I love using yogurt in my hair and skin care recipes. Yogurt is antioxidant rich and highly nutritious making it a powerful beauty ingredient, as well as a budget friendly and easily accessible beauty treatment! What kind of yogurt should you use? For beauty purposes, use plain, unflavored, unsweetened and pro biotic yogurt. Remember to never use flavored yogurt for this purpose. Greek yogurt can be used. Yogurt will do much more than soften your locks: it will feed hair follicles, moisturize, promote growth, prevent hair fall, and condition hair! It contains vitamin B6, zinc, lactic acid, calcium, magnesium and vitamin B12 that are all vital for hair and nourish the hair follicles. Check out 3 amazing yogurt hair mask recipes that you can try out depending on your hair condition!
1. Anti-dandruff: Yogurt Honey Lemon Hair Mask
Yogurt contains antibacterial and anti-fungal properties that will help fight and clear off dandruff. Lactic acid will clear off excess dead cells and flakes on the scalp. It has exfoliating properties that will help dislodge stale oils and grime from deep within the hair follicles. Here are some benefits of the honey and lemon in this hair mask: [table id=51 /] Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- A small lemon
Directions In a small bowl, squeeze a small lemon and stir in the yogurt and honey with a spoon until you get an even consistency. Apply the mixture onto your wet hair strands and scalp. Let the hair mask penetrate for about 10 minutes. When the time is up, rinse off very well using tepid or cold water. Towel dry your hair.
For dry hair, use only ½ a lemon as it has oil control action and you don’t want to make your hair even drier.
2. Hair Growth: Yogurt Olive Oil Egg hair mask
Yogurt is a multivitamin packed super food and works wonders both topically and internally! It is rich in zinc, lactic acid, b-vitamins and probiotic enzymes that nourish the hair follicles and waken sleeping hair follicles there by promoting hair growth. [table id=52 /] Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Directions Throw all your ingredients into a blender and blend until you get a smooth consistency. Onto wet hair, massage the hair mask in gentle circular motions. Cover your hair with a shower cap as you wait for the mask to sink deep. After 10 to 15 minutes, rinse your hair thoroughly using cold or tepid water. Remember; never use hot water as this will cook the eggs in your mask.
Do not add a lot of olive oil as this will make your hair look and feel greasy. Rinse your hair very thoroughly to get rid of the egg smell. It usually takes me about 3-5 rinses to get the smell off completely.
3. Condition & Shine: Yogurt Coconut oil Avocado Hair Mask
Yogurt is super moisturizing as it contains healthy fatty acids and moisture in whey water which will plump up dry hair cells. This moisturizing yogurt hair mask also contains two other ingredients: coconut oil and avocado! Check out their benefits for hair below: [table id=53 /] Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of yogurt
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- ½ an avocado
Directions Blend the above ingredients until you get a smooth consistency, without any lumps whatsoever. Massage the hair mask onto your scalp and slather it onto your hair locks especially at the ends. Wait for about 10 to 15 minutes for the hair mask to sink in. When the time is up, rinse off thoroughly using tepid/cold water. Wrap your hair in a fluffy towel.
Leave your wet hair to dry naturally by towel drying. Do not use a hair dryer.
Where to Get a Natural Shampoo
If you are going chemical-free on your hair, but want to save the time of making a homemade shampoo, this Maple Holistics Sage Shampoo is a game-changer. It contains powerful herbs such as sage: for dandruff & itchy scalp treatment, rosemary: for hair growth and prevention of hair loss and spikenard for dandruff treament. It also has argan, jojoba and tea tree oils that all protect the scalp from germs, keep hair clean as well as hydrated and moisturized. This shampoo does not contain sulfates, so it will not lather the way you are used to, but you will quickly get used to it and notice the difference!
So a lot of people use yogurt as a face mask. If yogurt boosts hair growth, would that mean the yogurt face masks would increase facial hair?
No it’s not going to make your facial hair grow. Actually, in some hair removal recipes, it’s used together with gram flour and turmeric to inhibit facial hair growth. Yogurt can’t boost hair growth in the light and tiny facial hairs but it nourishes your scalp hair follicles and promotes hair growth there. It’s just like saying I won’t use coconut oil on my face because coconut oil also promotes hair growth…your facial hairs won’t start growing longer and thicker because by nature they’re supposed to be light and tiny not grow inches long. I hope it’s clear xoxo
Should the last yoghurt mask (the one with the avocado and coconut oil) be applied to clean wet hair or dry unwashed hair and then washed normally??
Any you prefer, actually! But I’d apply on clean hair then wash off as usual.
What will happen if I use a sweetened yogurt for my hair