Beauty on a Budget : Mayonnaise hair mask

Hi Lovely Ladies,

Here's a great beauty on a budget trick, I got from one of my readers: use mayonnaise as a hair mask! Its FAR cheaper than actually buying a hair mask and you probably already have a jar of mayo in your fridge right now.

Ok so anyone who reads my blog or lives within a 30km radius of me, knows, that I've been having some, lets say.... "Hair Issues".

For those of you that don't know, I'm brunette naturally and decided to do what all crazy people do at some point or another in their life and dye my hair blonde AT HOME.

This resulted a long journey of trying to fix my yellow, orange and purple "unicorn hair". I eventually did and when I posted the story of the 5 stages of hair grief I'd gone through TWICE, a lovely lady told me about how to fix the next problem - what all of this had done to the health of my hair and that I should try using mayonnaise as a hair treatment.

This works! And the best part is, its cheap. You're looking at R35 at the most for a jar of mayo (the brand doesn't matter ladies, I use with Cross and Blackwell, you could even make your own, there are tons of recipes available online). Don't go with low or non fat mayo though (why does that even exist?) because that wont have the ingredients that will benefit your hair.

So why does Mayonnaise work so well? Mayonnaise contains three vital ingredients, egg, oil and vinegar. These ingredients provide your hair with deep hydration, thus repairing damage caused by various elements, from sun damage to over dying it.

However while researching this I found that there are actually tons of benefits to using some good old mayonnaise as a hair mask, such as,

It reduces dandruff

Increases hair density

Restores PH balance

Makes hair shaft stronger

Increases hairs strength

Reduces frizz

Repairs damage and gives your hair a beautiful shine.

Ok so here's what you do,

Depending on the length of your hair you'll need about a half to a full cup of mayonnaise.

Take this amount out of the fridge about half an hour before you intend on using it as a hair mask as the ingredients work best at room temp.

Run warm water over your hair, don't wash it at all before hand.

Massage the mayonnaise into your hair and sculpt, then take a

wide toothed comb and comb it through your hair ensuring it is fully covered.

Then either put on a shower cap or hell clingwrap your hair, the heat is what will activate the oils and fats in the mayo. Leave on for 30-60 minutes. In my case I sleep with it on - sexy I know ;) then wash your hair but don't over do it with the shampoo, use just enough to get the mayonnaise out.

Repeat as often as you like, I do this once a week.

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