Garlic contains a huge amount of useful substances - vitamins, acids and trace elements, which allow it to show important cosmetic properties. This product is able to render our hair an invaluable service: it stops falling out and helps to get rid of dandruff, moisturizes dry and refreshes greasy hair. However, you should always remember that garlic for hair is best used before going to bed, so that its specific smell had time to fade overnight. But even if this characteristic "aroma" remains, it can be easily removed.
What is a mask with garlic?
Garlic masks can contain various additional ingredients that will depend on the desired result. But the main component will remain garlic, which has the following effects on the hair:
- strengthening;
- eliminating dandruff;
- stimulation of growth;
- power and hydration;
- regulation of the sebaceous glands.
In addition, this vegetable contains components such as copper and vitamin B, which not only promote the revival of hair follicles, but also give the hair a darker shade.
Note! This feature of garlic masks should be taken note of to blondes!
Recipes for home remedies
Quite often, a hair mask with garlic is the last resort for people who have already tried out various means and methods for strengthening and treating hair bulbs.
In case of hair loss
Hair loss or rapid hair loss can be stopped by using one of the following recipes.
- Simple method. To stimulate the growth of hair, after enlivening the remaining bulbs, it is necessary to crush 2 lobes of garlic in a mortar, pour the resulting mass in half liters of alcohol 45% and leave for a couple of days. After, the infusion should be filtered, add to it a large handful of fresh burdock flowers and leave the composition for another 5 days. Filter and apply to the roots of the hair daily for a month.
Note! This remedy will be effective only if the hair follicles are still alive!
Garlic is a storehouse of nutrients that will help keep hair loss and stimulate hair growth - For dry hair .Garlic crushed to the state of gruel, after which a small amount of it is combined with olive oil. The resulting mask should be applied to the scalp before washing it. Particularly carefully it is necessary to treat areas with visible alopecia. After 1.5-2 hours the product is washed off, and the hair is washed with shampoo. After a week of such procedures, you should take a break.
- To stimulate growth with honey .Cut the garlic head into slices and chop everything in a blender or mortar. The resulting mass is mixed with 30 ml of liquid honey and applied to dry hair. After one hour the product is washed off with shampoo.
- Refreshing mask with lime .Peel 3 cloves of garlic, grind and transfer to a glass container. From lime, squeeze 15 ml of juice and combine it with the same amount of liquid honey.
Note!15 ml is about one tablespoon!
Components should be mixed thoroughly and apply a ready mask to the roots of the hair. The head is put on a polyethylene hat, warmed with a towel and after 40 minutes the product is washed off with warm water and shampoo.
Lime juice refreshes your hair, and garlic will stop falling out - Nourishing mask with aloe .Slice several cloves of garlic with a mortar. Separate a teaspoon of gruel, add to it 5 ml of fresh juice of aloe and honey. The finished product must be properly rubbed into the scalp and left for half an hour under a warm towel. Flush the product with water and shampoo.
Get rid of dandruff
Garlic is a wonderful assistant in the fight against dandruff. To prepare a mask based on it, you need:
- the head of garlic is peeled off into slices, all cleaned and grind until smooth;
- to separate 2 teaspoons of gruel and mix them with a teaspoon of fatty sour cream;
- all carefully stir pour in 5 ml of castor oil and fresh honey;
- once again mix the ingredients and apply the product on the scalp;
- mass rub into the roots of hair and leave for 30 minutes;
- through the specified time the mask is washed off.
This tool is sufficient to use once in 7 days.
We feed and moisturize dry hair
The following means can significantly improve the condition of dry hair. After several sessions they are guaranteed to become softer, more docile and silky. A recipe for cooking is as follows:
- a dozen garlic cloves to peel off the husk and grind with a mortar;
- separate 2 tablespoons of the mixture, add to it the same amount of burdock oil, 5 ml of liquid honey and 2 raw egg yolks;
- ingredients are modified and applied to the roots of the hair;
- after 30-35 minutes the product is washed off.
Tip! This mask is recommended to be used once a week for a month. Then you should definitely take a break!
. We refresh greasy hair.
. To normalize the work of the sebaceous glands, to nourish hair and give them a splendid sheen, it is necessary to prepare the following remedy:
- garlic cloves through a press or juicer to geta teaspoon of its juice;
- combine a tablespoon of lemon juice with garlic juice and add 2 tablespoons of blue clay powder;
- the composition must be thoroughly mixed and if necessary add a little warm water - should get a thick mixture, similar in consistence to sour cream;
- mask should be applied to the scalp before it is washed and aged for about half an hour.
Important! If during the use of any of the above means you feel a sharp burning or intense itching, then the mask should be washed off immediately and discarded!
Rinsers against the smell of garlic
If, after using the garlic mask, you feel that your hair has a rather strong unpleasant smell, then in this case you can use one of the following rinse aid recipes.
- Spread a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a liter of warm boiled water.
- A tablespoon of mustard powder diluted in a liter of warm boiled water.
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon or orange juice diluted in a liter of warm boiled water.
These rinse aid can be used immediately after using the mask, or the day after it, if the hair restoration procedure was carried out at night.