How To Do Hair Spa At Home: Benefits and Side Effects

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Guess the new trend in beauty salons?

It’s not a new hair colour or the new hairstyle either. It’s a HAIR SPA! Yeah, it sounds similar to a Body Spa which not only leaves the body rejuvenated but also makes one feel completely changed.

What Is A Hair Spa?

Hair Spa is a therapy to maintain a constant growth of healthy hair. Exotic oils or creams are used which treat brittle, unhealthy and thinning hair. This procedure is done once in a while to ensure your hair stays strong and bouncy.

Let’s find out how beneficial “Hair Spa” is:

Benefits Of Hair Spa Treatment

Want a boost of healthy and bouncy hair? Hair Spa? Check.

From treating brittle and dull hair to treating common hair problems like hair loss, split ends, damaged hair, dandruff, etc., hair spa is perhaps the ‘first’ and the ‘last’ treatment. It suits all age- groups.

A crisp look at Hair Spa benefits:

• Hair Spa conditions the scalp. Makes it free from chemicals that seep intothe hair because of chemical hair products and pollutants in the air.

• It makes you say goodbye to dry hair and split ends.

• Hair Spa includes hair massages which stimulate blood flow and blood circulation in the scalp. They also strengthen the nerves in the scalp area.

• Hair Spa sets oil secretion from the scalp to normalcy

• Itis a great stress-buster.

• Hair Spa detangles those pesky knots in the hair and removes dryness by activating the sebaceous glands in the hair.

• From the roots to the tips, Hair Spa produces natural shine.

Wouldn’t you love to have the comfort of a hair spa at home itself?

So let’s check out the different ways of doing a hair spa at home.

Home Hair Spa Treatments That Work

Here are 12 options for hair spa at home you need to try, depending on the texture and volume of your hair.

1. Olive Oil Massage

Ingredients Required: Olive Oil, Piece of cloth/Towel

How To Do:

• Start the olive oil hair spa by massaging olive oil intoyour hair.

• Leave it for 15 min.

• Now soak a piece of cloth in warm waterand squeeze out the excess water.

• Wrap your hair in this clothand let it steam your hair for 10-15 mins.

• Use a mild shampoo for best results, at the end.

• You can skip the conditioner as olive oil is the best in hair conditioning.

Results: Olive oil is an all-natural remedy when it comes to nourishing dry skin or hair.

2. Honey Hair Spa Mask

Ingredients Required: Honey (1/2 cup)

How To Do:

• Damp your hair firstand apply honey to the damp hair.

• Keep it on for about 20minutes before washing off your hair with lukewarm water.

Results: Hair and honey? Yes. The honey hair mask is excellent for moisturizing damaged hair.

3. Honey Milk Hair Mask

Ingredients Required: Milk (1 glass), Honey(1 tbsp)

4. Ripe Banana Spa Mask

Ingredients Required: Ripe banana (1), Olive Oil (small cup), Egg white (1)

How To Do:

• Peel the ripe banana.

• Put the banana, olive oil and egg white in a blender

• Now apply it tothe hair and let it stay for 20 minutes

• Use a mild shampoo and conditioner to clean your hair afterward.

Results: Banana has natural oils, potassium and vitamins which help in hair-softening. Banana hair spa mask also prevents split ends.

5. Egg Hair Spa

Ingredients Required: Egg (1), Coconut oil(Handful)

How To Do:

• Whisk an egg in a bowland add sufficient coconut oil to it.

• Apply it as a hair mask gently.

• Wrap your hair in a warm towel and let it stay for 20 minutes

• Usea mild shampoo at the end.

Results: Protein-rich! That is what eggs are. This helps in imparting hair growth, strength and shine to dull and lifeless hair. Also don’t you ever wash out your egg mask with hot water. Use cold water instead as that will help in removing the egg smell from your hair easily.

6. Avocado Hair Mask

Ingredients Required: Big Avocados (2), Honey (1 tbsp)

How To Do:

• To make the maskingpaste, mash 2 big avocados

• Add 1 tbsp honey

• Now free your hair from any tangles

• Start applying the avocado paste to your hair – from roots to tips

• Leave this hair mask for 20 minutes

• Wash itoff with a mild shampoo.

[Also Read: Best Natural Hair Conditioners]

Results: Avocado hair mask stimulates hair growth and prevents hair damage. It also adds shine, making your hair appear stronger and healthier.

7. Beer Hair Spa

Ingredients Required: A Beer bottle

How To Do:

• Shampoo your hair normally

• Now pour beer intoyour hair

• Massage your hair locks a bit

• Then, rinse it off.

Results: Facing dry and tangled hair? BEER is a great de-tangler for dry hair. Did you know, Beer also has proteins which moisturize, add shine and strengthen your hair locks?

8. Cucumber Hair Spa

Ingredients Required: Cucumber (4 pcs), Egg white(1), Olive oil (2 tbsp)

How To Do:

• Make a paste – using egg white, olive oil and cucumber in the mentioned quantity

• Deeply massage your hair strands from the roots with this cucumber paste

• Rinse it with lukewarm water after 15 min

Results: Have damaged or dry hair? Enjoy smooth and silky strands with this cucumber hair mask.

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9. Coconut Hair Spa

Ingredients Required: Raw coconut

How To Do:

• Break a coconut piece and scoop out or extract its cream

• Run the coconut pieces in a blender

• When the smooth coconut paste is ready, apply it on your hair for 5-10 minutes

• Put a warm towel on your hair

• After half an hour, wash off with a mild shampoo

• Avoid blow drying your hair after washing

Results:Nature’s best fruit “Coconut” has a high amount of saturated fat. This makes it suitable and ideal for deep conditioning the hair. This is one of the best hair spas at home without egg, as it imparts all the nutrients without having the stink of an egg.

10. Curd Hair Spa

Ingredients Required: Curd – 2 tbsp, Honey and Lemon juice

How To Do:

• Put curd (in mentioned amount) in a bowl

• Put ina few drops of honey and lemon juice

• Make a paste of the ingredients

• Now apply this pack to hair roots, scalp and tips

• After half an hour, rinse off your hair

Results: Smooth and manageable hair! This is the beauty of the curd hair spa. It also gives relief from scalp irritation and itchiness.

11. Coconut Milk Hair Spa

Ingredients Required: Coconut Milk (1-2 tbsp), Milk Powder(1 tbsp), Lemon juice (1/2), Lavender Essential oil (2 drops)

How To Do

• Mix all the ingredients and apply it to the roots and hair.

• Cover the hair with a shower cap for about 20 mins.

• Then, shampoo your hair with a natural one, preferably.

Results:This helps in treating hair-fall and also gives a boost of nutrients to the scalp.

12. Aloe Vera Treatment

Ingredients Required: Fresh pulp of Aloe vera, Lemon juice

How To Do:

• Combine the pulp of aloe vera and lemon juice (few drops) in a bowl

• Apply this mask on your hair

• Let it stay for 15 minutes

• Now wash your hair thoroughly

Results: Aloe vera treatment on scalp gently cleanses, nourishes, and protects hair from damage.

Any more uses of hair spa? Yup!

Hair Spa At Home For Oily Scalp

Oily and greasy scalps can pose to be a huge problem. The best remedy for this would be the Aloe Vera Hair Spa that is mentioned above. It conditions the hair heavily while combating the grease.

Hair Spa At Home For Straightened Hair

Hair Spa can sometimes use products that might affect the quality of straightened hair. So, it is safe to go in for remedies such as curd and honey, which do not hamper the straightened effect.

Treatment For Dandruff

Hair loss and dandruff is a common problem in many individuals. Spa treatment is the best remedy to treat dandruff.

Hair spa fights off stress, changes in climate, changes in hormones, as well as improper maintenance of hair; thereby, fighting off stress, and facilitating re-growth of hair.

Any side-effects of Hair Spa? Let’s find out:

Side Effects Of Hair Spa

There are minor side effects of Hair Spa.

• Got “coloured” hair? Then, the hair color can reduce or fade away

• You (and your hair) will get more attention, LOL!

Now that you know the benefits of Hair Spa (hardly, any risk), when are you switching over to it? Or you already have? Write in and tell us your experience(s).

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