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Hello All,
A week ago or so someone brought up the question of whether putting eggs in your hair was beneficial, and I had no clue, but it perked my interest, and I had some free time today, so, stupid or not, I tried washing my hair with three eggs. Verdict? It's definitely shinier, but now I'm pulling those little white strings from the eggs out of my hair...
-Austin
Good or not, I tried this few times, last year if I remember... I had the same problem with the remains of the egg in my hair, but without seeing any good effect : not better, not worse. It's good if it works for you !
Vivien
It works for those whose hair needs protein. xD If you don't, no dice usually. I think.
Try applying the eggs internally instead. You'll still get lots of benefits for your hair.
Personally I like hard-boiled or poached.
AndrewB
Pull the little strings out of the eggs before you apply the mixture. I've also heard of mixing ketchup and raw eggs together for a hair treatment. Never tried it, but the country music singer, Blake Shelton, supposedly swore by it at one time. He had beautiful long hair but cut it back to around collar/neck length a year or two ago.
MB
Oh... I'm gonna have to hear about this one...
-James
I've heard about beer shampoos but certainly not egg that's for sure. But if works fine but I'll stick my omelettes, or boiled egg and soldiers!
Cheers,
John.B
Believe me, it's not something I'll do again, it didn't really have any effect at all, or didn't seem to! I did just use some hair oil for the first time a few minutes ago, and that definitely had a really positive effect! Oh the shine!
-Austin
From my misspent youth, I can give you one big hint: This is one time you'll want a cool or tepid rinse. Too hot and you'll cook the eggs, have more than just stringy bits to worry about.
I prefer mine poached on toast, but hey every man to himself Austin!
cheers Dave
P.S. and welcome to mlhh!!
Dude, you've got it all wrong.
You're supposed to drink the eggs like Rocky!
I'm sure the extra protein would be great for your hair.
Welcome aboard, Austin. Good to have you in our ranks. The little stringy white thingies that you described are the as-yet unformed umbilical cords that WOULD have conveyed the nutrients within the yellow of the egg yolk to the growing foetal chick. I think what your advisor did NOT know is that one should only use the whites of the egg, not the entire yolk. Probably beaten well, as in a chiffon, although chiffon would actually call for sugar, too. Do you really want to be pursued by flying insects? Yeesh. I don't.
Yours from Hair Control Central,
Quenyan
Separate the eggs, whip them up...
Brings a whole new dimension to hair mousse.
If you don't use it all, add some chocolate or fruit and earn extra brownie points. (kidding)
Thank you all for your interesting, and often humorous responses. I will likely not be trying this egg-periment again, it didn't seem to do anything for my hair in the least, and I would have been better off in eating them =)
-Austin