Flax oil for hair - benefits, composition and methods of application

Linseed oil has long been famous for its useful properties. With its help make masks, caring for the skin and hair, and also fight with excess weight and maintain health by taking inside. Due to its unique composition, linseed oil is simply an irreplaceable thing for a modern beauty.

• Composition
• Benefits
• How to store
• As rinse
• Recipes
• masks for normal hair
• For dry
• hair For oily
• Hair For
• growth against
• loss to strengthen
• For split ends
• to shine
• Dandruff

Composition

The main components of flax oil are valuable acids, such as:

• omega-3 and omega-6, the volume of which reaches 70%;
• is linolenic;
• is oleic;
• linoleic;
• palmitic;
• is stearic.

In addition to the above components, flaxseed oil is rich in vitamins A, B, E, F and trace elements.

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Benefits of

Many women with regular use of oil from flax seeds note the improvement of hair condition, the disappearance of dandruff, the cessation of loss, the normalization of fatty skin balance.

Due to the presence of linoleic acid, linseed oil is rapidly absorbed and, upon drying, forms a thin film on the surface of the hair shafts, thereby protecting them.

Flax oil can be combined with other base oils and ethers. Thus, when combined with essential oil of tea tree, an effective antibacterial agent is obtained, which helps to eliminate dandruff.

Also this oil can be used as an independent tool. It should be noted that it does not provoke irritation on the skin. It is enough to soak up their hair, massage the surface of the head slightly, put on a shower cap and a towel. After half an hour, wash your hair with shampoo.

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How to store

Typically, oil is extracted by pressing and spinning flax seeds. Quality product, as a rule, almost transparent, does not have a sharp smell, taste and impurities.

Today, flaxseed oil can be purchased in the form of capsules, and in liquid form. It has exactly the same effect. It's easier to take capsules inside, and use liquid oil to make masks.

To prevent oil from rancid and prematurely oxidizing, several recommendations must be followed.

• The product is better to buy and store in a dark glass container. In plastic bottles, it quickly loses its useful properties.
• After opening the package, the oil should be kept in a refrigerator with a tightly closed lid.
• After the first opening, the oil should be stored for no more than a month, then it becomes unsuitable.

If you do not comply with these rules, then a useful product from the source of essential fatty acids will become a carrier of harmful free radicals.

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How to wash

Flaxseed oil is sufficiently greasy, so sometimes when washing it off hair can arisedifficulties. How to do it correctly and quickly?

1. You can use a regular shampoo. However, its chemical composition can level out all the useful action of the mask.
2. Without problems, a mask based on linseed oil can remove an aqueous solution of lemon juice or edible vinegar in a ratio of 15 ml per liter of water. Such a natural conditioner will dissolve the oil without difficulty.
3. A mixture of rye flour and water can qualitatively cope with any oil agent on the hair. It is necessary to dilute 3 tablespoons of flour in warm water and mix well. Liquid mixture to soap hair, hold for 10 minutes and rinse.

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Mask recipes

Masks with flax oil for the treatment of weak, lifeless and damaged ringlets are recommended to be applied approximately 2-3 times a week. At the same time, it is desirable to leave the oil on the hair for the best effect for the night.

Also do not forget that before use, linseed oil, like any other, should be slightly heated, so that it better gives its useful properties.

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For normal hair

As a preventive mask it is possible to apply warm undiluted oil along the entire length, not forgetting the tips. After application, the hair should be covered with something warm. After 2 hours, the mask can be washed off.

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For dry hair

Recipe 1.
Cut a small cucumber into a blender or grate it. Fill it with 25 ml of sour cream and 15 ml of linseed oil. Mask soak hair, wait 30 minutes and rinse.

Recipe 2.
Mix:

• 30 ml of flax oil;
• 2 egg yolks.

Apply the homogeneous mixture to the curls with a comb with sparse denticles. The head must be insulated. After an hour, the remedy can be removed.

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For greasy hair

Recipe 1.
Mix:

• 15 ml of fresh lemon juice,
• 50 ml of flax oil.

Also apply on the hair and massage the scalp well. After half an hour, wash your hair with shampoo.

Recipe 2.
Two tablespoons of linseed oil enriched with 3 drops of eucalyptus or grapefruit ester. Leave the composition on your hair for 45 minutes.

Recipe 3.
Composition:

• for 15 ml of linseed oil and lemon juice;
• for 2 tablespoons of blue clay and colorless henna;
• water.

To begin with, you should brew henna. For this, it needs to be poured with boiling water in a proportion of 1: 3.After that, dilute the clay with water to the state of thick sour cream. After the cooling of henna, it is necessary to combine all the components together and achieve homogeneity.

The mask should be applied only to the roots and the radical zone. After an hour, it must be washed off with shampoo.

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For growth

Recipe 1.
This mask nourishes the hair and promotes their active growth.

Shred the bulb with 30 grams of honey and 45 ml of linseed oil. An hour before washing hair, rub the mask into the scalp, cover it with a film and a towel. After washing, the hair should be rinsed with a solution of lemon juice. The procedure should be done once a week.

Recipe 2.
Combine in equal proportions linseed oil and medical alcohol or vodka without additives. The mask is applied for half an hour. The course of treatment is weekly for 1-2 months.

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Against precipitation of

Recipe 1.
Grind dry burdock root and pour it completely with linseed oil. In a day infusion can be applied to areas of intense hair loss.

Recipe 2.
In the container, pour 45 ml of linseed oil and add to it 15 drops of any essential oil, which has a warming or accelerating blood circulation effect. Perfectly fit esters: juniper, cinnamon, mint, rosemary, cloves, fir. The agent should be applied only to the roots of the hair and kept under a warm hood for about an hour.

Recipe 3.
Ingredients:

• 30 ml of linseed oil;
• for 5 grams of dry mustard and ground red pepper;
• 1 egg yolk;
• water. Mustard and pepper to dissolve with hot water. After cooling, combine this hot mixture with yolk and butter. It is desirable to leave a mask on the roots of the hair for an hour, but with a strong burning sensation it can be washed off earlier.

  Sometimes in this recipe the yolk is replaced with a tablespoon of honey.

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  To strengthen

  Recipe 1.
  Raw egg yolk with 15 ml of linseed oil. The resulting mixture is evenly spread over the hair and hold for 30-60 minutes.

  Recipe 2.
  Three times a week, apply warm oil on the entire length of the hair and keep a minimum of 8 hours under a warm hood.

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  For split ends

  Recipe 1.
  Mix:

  • 1 egg yolk;
  • 15 ml of cognac;
  • 15 ml of linseed oil.

  Treat the hair tips before washing the mixture obtained and after 15 minutes wash the head with shampoo.

  Recipe 2.
  Mix 15 ml of linseed oil and burdock oil and treat with a mixture of hair tips. To strengthen the action of the mask, you need to keep curls over the steam during the application of the composition. After leaving the oil on the hair for an hour.

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  For shine

  Recipe 1.
  Mix:

  • 25 ml of glycerin;
  • 50 ml of linseed oil.

  Blend the hair with a mixture, cover it with a film and leave it overnight. This remedy also very well helps dry hair. It is desirable to repeat the procedure 2 times a week.

  Recipe 2.
  Mix:

  • 30 ml of linseed oil;
  • 25 grams of fatty sour cream.

  Use a mask to cover the hair, avoiding the root zone. Keep for 20-30 minutes.

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  From dandruff

  Recipe 1.
  Dry seborrhea can be cured with flax oil. To do this, daily for 4 weeks, you need to rub into the scalp warm linseed oil.

  Recipe 2.
  Combine 30 ml of linseed oil with 5 drops of tea tree aether. Treat the scalp, hold for 15-20 minutes and rinse.