I don't want to leave out my blonde sisters!
Here's a hair mask for you. This will condition, moisturize, boost golden color and highlights, and color grays. People with darker hair can use this mask for golden highlights.
If you don't feel like making this, you can buy some at Miri.
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| My blonde sister and her son! |
The recipe
1/3 cup Chamomile powder1/3 cup bladderwrack powder
1/3 cup neutral henna (cassia odorata) powder
2 tablespoons raw honey
boiling water
Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Pour honey and boiling water over the mixture. Stir until blended into a paste. The consistency of the paste is up to you. If you start with dry hair, make the mask thinner.Coat the hair with this mask, cover with plastic wrap, a plastic bag, a shower cap, or whatever, and leave on for at least an hour. More is better!
Rinse in the shower. You can shampoo afterwards if you like, followed by a vinegar hair rinse.
Why it works
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| Chamomile powder from Saharas Supplies |
Chamomile
supposed to promote hair growth; lightens hair; brightens blonde hair; balances sebum production in the scalp; helps dandruffBladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus)
Bladderwrack is a seaweed that has three primary constituents: iodine, alginic acid, and fucoidan.The alginic acid (a polysaccharide) swells into a gelatinous substance upon contact with water. It protects the hair shaft and holds in moisture. I've seen references to its use for hair loss, but can't find any studies on that.Neutral henna (Cassia odorata)
Taken from Henna for Hair:
Cassia obovata powder looks very much like henna powder, but generally does not stain hair or hands. It is an excellent conditioner which makes hair glossy and thick, with a healthy scalp. When you mix this green leaf powder with warm water, it has a strong smell similar to a heap of warm mowed grass. If your powder stains your hair or hands yellow, it probably has some rhubarb root mixed into it.
Cassia obovata is also known as Senna obovata. Cassia and Senna are used often interchangeably in botanical texts. Do remember, though that Cassia, which is also called Senna, is NOT the Cassia, which is true Cinnamon. Just in case you were not confused enough already. For the purposes of this page, I’ll refer to Cassia/Senna as Cassia.
Cassia Obovata, harvested for use in hair, is grown in Egypt and Nubia. There are about 400 species of cassia around the world. Many of these species are used in folk medicines, as antifungals, antibacterials and laxatives, and were recorded in 9th and 10th century Arabic pharmacopoeia. Several Cassias traditionally used to cure fungal and bacterial infections have been tested and found to be highly effective against many microbes and fungi. The antimicrobial substance these cassias have in common is chrysophanic acid, an anthraqinone. Rhubarb root also has chrysophanic acid. Chysophanic acid, in its pure form is yellow, and if it is in high concentrations in rhubarb root or cassia, it may stain hair and skin yellow ... thus it is often used in “blonde henna” (which is not henna, and is not blonde!)
Chrysophanic acid (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone),Chemical structure of chrysophanic acid (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone)
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 72 (2000) 43–46
Cassias with high levels of anthraquinones and crysophanic acid are very effective inhibitors of skin fungus, mite infestations, bacterial and microbial diseases. Cassia alata, which has high levels of anthraquinones and crysophanic acid, has been traditionally used to treat eczema, itching and skin infections in humans. It has also been demonstrated to completely cure bovine skin lesions due to Dermatophilus Congolensis, Pityriasis versicolor, and mite infestation of rabbits, Psoroptes cuniculi. In other tests, Cassia alata anthraquinones were effective inhibitors of of Streptococus mutans, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus luteus, and Pseudomonas putida. Chrysophanic acid is also effective in treating psoriasis. The cassias with high levels of anthraquinones and crysophanic acid are genuinely effective in promoting healthy conditions of skin and hair.
Honey
Supposedly lightens hair, and will help seal the cuticle and hold in moisture. I've never tried it, but I use it on my face a lot and love it. It's very easy to rinse out.You are the guinea pigs! Try this mask and let me know how it works for you!!!
MIRI
