Carrot, lime coconut oil hair infusion…such a sensational, exotic and exciting hair blend, isn’t it? You probably already know that lemon and lime are great for hair growth because they prevent dandruff and itchiness that contribute to hair loss. But carrots?! Yes, we will be using carrots too in this homemade hair oil for hair growth because carrots are rich in so many vitamins and minerals that promote faster hair growth. I’m so thankful for my lovely mom – when I told her about my thinning hair, her eyes just lit up as she described to me this carrot lime hair oil, that enriches the hair roots and shaft and promotes hair growth! The best part about this hair infusion is that it’s totally homemade, using all natural and only three, but wholesome, ingredients! Below, I’ve listed the amazing benefits of carrot juice, lime and coconut oil for hair.
Benefits of carrot juice for hair growth
Drinking carrot juice is very nutritious for the overall body, including hair and skin, as it is bursting with vitamins and minerals. But how about when used for hair externally? Well, it does just the same wonders when used topically too! Carrot juice is most known for its luxurious hair softening properties that helps treat dull brittle hair, giving it a smooth soft texture. Its boat load of nutrients will help maintain healthy strong hair. The nutrients in the carrot juice will not get destroyed in the cooking process of preparing this hair oil infusion. In fact, it is known that the nutrients in carrots are more efficiently absorbed into the body when cooked or juiced!
Benefits of lime juice for hair
Lime, just like lemon, is excellent in treating and clearing out dandruff and flaky skin on the scalp. For Lime juice will also help clear out excess and stale oils on the scalp. It also helps seal the hair shaft which gives a ‘shine’ effect to hair strands. In this hair oil infusion, it provides a refreshing scent and soothingly relaxed the scalp. Yes, you can distinctly smell the lime juice in this hair oil – it doesn’t fade away!
Benefits of coconut oil for hair
Like many other hair oil infusions, coconut oil acts as the base for this hair oil infusion. It is versatile, smells wonderful and penetrates deep into the hair follicles and shaft, thereby promoting hair growth and thickness.
Tools used
- Vegetable grater to grate the carrot for blending. (Or just roughly chop up the carrots for blending)
- High speed blender to make carrot juice
- Stainless steel sauce pan to cook the hair oil for up to 20 minutes without sticking to the sides.
- Stove to cook the hair oil.
- Glass jar to store your oil. I just recycled an empty nutella jar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup carrot juice (freshly made from 1 medium-sized carrot)
- ½ cup of freshly squeezed lime (squeeze as many limes until you get the desired ½ cup of lime juice)
- 1 cup liquid coconut oil (where to find it)
How to make this hair oil infusion/blend
1. First, start by gathering all the ingredients and necessary tools to make this hair oil infusion. You will especially need a high speed blender to get fresh carrot juice, and a stove top to cook the hair oil.
2. Peel, wash and scrape a medium sized carrot (I actually used 1 and ½ carrots but 1 is enough). Blend the scraped carrots with ¼ cup of water. Strain the carrot juice and keep it aside.
3. Next, wash some limes and squeeze out the juice until you collect ½ cup. Ensure to remove the seeds if any fall into the juice.
4. Measure out 1 cup of unrefined liquid coconut oil and pour all the about ingredients into a stainless steel sauce pan. Place it on the stove and reduce the fire to medium.
5. After about 3 minutes, it will start boiling around the edges and bubbling. Now, it’s time to turn the heat on high.
6. As it continues boiling, give it a little stir with a wooden stick. At around 10 minutes, you will notice that the liquid is still thick and the water is evaporating. Leave it to boil.
7. At about 12 minutes, all the water will have evaporated and the oil will start to separate from the carrot puree.
8. At around 17 minutes, the bubbling and boiling will have completely stopped and the carrot puree will now be visibly separating from the coconut oil.
9. Leave the oil to simmer a bit for 2 minutes. At 19 minutes, there’s a wonderful coconut carrot aroma in the air! It smells oh-so-delicious like carrot cake!
10. It’s time to switch off the fire and let the oil cool down completely. By this time, the aroma was too irresistible and I just kept sniffing non-stop!
11. When it’s completely cooled down, carefully strain the hair oil into a glass jar.
12. Voila! Your very own golden carrot lime coconut oil hair blend is ready for use! I immediately started to massage some onto my scalp! It has a very beautiful aroma which is a perfect blend of coconut oil, carrot and lime. I could smell all the three ingredients perfectly infused in and felt so excited to start applying it onto my hair. Thick gorgeous long hair, here I come! XD
When to apply
- Leave in overnight and wash off the next morning.
- Leave on for an hour or more and wash off.
- And lastly, you can apply this hair oil as frequently as you like! Personally, I try to apply it frequently and just leave it on my hair without washing off, just like a leave-in conditioner. I know this is the umpteenth time I’m bragging about the smell but when you actually make it you will seriously love the carrot cake aroma!
My Tips
- If you don’t have lime, you can definitely go ahead and use lemon juice. Lemon has the same anti dandruff properties as lime and smells refreshing as well.
- You can also just juice your carrots, instead of blending with water, to get one cup of carrot juice. But this means you’ll have to clean up the juicer later on which can be quite a chore…
- Try as much as you can to use freshly juiced carrots and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Store bought juices can have additives and preservatives that may irritate your scalp!
- Be careful not to leave the mixture boiling on the stove, as it can very easily get burned (you can know when it’s too cooked if it turns a terrible orange-brown color. Stand nearby and monitor it for just 20 minutes till it’s ready.
- Make this brilliant diy carrot oil hair infusion last long by storing it in a clean dry place and most importantly, make sure not to get any water into it.
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Anonymous says
Oh my god thanks so much for your tutorial! you’re a life saver.
Molly Seay says
I just made a version of this by taking fresh rosemary and grated carrots and putting them into a jar with olive oil. My recipe said let sit in a dark room for a week. I also chopped up some carrots in my Ninja with avocado, banana, Evening Primrose oil, and some moisturizing conditioner. It makes a nice souffle textured cream. I have dry but fine hair, but this moisturizes it and absorbs well so no greasy hair! What makes me curious about your DIY treatment is that you cook the carrots which I didn’t. Now I know that cooked foods, especially carrots, lose their nutrients so at about 20 minutes what vitamins are left? Eating it would be different as the body absorbs nutrients better than the scalp. It seems like a waste to cook it when blending and straining do the job.
beautymunsta says
Hey there! When you blend and strain carrot juice in coconut oil without cooking it – it’s definitely going to get spoiled super fast. So that’s why we’re heating it up. You could grate the carrots in olive oil and leave it to infuse in a dark room but and this method is going to take long (about 3-6 weeks before you use it).
In Ayurveda, a popular hair growth oil is made by cooking curry leaves & black pepper corns in coconut oil. There are so many testimonies of how this oil helped regrow thinning hair and the recipe specifically says to cook the ingredients – not let it infuse in a dark room or in sunlight. How does this oil help if all/most of the nutrients are lost by cooking?
Many vegetables/spices actually release more antioxidants when cooked and carrots are one of them. http://www.medicinalfoodnews.com/vol04/issue7/carrot
Anyway, you could just grate the carrots (I don’t think you should add the lime juice in this case) and let it sit in olive oil for some weeks if you prefer it that way 🙂
Molly Seay says
Okay! I see. Thanks for the great tips.
Kristina says
Hi! I like this recipe and I would really like to try this out, but I’m scared of grease fire. Isn’t it dangerous for oil to be exposed to heat for such a long time.
Thanx
Kristina says
Hi! I like this recipe and I would really like to try this out, but I’m
scared of grease fire. Isn’t it dangerous for oil to be exposed to heat
for such a long time.
Thanx
SweetRae says
Hey beautymunsta!
I was wondering, do you use this mixture after you wash your hair while wet?
About how long does this mixture last without going bad?
Should it always be refrigerated?
How long have you been using this before you saw results and what results did you see?
Aspen says
Hey SweetRae, I’m sorry for the late reply!
You can use it on your scalp one hour before washing your hair.
This mixture keeps for over 3 months without refrigeration. If you choose to keep it refrigerated, it’ll last more than 6 months.
Use it for 3 months and hair is silky, tangle-free and doesn’t fall out as before! 😀
Nicolina Kolster says
I’m also sceptical about the boiling part, boiling oil for that long on high temperature literally makes it a transfat. Same goes for the carrot and lime juice, the vitamins are the first ones to die when heat is added, especially vitamin C and A. It would be much more therapeutic to use a coldpressed oil (without the heating) with essential oils of carrot seed and lemon for instance.. 🙂
Devi says
Hi,
My hair becomes very thin , will this hair oil will work , and within how many months we can see the result . Which coconut oil we can use. Pls help me ?
Kanika Gupta says
Hey there! I tried this carrot oil, but my scalp is itchy since the day I started using it. Is there something I am missing? It’s been 10 days now, applied four times.
Sharon Surrency says
If it is a little over cooked, can you still use it?
Sunday inyene says
I have tried many recipe and hair products to fight the dandruff, hair discoloration, and hair breakage. But all to no avail. Two months ago I discovered ur carrots, lime, and coconut oil treatment. I tried it (because I love coconut oil). And the result has been very good. Now I have a dandruff free scalp, my hair breakage has reduced ( I know this cos I keep and compare the hair breakage from last two months) plus my natural afro hair is soft and easy to comb and u are right about the smell. It smells so goooood. I made another batch today and I realized I haven’t said thank u. So, thank u very very much. U saved my natural afro hair.