By trying recipes for restoring balm, you can achieve excellent results: your hair becomes strong and thick.In addition to home remedies, there are also balms from trusted companies.
Hair is constantly exposed to external influences, for example from the sun, from the use of untreated water, from sudden climate changes.All these phenomena make hair weak, brittle, lifeless.One of the effective means of restoring a healthy appearance to hair is considered to be restorative hair balm.
The explanation for this is simple: the hair strengthening balm contains a powerful complex of vitamins and healing vegetable oils.Any restoring balm provides the hair with temporary protection from the negative factors of the surrounding atmosphere.
Homemade balm is better than store-bought
Usually, homemade cosmetics are considered more effective, since their contents are natural products and are cheaper in price than in stores.There are some other benefits of home remedies for hair restoration:
- Selection of products for any hair type.
- The product will not contain petroleum products.
- Products are only natural.
- Experiment with several products.
But there is a small drawback - it takes time to prepare balms and their short shelf life.You can make two types of hair strengthening balm within the walls of your home:
- Balm with minimal retention (one-time use).
- Reusable balm.
In the second case, the balm can be stored from 4 to seven days, otherwise all healing qualities will be lost.Most often, disposable products include products such as kefir, yolks, and medicinal herbs.
The methods of using such balms are different.As a rule, it is applied to clean, damp hair, preferably massaged lightly and distributed over the entire length of the hair.The holding time varies depending on the problem:
- for prevention it is quite possible to limit yourself to 5-10 minutes;
- To solve the problem with split ends, means leaving the product for 15-25 minutes;
- if you treat the hair structure, then keep the product under a special cap or plastic bag for 35-45 minutes.
Repairing balms at home
If you decide to prepare effective balms for hair restoration, then when making some recipes, you will need to visit special stores to buy this or that ingredient.A pleasant run around is worth it for the hair to be “reborn” again and gain strength.
As for most of these recipes, they will need to be prepared just before use.An excellent, strengthening balm is made from natural honey, raw yolk and agave (aloe) juice.Agave is taken at least three years of age.You need to take ceramic dishes, agave juice and honey (in liquid form) - one to one, add a yolk to the existing mixture (if the hair is long, then two yolks), mix everything thoroughly and spread the resulting balm on the wet hair along the entire length.Leave the product for 20-25 minutes.This balm will be a good strengthening agent for the hair follicle.
The next recipe is herbal, otherwise called “grandmother’s”.Before you start cooking, you need to thoroughly understand which herb is suitable for a particular hair type, this is a very important point:
- Chamomile and burdock are suitable for dry, brittle hair;
- oak bark, marigold and coltsfoot will save oily hair;
- Calamus root and chamomile decoction are suitable for light hair.
“Granny’s” balms are the easiest to prepare and do not require a specific proportion: pour 2-4 tablespoons of dry herbs with boiling water (300 ml - 500 ml), leave in a thermos for three to four hours.Then strain and pour into a dark bottle.Use the product after each hair washing procedure.For longer storage, it is permissible to add a thickener.
Strengthening balm is in great demand, and it can be prepared professionally even at home.You need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- base oils (this can be a mixture of avocado, almond and peach oils), in the amount of three teaspoons;
- purified water 55 ml;
- fresh lemon juice, 30 ml;
- 1/5 tablespoon of gelatin;
- 15 drops of famous wheat protein;
- wax - half a teaspoon;
- D-panthenol – half a teaspoon;
- essential oils.
Balms from stores
Still, there are people who like to save their time, so it will be easier for them to go to the store and buy a strengthening balm.Experts will help you choose the right product, or you can first get acquainted with the information yourself via the Internet.On store shelves you can find expensive strengthening balm (these are mostly branded products), as well as products at affordable prices.