Homemade Hibiscus Hair Mask for Coarse Hair

Having coarse hair can be a blessing as its very hard for it to break and can withstand both chemical and heat treatments than medium and fine hair. Though it can be hard too to take care of coarse hair. Combing it is a struggle! Hair care routine takes a long time. Though using hair masks on regular bases can make your hair more manageable. Now let's create homemade hibiscus hair mask for coarse hair.

HAIRCARE

Roxana McQuincy

3/18/20253 min read

hibiscus flower
hibiscus flower

Including hair masks in your haircare routine by weekly or bi-weekly basis can help nourish your hair. If you have dry, processed or damaged hair, hair mask can help to revitalize and repair damage caused by heat treatments or chemical perms, relaxers and colorant treatments that weaken hair strands over time.

This hibiscus hair mask has numerous benefits for your hair. The following is a list of things that it can do for your hair

  • Moisturize your hair

  • Repair heat damage on hair strands

  • Seal open hair cuticles

  • Reduce hair breakage

  • Restore hydration to hair strands

If you get to use this hair mask, you are likely to see positive changes and within 4 to 6 weeks your won't shed as much, hair breakage will be less, your hair won't be brittle or dry and wiry over time. It will restore hair shine and luster. If you like to have beautiful lustrous and silky locks hibiscus hair mask is a way to go! This recipe is going to do amazing thing for your hair can't wait for good results!

Selecting Ingredients

  • Fermented rice water: Rice water has become very popular nowadays and for right reasons. Rice water can help to smoothen open hair cuticles and reduce frizz and help hair detangling that's why it is added in this recipe for coarse hair.

  • Hibiscus powder: It can encourage and stimulate hair growth. It can also strengthen hair shafts and prevent hair breakage. It can condition the hair when added to your hair mask. Hibiscus has other benefits such as making your hair more silky and shinier.

  • Raw honey: Apart from having self preserving properties, natural honey is a very good humectant. Therefore it can be a good remedy to prevent hair breakage, improve hair and scalp health, soften your hair as fighting hair frizz.

  • Vitamin E oil: Vitamin E oil is good at fighting off oxidative stress on hair caused by free radicals from pollution and UV sunrays that can harm your hair. Vitamin E oil can repair damages that have been done on your hair by heating tools over time. Using vitamin E oil can also promote hair growth and hair length retention.

  • Essential oil: This is additional but not the core part of your recipe, if you don't have one don't worry You can skip an essential oil and still the hair mask is going to be good it won't break the recipe!

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup of fermented rice water

  • 5 tablespoons of hibiscus powder

  • 3 tablespoons of raw honey

  • 1 teaspoon of vitamin E oil

  • 20 drops of essential oil(optional)

I always suggest that you gather your ingredients and tools before starting making your recipe. Get a saucepan with a lid, measuring spoons, your own designated bottle or a cool Mason jar, a kitchen thermometer and a strainer just in case.

rice for making fermented water
rice for making fermented water

Instructions

  1. Start making your recipe by gathering your ingredients: fermented rice water, raw honey, vitamin E oil and any essential oil.

  2. Place your saucepan over a stove top and pour fermented rice water, add raw honey then cover it with a lid tightly.

    QUICK TIP: Wash the rice a day before and the water used to wash the rice, store them in a jar and close the lid. Wait for it to ferment. Do it one week before making this recipe for more benefits. The longer you leave it to ferment the better, 7 days is enough!

  3. Simmer your mixture over low heat for like 20 to 25 minutes, stir after every few minute so that you won't scorch your mixture. Remove it from the stove and wait this mixture to cool.

  4. Add this liquid and mix with hibiscus powder to make a paste in a mixing bowl.

  5. Add vitamin E oil and your favorite essential oil drop by drop and stir well uniformly.

  6. Your hair mask is ready! Store your hair mask in refrigerator an use it within 2 weeks.

How to Use Hibiscus Hair Mask

  • Wash and shampoo your hair as usual. Towel-dry it.

  • Then apply and massage your hair mask and comb through your hair.

  • Wear your shower cap and let the mask sit in your hair for 30 minutes to one hour.

  • Rinse your hair with warm water, blow dry or towel-dry your hair.

  • Apply your leave-in conditioner, hair lotion, hair serum or hair oil and style as usual.

About me

Hello, my dear gorgeous! Welcome to my blog and learn with me as you walk in your skincare journey. I'm skincare enthusiast and a student. I like sharing my passion of beauty and skincare with the world. I like blogging, reading and binge watching YouTube vlogs and Netflix during my leisure time.

pink rose on wicker basket
pink rose on wicker basket