How can you make your hair grow faster naturally, without using an actual product? The truth is, there is no overnight solution for boosting strength and thickness. Some treatments like hair growth oils and homemade masks may moisturize and nourish strands with nourishing ingredients that boost overall health, but to really encourage length, you need to think about it in two steps: stimulating growth and keeping your hair healthy. The latter includes many standard hair care lessons, but the former requires a lot more work on it.
Best mask to accelerate hair growth in a natural way
Castor oil hair mask
Use it to treat: dry, flaky scalp. Celebrity stylist Michael Cleveland recommends this mask, because castor oil is rich in fatty acids that moisturize and have antimicrobial properties that make it a good remedy for dry scalp and dandruff.
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon castor oil.
Directions: Place squeezed castor oil in a small bowl. Heat it in the microwave for 10 seconds. It should be warm, not hot. Using your fingertips, massage castor oil into your scalp and down the hair shaft. Leave it on for 15 minutes, rinse it off well, and then wash it with shampoo.
Cinnamon and coconut oil
Use it to treat: loosening and breakage. The spice stimulates blood circulation and promotes hair growth and strength, while coconut oil is rich in fatty acids, which aid in further repair.
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1 teaspoon coconut oil.
Directions: Mix the ingredients together well. Apply the mask to your roots, part of your hair, and massage your scalp. Leave the mask on for 30 to 45 minutes, then rinse it off with warm water.
Honey, avocado, yogurt, brown sugar, banana, and apple cider vinegar
Use it to treat: For damaged hair, honey is packed with vitamins and minerals to treat breakage. Plus, avocados are full of essential fats and biotin, while bananas contain silica for additional hair-strengthening properties.
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of avocado, 1 tablespoon of regular yogurt, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of banana, 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar.
Instructions: Using a fork, mix these ingredients together in a bowl until a smooth and even paste forms. Using your fingertips, massage the formula into your scalp, working your way up to your ends. Wrap the hair with a plastic cap to keep the mask in place and shut off the heat from your scalp. Leave it on for at least 20 minutes, then rinse and shampoo as usual.
Coconut oil and honey
Use it to treat: dry, damaged hair. This simple mask will make frizzy hair and split ends smooth, shiny, and smooth.
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of organic unrefined coconut oil and 1 tablespoon of raw honey.
Instructions: Mix the ingredients in a small mixing bowl until well combined. Apply to wet or dry hair, making sure to focus on the ends, as you are most likely to notice the most damage. Leave it on for 30 minutes, then rinse and shampoo as usual.
Sugar and olive oil
Use it to treat: dry, dandruff hair. Ferrara says sugar is a great scalp and hair shaft scrub to remove product build-up (think dry, flaky shampoo) and treat any flaking. When sugar dissolves, the oil provides healthy fats and emollients for drying scalp and hair for moisturizing benefits.
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons of sugar and 5 tablespoons of olive oil.
Directions: Stir the two ingredients together, being careful not to completely dissolve the sugar. Work the mixture into your scalp to dissolve the sugar, gradually moving your hair until you reach your ends. Rinse it off immediately and wash it off with shampoo
