Homemade Curly Hair Mask - Easy Recipes

As you know, the weather conditions and the different treatments have a negative impact on our hair, especially in winter when the wind and cold dry out and damage the mane. And if our hair is normally dry, this becomes a real disaster! Small curls and long waves, your frizzy hair requires special care. So go ahead and take advantage of the confinement period to pamper your tired hair in 5 minutes with a homemade curly hair mask!

How do you prepare a homemade curly hair mask?

Which ingredients to prefer to prepare a homemade hair mask and enhance curly hair? Good news, the recipes that the editorial staff have tested for you only include simple ingredients that can be found in every kitchen. Dry curls, split ends and colored waves without shine … a repairing recipe for each problem! The type that you do every weekend, a face mask, a lip, body or foot scrub? Why not take the opportunity to take care of your hair as well?

Note: essential oils are strongly discouraged for children, pregnant (or breastfeeding) women, the elderly or those suffering from chronic pathologies. Before using essential oils, do not hesitate to do a little allergy test by pouring a drop on the back of your hand.

Homemade mask for curly, frizzy and frizzy hair - the easy recipe

Appreciated by all the beautistas on the Web, the hair mask made from the egg offers natural care for dry and damaged curls, especially after the winter season. Easy and full of vitamins, this recipe is very easy to integrate into the routine of every curly girl. For optimal results, it is best to apply the mask once or twice a week during the spring months to strengthen your mane before the onset of summer. Here are the ingredients to get:

• 1 egg yolk for short and medium-length hair or 2 egg yolks for long and very long hair
• 1 teaspoon of milk (depending on hair length)
• juice of ½ or 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp. tablespoon olive oil

Preparation:

Combine the egg yolk with the lukewarm milk and olive oil in a bowl. Add the lemon juice. Apply the mask to the hair, massaging lightly over 3-5 minutes and leave on for 20 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water and wash the hair with your usual shampoo. Finally, you will have well-defined and hydrated curls.

Where does this effect come from? Eggs contain protein, which nourishes the hair, potassium and vitamin D, which prevents hair loss, and vitamin A, which protects the ends. Vitamin B 12, on the other hand, stimulates growth, while olive oil and lemon juice give them radiance and a visibly smoother appearance.

Coconut milk and banana, the winning duo for hydrated and softer curls

It's no secret that curly hair loves anything made with coconut: milk, butter, oil. Due to its good fatty acids, coconut has a strong nourishing, fortifying, beautifying and repairing effect. In addition, it combines with several natural ingredients to treat and revitalize curly and mixed hair. However, there is one fruit that goes particularly well with coconut, and more specifically coconut milk. Yes, you guessed it right! Sweet and packed with health benefits, bananas are already an integral part of many beauty recipes!

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 3 tbsp. tablespoon coconut milk
• 1 C. tablespoon of castor oil
• 1 egg yolk (optional)
• 1 C. honey (optional)
• 2-3 drops of ylang-ylang oil (optional)

Preparation:

Start by mashing the banana with a fork, then add the coconut milk, castor oil. and a little honey, if desired. Apply all over the hair strand by strand and leave to act for 1 hour. Finally, rinse and wash with your usual shampoo. For girls with curly and long hair, you can double the amounts. You can also add a little ylang-ylang oil and 1 beaten egg yolk for even better results. In this case, leave the mask on for 15 minutes and no more. After just a few preparations, you will observe a revitalized and visibly softer mane.

Clay, lemon and olive oil for uncolored curly hair

Natural, purifying and with antiseptic properties, white clay is not only reserved for face treatments and masks. Thanks to its regulating effect, it controls the sebum on the scalp, rids the hair of impurities, and helps to tighten the hair fiber. We therefore mix it with:

• 2 tbsp. tablespoon olive oil
• the juice of a quarter of a lemon
• 2 tbsp. lukewarm water

Preparation:

Before you do anything, be aware that this recipe is not suitable for colored curly hair as it will only spoil the color. So, mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of white clay with lemon juice and olive oil. Add a little lukewarm water and apply to your mane. Leave on for 10 minutes before rinsing.

Softening and restructuring aloe mask for frizzy hair

After bananas, honey and coconut milk, aloe vera is unsurprisingly the other magic ingredient to incorporate into your homemade mask for curly hair! Combined with yogurt, aloe vera becomes the preferred treatment for curly hair.

To prepare our next restructuring hair cocktail, you only need a small pot of plain yogurt and 2 tbsp. of aloe vera gel. For an optimal fortifying effect, you can pour 1-2 drops of rosemary oil. As for the exposure time, apply the preparation to the lengths of your curly hair and leave it to act for 30 minutes. Finally, rinse and wash as usual.

Home leave-on overnight hair mask for redefined curls

In addition to its many virtues for the body and the face, argan oil is just as beneficial for the hair. Derived from the argan tree, it has the potential to regulate the skin, repair split ends and heal the epidermis. If you are therefore looking for a hair mask capable of reshaping your curls and getting rid of brittle hair, mix the following ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of argan oil / olive oil
• 3 drops of Atlas cedar essential oil (optional)

Why exactly Atlas cedar? Well, simply to stimulate growth and strengthen your curls. Once the ingredients are well mixed, apply the resulting mask to the length of your curly hair and braid it. Leave the treatment on overnight before rinsing it off the next morning.

Avocado mask for healthy curly hair

For the preparation of our last hair mask, we take the argan oil used in the previous recipe and mix it with:

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 C. of honey
• ¼ cup coconut milk

Mix the indicated ingredients with 1 tbsp. tablespoons of argan oil in your blender. Apply to your hair, insisting on the ends and leave for about 1 hour before rinsing.