Homemade Products Only Routines

**Fronomenal** · 07-30-2010, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by Natural Stylist

Mayo is the bomb for conditioner!

Try my Fruit Smoothie Conditioner: 4 or 5 juices of fruit, oil, milk, honey. Mix and go. Leave on for 1 hour and then rinse out. I love it.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll def try them.

**NaturalBlissfulness** · 07-30-2010, 09:43 PM

I have a recipe for those of you that like to use gels in their hair.

Things You Will Need:

Agar Agar - ½ cup [you can substitute Agar agar with any other vegan gelatin substitute]
Aloe vera gel - ¼ cup [I use the Aloe Life brand]
Essential oil (for aroma) - 10 drops

Agar agar is basically derived from seaweed and in used in making many of the jelly recipes. It is known for its elastic properties and you can also make great hair gel out of it.

Directions:
1. First step to prepare this recipe is to dissolve the agar agar granules. Pour some water into a saucepan and add agar agar flakes to it.

2. Heat the saucepan until the flakes dissolve completely. Once these flakes are dissolved, remove the saucepan from heat and whisk in the essential oil and aloe vera to it.

3. Transfer the solution to a container and refrigerate it for at least 6 hours. You can also refrigerate it overnight. When the solution is set you can use the gel for your hair. You can store this homemade hair gel at normal temperature in your bathroom.

**Kupcake7** · 03-21-2011, 02:12 AM

@dreamyb any alterntive to aloe cause im allergic lol. I don't know what else to use to sub that... Thanks in Advance

**ziyiazi** · 03-23-2011, 12:47 PM

Great recipes! I used vinegar rinse as my regular condition. I will try Aloe Vera rinses as and see. Does honey rinse has a ph between 4 and 5.5 ?

**Natural Stylist** · 03-28-2011, 01:33 AM

I do. I make EVERYTHING. and have been for a long time. I love to. My husband makes fun of me that all of my concoctions are going to blow up one day!

My dad came to visit one time a looked in the fridge and ask what in here was safe for him to eat. half was my home made hair care products!

**Natural Stylist** · 03-28-2011, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by journey_continues

haha, that's funny reading where you were compared to where you are now. i haven't used any commerical products since....the end of that year. i want to go back though because all the conditioners i make leave my hair really dry the next day.

i ended up using EOs, baking soda, and water as my shampoo and i stick with that right now.

fruit smoothie!

**zadaya** · 03-29-2011, 04:39 AM

Here my recipe,

leave in con-H2o,sage,rosemary,lemon.All inger are infused in water.
leave in cream-Shea butter&jojoba oil,coconut oil,castor oil.
poo_Black soap w/evoo.

All homemade work great!!!

**rosalindb** · 04-02-2011, 10:29 PM

I make most of my own products. The only staple products I buy are Aubrey organics conditioners. I treat myself to a few natural products occasionally and even then it is mainly just samples

Pre-Poo (Aubrey Organics GPB conditioner mixed with JBCO and Honey)
Shampoo (African Black Soap & Rosewater)
Deep Conditioner (Aubrey Organics White Camellia)
Spritz (Rosewater)
Homemade oil concoctions

I want to make a hair butter this winter

**Angej** · 04-03-2011, 07:25 PM

I make my own leave-in conditioners and daily moisturizers. I do buy my Tea Tree Tingle sulfate free shampoo from Trader Joes. I don't do weekly deep treatments or rinse out conditioners on my hair because I've found that my 4B hair dosen't need it. Instead I make a mixture of Shea Butter, coconut oil and olive oil/almond oil and use it as my leave-in conditioner after shampooing. I also use this mixture or coconut oil alone as my daily moisturizer. In addition when my hair needs spritzing I make my own leave in spritz with Sodium Lactate, water, castor oil and vanilla oil.

**gilroygal** · 04-25-2011, 02:12 PM

I am currently making a hair tea to add t my routine. I typically use home made stuff and right now I am using aloe mixed with glycerin or just pure glycerin for my moisturizer. It seems like aloe as a leave in is making my hair dull, but glycerin adds the shine. I am using the aloe directly on my scalp to help heal it from one of the major reactions that I had from a commercial product. I DO use commercial products on my daughter like Tea Tree Tingle (Trader Joe's) and Oyin Whipped Pudding for moisture. Our hair IS SO DIFFERENT!! Both nappy, but SO DIFFERENT!!