Girls, it’s time to give up those hair straighteners and save your gorgeous locks from the heat and chemicals. Instead, pamper your mane by using nature’s precious gifts. Here are 12 best home solutions when you want to know how to straighten hair naturally. These ingredients can be easily found in your kitchen, and the best part is that they’re inexpensive and healthy for your hair.
12 Ways To Achieve Naturally Straight Hair At Home
Yes, natural hair straightening does exist. And, you can vouch for these 12 home remedies, which will give you silky straight hair naturally without damaging them in the process.
1. Coconut Milk Is A Rockstar
The beauty of using coconut milk is that it always delivers. It moisturises your locks and tames the frizz. Due to its antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties, your scalp gets healed from infections and harmful bacteria as well! What’s more, it’s also a simple home solution for straightening hair.
Step 1: In a tall jar, pour some coconut milk and the juice of 1 lemon.
Step 2: Stir well and put the jar into a refrigerator.
Step 3: After a couple of hours, remove the jar from the fridge and you’ll see a layer of thick cream.
Step 4: Scoop up the frothy cream and apply it to your hair.
Step 5: Put on your shower cap on and leave it on for about 20-30 minutes.
Step 6: Once that’s done, head for a steamy hot shower.
Do this thrice a month for best results.
2. Give It Up For Eggs & Olive Oil
When olive oil and eggs join forces, getting naturally straight hair at home seems no more a far-fetched goal. As you know, egg yolk nourishes your hair from root to tip and olive oil does the moisturizing bit of it. Together, they make a really cool team to smoothen your unruly locks and a perfect home solution to make hair look straighter.
Step 1: Crack two eggs and empty the whites and yolk into a bowl.
Step 2: Drizzle some olive oil over it and using a brush, dip it into the gooey mix.
Step 3: Generously apply it on your mane and scalp.
Step 4: After applying, comb your hair till it’s knot-free.
Step 5: Wash your hair after an hour with lukewarm water.
Do this once a week for best results.
3. Have You Heard Of How Amazing Aloe Gel Is?
Did you know that aloe gel can easily penetrate into the hair strands and keep them hydrated and moisturized? It sure does! If you thought that was awesome, you haven’t seen anything just yet! It promotes hair growth and helps your mane stay glossy and baby smooth. Your hair looks straighter and it’s something you can easily do at home.
Step 1: You’ll need to scoop out some aloe gel from the plant and empty it into a bowl.
Step 2: Feel free to sprinkle some rosemary or almond oil into the bowl.
Step 3: Apply the mix and massage it into your hair and scalp.
Step 4: Put your shower cap on and don’t remove it for 3 hours.
Step 5: Once time’s up, wash it off with steamy hot water.
Do this twice a week for best results.
4. Say Cheers To Beer!
The next time you chug your beer, remember that your hair would like some too, once in a while! Beer froth is packed with proteins and vitamins that help improve the texture of your hair by making it baby soft and naturally straight.
Step 1: Open a can of beer and leave it in the fridge for the night so that you’ll be left with flat beer the next morning.
Step 2: Shampoo your hair like you normally would.
Step 3: Pour the flat beer over your locks.
Step 4: Allow it to soak each strand of hair.
Step 5: After an hour or more, wash it off and don’t forget to use conditioner after.
Do this once every week for best results.
5. Almond Oil Can Do Magic Tricks
Good old almond oil is a popular hair product because it really does give your hair the care, love and attention it deserves. It works as an effective home solution for straightening frizzy hair and repairs damaged and broken strands like a total boss.
Step 1: Before applying conditioner to your hair, add a few drops of almond oil to it.
Step 2: Use your fingertips to blend both liquids.
Step 3: Apply it to your frizzy locks and massage it on your scalp as well.
Step 4: Rinse your hair with water after 45 minutes.
Do this twice a month for best results.
6. Put Ripe Bananas To The Test
If your hair is protein deficient, you need bananas in your life. These yellow beauties are rich in carbohydrates, natural oils, potassium and vitamins, which help nourish and improve the natural elasticity of hair strands. When the hair is naturally elastic, it looks straight and you can easily try this at home. Did we mention that it tackles dandruff too? Yes, it’s a champ at it!
Step 1: Mash 1 banana and pour its pulp into a bowl.
Step 2: Add 3 tablespoons of coconut milk and 2 tablespoons of avocado oil.
Step 3: Give all the ingredients a good mix and apply it to your hair by starting from tip to root.
Step 4: Wrap your hair in a warm damp towel and only wash it off after 2 hours.
Do this twice a week for best results.
7. Celery Leaves Be The Best
You want a natural hair conditioner? Pick celery leaves! They’re one of the best. Both the stems and leaves of the celery plant contain antioxidants, minerals, proteins, and chemical compounds that naturally contribute to longer, straighter hair.
Step 1: Crush a bunch of celery leaves, and toss them into a handi filled with water and heat them.
Step 2: Turn off the heat and pour it into a bottle.
Step 3: Leave it to cool in the fridge overnight.
Step 4: The next morning, pour some of it on your hair and allow it to soak for about 2 hours.
Step 5: Wash it off with chilled water after.
Do this once every week for best results.
8. You Must Try Apple Cider Vinegar Once
For treating scalp infections, boosting hair growth and restoring the hair’s natural pH levels, this baby is gold! Plus, when it comes to naturally straightening your hair, it’s one of the best at-home solutions out there!
Step 1: Mix one cup of apple cider vinegar with water.
Step 2: After shampooing your hair, pour the mix into your hair.
Step 3: After 20-30 minutes wash it off and condition your hair after.
Do this twice a week for best results.
9. Multani Mitti Is The Bomb
Who would have ever thought that multani mitti can be used to treat hair, right? Well, not only just a home solution for straightening hair, multani mitti eliminates dandruff too from the roots when you clean your hair with it. Since it contains a natural earth material ‘Bentonite’, it’s now possible to have the straight hair you desire and that too naturally.
Step 1: Add 1 cup of rice flour, 1 egg yolk and 1 cup of multani mitti in a bowl.
Step 2: Give all the ingredients a good stir.
Step 3: Apply it on your scalp and strands.
Step 4: Keep it for an hour and a half till it hardens.
Step 5: Wash it off!
Do this every week for best results.
10. Castor Oil In All Its Glory
As a natural hair straightening solution at home, you can either consume castor oil or apply it to your hair – both ways work! This oil contains Omega 6 fatty acids and ricinoleic, which are essential ingredients for hair growth. In the bargain, it also heals your scalp and nourishes it with nutrients.
Step 1: Heat some castor oil in a pan.
Step 2: Apply the hot oil all over your mane.
Step 3: Wrap your hair in a towel and blast some heat from the top with a blow dryer for a few minutes.
Step 4: In an hour’s time, wash your hair using mild shampoo.
Step 5: Pat dry after using an old cloth or a tee shirt.
11. Rice Flour And Egg Mask To The Rescue
Rice flour, yes- RICE FLOUR! The ingredients of both, rice flour and egg, work together to completely eliminate any build up and to leave your hair feeling smooth and squeaky clean. This egg and rice flour pack handfully nourish your hair, repairs damage, eliminates dirt and gives your mane a healthy and straight look.
Step 1: Combine rice flour with an egg for a smooth mixture. You can also mix a small quantity of milk in case the mixture gets too thick for application. Alternatively, you can mix fuller’s earth if the mixture is too thin.
Step 2: Cover your hair completely in the mask.
Step 3: Let the mask sit for about an hour.
Step 4: Wash your mane using a mild sulfate-free shampoo and rinse it with cool water. You can do this treatment once every week.
12. Milk And Honey- Too Sweet!
The presence of proteins in milk help to wishfully nourish and fortify your hair, while honey acts as an active emollient for your mane and helps seal in moisture, and further controls frizz. This treatment will give you super smooth, super shiny hair in a single wash.
Step 1: Take equal quantities of milk and honey and mix them well to form a mixture.
Step 2: Apply this mixture directly onto your hair until they are fully covered in it.
Step 3: Let the mixture sit for about 2 hours.
Step 4: Rinse your hair with cool water, make use of mild sulfate-free shampoo. You can do this treatment once every week.
Pro Tip: Steps To Straighten Your Hair Faster Than Ever! *Without Using Chemical Products*
All you need to get straight hair is a microfiber towel. Just dab the water out of your hair with the help of a microfiber towel, use a wide-toothed comb and voila!
Step 1: Once you have washed your hair with a mild shampoo and conditioner, dab them sry with the use of a microfiber towel. Remember, don’t wipe, twist or comb your wet hair. Just press the towel gently over your hair to parch your hair of the excess, dripping water.
Step 2: Use a wide-toothed comb and section out your hair into small parts. Take small strands of hair and pull them slightly to give a little tension. Then comb your entire hair length by following this tension technique.
Once, your hair dries, you’ll see that your hair has straightened a little. Cheers!
Do this once a month for best results.
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This story was updated in March 2019.
