DIY Moisturizing Hair Detangler

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Dawn Michelle in DIY, Hair Yesterday morning my mixing skills got the best of me and I was feeling like a fierce chemist My online order of !anthenol and silk amino acids finally arri"ed I was not exactly s#re how I was going to incor!orate them into my hair regimen I knew my hair res!onded extremely well to !anthenol in !rod#cts I had also heard wonderf#l things abo#t silk amino acids $inally I was abo#t to see how the two ingredients together made a difference in !re"io#s DIY hair !rod#cts I%"e made and lo"ed &he base of this form#la is "ery similar to my DIY 'ea"e(In )onditioner b#t the text#re and conditioning*strengthening !ro!erties are com!letely different +lso detangling my hair with the DIY 'ea"e(In )onditioner alone is ne"er a !retty sight I #s#ally #se another conditioner on to! for more sli! or #se that conditioning s!ray as a style refresher ,hat I lo"e most abo#t the DIY Moist#ri-ing Hair Detangler is that I did not ha"e to #se two se!erate !hases in creating it +s many of yo# know I desire to kee! my creations as sim!le as !ossible, b#t still get ama-ing res#lts &he crown of my hair is extra coarse +nytime I try to detangle it, I know it will be diffic#lt regardless of how !atient or gentle I treat my hair &his morning was the com!lete o!!osite, and my new DIY Moist#ri-ing Hair Detangler had e"erything to do with it. I ha"e a good feeling that this reci!e will grow and change o"er time, b#t my excitement won%t let me kee! this to myself

What You Will Need:

Aloe Vera Juice/1*2 c#! Distilled Water/1*2 c#! Silk Amino Acids/1*2(1 teas!oon Panthenol Vit !"#/1 teas!oon Vegeta$le %l&cerin/1 teas!oon %uar %um/1 teas!oon 'osemar& (ssential )il/0 dro!s *emongrass (ssential )il/0 dro!s !lender+Small ,ood Processor +dd all of the ingredients in a blender or small food !rocessor and mix on high for abo#t 1(2 min#tes 3#ar g#m gi"es a lot of sli! to this !rod#ct yet also makes it feel more like a moist#ri-ing hair 4elly as it is also an em#lsifier 5se only 1*2 teas!oon of g#ar g#m or add a bit more water*aloe "era 4#ice if yo# like it to be less 4elly(like and more of a li6#id 7tore in a clean 4ar or wide mo#th bottle I noticed my c#rls to cl#m! 6#ickly as well as comb thro#gh with my seamless

wooden comb easily I will no longer need to #se a Denman style br#sh to smooth and define my c#rls for the &ightly )#rly Method or to !#t my hair #! in a b#n +lso my hair was shinier than #s#al and extremely manageable &he tr#e test of this !rod#ct will be sending some to my mother who is transitioning from relaxed hair to nat#ral hair and is certainly ha"ing a challenging time of it My fingers are crossed.

Wh& -hese Ingredients.

Aloe Vera Juice +loe "era moist#ri-es the hair and kee!s it soft It is !acked with "itamin 812, "itamin ), amino acids, minerals, and salicylic acid It has been #sed for general hair health, hair growth, and also as a hair sham!oo and conditioner Distilled Water ,ater is the one tr#e moist#ri-er for hair 9ther ingredients bind to water to kee! the moist#re in the hair follicle :at#ral oils can be added on to! of water based hair !rod#cts to seal in that moist#re Silk Amino Acids 7ilk amino acids is silk !rotein that has the ability to !enetrate the hair shaft and bind to keratin strengthening damaged strands and !ro"iding extra !rotection Panthenol Vit !"# Panthenol is a !enetrating moist#ri-er that !ro"ides shine, l#ster, and strength while hel!ing !re"ent s!lit ends It is also a detangler im!ro"ing the elasticity in hair Vegeta$le %l&cerin ;egetable glycerin is known for being a h#mectant It is an ama-ing ingredient to add when air drying hair It is ama-ing for c#rly hair and really dry hair It sho#ld be #sed "ery s!aringly so that it doesn%t create a sticky film %uar %um 3#ar g#m is a wonderf#l em#lsifier that gi"es sli! to hair !rod#cts as well as aids in detangling hair 'osemar& (ssential )il <osemary essential oil stim#lates hair follicles, therefore increasing hair strength, hair growth, and for dry and flaky scal!s It has also been #sed as a remedy for mental fatig#e *emongrass (ssential )il 'emongrass essential oil stim#lates hair follicles and also adds a refreshing citr#s fragrance to the lea"e(in conditioner It has anti(bacterial !ro!erties and is calming and soothing to the body I !#rchased the !anthenol and silk amino acids from 9rganic )reations &he rest of the ingredients can be fo#nd at Mo#ntain <ose Herbs or a nat#ral grocery store =n4oy..

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