What you eat, and your lifestyle, is reflected in your hair: stress, hormonal activity, lack of sleep, too much sun, swimming in chlorinated pools or salty seas, the hardness or softness of your tap water, along with any chemical hair rinses or treatments that you use on your hair, will all have visible effects. And I am so guilty. My hair has undergone a lot of mistreatment (hair dye, hair rebond, hair perming, hair straightening after perming, electric curlers, too much heat from sauna, actual hair treatments, etc…). Sometimes I feel it has been abused for so long it’s time to do something about it. But how?Nearly every shampoo on the market today seems to contain the essence of fruits, flowers, or herbs but of course, in reality, those were just chemically synthesized version. I have read in a book that you can do your own herbal shampoo by pouring one application of baby shampoo into a cup, adding four drops of an essential oil (which you can get from The Body Shop – I am a big fan of TBS, by the way), mixing the ingredients thoroughly and then using the enriched shampoo the natural way. I have done a bit of research which essential oil to use on which type of hair: for dry hair, use essential oil of sage; for greasy (oily) hair, lavender and/or peppermint essential oil would be the best to use; while to prevent dandruff, use chamomile, rosemary or thyme.
image i took from hairboutique.com
