Homemade Honey and Avocado Oil Moisturizing Hair Conditioner
You might be thinking of making your own DIY hair conditioner, right? That's why you are reading this post. I like making stuff, so let's make homemade honey and avocado oil moisturizing hair conditioner. This is moisturizing hair conditioner can turn frizziest hair into silky, smooth lock of hair.
HAIRCARE
Hair conditioners are a good treat after cleansing the hair of greasy oils, dandruff and other dirt. After shampooing your hair, your single hair strands are stripped of their natural oils and cuticles are open at the moment. If your hair is colored, processed and damaged hair, hair conditioners can restore and revitalize your hair to silky, smooth hair.
This recipe of Honey and Avocado oil Moisturizing Hair Conditioner can give you a 360 degrees turn around and have a beautiful head of hair. Conditioning your hair can make it easier to style and manage your hair. Let's begin!
SELECTING INGREDIENTS
Avocado oil: It is dark green-colored with avocado-like aroma carrier oil. It is good for all hair types. It can restore lost amino acids and fatty acids in your hair strands.
Honey: Oh! Sweet honey! Find a natural honey in order to reap more benefits for your hair. Honey is a natural humectant, meaning it can make your hair more hydrated after using a harsh shampoo. But also honey is self-preserving. If you have issues with bees products then switch it for vegetable glycerin.
Emulsifying wax: Now in order to create an emulsion or mix the water-based ingredients with oil-based ingredients that's when emulsifying wax come into play. Find a plant-based version, better option is emulsifying wax NF.
Stearic acid: These are white flakes derived from vegetable fats. You'll add these with oil-based ingredients. Stearic acid helps to form a moisture barrier on the hair strands. Help to keep your hair hydrated.
Liquid lecithin: It is a brown colored liquid derived from soybeans. Helps to bind water-based ingredients with oil-based ingredients. Usually added to the oil-based ingredients. Get a natural liquid lecithin for this recipe.
Distilled water: This sterilized water used in our recipe. This recipe, in fact, more than 80% is water. Don't use tap water or even bottled water, it is highly likely contains microbes, impurities and minerals that may affect the quality of our hair conditioner and reduce its shelf-life.
Xanthan gum powder: It is an odorless gum powder coming from a certain type of bacteria. IT helps thickens your hair conditioner preventing it from being too runny. If you got no, no policy for animal products use guar gum. Both options a soluble in water.
Tea tree essential oil: This essential oil is good for hair because it helps to stimulate hair follicles. It can also be anti-microbial and anti-fungal which can keep these germs away from your head of hair!
Vitamin E oil: Vitamin E oil can nourish your hair but in this scenario it is used as a preservative agent. This is the safe choice for natural DIY haircare recipe like this one.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of avocado oil
1 tablespoon of honey
2 teaspoons of emulsifying wax
½ teaspoons of stearic acid
½ teaspoon of liquid lecithin
.½ cup of distilled water
⅛ of xanthan gum powder
30 drops of tea tee essential oil
10 drops of vitamin E oil
Gather your ingredients together with a measuring cup, glass bowl, kitchen thermometer, saucepan, teaspoons, tablespoons and hand-held mixer.
Instructions
Combine avocado oil, emulsifying wax, stearic acid and liquid lecithin in a glass measuring cup.
Now place your glass measuring cup in a saucepan containing few inches of water. place the saucepan in stove top and let it simmer till 160-180 Fahrenheit.
Meanwhile, take another glass measuring cup and combine honey, distilled water and xanthan gum powder in it. Repeat step 2 with this glass measuring cup.
Pour the oil/wax mixture from the glass measuring cup into a glass bowl. Start mixing with a hand-held mixer, on low speed and gradually increasing to medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the water mixture that you made in step 3, into oil/wax mixture and continue blending.
Now increase the speed to high and continue blending for 5 minutes.
Add tea tree essential oil and vitamin E oil and mix again at high speed for more 5 minutes.
Take your mixture and pour it in a well-sterilized pump bottle. Use within 14 days.
HOW TO USE YOUR HONEY AND AVOCADO OIL HAIR CONDITIONER
After making your hair conditioner now you can use it. Hair conditioners can help your hair manageability till another hair wash. Follow these steps:
After shampooing your hair, dry with microfiber towel but leave it damp, don't over-dry it.
Take a big blob of hair conditioner and rub it between palms of your hands.
Massage your hair and scalp, starting at hair ends to roots.
Leave the hair conditioner for 3 to 5 minutes.
Rinse out your hair with lukewarm water.
Dry your hair with a microfiber towel.
Blow dry your hair then apply hair serum or nourishing hair oil and comb through with wide-toothed comb.
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.
