God has been very democratic and liberal with our hair (something America is currently not). He made sure that we all have our own hair types. The curly French fries! The Twister Rollercoaster! The calming Beach waves! The Thorny Frizz! Long as Nile! Short as worms! I could go all day long about the diversity. But, we will always have the society to crack things up with diversity and try to establish a uniformity! Sadly, even hair hasn’t skipped this criterion! Addressing the elephant in the room, EVERYBODY WANTS STRAIGHT HAIR.
For reasons that I fail to understand, straight hair is a symbol of beauty. The straight sleek hair just slipping away from your grip, flowing with the currents of the wind is eye candy! Generalising it to the widest conception ever, straightening your hair to a party is the benchmark of you looking pretty.
Every girl dreams of her frizzy hair magically turning into straight shiny hair within seconds. The concept of genetics is lying miserably in the dustbin.
Hence began the trend of straightening, softening, permanent straightening and what not. The visual appeal set aside, let us address the adversities (that rhymed!). firstly, you are subjecting your hair to searing hot iron rods. Try touching them and you would know what amount of damage it does to your hair. Secondly, the effect is not forever. The hair begins to bunch right at the place where you tie it up and it looks horrendous! Thirdly, if you have taken the effort, then you surely can’t afford it.
With this article is here to bring you several methods to use kitchen leftovers for attaining a straight, silky and shining mane. But ground rules are important.
Firstly, note that these methods are to be followed twice a week at least. Also, to be noted that the effect is being demanded out of natural produce. Please realise that the effects are delayed yet long lasting. Don’t sue us if your hair isn’t like Anushka Sharma’s in the Panteen advertisement after an oil bath.
1. OIL is your compulsory BFF
Whoever told you that oil attracts dirt needs to be eliminated from your life. For hot oil treatments are the very basics of having straight locks. Oil does everything that the next 14 items can do single handed. It can moisturize, strengthen, give shine, protect and everything. May be even a back flip!
All you need to do is to choose an oil of your liking, heat it moderately, apply it deep to the roots on the scalp, wear on a shower cap and sleep on it. Wash it in the morning.
2. APPLE CIDER VINEGAR an after-shower supplement.
Let us begin this listing with something simple. ACV can be an excellent after-shower add-on to your hair that can smoothen the brittle ends and give a straight finishing to your hair. It adds shine to your hair and maintains it straight.
After conditioning your hair and rinsing it, mix 3-4 cups of ACV into a mug of water and rinse your hair with it.
3. Ba ba ba, ba BANANA
Well, don’t we all love this quick snack? You know who else loves it? Your unruly and curly hair which hates to play by your rules. Here is an effective moisture laden mask primarily made of banana, that helps to hydrate your hair and keep the rowdy locks of your hair in check.
Take a ripe banana, blend in with 1/4th cup of cold milk and 4 tbsp of coconut oil. Blend it to a creamy consistency and apply the mask onto your hair. Cover it with a shower cap for 20 minutes. Rinse with cool water and then use shampoo and conditioner.
4. Spray ALOE VERA for no stray hair!
Leave on sprays have known to show wonderful effects on unmanageable and frizzy hair. A leave on s pray helps by settling its straightening molecules on the conditioned hair and acting 24*7.
Mix in equal amounts of aloe Vera gel, glycerine and coconut oil into a liquid. The water in aloe gel will provide enough liquidity to the spray. After washing your hair and using conditioner and rinsing it, spray this liquid onto your damp hair and do not wash.
5. KERATINE Rich Egg Pack
Egg whites are probably okay. But yolks? Their stench is horrendous! But as we all know; the most effective medicine is the most bitter one. Such is egg yolk as it has keratin proteins in it. Keratin equates to strong and straight hair. It repairs damaged hair from the roots and give hair the gloss it needs.
In a bowl, whip 2 egg yolks, aloe Vera gel, 4 spoons of vegetable oil. Mix it thoroughly and spread into the roots of your hair. Cover your hair with a shower cap and rinse after 15 minutes with a regular hair wash.
6. CASTOR OIL to cast a spell!
Want a stunningly straight, sleek and unbelievable gorgeous mane with the least possible effort? Have you met my friend castor oil? Like any other oils, castor oil can moisturize your hair right from the follicles. The moisturization trickles down to the tips of the hair that maintains it straight. Added goodness of honey will soften the harshness in your hair thus adding more sheen to the hair.
Mix castor oil and honey in the ratio of 2:1, massage into your hair right down to the scalp, comb your hair straight with a wide comb. Keep It for an hour and wash it off.
7. COCONUT to nutcrack your harsh hair
Coconut is the charm for literally anything that goes wrong with your physical health. From face to toes to your hair, coconut is the answer. May be coconut was introduced by moms who equate their child’s sore toe is because of their phones.
Never the less, get your hands on some coconut milk cream, or coconut milk would do just as fine. Squeeze in some lemon and apply it directly to the scalp. After 15 minutes, rinse it with cold water.
8. HYDRATION, STRENGTH AND SHINE!
These three elements help you to maintain the best mane in your friends’ circle ever. Olive oil, another well-known hydrant will help to moisturize dry hair and keep it good fed. Milk provides the hair with the necessary proteins to stay strong and healthy. Honey will provide the softness in the hair which tops the effort of the duo. Together, these three ensure beautiful, soft and straight hair.
½ cup of milk, 4 tbsp of honey and 2 tbsp of olive oils mixed together to form a concoction which is to be scrubbed into the scalp is exactly what you need to keep your hair straight.
9. Cook some CORN spew some LEMON
This remedy is bound to be giving sort of a permanent settlement for frizzy hair. This pack helps to maintain the goodness that you have derived from it. Retaining the straightness which seems to be the sole problem with straightening your hair will be easily solved by this pack.
2 tbsp olive oil, 1 cup of coconut oil, 3 tbsp of corn starch and 4 tbsp of lemon juice are to be mixed in a large bowl in medium heat until it becomes creamy. Apply the mixture and cover your hair with a shower cap for an hour. Rinse with shampoo.
10. EGGS to be the saviour
It is well known that eggs are the fairy godmothers of hair. Discussed above, egg yolks have keratin which dust some fairy floss on to your broomstick on your scalp. Added to this is the goodness of olive oil. This well-known beauty product is known to work wonders by moisturising dry parts of the body. Mix two full eggs with olive oils and apply the mask on your scalp. After an hour of securing with a shower cap, wash it off.
11. MILK, HONEY AND STRAWBERRIES. But sadly, on your hair and not your tummy.
Sounds delicious, doesn’t it? More than your mouth, your hair is salivating more I bet! As we all know, milk is probably the best natural moisturiser on the planet, honey can add sheen to almost anything that it touches and strawberry though called the scintillating fruit, it happens to have best enzymes in it to keep your hair straight for a long time. As a mixture, this hair pack will safeguard the hair shaft and makes it strong.
Grind some milk with honey and mashed strawberries and apply the mask on your hair for 2-3 hours. Rinse it with shampoo.
12. SOYA? Oh Yeah!
Soya bean oil has special properties in keeping the frizz away. More than any other oil, soya oil has nourishment that ca help the frizz in your hair to settle down. Soya oil keeps the consistency from tip to ends of the hair as it is a natural binder.
Heat a tbsp. of both soya oil and castor oil and apply it on the scalp. Keep it on for however long you usually keep the oil in your hair and rinse with shampoo.
13. Yes, you read that right.
Everyone knows that beer gives you a pot belly. Not just that but silky straight hair. Ever heard of park avenue’s beer shampoo for men? Find the advert on YouTube its hilarious. Everything set aside, beer is rich in certain proteins and vitamins that help as a cleansing and shining agent. Hence it helps to keep the hair straight at a molecular level.
Dilute some beer in water and rinse your hair after conditioning in beer.
14. CELERY mouth may hate, your hair will love!
Ever seen celery juice? Can easily be a replacement for blood. In your Halloween props. Other than that, it also purifies your blood! Metaphorical right? Moreover, it is one of the undiscovered components that can help you to maintain straight hair.
Extract juice out of the celery sticks and apply onto your hair. Add in some oils if wanted. Cover your hair with a shower cap and let it be so over-night. Rinse with shampoo in the morning.
15. Give your hair the Cleopatra MILK treatment.
JUST LET YOUR HAIR SOAK IN MILK. JUTS SOAK. THAT’S IT. I DONOT NEED TO ELOBARATE ON HOW BENEFICIAL THIS IS. DO IT ALREADY!
