We all want to be beautiful. Like in advertising: “Beautiful nails, healthy hair and smooth skin”. And we do everything, as it seems to us, the necessary. And we smear balms and rub creams. But only here is the proverb – “you can’t spoil the beauty”, as it seems to me, to cunning. It is quite possible to ruin. I was a witness to one such experiment. My friend, the owner of an unrealistically beautiful golden hair color, at one time tried intensively to change the shade. She painted them – painted, tinted – tinted, until one day her awesome golden hair acquired a terrible greenish tint.
And here’s the question – why are we always trying to “improve” our beauty with all sorts of chemicals. Completely not noticing elementary. After all, nature itself gives us so many means that no store on the couch can compare with. They are directly lying under our feet. Rather, they grow. And we walk on them. So it can be better to find them more useful use. We have already talked about the benefits of herbal bath for our face. Now your attention is offered a cycle of articles about the benefits of each of the herbs for our beauty. Let’s start with the well -known bit of grass.
So, what is the useful of nettle for our hair and how to use it
In the summer, a terribly unpleasant plant grows in the country, causing many bad words, as it touches it to the bare legs. This is nettles. Not only are these very touches, as we know, are useful, in order to improve blood circulation. So, after all, this storehouse of useful substances can do what service for cosmetic purposes can do us.
Nettle composition:
Of course, the most useful young nettle. Which has not yet given its beneficial substances to the world around. Such a young nettle contains a huge variety of vitamins. So, it includes, among others,: ascorbic acid, vitamin K, carotene, iron, wax, potassium and calcium, sulfur, magnesium, as well as amino acids.
Such a useful composition, of course, finds use in medicine. So, nettle is used as an anti -inflammatory, diuretic and hematopoietic agent.
But, now we’ll talk not about the use of this “delicacy” inside, but about the use in cosmetology.
Use of nettles in cosmetology
The main benefit that nettle can provide our beauty is its influence on our hair. Hair rinsing from ancient times a certain way to improve their quality.
This burning grass occupies a leading position among natural hair care products. Therefore, since ancient times, nettles have been used not only as a cosmetic product, but also as a medicinal. What is the useful nettle for our hair?
Well, firstly, it improves the appearance of the hair. The properties of nettles have a beneficial effect on the structure of the hair, smoothing it and strengthening. Therefore, after washing the hair with nettles, they look more shiny and silky.
Secondly, nettles for a long time are used as a drug for diseases of the scalp, including the well -known problem of our time – dandruff. Salt and minerals that make up this miracle traction soothe the scalp and reduce its peeling.
Thirdly, thanks to the unique vitamin composition of nettles, washing the hair with a nettled decoction strengthens the hair bulb and makes the hair more strong, preventing them.
Nettle cosmetics recipes
So, consider several recipes for the use of nettles for hair.
Rinsing hair with nettles.
The simplest, if you do not want to bother for a long time, is to prepare a decoction of nettle leaves.
On two tablespoons of nettles, two glasses of boiling water are needed. You can brew nettle, like tea with a steep boiling water and let it stand. But, for the effect of the effect, you can try to make a decoction in a water bath. For example, I take a large liter enameled mug, pour two tablespoons of nettles without a hill into it, pour boiling water. At this time, a saucepan with water had already boiled on my gas. I put a mug in this same saucepan and hold all this beauty on low heat for about 10-15 minutes to slightly gurgle. Then I turn it off, cool and – voila – a magical nettle broth for hair is ready. Such a decoction must be rinsed after washing. As a result, we get smooth, shiny hair like silk.
Washing hair with nettles.
If there is both time and desire, you can tinker with the preparation of a more complicated nettles not only for rinsing, but also for washing hair. By the way, it was this recipe that our great -grandmothers used.
So, to prepare a nettle shampoo, in the previous decoction we add a tablespoon of honey (unless, of course, you have an allergy to it) and dissolve the steep honey – nettles in the basin with water. With such a decoction, my head without using shampoo. The result promises to be even more impressive than in the previous case. Natural shine and softness, as well as the envious glances of the friends, are guaranteed to you.
Strengthen the roots of the hair with a net of nettle.
If there was a lot of time and I want to strengthen the net effect of nettles, we make a hair mask. So, in this case, we need fresh nettle juice. Do not be afraid, after defending, he will lose burning. But, to collect “material”, of course, you need to be in gloves. So, to prepare the mask, we need to collect the tops of the young nettle, grind them as you like (preferably smaller). You can do this in a blender, or you can just grind them with a knife. Then fill them with warm water (at the rate of 1: 2) and insist for 1, 5 hours. Add two more ingredients to such gruel. Burdock oil (one st. spoon) that will enhance hair growth. As well as one st. a spoonful of honey that will help nettle reveal its beneficial properties. This mixture is infused before the juice appears for about 20 minutes. The resulting nettles of the mask is applied, rubbing, on the scalp and covered with a cellophane, and a towel on top. And after 15 minutes was washed off with shampoo. We evaluate the promised effect after the first application.
Notes:
It is worth noting that the use of nettles is recommended nevertheless, for oily and normal hair. Netting for dry hair is not suitable. However, it was tested on personal experience that mixed hair (the eternal problem is oily roots and dry tips) react to rinsing with nettles very gratefully. Therefore, everything is individual here.
Therefore, instead of swearing on nettles, growing on our summer cottage, I propose to put on gloves and collect young shoots for harvesting healing reserves for the winter. After all, the cleanest and probably 100% natural “nettles” is what is collected with your own hands. And then our hair will receive the necessary supply of vitamins and microelements all year round. And we will receive compliments.
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