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Avocado-Olive Oil Intensive Conditioner
What you need:
1 avocado
1 tablespoon olive oil
What you do:
Mash together olive oil and avocado.
Apply to hair, wrap in a plastic bag and let sit for at least 30 minutes.
Rinse and shampoo as normal.
Preparation Time:
3 minutes
Cooking Time:
Servings:
1
Recipe Category:
SO HOW'D IT GO?
This was awesome, worked way better than I thought it would. My ends were a little dry though but that might mean that I need a trim.
I have a question, and it may be stupid. I don't claim to educated in the ways of beauty at all; however, I'm trying to learn. I conditioned my hair after I washed out the mixture... should I not have done that? I'm still waiting for it to dry. I'm trying to make my hair shinier.
After I bought an avocado, I waited until it was very ripe before using it for this recipe. It was very soft -almost like butter at room's temperature. I used a hand mixer to combine the avocado and olive oil. It made the mixture very smooth, like a heavy mousse. I think mixing it up with a blender would solve any problems with chunks and bits in the avocado. My hair didn't smell like avocado after I shampooed it, and it was very soft and shiny.
Overall, I say give it a shot!
Great recipe but my hair is highly textured so I must strain the avocado.
sometimes I add a banana(also strained) and/or some coconut milk.
I tried this on my hair two nights ago, and it didn't really do much. Maybe it was because I had to shampoo twice to get all the avocado bits out? If anything, my hair was a little bit shinier. I don't know if I'd do this again. :-\
I tried this recipe last night after buying a bag of cheap, inedible avocados that were still good enough to use for my hair. I didn't use the olive oil and my hair turned out really soft and shiny today. I can't stop touching it! I didn't mash the avocado well enough so it was a little clumpy and I think that the olive oil would've made it a bit easier. Also, my hair smelled like avocado afterwards, which was fine but a couple drops of essential oil would make it smell more appealing.