Learn How to Make Your Very Own Hair Conditioner Here!

The love for natural beauty products is getting stronger and this is excellent news. This means that more and more consumers are now aware of the dangerous chemicals added in most commercially-sold beauty and personal care products. Haircare products are no exception. There are tons of shampoos and conditioners with toxic chemicals in them including suspected or potentially carcinogenic or cancer-causing substances.

Are There Safe and Natural Hair Care Products?

There are some companies now that have come out with shampoos and conditioners that are made with natural ingredients and free from toxic chemicals. Although, one has to be careful in buying products having “all-natural” and “organic” labels as some companies just put these labels in these products even when their products contain dangerous chemicals. The best thing to do is to look at the list of ingredients of a product. If a product lists down Parabens, Phthalates, DEA, MEA, TEA, Formaldehyde, and Fragrance in its ingredients, leave that product on the shelf as these ingredients are harmful to one’s health and the health of the environment. Learn more about the ingredients to avoid in beauty and personal care products from The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Make Your Own Hair Care Products

If you want to make sure that what you use on your hair is safe, perhaps the best thing to do is to make your own hair care products. This might sound like a gruelling ordeal, but the truth is it is quite easy to make your own hair care products and most of the time, the ingredients that you will need are just found in your kitchen. We have shared simple and easy to make recipes for homemade hair conditioners.

Recipes for Homemade Hair Conditioners

Hair Conditioner for Manageability You will need the following ingredients.

• A 1 large overripe banana
• About 4 tablespoons of Argan oil or Olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of Honey

Slice up the banana and place them in the blender. Add the rest of the ingredients in and blend until everything is smooth. Voila, you now have your very own conditioner that will help soften your hair and make it more manageable. Homemade Hair Conditioner for Detangling To whip up this homemade hair conditioner, you will need the following ingredients.

• 1 Overripe avocado
• 1/4 cup of Argan oil or olive oil
• 1/2 cup of unrefined shea butter
• About 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar

Start with cutting the avocado in half, remove the seed and spoon out the avocado flesh. Then slice the avocado. Place all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until you get a smooth consistency. Add in more oil if necessary. To use this conditioner, simply wash hair, apply the mixture, cover your hair with a shower cap and let the conditioner sit for about 30 minutes on your scalp and hair. Detangle and rinse as usually do. You’ll have an easier time styling your hair after! Have some homemade hair conditioner recipes of your own?