Cognac hair masks

Cognac. When you pronounce this word, you can imagine a beautiful glass with a tart burning drink. However, today we will not talk about alcohol addictions, but about the beneficial properties of this hair drink.

To understand what useful properties contain cognac, you need to know the nature of its origin. Most often, cognac is prepared as a tincture of vodka or alcohol with the addition of mowing nuts, grape seeds, cloves, cinnamon, coffee beans, etc. The answer is obvious: such a successful combination of such components useful for female beauty, which are infused with at least 3 weeks on an alcohol -based in a closed dish, simply cannot help but benefit the hair.

In addition to enjoying this excellent strong drink in coffee, desserts, cognac is widely used in cosmetology, since using this drink you can pamper your hair with nutrient and restoring masks.

Useful properties of hair cognac

If you drink this strong drink, it is known that it instantly warms the body, expanding the vessels. The alcohol base combined with coffee hood is accelerated. You can cook cognac at home without preservatives - such a drink will be even better, since you determine the composition of the ingredients yourself and you can not worry for quality.

Let's figure out what elements and connections make this noble drink with a useful cosmetic hair for hair:

• Alcohol - Alcohol compounds have disinfectant and antibacterial effects, stimulate blood flow, eliminate dandruff problems. However, we should not forget that alcohol dries the scalp, so if you have oily hair, cognac to the mask can be added more, with dry hair of alcohol -containing ingredients should be as small as possible.
• Coffee - Caffeine invigorates, strengthens and activates hair growth.
• Grape hood - grape seeds are saturated with plant amino acids that perform a protective function for hair.
• Carnation - In addition to spicy aroma, this seasoning acts as a good moisture conductor, conducts liquid into the hair structure and maintains moisture level, which significantly reduces brittleness and makes them silky and shiny.
• Walnut hood - It is a multidimensional calcium, saturates dull and sung ends of the hair with vitamins, strengthens the roots and makes silky and lush.
• Cinnamon- It is a natural softener of harmful external factors for hair. Cinnamon compacts the porous structure of damaged hair.

The components of cognac contribute to the activation of hair growth, restore roots, and the tannins strengthen the hair follicles.

Features of the use of cognac masks

Cognac masks nourish and restore hair, and also help to accelerate hair growth, strengthen the roots, relieve dandruff and make the hair lush.

For the preparation of cognac masks, not the cheapest cognac is best suited. Many girls mistakenly believe that with external use, quality does not matter, but in vain.

The choice of this noble drink should be treated as the choice of medicine-the best will be 5-star cognac, not necessarily branded for fabulous money, Armenian, Georgian or Crimean are quite suitable.

As you know, cognac is an alcohol drink, therefore, fat -containing additional components in masks will be able to soften its effect: honey, olive, linen, castor oil, sour -milk products (fermented, sour cream, cream), eggs (only yolks are used). Expensible products are better not to use - freshness matters if you want to smash healthy and shiny hair.

According to the rules, cognac is then served in glasses with a wide bottom so that it warms up in the palms. This drink is not advisable to use at temperatures below 15 degrees. The effect of tannins is revealed precisely at a comfortable temperature: 22-25 degrees. In masks with cognac, the drink is introduced warm, it can be slightly heated if necessary.

Masks are best absorbed when applied to clean wet hair. Since cognac is characterized by slightly dried the structure of the hair, it is better not to use a hairdryer before applying the mask, let the hair dry naturally.

Contraindications of cognac masks: who is not desirable to make such masks

Any medicine, if used not according to the instructions, but by intuition, is unlikely to lead to the desired result. If it does not aggravate the situation. The same applies to masks with the addition of cognac. If you neglect the rules for applying masks, you can get a completely opposite effect.

Cognac masks are contraindicated if:

• on the surface of the skin of the head there are damage, cuts, scratches. Alcohol when it enters open wounds begins to bake and corrode the wound;

• your hair is brittle and dry (or you have recently arrived from vacation and now your hair is overdried with sun and salty water);

• you made a chemical curl or stain less than 2 days ago;

• you have increased allergic sensitivity to alcoholic couples.

If you find one of the contraindications in yourself, you should not be upset, since a couple of drops of cognac added to shampoo or air conditioning will also undertake and soften the hair.

In an effort to get thick hair, it is important to remember that any home remedy is much better than any purchased perfumes, since there is no doubt as ingredients.

Cooking masks with cognac at home: preparation algorithm and application features

Cognac masks have their own features:

• applied along the entire length of the curls with light progressive movements, and rubbed at the roots;

• the mask with cognac will begin to reveal its beneficial properties faster if the hair is wrapped with a dense towel or cling film;

• it is recommended to keep the mask on the hair for no more than 30 minutes in order to avoid negative consequences (burning, redness, itching, etc.);

• if you felt a sharp burning sensation in the roots, it is necessary to immediately wash off the mask with a large amount of running water;

• after such procedures, the hair, in addition to obtaining a light honey shade, can have a characteristic alcoholic smell that is released after 2-3 hours, but if there is no time, then when washing hair, it is enough to add a couple of vanilla drops or simply spray with your favorite aroma after;

• cognac masks will be effective if you methodically repeat the course of such procedures within 2-3 weeks.

The mask can be done without additional ingredients, just taking 3-5 tbsp.  l.  Cognac (depending on the length of the hair) and distributing the drink on the strands along the entire length with light stroking movements. In hair roots, cognac should be rubbed with progressive movements.

In order for the beneficial properties of a healing drink open, it is recommended to wrap your head with a shower cap or a warm towel. After 15 minutes. Rinse with cool water. Thanks to such a mask-compress, your curls will be foamed, become silky and gain a light warm shade.

Cognac mask-deox with natural coffee

You will need to prepare a mask: 2 tbsp. l. Cognac, 2 tsp. olive oil, 4 tsp. coffee grounds. All ingredients are mixed. Apply the resulting gruel to the hair along the entire length, wrap with a towel for 30 minutes. Then wash off under running water. Rinse the rosehip if desired. Coffee in this case acts as a hair scrub, and a decoction of rosehips, saturates the hair with vitamin C.

Cognac mask-superavision

H toy to feed and moisturize your hair can be used the following mask recipe: 3 tbsp. l. Mix fat cream with 1 tbsp. l. castor oil and 2 tbsp. l. Cognac at room temperature. The resulting mixture is evenly applied to both hair roots and the length of all strands. Wrap a warm towel or cellophane for 40 minutes. Then wash off with running water. Rinse with a decoction of chamomile or series.

Cognac -based mask

Such a mask includes: 4 tbsp. l. Cognac, 2 tbsp. l. melted in a water bath of honey, 2 tbsp. l. sour cream. All components are mixed, applied along the entire length of the curls for 30-40 minutes, after wrapping the head with a towel. Rinse the mask with a large amount of warm water.

Nutrient hair mask with cognac and honey

2 tbsp. l. Cognac mix with 1 tbsp. l. honey. It is recommended to melt thick honey. Apply homogeneous gruel to curls and hair roots, wrap your head, wash off after 20 minutes. clean water. Then rinse with a weak solution of chamomile: 2 cups of boiling water + 2 tbsp. l. chamomile flowers or bag of chamomile tea.

Restoring hair mask with cognac and egg

Preparing the mask is easy: Mix 2 tbsp. l. Cognac, 1 tbsp. l. honey, 1 tsp. lavender oil, 1 egg yolk. Apply to clean wet hair. Hold under a film or warm towel for 30-40 minutes. Rinse with a large amount of cool water.

Mask with cognac for shine and silky hair

For the brilliance and silkiness of your hair, a mask from the following components is recommended: 2 tbsp. honey is mixed with 3 tbsp. l. Cognac, 2 tbsp. l. iodized salt. All components are mixed and left for insisting in a vessel with dark walls for a week. When the mask is ready, the application algorithm is the same as in nutrient masks with cognac.

Cognac mask to strengthen hair

To prepare a healing mask, such ingredients will be needed in equal proportions (for example, 1 tbsp. L.): cognac, almond oil, cabbage juice, aloe juice. All components are connected, grease the roots of the hair and strands along the entire length with a gruel, wrap it with a film or towel for 30 minutes. Rinse under running water.

Cognac mask for active hair growth

The preparation of the mask consists of the following ingredients: 2 tbsp. l. Cognac, 2 tbsp. l. olive or castor oil, juice of one small onion (can be replaced with a third of a teaspoon of dry mustard powder), 1/2 tsp. Black ground pepper. Mix all the ingredients, apply slurry to clean wet hair for 20-30 minutes. If a strong burning sensation is felt, do not tighten so as not to get the scalp of the scalp and immediately wash off the mask with a large amount of cool water.

A calming cognac mask

The following components are necessary for the preparation of the mask: 2 tbsp. l. Cognac, 2 tbsp. l. honey, 2 tbsp. l. Mint, 2 tbsp. l. dry rosehips. Mix the herbs pre -pour a glass of boiling water and let it brew for 30 minutes. After the decoction has cooled, strain it and add the rest of the components there. Distribute this gruel evenly along the entire length of the hair and rub with light progressive movements into the roots. Hold under a warm cap for 30 minutes, then wash off under running water.

Cognac mask from hair loss

D. you will need the following ingredients to prepare this mask:  1/2 tsp. dry yeast, 3 tbsp. l. fat cream, 5 drops of olive oil, 3 tsp. Cognac at room temperature. Cooking sequence: first soak the yeast in milk, leave to insist 10 minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients to the same dishes. Apply the resulting gruel to the roots of the hair. After 30 minutes. Rinse under running water.

Cognac mask against dandruff

Such a mask is prepared according to the following recipe: In equal proportions (for example, 1 tbsp.) Mix the following ingredients: cognac, honey, almond oil, carrot juice. Add to a mixture of 1/3 tsp.  ground cinnamon. Get the resulting gruel into the roots of the hair. Hold under a terry towel for 30 minutes, then wash off a large amount of cool water.

Vitamin mask with cognac

Ingredients for such a mask are:  3 tbsp. l.  Cognac, 1 egg yolk, 2 tsp. castor oil, 2 tsp. lemon or grapefruit juice. Combine all the components, heat in a water bath, apply to the roots of the hair and curls along the entire length for 45 minutes. Do not forget to wrap your head with a warm towel for a greater effect. Rinse under running warm water.

Clearly recipes for the best masks with cognac are shown in the video:

If you have a bottle of good cognac in the reserve, do not hesitate, - call your friends, - arrange a cognac party. But not with alcohol consumption inward - it is better to pamper your hair with miraculous healing masks that will allow you to flaunt lush and silky hair.