Egg hair masks nourish hair well. And due to the rich content of vitamins and various amino acids, this composition can replace expensive industrial masks. The main thing is to properly prepare the tool and apply it.
What are eggs for hair good for?
Eggs are a natural product that contains no preservatives, thickeners, dyes, or other chemicals. And separately it is worth talking about the usefulness of yolk and protein.
Yolk
The benefit of the yolk for the hair is difficult to overestimate. This product contains all the trace elements that are needed to nourish the skin and hair.
These include:
- Vitamins A and E. They quickly reach the follicle, nourish, moisturize, give silkiness.
- Vitamin B. It expands small capillaries, which gives hair growth and strength.
- Vitamin D. Responsible for the absorption of calcium, improves the condition of the hair along the entire length, making them resistant to aggressive environment, prevents breakage and section. This element is produced by the body only under the influence of ultraviolet radiation. For these reasons, the egg mask is so relevant in the winter and in the off-season, when the sun is very low and the cold greatly damages the hair.
- Lecithin. It is an essential amino acid. We can get it only from food. But it is precisely lecithin that is involved in the assimilation of proteins, vitamins, iron, calcium, and other macro-and microelements.
- Fatty acid. They deliver nutrients deep into the skin and hair follicles. In addition, fatty acids create a thin film that protects the hair.
- Minerals Due to the rich mineral composition, egg yolk restores damaged hair.
- Cholesterol, which relieves dryness.
Protein
Protein benefits also should not be underestimated. By itself, it helps to restore damage, gives the hair elasticity and volume. Also in the protein there are two more important components:
- Leucine. An essential amino acid that the body does not produce. Participates in all metabolic processes, helps the assimilation of other useful substances.
- Vitamin N. Activates blood circulation, improves hair growth, awakens "dormant" bulbs.
The use of any homemade egg masks should be systematic. The use of rare care is short-lived, at the same time regular feeding will allow the hair to accumulate the necessary substances, so that the curls will be healthy and lush.
Important tips for preparation and application
For the preparation of masks, it is desirable to use products from domestic chickens that are not exactly fed with additives, antibiotics, other chemicals. But if this is not possible, try to buy in the store diet eggs. Also try not to take too large a product, because usually young hens carry small-sized eggs. But they have more nutrients. Before you start making and using masks, the following tips are taken into account:
- Hair should be dry. Mixtures often have a liquid consistency, and from the wet curls will simply drain.
- Mix ingredients better mixer. You can use the whisk, but in this case the process will be very long, the mass should be homogeneous.
- Apply remedy from the roots down. If you begin to apply the mixture from the tips, then to the most important place, that is, the scalp, the mass may not be enough.
- Rubbed need a circular motion. Should not hurry, because you need to heat the entire surface of the head to ensure the flow of blood to the bulbs. In this case, the nutrients can penetrate deeper.
- From above we put on a simple package or a cellophane film so that the mask does not leak out. On cellophane need to wind a terry towel. Such a "fur coat" will allow to maintain the required temperature inside the structure.
- Wash off with cool water. Many people, forgetting that the eggs roll up when heated, try to wash the hair with hot water, but after that it will be very difficult to wash off the product. Too fat formulations should be removed with a diluted shampoo. It is clear that it is impossible to wash off the oil components with plain water. However, in its pure form it is undesirable to apply shampoo, it is better to dilute it in your palm one by one and lather your head.
- Rinsed with acidic water or decoction. The best option is acidified water, for which you need to mix 5 ml of vinegar or lemon juice with one liter of water. You can also use chamomile, string, birch buds for the preparation of broth.
- If you do not like the egg smell, you can add a little essential oil to the rinse water.
Properly prepared mask will solve many problems that are associated with the condition of the hair.
Mask can be used:
- as a remedy for falling out;
- to nourish the roots with all the necessary amino acids and vitamins;
- for cleansing hair from dirt;
- to activate the production of collagen and elastin, so that the hair becomes elastic and elastic;
- for the normalization of metabolic processes;
- to protect against external factors;
- for moisturizing dry and brittle hair;
- to accelerate growth;
- to eliminate dandruff;
- to improve the subcutaneous blood circulation.
Indications and contraindications
The indications for the use of these masks include:
- dry brittle hair;
- hair loss;
- split ends.
Also, egg products are useful in harmful working conditions, for example, at high temperatures, in chemical production, and when living in unfavorable environmental areas.
There are a number of contraindications:
- Greasy hair. In this case, you can use masks only on the basis of the protein, because the yolk does not have a drying property, does not affect the functioning of the sebaceous glands.
- Not recommended for curly hair, because in this case, the strands will become even more rigid, naughty.
- You can not use egg masks after lamination - in this case, the hair will resemble a hanging rag.
Many sources claim that homemade egg masks have no contraindications. However, this is not at all the case. In the cases listed above, it is recommended to pick up some other natural remedy.
If we talk about owners of curly hair, then the reaction to the eggs can be ambiguous. Someone writes that the curls after such procedures become soft, but in most cases the situation is very deplorable: combing the hair is very difficult.
Side effects of using such masks:
- Unpleasant smell. It disappears when the strands dry out, but may appear when they get wet.
- Stiffness, disobedience of hair.
- Perhaps the manifestation of allergic reactions to the egg: itching, flushing, rash.
Top recipes for egg masks for hair
Honey with onions
Cool 2 chicken yolks, add to them 40 g of honey, mix. Peel small onions, finely chop, chop in a blender. Put the resulting gruel on the gauze and squeeze the juice. Stir all, add 25 g of potato starch, 10 ml of castorca. Spread the mixture over the entire length of the hair, wait about half an hour and remove with cool water. Wash, rinse hair with chamomile extract.
Mustard Milk
Take 150 ml of full-fat milk, heat up, add 30 grams of dry mustard. Mix everything, add 0.5 tablespoons of gelatin, leave for 15 minutes before swelling. Add one egg, 2 yolks to this mass. Mix everything thoroughly and apply to dry hair.
Prepare the rinse mix. Take 1 liter of warm water and 50 ml of grapefruit juice. Wash off the mask with shampoo and rinse the hair with the prepared mixture.
Oatmeal with lemon
Crush 40 grams of oatmeal, add 80 ml of hot milk, wait half an hour. After a specified time, add 20 ml of lemon juice or castorca.
In another container, combine two yolks, add 10 grams of gelatin, mix. Rub the mass into the root area, put a cellophane cap on top. Leave the mass for half an hour, then wash off the composition.
Castor oil with burdock oil
Mix in a bowl 30 ml of castor oil, 40 ml of burdock oil and 30 ml of vegetable oil. Add to the mixture 10 g of mustard dry and instant gelatin, mix everything thoroughly. Heat the mixture up to +50 degrees to swell the gelatin.
After about 30 minutes, the mass will cool down, after which you need to add 3 yolks. Strands comb, each mask grease, warm with cellophane. Leave on for 40-50 minutes, then rinse.
Olive oil and apple cider vinegar
To prepare this mask, you can take two chicken yolks, one protein, add to them 20 g of coarse salt and 10 ml of water. Mix all the ingredients with a fork, add half a tablespoon of olive oil and 20 ml of apple cider vinegar. The mask is applied to dry hair for 20 minutes, then washed off with warm water.
Honey and Cognac
For the preparation of this tool, mix 20 ml of brandy, the same vegetable oil, 30 mg of honey and 3 chicken yolks. Stir the ingredients, leave for 30 minutes. In another bowl, pour the henna packaging with no color, dilute with water, following the instructions. Leave the composition for an hour, then send it to the first components. Rinse your hair in advance, let it dry for about 80%. Treat each strand with a prepared mask and soak for half an hour.
Honey with yogurt
Take one glass of natural thick yogurt, add to it two chicken eggs. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon, rub the crust on a grater. Mix all the ingredients, apply a mask on the hair and soak for an hour.
Carrots and honey
In a bowl, heat 50 ml of any cosmetic oil, add 40 g of butter and 20 g of honey. In a separate container, combine 10 g of cinnamon, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch. Send the mixture in the refrigerator, then mix with the first composition.
Peel the carrot, then recycle it in a blender, transfer all the contents to gauze and squeeze out the juice. Mix the carrot liquid with the rest of the ingredients, apply to the hair slightly warmed by a hair dryer, cover the top with cellophane and a towel. Mask should be left for 40 minutes, then rinse with shampoo. Additionally, it is recommended to rinse the strands with lemon water.
Lavender ether and eggs
The mask of this type will allow to clean the scalp, normalize the work of the sebaceous glands. For this reason, it is advisable to use it for those who have oily hair.
The instruction is simple:
- Take 2 squirrels, add to them 7 drops of lavender ester, 10 g of mustard, 5 grams of cinnamon, 40 ml of vodka or brandy.
- This mixture is applied only to the root area, intensively rubbed for 5 minutes.
- When the characteristic heat appears, you need to wrap the hair with a film.
- Half an hour later, the mask is washed off.
Milk and Yeast
For this mask you need to use live yeast:
- Take 30 g of the product, according to the instructions diluted with water.
- Leave to infuse for an hour.
- In another container, combine 60 mg of milk and 20 g of gelatin. Stir until the grains of gelatin dissolve.
- After half an hour, combine the two masses, add one protein and two yolks. Whisk everything.
- Spread over hair and roots.
- After half an hour, rinse.
Cocoa and kefir
In a glass, heat 150 ml of fatty kefir, add 60 grams of natural cocoa to it and mix until the mass is smooth. When the composition has cooled, add three yolks, beat the mixture with a fork for a minute.
Apply a mask over the entire length of the hair and carefully rub into the scalp. After 40 minutes, rinse with cool water.
Honey and burdock oil
Take 60 ml of burdock oil, a little warm up in a water bath, so that the composition is more easily absorbed into the hair. Add 20 g of honey, cool.
Beat three yolks, mix to achieve uniformity. Spread the finished mask on dry strands.
After an hour you need to wash off, rinse your hair in lemon water.
Vodka and coffee
Instruction:
- This mask will make the strands shiny and silky. Ideal for owners of dark hair.
- Make 60 ml of coffee, add 25 ml of vodka.
- When the mass has cooled, add 4 yolks, 50 ml of almond oil.
- Brush, divide hair into strands, each mask with a mask, massage the scalp.
- After half an hour, rinse and rinse hair with acetic water.
Vegetable oil and wine
Dry white wine and sunflower oil will cope with split ends. Take the products in equal quantities, add two yolks.
Heat to +35 degrees, rub into hair.
Gently comb the strands and leave the mask for 40 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
Pepper and honey
Wash the pepper pod, dry it, remove the tail, and finely chop everything else. Fill with hot vodka to alcohol cover the pepper completely. Leave to infuse for a week. After that, take 30 ml of the mixture, add to it three chicken yolks, one protein, whisk thoroughly.
In a separate container, melt 50 g of oil, add to the above mixture. Spread the product over the hair. Leave for 25 minutes. But if there is a burning sensation, wash off the mask.
