help bring them back to normal. A considerable number of them are produced by the cosmetics industry, but we’ll try better the old, proven recipes of our grandmothers. Homemade masks for oily hair often include the following ingredients: brown bread, mustard, eggs, chamomile. All of these remedies help balance the production of sebum and reduce pollution. Consider the most popular hair masks.
For oily hair: the first recipe
It is called egg-chamomile mixture. To prepare it, you need one egg, 50 grams of dried inflorescences of chamomile and half a glass of boiling water. Steam the chamomile in boiling water, let it brew, cool, strain (you can use cheesecloth for this) and mix the eggs with the whipped egg whites. Apply the resulting mixture on the hair and rub it gently into the skin. Let it dry. Rinse off with shampoo. Hair after such a mask is not so quickly soiled, and thanks to the camomile it becomes soft.
The second mask recipe for oily hair roots has long been known. It will require brown bread crusts. They form an acidic substance in a steamed form, which well flushes fat from the hair, nourishes the roots and evens out the acid-base balance of the skin. Take 100 grams of dried crusts of rye bread and pour ½ cup boiling water. Cover tightly and set aside for an hour. When the water has cooled, it will turn into bread slurry, it must be gently rubbed into the roots, and then left under a plastic hat or bag for half an hour. After this, the hair should be washed well with water. There is no need to use shampoo, since such hair masks are easily washed off.
For oily hair, a mustard mixture is also suitable.
As you know, dry mustard is a good degreasing agent. And it can also be used in a mask. Take 2 tablespoons of dry mustard and the same amount of hot water, one yolk and two teaspoons of vegetable oil (best of all - burdock) and sugar. Apply the mixture on the hair and keep warm for half an hour to an hour. Rinse off with water. With this mixture, you not only remove excess fat from the roots, but also nourish the hair. As you can see, the best assistant in the fight for beauty are natural hair masks. For oily hair, this is just a salvation, since it is very difficult to cope with this type of curls.