Hair nettle

Thick, beautiful and healthy hair is the dream of many women. To translate it into reality, it is necessary to first provide the hair with proper care. The assistant in this can be nettle, with the regular use of which it is easy to achieve the desired result. The plant that nature gave us has a large number of therapeutic properties and is able to give new life to thinned hair in a short time.

Useful properties of nettles

Nettle is mainly used in the loss, brittleness and dry hair, as well as for the prevention and improvement of curls. For this, useful masks, decoctions and oils are prepared. Substances in this plant very quickly restore hair and give it a natural shine. Thanks to nettles, the hair acquires a healthy and natural shade. Vitamin A, contained in the leaves of the plant, is necessary for health, vitamin K - to strengthen, and chlorophyll gives volume and promotes rapid growth.

Nettle masks recipes

All hackwood masks, store and cooked independently, are equally applied to clean hair, just washed with shampoo, without using the air conditioner. Keep them on their hair for no more than 20-30 minutes. To achieve a quick effect, it is necessary to put on a plastic bag on your head, covering with a terry dry towel. It is best to wash off the mask with warm or comfortable water for you.

For oily hair

Salt mask. In 1/2 cup of crushed nettle leaves, add 1 tsp. sea \u200b\u200bsalt. Gently apply the gruel to the length of the hair and rub into the roots.

Toning of oily hair. Mix 1 cup of blue clay with 2 glasses of fresh chopped nettle. Apply to the entire length of the hair and leave until the mixture dries.

Getting rid of dandruff. Put in a separate bowl 2-3 tbsp. l. pulp of black bread, pour in 1 tbsp. l. Apple vinegar. Then add 3 tbsp. l. Brothers from nettles, set aside for 30-40 minutes. And let it brew. Apply to the hair with a thick layer 3 times a week.

For painted oily hair. 1 cup of dried and chopped nettle and celandine in a blender, connect to 2 tbsp. l. fresh calendula and 3 tsp. Motherwort tinctures. Rub into the hair and scalp every day for two weeks.

To accelerate hair growth

Quick effect. 1 tbsp. l. Pre -crushed dry leaves of nettles and its roots pour 200 ml of boiling water. Cook the mixture in a water bath for 30 minutes, cool, strain. Rub into the scalp and apply over the entire length of the hair.

Sparing mask. 1 cup of pre -chopped dry cutting leaves, connect the nettles with 1 glass of finely chopped horsetail root, pour 200 ml of boiling water, put in a dark place for 3 hours. Then rub the scalp into the hair and scalp once a week.

For dry hair

Daily mask. Combine 1 cup of crushed dry leaves of nettles with 1 glass of chamomile herbs, pour 300 ml of boiling water, insist, strain and rinse the hair every day at night.

Damage protection. Mix 1 cup of decoction of oak bark with 1 glass of chopped nettle leaves, pour 3 tbsp. l. olive oil, mix thoroughly. Gently rub the hair in the roots every other day.

Nourishing mask. Grind 1 cup of berries in a blender, add 1 tbsp. l. honey and 3 tbsp. l. Country decoctions, mix thoroughly, set aside for 2-3 hours. Apply evenly along the entire length of the hair.

Hair nettle decoction

To prepare a useful broth from nettle hair at home, you need to have some skills and patience.

First you need to collect fresh nettle leaves, rinse thoroughly under running water. Put in a pan, pour water and bring to a boil, but in no case boil. Put the resulting broth in a dark dry place, cool, let it brew, then strain through gauze. This decoction is good to rinse the hair after washing. Such procedures will not only strengthen the hair follicles, but also protect your curls from external damage: environmental pollution, burning sun, wet snow and severe wind.

Note. It is best for a decoction to collect nettles in the spring, when it does not bloom yet. But if you still brought peduncles to the house, do not be discouraged, just cut off the flowers, and use only the stems and leaves for decoction. In no case do not tear the stems with the root, it is better to cut the leaves with scissors or knife.

Vitamin masks

Nettle masks must be applied to the hair and roots for no more than 20-25 minutes.

• Of 3 glasses of fresh nettles, prepare juice in a juicer. Twice a week, rub the juice into the scalp and hair of the hair.
• Nettle and hair should be used to soften. 2 cups of decoctions from nettles and burdock, pour into a separate bowl. After washing the head, slightly moisten the hair with the mixture, massaging the scalp.
• 4 tbsp. l. Dry chopped nettle leaves pour 3 cups of boiling water, cover, set aside for 7-8 hours. After that, strain and apply to the hair every day at night.
• Nettle and chamomile for hair are used to lighten the strands. Take 1 tbsp. l. dry chamomile, 2 tbsp. l. Dry roots of nettles, mix, pour 1.5 liters of boiling water. Set aside to cool. Rub the mask into the hair twice a week.
• In 1 cup of a nettle decoction, add 40 g of dry yeast and 4 tbsp. l. olive oil, mix thoroughly. Apply a mask 3 times a week.
• Grind the leaves of mint, cut fresh nettle leaves, combine in a proportion of 2: 5. Pour the plants of 200 ml of yogurt, beat in a blender, put in the refrigerator. Apply a mask to wet clean hair.
• 3 tsp. Combine bleached henna with 4 tbsp. l. chopped nettle leaves, add egg yolk, pour boiling water, insist. Pour 1 ml of vitamins B6 and B1 into a cooled broth. Rub thoroughly into the roots and apply over the entire length of the hair.

Nettle oil

Nettle oil is able to fight any hair diseases, enrich the bulbs with protein and stimulate head blood circulation. Hair nettle oil is very rich in components such as tannic and antibacterial substances. It can be used not only in the fight against diseases, but also for prevention to delay the brittleness, thinning and hair loss.

How to use oil

To prepare hair nettle oil at home, you will need: 4 tbsp. l. Dry chopped nettle leaves and 200 ml of olive oil. Pour nettle oil, put in a dark dry place for 2 weeks. Then strain and filtered oil into a bottle of dark glass. It can be stored at room temperature and in the refrigerator. This oil can be added to shampoos, masks, scrubs and other cosmetics for hair care products to achieve the effect.

Nettle oil recipes

Hair nettle reviews

The fair sex, who experienced recipes for masks, oils, rinsers from nettles at least once, continue to use them regularly. Because only thanks to this miraculous plant can we achieve tremendous success in the struggle of hair. Supporters of popular treatment assure that if you use nettle of hair from birth, then no problems associated with strands (brittleness, loss, overdrying) are terrible.

At the same time, there are a number of nuances that are worth paying attention to.

• In order for blondes using nettles in hair care, they do not acquire a greenish tint of curls over time, it is necessary to add natural lemon juice to the broth.
• After a long treatment, the hair may dry out. If this happens, after each use of a decoction, masks or nettle oil, apply a softening balm to the hair.
• It is worth abandoning the use of nettles in the treatment and care of hair only if the hair began to be very confused when combing and delivering a lot of inconvenience.

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