Hair care is not limited to shampoos and conditioners. Only masks can nourish the hair with moisture and revive at the roots. Such a product of the cosmetic industry can be found on the shelves of any store. Masks are sold from famous manufacturers at high prices, there are cheaper ones, but already from domestic ones. You can also quite successfully make a good and effective mask for curls with your own hands, at home.
In this article we will tell you how to use a hair mask, apply the composition to your hair, how long to keep the mixture on curls and what result to expect in the end. After all, you can make a good mask, but in case of improper distribution of the composition, you will not get the desired effect. In addition, we will reveal the secret of how to properly apply a hair mask and how long to keep it.
What is the difference between a mask and a conditioner
If you do not have time to take care of your hair properly, then a hair conditioner will be an excellent solution. It is recommended to use it after shampooing, but the composition should not be applied to the roots. It is distributed throughoutcurls, after which it is washed off with water.
After the conditioner, the curls become obedient, quickly and easily combed, but this product will not give the hair strength and growth. Only a mask will be useful, but it will take time to apply it. Masks differ from conditioners in that they act directly on the roots of the hair and have the ability to significantly affect the quality and structure of the hair.
Apply method
How to properly apply a hair mask? There are formulations that are applied only to the roots, and mixtures that should be applied from the roots to the tips of the curls. The mask must be held for some time - from ten minutes to a day. However, there are formulations with such active active ingredients (for example, with nicotinic acid) that should not be overexposed, otherwise you will get the opposite effect.
How to use a homemade hair mask? Let's talk about it further.
The first rule is that almost all masks will work more effectively if you take care to keep your head warm. To do this, you can wrap your hair, saturated with the composition, with polyethylene, and wrap a towel on top like a turban.
The best mask recipes
Homemade masks for rapid hair growth can be prepared by anyone at home from a minimum of products. Most often, honey, egg white, red pepper, burdock oil, olive, coconut and almond oil, nicotinic acid are used for such mixtures. If you want hair afteruse the mask had a pleasant aroma, you can add a few drops of orange or lemon essential oil to it.
Masks for hair with oils
Oil is a universal cosmetic product not only for hair, but also for the face and all skin in general. Many girls are afraid to use it because of its oily structure, but this is completely in vain. Oil gives moisture to the skin, quickly penetrates into the deep layers of the dermis, allows you to save valuable nutrients. After using the mask with it, the hair shines and looks he althy, and the skin of the face becomes clean and velvety. Let's find out how to use an oil hair mask?
The easiest recipe is as follows:
- Heat up 2 dessert spoons of olive oil.
- Add a teaspoon each of coconut oil and burdock oil.
- Massage the mixture into the hair roots. The longer you keep the mask on, the better. You can also leave this mask overnight.
Burdock oil is also considered the best way to create effective masks to accelerate hair growth:
- Add ground hot red pepper to burdock oil.
- Apply the mixture to the roots, you can distribute it along the entire length of the hair.
Red pepper will cause a thermal effect, and due to burning, blood flow increases. Useful substances from burdock oil will penetrate the skin and nourish the hair roots. The longer you keep this mask, the better.
With coconut oil and chilli
Whatno matter if you try homemade masks for fast hair growth, you will surely be delighted with this recipe. The only downside to making this mask is that you have to wait a week before it's ready:
- Mix 2 tablespoons of melted coconut oil with 2 teaspoons of ground chili.
- Mixture put to settle in a warm dark place.
- After a week, the thick liquid will need to be strained through cheesecloth.
- Distribute the thick and liquid part into two containers.
How to use hair mask with coconut and chili pepper? The resulting thick part can be rubbed into the hair roots, and the liquid part is distributed along the growth line of the curls. Pepper will give a thermal reaction, which will cause an increase in the strength of blood flow. Coconut oil will nourish the hair and improve its quality.
Honey hair mask
Honey is a unique cure for many diseases, which is used not only in folk, but also in official medicine. This beekeeping product can be consumed both inside and applied to certain places. If you are interested in making your hair grow as fast as possible, then pay attention to the honey hair mask. Compositions that include honey do not add speed to hair growth, but they will make the hair obedient, smooth and shiny.
How is honey hair mask prepared? The instructions for preparing the mixture are very simple. You only need to take one dessert spoon of honey and anotheractive ingredient. Try the following options:
- honey and egg yolk;
- honey and one dessert spoon of pomegranate juice;
- honey and one tablespoon of cognac.
A hair mask with honey is rubbed into the hair roots and left for an hour, after which you need to wash off the composition from the hair with warm water. Please note that such a mask will give an effect only if the honey is natural. A honey product made from sugar will be absolutely useless for your hair.
Nicotinic acid hair masks
If you obviously do not like the name "nicotinic acid", then you are confusing this product with nicotine. These are two completely different chemical formations, and the first one is actively used in modern cosmetology.
An effective mask for hair growth will be obtained according to the following recipe:
- Mix one ampoule of nicotinic acid with one tablespoon of warm coconut or olive oil.
- Apply the resulting composition to the hair roots with light massage movements,
- Leave on for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
It makes no sense to apply a mask with nicotinic acid along the entire length of the hair and overdo it.
