The Best Homemade Hair Masks

Hair masks keep your hair shiny, healthy and beautiful. When it comes to treating damage, bringing out shine, or hydrating thirsty strands, hair masks are your go-to. Luckily you can easily make them at home using a few simple ingredients. Below are the best homemade hair masks for gorgeous hair.

Coconut Oil

Coconut oil can be used on the hair in a few ways. If you want to make it a ‘real’ mask, you can apply it to your strands before you shower. Keep it on for 10 minutes before rinsing with shampoo and conditioner. If you want to use coconut oil as a deep conditioning treatment to moisturize and de-frizz, you can use it in place of a conditioner and apply from mid-shaft to the ends. Whatever method you choose, melt the coconut oil by rubbing a small amount in between your hands and use a wide-toothed comb to evenly coat the scamp and strands of hair.

Milk and Honey

Put one cup of milk along with one tablespoon of honey into a spray bottle and mist it onto your hair. Leave this in for 10 to 20 minutes after shampooing (in place of conditioner) and rinse out with warm water for shiny, smooth results. Honey contains keratin that helps strengthen the hair and prevents breakage. It also encourages cell regeneration for a healthier scalp and has anti-inflammatory properties that can calm irritation. When honey is combined with milk, which is chock-full of proteins, amino acids, vitamin B12, iron, and zinc, the duo helps soften the hair and support its structure.

Banana and Olive Oil

Use one ripe banana and one tablespoon of olive oil. Blend or mash the banana until it is lump-free puree. Add the olive oil and continue blending. The result should be a creamy, frothy hair mask. Apply the mask throughout the hair and scalp with fingers and leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing.

Banana hydrates and moisturizes dull, damaged, dry hair because it is rich in vitamins and minerals that strengthen the hair and balance the pH of the scalp. Olive oil is rich in healthy fats and vitamin E, which make the hair look more shiny and sleek. It can also moisturize the hair and heal damage that can cause breakage and split ends.

Avocado and Olive Oil

To make this use half of an avocado and half cup of olive oil. Mash this together in a bowl with a fork and apply to the split ends only. It is best when left on for a half-hour.

Avocados have minerals that will seal the cuticle, as well as proteins and vitamins to nourish and soften the hair. The layer of olive oil will add extra shine and sleekness to gloss over the damaged hair.

Yogurt

Mix one cup of yogurt with a tablespoon of olive oil and apply the mixture to the hair for 10 minutes before rinsing with warm water.

The makeup of yogurt can really help keep frizz at bay because of the lactic acid it contains, which does wonders for hydrating the hair.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Mix one cup of apple cider vinegar with a tablespoon of honey. Put the mixture into a spray bottle and mist onto hair. Leave this in for 10 minutes before rinsing with warm water.

Apple cider vinegar can help close the cuticle of color-treated hair, thus reducing fading, and it can also help control frizz, clear the hair follicle from debris, and help reduce hair loss.

Olive Oil and Coconut Oil

Mix one-fourth of a cup of olive oil with one tablespoon of heated coconut oil. Leave on the hair for 10 minutes in a shower cap then rinse with warm water.

Both olive oil and coconut oil are natural emollients that keep hydration in the hair so it can remain smooth, soft, and shiny.