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Get Your Hair Travel Ready With These 5 DIY Hibiscus Recipes

This monsoon, let these DIY hibiscus hair oils and masks bless you with a long, lustrous, and healthy mane.

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By: Presha Mahajan Published: Aug 17, 2021 07:00 AM IST

Get Your Hair Travel Ready With These 5 DIY Hibiscus Recipes
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This monsoon, let hibiscus hair oils and masks bless you with a long, lustrous, and healthy mane. By Presha Mahajan

TO STIMULATE HAIR GROWTH

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What you need

  • 20 dry hibiscus flowers
  • 500 ml coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon fenugreek seeds
  • 2 tablespoons castor oil

Method

Sun-dry the hibiscus flowers to extract all the moisture. Heat the coconut oil on low flame for five minutes and throw in the flowers. Once they’re decolourised, add fenugreek seeds and stir gently till they melt. Turn off the heat and set the solution aside for a night. Strain the oil the next day, mix with castor oil, and apply to your hair roots.

Benefits

The collagen in hibiscus synthesises keratin, which nourishes hair. It also strengthens the skin around hair follicles. Fenugreek seeds and castor oil, together, act as a rich source of protein and induce hair growth.

TO NURTURE A DRY SCALP

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What you need

  • 20 dry hibiscus flowers
  • 5-8 hibiscus leaves
  • 3 tablespoons aloe vera gel
  • ½ bowl neem leaves
  • 2 tablespoons fenugreek seeds
  • 500 ml coconut oil
  • 2 tablespoons castor oil
  • 1 teaspoon camphor powder

Method

Grind half of the hibiscus leaves to a fine paste along with aloe vera gel. Cook on medium flame till the paste halves. Add coconut oil, castor oil, fenugreek seeds, and camphor powder; cook for two hours—the oil will turn white. Then, add the hibiscus flowers and stir well. Next, add small pieces of the remaining hibiscus and neem leaves—infuse for two hours. Strain and apply to roots.

Benefits

Neem, aloe vera, and camphor powder have antibacterial and antifungal properties that boost blood circulation in the scalp. Additionally, the oil itself bestows body, volume, and bounce to the hair by removing excess oil from the scalp.

TO REDUCE FRIZZ

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What you need

  • 2 hibiscus flowers
  • 7-8 hibiscus leaves
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 3 teaspoons amla powder (Indian gooseberry)
  • 4 curry leaves
  • 2 moringa flowers (optional)

Method

Grind hibiscus flowers and leaves along with a tablespoon of coconut oil to form a paste. Separately, warm three tablespoons of coconut oil over medium flame. Mix in the paste while also adding the amla powder, curry leaves, and moringa flowers. Bring to boil and sieve the mixture with a muslin cloth.

Benefits

Coconut oil and hibiscus make a great moisturising potion for hair; it conditions, hydrates, and makes hair softer. While the antioxidants in curry leaves strengthen brittle hair, moringa flowers treat damaged follicles. Amla caters to scalp infections such as lice and prevents dandruff formation and split ends.

TO MAINTAIN pH LEVEL

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What you need

  • 5 hibiscus flowers
  • 5 hibiscus leaves
  • 150 ml almond oil
  • 150 ml coconut oil

Method

Combine the two oils in a pan and put the mix on medium heat. Add hibiscus leaves and flowers, and let them infuse for four hours. Strain using a muslin cloth, and apply it to the hair generously.

Benefits

Hibiscus leaves maintain the pH balance of hair while simultaneously soothing and cooling the scalp. Almond oil is rich in Vitamin B7 or biotin, which not only protects hair from sun damage but also provides silkiness.

FOR STRONG HAIR

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  • What you need
  • 5-8 hibiscus flowers
  • 1 cup aloe vera gel

Method

Blend the flowers to form a paste and add aloe vera gel to it; mix till a smooth consistency is formed. Apply this paste on the scalp and let it rest for an hour. Wash with lukewarm water and a mild shampoo.

Benefits

Aloe vera works as a cooling agent. It contains vitamins A, B, B12, C, and E—collectively called hair-building vitamins—and folic acid. All these nutrients together can help make hair longer, stronger, smoother, and softer.

TO LOCK IN MOISTURE

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What you need

  • 8-10 hibiscus flowers
  • 3-4 tablespoons yoghurt
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 5-6 drops of rosemary essential oil

Method

Grind the hibiscus flowers to form a paste. Add yoghurt and blend well; use water to adjust consistency. Then, add honey and rosemary essential oil. Apply it thoroughly on damp hair, and rinse it off with a mild shampoo after 30 minutes.

Benefits

Honey moisturises hair. Yoghurt cleanses a greasy scalp, in turn preventing any infection or dandruff formation. Rosemary essential oil prevents hair loss.

TO PREVENT HAIR LOSS

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What you need

  • 8-10 hibiscus flowers
  • 1 tablespoon fenugreek seeds
  • ½ cup buttermilk

Method

Soak fenugreek seeds in water overnight, and grind them along with hibiscus flowers the following day. Add buttermilk to smoothen the paste, and apply it to the scalp. Rinse with a mild shampoo after an hour.

Benefits

Fenugreek seeds are known to cure issues like hair fall, hair thinning, and baldness. This superfood also contains lecithin, which hydrates hair and brings back its original lustre and bounce.

TO PREVENT PREMATURE GREYING

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What you need

  • 15 hibiscus flowers
  • ½ cup henna powder
  • ½ cup curd

Method

Blend hibiscus flowers with henna powder and curd to form a paste. Apply on hair and scalp, and let it rest for an hour before washing it off with a mild cleanser.

Benefits

Antioxidant-rich hibiscus and henna produce melanin, a biologically occurring pigment that lends hair its natural colour. Moreover, the Vitamin C present in this mix neutralises free radicals that tend to damage melanin cells and induce premature greying.

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Presha Mahajan

Presha Mahajan

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