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Essential Oils and Making Your Own Natural Products for Your Hair
A healthy and all-natural approach to hair care is not as difficult as you might think. Some of the most expensive hair care products in the world might claim to be natural products but all too often they contain detergents, fragrances, and synthetic ingredients, truth be told the lavender shampoo you love so much is full of synthesized stuff and probably smells nothing like the real thing at all.
Making your own natural products for your hair is not only incredibly easy but its economical, and most importantly its fun! Most of the supplies to make all natural products for bath, body, and hair care can be found in the grocery store, the local health food store or even the local farmers market, and any supplies that you might buy at the farmers market has the added benefit of going to support local farmers and crafts people in your community so it is not only good for your hair but good for your community too.
It is important to note that when making your own natural hair products you should always use the highest quality of ingredients and supplies. Using good quality ingredients will always yield better natural products. Whenever possible use organic herbs and organic essential oil, this will make your hair even healthier. Use either distilled or if at all possible spring water again this will yield a higher quality of product, and there is just something magical about washing your hair with a spring water product. Finally always keep everything squeaky clean, this includes work surfaces, utensils, and your hands, this will prevent contamination of your natural products.
There are many different combinations of herbs and essential oils that you could try depending on your hair type, color or any other special considerations you may have.
Chamomile and calendula are great herbs if you want to bring out blond highlights; likewise, sage and comfrey are the best herbs to bring out dark highlights. For oily hair rosemary and yarrow are excellent, if the hair is dry two of the best herbs to use are marshmallow and nettle.
Essential oils also have their uses for hair problems, some great essential oils for oily hair are basil, lemon, and ylang-ylang, are all great for oily hair but they can also treat dandruff, encourage hair growth, give golden highlights, and make hair thicker.
Rose is great for fine hair and also is soothing to the scalp. Peppermint and Rosemary are not only excellent for dry scalp but they promote healthy hair growth. Lavender and Tea Tree are two of the most popular essential oils for bath and body product, are not only good for the hair but they are also antibacterial and are two of the essential oils used for treating many conditions including what all parents fear, the dreaded head lice, and calendula infused oil is used for treating another common childhood scalp problem, cradle cap.
Try making your own natural products for all your families hair care needs, you will love the results.
About the Author
In 1995, Deborah Gez created Moriah Herbs, and brought more than 30 years of experience to the field of herbal medicine. Moriah Herbs is a leader in aromatherapy, essential oils and herbal healing.
Check out www.moriahherbs.com or www.moriahherbs.blogspot.com
My Natural Product Choices
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Cloud b Sleep Sheep Four Soothing Sounds From Nature $15.19 Soothe your child into a restful, relaxing nap or night of sleep with the Sleep Sheep from Cloud b. This soft and adorable sleep time pal plays calming sounds that help drown out distracting noises and let baby drift into dreams. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-ind… |
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Prodyne Fruit Infusion 93-Ounce Natural Fruit Flavor Pitcher $19.99 Enjoy refreshing lemon water, raspberry iced tea and more. Crystal clear acrylic pitcher has removable fruit infusion rod that screws into the lid. Open slots in rod allow liquid and fruit to mix naturally. Refill the pitcher without replacing the fruit….. |
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Bodum Brazil 8 cup French Press Coffee Maker, 34 oz, Black The Brazil French Press coffee maker, designed in the early 80′s, was our first coffee maker and quickly became a symbol of what Bodum stands for. Attractive and functional design at an affordable price The Brazil has an ultra-light, heat-resistant borosilicate glass beaker and a polypropylene handle and base, which make the Brazil easy to use and easy to clean. The 3-part stainless steel plunger … |
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Permanent Waves $3.23 One of Rush’s finest moments, second only to Moving Pictures. This album includes two classic songs, “The Spirit of Radio” (which has one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in all of rock) and “Freewill.” There’s also the epic-feeling “Jacob’s Ladder,” as well as “Entre Nous,” a sort of intellectual love song (if such a thing can be said to exist). The introspective “Different Strings” and the … |
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Falling Into You $6.31 Canadian thrush Celine Dion is primarily a singles artist, which is a good thing, because the soaring, epic style she brings to nearly all of her material is thrilling in four-minute bursts, but nearly overwhelming at album length. Falling into You is Dion’s finest attempt to temper that approach–mixing low-key love songs and dance pop between showstoppers such as “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”… |
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Growing Minds with Music: Nature Sounds CD $2.48 Nature Sounds 60 Minutes of extraordinary original music beautifully blended with many of the most tranquil sounds from nature. Relax with soft showers a gentle breeze song birds the gently crashing surf soaring gulls forest nightlife a beating heart and more! Nature Sounds is one of the original and still best-selling environment music albums. Ideal for: Baby s nursery: makes a very useful baby s… |
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Dr Richard Schulze’s Natural Healing Crusade: Elimination, The First Step $3.25 8 VOLUME VCR VIDEO SET IN ORIGINAL SLEEVES IN ORIGINAL DELUXE BLACK CASE 1999… |
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The Twist Video Most Wanted (Kinky Twist Adding Kinky Human Hair Extensions) [VHS] $149.95 … |
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Just Being Kids (VHS version) This video is a training tool for early intervention professionals dealing with services for children with special needs. The six vignettes in this 50-minute video demonstrate six different approaches to “natural envrionments” therapies done in a child’s own normal routine and daily activity. Produced by JFK Partners of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Online trainer’s manual ava… |
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Sunlight Desk Lamp Natural Full Spectrum Sun Light. Simulates Daylight. 150Watt Output uses 27 Watts. Touch On/Off Switch. $29.99 Best Gift For Youself or Loved Ones. Benefits of full spectrum Lighting: 1) Increases contrast in Reading. 2) Increase release of seratonin a hormone linked to an improved feeling of well being. 3) Increases vitamin D production in skin, which helps the body efficiently use calcium. 4) Render color much more accurately. 5) Reduce levels of melatonin, a harmone that promotes fatigue. About the Bulb… |
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