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Janelle Monae: Train Your Natural Hair With These Edible Conditioners

Oh, the woes of dry, natural hair! If your hair is lacking moisture, hydration, then cooperation is not happening. Does your natural hair seem to soak up moisture in a few hours as if the other twenty doesn’t need to be accounted for? Dry, brittle, unmanageable, frizzy is in your frame of reference when describing your hair? It probably can benefit from a deep conditioner. To remedy dry hair, try working with ten natural foods, like ripe, yummy avocados and golden, sweet bananas, both full of natural oils straight from the pantry. Why? Not anti-product, but weed out the best products that actually work and not pay so much to achieve beautiful, manageable hair. While avocados are pricey, the benefit of getting 100% avocado chock full of nutrients, and not a hybrid of 30 other ingredients, is priceless!

Grammy-nominated recording artist Janelle Monae’s, who performed at the White House Easter weekend, signature unflawed pompadour is always beautifully coiffed, never frizzy and obviously manageable. Model-performer-DJ-mommy Solange Knowles is known for letting her coils run free, but her ends aren’t dry and never does her primped crown look like a bird’s nest. More than likely these women have trained their hair to respond in the manner they wish to wear it. As such, their hair doesn’t react to the elements.

Here are ten edible items for natural deep conditioners and their benefits for hair:

Apple Cider Vinegar: Smoothes hair shafts over time, preventing split ends.

Avocado: Helps hydrate hair, natural oils repairs split ends.

Banana: Rich in potassium, natural oils, vitamins that softens hair.

Coconut oil: Essential proteins to rebuild damage hair.

Eggs: Protein rich, makes hair more manageable.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Controls frizzy hair, full of good fats.

Honey: Natural humectant, provides impeccable shine.

Mayonnaise: Another form of eggs, providing shiny, soft hair.

Molasses: Full of proteins, minerals helps to relieve hair of stress.

Plain Yogurt: Great protein supplier leaves hair shiny, soft.

We take a look at five easy natural food (can be ingested) recipes to conjure up natural deep conditioners from ten well-known items from the grocery aisle:

Natural Deep Conditioner:

1 Whole Avocado

1 cup real Mayonaise

3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Oil

3 tablespoons Coconut Oil

Natural Deep Conditioner:

1 Avocado

1/2 Can of Coconut Milk

2-3 tablespoon each of Coconut Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Honey

Natural Deep Conditioner:

1/2 cup of Plain Yogurt

1/4 Cup of Molasses

1/3 Cup of Apple Cider Vinegar

1/3 Cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

3 jars of Banana baby food (Some like the baby food better because of less messiness than a whole banana)

Natural Deep Conditioner:

1 jar of Banana baby food

1/4-1/2cup Coconut Cream or Milk

2 tablespoons of Honey

2 tablespoons of Coconut and Avocado (or the oil)

Natural Deep Conditioner:

1/2 cup of Plain Yogurt

2 Egg Yolks

1/3 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar

1/3 cup of Mayonnaise

3 jars of Banana baby food

It’s best to blend all items in a blender to ensure a well-blended mix. Feel free to add drops of natural oils like lavender or rose for an invigorating scent and know you aren’t marry to the exact specifications of these formulas! Try them all—add or deduct what works best for your hair.

So, what are you heading to your local market to pick up to get manageable coils like Solange? More hair!

By Deidre White

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