Natural beauty Homemade recipes for radiant skin & hair

Excerpt from Chapter 7: Beauty Recipes Lustrous Locks If you've been spending time at the beach, you may have noticed your hair looking a bit dry. This is an easy fix and should be indulged in bimonthly during the summer months. Ingredients 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon almond oil 1 cup water Preparation and Application In a small bowl, mix ingredients until emulsified, and apply to your hair as a conditioning treatment in the shower. Rinse with warm water. Try not to blow-dry your hair too often because that also dries hair out. Take advantage of the season's sunshine and let your hair air-dry. Apple Cider Rinse If your hair has a buildup of product, or is just tired looking from environmental residue and oils, a quick beauty recipe for shiny hair is just what you need. It's so simple. Ingredients 1 cup apple cider vinegar Preparation and Application Before shampooing your hair, pour the apple cider vinegar on your head in the shower, with your head tilted back. Gently work through your scalp and hair, as if you were shampooing, although the vinegar won't produce any suds. Rinse with the warm stream of water from your showerhead and follow with a shampoo and conditioner, as usual. The shampoo will remedy the vinegar smell and will get incredibly sudsy because of the apple cider vinegar stripping the dirt and oils away for ultraclean scalp and hair. Egg Protein Mask Egg whites have tremendous protein benefits. We want to nourish our hair with an intensive egg-white protein mask for shiny and healthy stands of hair. Ingredients 3 egg whites 5-7 drops lemon essential oil Preparation and Application Crack three eggs over a bowl, separating the whites (acne sufferers, save the yolks and for the Yolk Facial recipe on page 98). Once the egg whites are isolated in a bowl, whisk together until fluffy. Add the drops of lemon essential oil for a pleasing aroma. Use your fingers to apply the mask to damp hair, focusing on the ends where the hair naturally weakens. Set hair in a clip and place a shower cap over masked hair while showering. Before exiting the shower, thoroughly rinse out the protein mask with cold water. Comb through hair gently and let air-dry. Excerpted from Natural Beauty: Homemade Recipes for Radiant Skin and Hair by Elizabeth TenHouten All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.