Essential Care for Your Hair - Hair Care Using Aromatherapy
The condition of your hair can make or break your looks. It might be your 'crowning glory' or an unruly tangle that refuses to do what it's told. A fortune is spent on hair products, and yet many people, having gone through shelves of expensive preparations, are still dissatisfied with the results.
Essential oils do not alter your natural hair colour but they can help to enhance it. Chamomile is effective in lightening blonde hair; sage is good for black or brunette hair, while carrot, not surprisingly, enhances ginger hair. If you want to obtain colour from natural products, dyes are available from some shops and may be made from henna, turmeric, rhubarb, radishes, green privet, chamomile, alfalfa, tomatoes, oranges or cucumber.
Essential oils penetrate deeply into the hair shaft and follicle and, produce healthy, shinning hair. There are even essential oils that encourage new hair growth.
Making Your Own Shampoo Base
There are three variations here which will give you a basic 'soap stew'. Make whichever you find most convenient. Once made, the soap stew will keep forever.
- Pure Soap Flake Base
100g soap flakes
1 litre spring water
Simmer the water, add the soap flakes, stir until the soap dissolves. Cool and bottle in an old coffee jar or similar container. The mixture may gel or appear lumpy after being left for a while but don't worry, just beat it up in the blender when you make up your shampoos. - Castille Soap Base
100g castile soap, grated finely
1 litre spring water
Simmer the water, add the soap and bring to the boil until the soap has dissolved. Pour into a jar and store until needed. - Soapwort Root Base
12g soapwort root, crushed (stocked in herbalist/health shops)
2 pints spring water
Boil the water and pour it over the Soapwort in a bowl. Leave to infuse for at least an hour and then filter it through muslin or a coffee filter or fine strainer, and bottle. You will need larger quantities of this base when you shampoo - at least 2 tablespoons of the finished mixture.
Making Your Own Essential Oil Conditioner
Lecithin, which is included in the two conditioner bases given here, is an extremely important protein that plays a very important role within the human body. The lecithin we use here, however, has been extracted from soya beans. Health food shops sell this product in two forms, liquid and granule; we use the liquid one which resembles thick orange tar but which nevertheless emulsifies beautifully.
- Lecithin Conditioner Base 1
50ml liquid lecithin
50ml almond oil
12ml jojoba oil
6g cocoa butter
Using the bain-marie method, mix all the -ingredients until well melted and blended together. Pour into a jar and use as directed for the different hair types in the following pages. - Lecithin Conditioner Base 2
50ml soap stew
25ml liquid lecithin
Using the bain-marie method, warm the soap solution and then drip the lecithin in slowly, stirring all the time. When the mixture is well Wended, bottle and keep to use as directed.
Essential Oil Hair Rinses
Many types of natural rinse can be used but the best is simple cider vinegar. To this you can add the essential oils of your choice - 2 drops per tablespoon of vinegar, added to your final rinse water.
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