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Hair lotion recipe with herbs

Herbs enrich your hair naturally, in comparison to synthetic ingredients. They also provide nourishment while leaving you hair look and feel healthy.

Equipment

  • Weighing scale
  • Bowl
  • Gloves, if using fresh nettle
  • Wide mouth glass jar
  • Dark, clean and dry jar

Materials

  • 150 grams Nettle leaves and roots fresh is better but can use dry
  • 10 grams Dry bay leaves or 10 drops bay leaf oil
  • 100 grams Horsetail
  • 200 grams 95% proof alcohol
  • 3 tbsp. Castor oil
  • 10 grams Wheatgerm oil
  • 5 grams Rosemary essential oil or Atlas Cedar essential oil
  • 1 1/2 pint Cider vinegar

Instructions

  • 1. Wear gloves as nettles can cause a stinging feeling when it touches your skin.
  • 2. Make sure the plant material is clean and all debris and soil are washed off.
  • 3. Cut in small pieces, add alcohol and blend until liquid becomes a solution.
  • 4. Transfer to a wide mouth jar, add bay leaves and seal and steep for 2 weeks, under a window sill, shaking everyday.
  • 5. Strain and filter to separate the pulp from the liquid.
  • 6. Pour into a dark, clean and dry bottle.
  • 7. Add the cider vinegar, castor oil, wheatgerm oil and rosemary oil.