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For Shiny Hair
To give your hair a great shine and help remove soap build up:
...Blondes — Add a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice to your rinse water.
...Brunettes and Redheads — Add a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to your rinse water.
Stir 1 teaspoon honey into 4 cups (1 quart) warm water. After shampooing, pour mixture through hair. Do not rinse out. Dry as normal.
Fruit Smoothie Hair Mask
Blend 1/2 a banana, 1/4 avocado, 1/4 cantaloupe, 1 tablespoon wheat germ oil and 1 tablespoon yogurt. For extra conditioning, squeeze in the contents of a vitamin E capsule. Leave in hair for 15 minutes.
Honey & Olive Oil Hair Mask
Mix 1/2 cup honey and 3 tablespoons olive oil. Work a small amount at a time through hair until coated. Cover hair with a shower cap; leave on 30 minutes. Shampoo well and rinse.
Dandruff Treatment
Boil 7 heaping tablespoons dried thyme in 2 cups water for 10 minutes. Strain and cool. Pour 1/2 mixture over clean, damp hair. Massage into scalp, do not rinse. Use the rest of the solution another day.
Yogurt Hair Mask
Beat 1 egg white until foamy. Add to 6 tablespoons plain natural yogurt. Apply to hair in small sections at a time. Leave in for 15 minutes. Rinse.
Egg & Olive Oil Hair Mask
Mix two whole eggs with four tablespoons of olive oil. Smooth through hair. Wrap head with plastic wrap, and leave in hair for 10 minutes. Rinse well.
Conditioners
~ Mayonnaise is a great conditioner for dry hair. Depending on the length of your hair, apply approximately 1/2 cup of mayonnaise to your dry hair. Work into hair really well and then cover your hair with a plastic bag, allowing to set for about 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly and then shampoo as usual.
~ In a blender or food processor, combine 2 1/2 tablespoons dried milk, 1 tablespoon wheat germ oil, and 1 egg. Apply evenly to hair and let set for at least an hour. Shampoo and style as usual.
Hair Setting Lotions
creativehomemaking
~ Try dissolving a teaspoon of gelatin in a cup of warm water and use this as a setting lotion before styling hair. You can use this as a liquid or chill it and use it as a gel.
~ Dissolve 1 teaspoon sugar in 1 cup warm water and apply to damp hair before styling.
~ Combine 4 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons honey in a glass jar with a lid and shake until well blended. Let mixture sit for 3 to 4 days, and shake it occasionally. Rub mixture evenly into dry hair and wrap hair in plastic wrap, letting set for at least an hour. Shampoo as usual.
~ Mix together 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and 1 egg. Apply to hair and let set for about an hour. Shampoo as usual.
~ To help a flaky scalp, warm 2 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil in the microwave (make sure it’s not too hot!) and then gently apply to scalp with cotton balls. Let set for at least an hour and then shampoo as usual.
[I must confess that I haven't tried any of these recipes yet]
And other benefits.
It acts as the perfect hair conditioner as attested by numerous Greek housewives.
Indians and Arabs use it as hair tonic.
You can burn it and use it as a source of energy. Before electricity supplied the source of
energy for lights.
You can wash with it.
You can lubricate squeaky hinges with it.
Diamonds are polished with it.
Kings, babies, and the dying are anointed with it.
It's an amazing preservative, keeping fish, cheese, and even wine remains good for years.
Maintaining skin and muscle suppleness.
Vitamin E and the polyphones, which are synergetic, prevent oxidation of fatty acids
which reduces the risk of arteriosclerosis and some forms of cancer.
Olive Oil provides good protection against blood clotting and arteriosclerosis.
Stimulates liver and bile tract, lowers stomach acidity and protects it from ulcer.
Assists in healing of ailing gum, maintains whiteness of teeth.
Used by athletes for softening of muscles and joints and by woman for keeping the natural softness and rose colour of the skin as well as for better hair growth.
Rich with A1, B1 and E vitamins and many mineral salts.
Recommended for pregnant women,
Enhances the growth of children and babies
Delays geriatric symptoms
Contributes to making food more delicious and easily digestible.
It is also said to act as the ideal burn treatment (mixed with lime and water).
A Cretan [.....he..he] farmer said "My wife suffered from back pain, somebody told her to
take two tablespoons of olive oil every morning on an empty stomach. She did this for
ten days and she was cured.
(National Geographic magazine September 1999).
Although olive oil comes to us from antiquity it is still the best for our health.
What a wonderful thing nature has bestowed upon us! Personally, here in my household, my father has always been pro-olive oil. lol. That's what we always use to cook, as dressing, and as a remedy too.
...hmmmmmm...it has a strong taste but I've tried itin my
salad and now feel well-oiled for the day.
Gee, I wonder if it was used in the Khanukah lamp?
I guess that you can use any oil for that.
In fact, I wonder if olive oil is used to lubricate watches?
Where does that say it in the Bible?
The stuff in sardine cans?
Similar to Wheat-Germ Oil, isn't it?
Some other oils and tonics might do that, too!
Such as alpha-tocopherols.
Once, I read in one of those super-market tabloids that olive oil stops or cures baldness, if you believe the tabloids!
Sounds an aweful lot like work to me. I think I will just let it grow and do it's own thing and try not to put it under too much stress untill it gets as long as it's going to get. I wear a hat most of the time anyway. PEACE!!