Slavic women have been using medicinal plants in home hair care for centuries. The most popular of them include, water and alcohol extracts from which are actively used for hair health.
You probably paid attention to the fact that chamomile extract and essential oil of the plant are often included in modern therapeutic and hygienic hair products. Despite the fact that in cosmetology every year new effective methods of caring for appearance appear, extracts of medicinal plants and chamomile do not give up their positions.
And the use of dried and fresh flower baskets in home cosmetology not only does not lose relevance, but is becoming more and more popular even among the busiest women. After all, what could be easier than preparing a decoction or infusion of chamomile to rinse your hair after each wash?
Such a simple manipulation significantly improves the condition of the curls, enhances the natural shine and gives a charming sheen to the hair, especially if performed regularly. Did you know that after rinsing your hair with chamomile infusion, they acquire an amazing aroma that attracts the opposite sex at the subconscious level?
The benefits of chamomile for hair
The infusion, like a decoction of chamomile for hair, has the following beneficial properties:
- strengthening the roots;
- elimination of seborrhea, irritation of the scalp and dandruff;
- slowing down hair loss;
- getting rid of split ends;
- activation of growth processes;
- giving elasticity and resilience to the rods;
- regulation of the production of skin secretions (reduction of greasiness with oily hair and activation of the sebaceous glands with dry ones);
- enhancing natural shine, especially for dull and lifeless hair;
- prevention of fragility of rods;
- giving a golden hue to light curls;
- biological and absolutely safe hair lightening (when using concentrated extracts).
Practical use
Medicinal raw materials are harvested during the flowering of a perennial that grows almost everywhere in Eurasia. Dried inflorescences of solar chamomile are sold in every pharmacy, so any woman can diversify her hair care. Turning to the origins of herbal medicine, you can find many effective recipes with chamomile, from which rinses, masks, infusions, tonics are prepared.
At home, infusion and decoction of chamomile inflorescences are most often used. Both of these agents are equally effective, however, a higher concentration of dyes is present in the decoction.
- How to prepare chamomile infusion?
Dried chamomile raw materials are steamed with boiling water in a teapot at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 250 ml of water. Infuse for 15 to 45 minutes, depending on the required degree of extraction. Filter through cheesecloth before use.
- How to prepare a decoction of chamomile?
Pour a tablespoon of chamomile with a glass of hot water and simmer in a water sauna for 15 minutes, cool the poi at room temperature and only then strain.
In some recipes, more concentrated chamomile extracts are used, so the ratio of vegetable raw materials and water may be different. For example, to prepare a strong infusion, take 3 tablespoons per glass of water.
Homemade hair mask with chamomile is an effective procedure for improving the condition of curls, the implementation of which will not take much time.
- Universal nourishing mask for all hair types
The combination of the healing properties of chamomile and rye bread, rich in B vitamins and trace elements, allows you to restore shine to lifeless hair and strengthen weak curls, especially those that have been dyed or permed.
In a warm broth of chamomile (200 ml), the crumb of rye (black) bread, for example, Borodino, is soaked until a homogeneous gruel is obtained, which is applied to pre-washed wet hair under a warming cap for 1.5-2 hours. Wash off the mask without the use of detergents with warm water. The last rinse is carried out with a decoction of chamomile.
- Strengthening and strengthening hair growth mask with
To strengthen the roots, saturate the hair follicles with nutrients and activate the growth processes, you will need to apply a mask with castor oil, yolks and chamomile ether to your head once a week before washing.
10 ml of castor or burdock oil and 12 drops of chamomile essential oil are added to three egg yolks pounded white. The homogeneous composition is rubbed into the roots for 5 minutes, the remains are applied to the curls, put on a warming cap, kept for 40 minutes and washed off with an organic shampoo for your hair type.
- Tonic against dandruff and seborrhea with chamomile
A tonic prepared at home can fully replace expensive pharmaceutical dandruff remedies. To obtain an elixir, a strong infusion of chamomile is prepared by brewing a tablespoon of dry inflorescences with half a glass of boiling water, insisting it for 50 minutes, filtering, and mixing the healing liquid with medical alcohol (10 ml) or vodka (20 ml). Store the tonic in the refrigerator, use it 2 times a week to rub into the skin and apply along the entire length after shampooing.
Change hair color with chamomile
Most often, experts advise using rinses with chamomile for fair hair, since they most of all show an interesting color effect of the plant. The infusion and decoction of the inflorescences give the curls an elegant honey-golden sheen, which cannot be obtained with the help of synthetic dyes.
But applying concentrated extracts from inflorescences to the hair according to a certain method has a whitening effect, even for dark hair. Chamomile for lightening hair can be used as an alternative to tinted cosmetics. Strong water extracts and their combination with various products allow you to lighten curls by 1-3 tones.
- The use of chamomile decoction for bleaching strands
The easiest way to dye your hair is to moisten the washed and dried strands with a strong decoction or infusion with an interval of 1-2 days until the desired shade is obtained. 3 tablespoons of dried raw materials are taken per glass of water. You can apply chamomile not on the whole head, but on individual strands, ends or lower part of the hair.
- Lemon juice with chamomile for intensive brightening
Citrus fruit juice has the ability to enhance the oxidative processes occurring in the structure of the strands, which allows you to increase the degree of lightening of the curls. In addition, the organic acids of the lemon extract help to activate the natural shine of the hair and neutralize shampoo residues.
2 tablespoons of dry chamomile are steamed in 70 ml of boiling water, infused for about 20 minutes. Strained infusion is combined with 100 ml of freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice and applied to clean, dry strands for 40 minutes. The composition is washed off with warm water. If necessary, the procedure is immediately repeated, after drying the hair.
- Brightening mask with hydrogen peroxide and chamomile infusion
The tool allows you to whiten the hair, while not adversely affecting their structure. This mask works best on oily hair, while making it more porous and drying the skin. Intensive filtered infusion of chamomile (100 g of dry raw material per 0.3 l of boiling water, leave for 1 hour) is combined with 60 ml of vodka and 25 ml of pharmacy hydrogen peroxide (3%). The composition is impregnated with the hair before the planned washing, kept for half an hour, washed off with shampoo.
- Hair Brightener
The combination of chamomile decoction with honey allows you to add shine to dull hair and saturate it with honey shades. In addition, honey has a nourishing and moisturizing effect on the rods.
In a warm concentrated decoction of baskets, which is prepared from a tablespoon of chamomile and half a glass of water, (temperature 40 ° C) dissolve a tablespoon of bee honey. The product is applied to the curls after washing, kept for 10 minutes and washed off with warm water. The procedure is performed at least 2 times a week.
Combined remedy for hair loss
Dried chamomile raw materials go well with other plants. Such combinations have a multifaceted effect on the hair and are widely used in home care for the skin appendages. For example, bay leaf and chamomile hair combined with burdock root and rosemary herb help stop alopecia. Regular application of a decoction of these plants strengthens the hair follicles, cleanses them of sebaceous plugs and stops hair loss.
In ½ liter of hot water, pour 1 tablespoon of rosemary needles, chamomile inflorescences, chopped burdock root and add 4 leaves of bay. The product is brought to a boil and kept under the lid on the smallest fire for 7-8 minutes, cooled and filtered. The elixir is rubbed into the scalp after each wash, massaging the roots for about 5 minutes. After half an hour, the curls are rinsed with the remnants of the infusion (do not rinse!) And dry them with a towel, preferably under the sun or in the fresh air.
Numerous reviews and photos, before and after using chamomile for hair, clearly indicate an improvement in the condition, appearance and quality of the hair. Whether you use recipes to lighten or tone, eliminate dandruff or boost growth, the visual effect of chamomile-based products is always there. Naturally, if you use them for the period of time recommended by experts.
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