Hair Growth:

Human hair grows all the time, however, sometimes it can grow faster and sometimes it grows extremely slowly. Hair can get too thin over time. We can experience excess hair loss when we are ill, when women are pregnant and breastfeeding or when a person goes through stress or dangerous diseases.

Human hair is affected by chemicals contained in hair products, heating tools, hormonal imbalance and other situations. If your hair really suffers (it is simple to notice because it loses its shine, falls or stops growing), it is required to ‘cure’ it. Learn some amazing facts on hair growth with the use of simple yet affordable home remedies.

In this post, there comes an awesome list of some of the most widespread and amusing home remedies for natural hair growth and self-restoring.

[9/2, 01:10] Lilian: Top 10 tips on how to make your Hair grow fast

All the coolest and must-know-about 10 methods on how to grow hair faster naturally can save nerves and time for many of us who are tired of dealing with hair loss and lost shine.

Natural home remedies are available right in your kitchen. Each one is harmless for you, and they will make your hair shining and healthy again. Just give it a try and find your best method for making your hair grow fast. You will love the results.

Method 1: How to Grow Natural Hair with Oil & Massage

Have you ever given your head a good scalp massage? It is a perfect home method for hair growth, because by massaging you also positively influence blood circulation in your scalp and stimulate your own hair for growing.

[9/2, 01:11] Lilian: Experts say that even 5-minute daily massage can do a miracle. Therefore, either use a special head massage tool or your own fingers to gently pressure head under hair and stimulate hair growth.

Besides, you can make special ‘oil massage’ one time per week. Heat a little bit of oil (coconut is the best choice, but olive also works great) and gently massage oil into your scalp. Afterwards, put on a towel or a cap and leave oil in your hair for 30-40 minutes.

You are advised to wash your head after this procedure to remove oil, or your hair will be too oily and dirty looking.

Method 2: How to Grow Hair Faster Naturally with Rosemary

Treating your hair with herbs is a good idea. Some plants possess incredible natural powers to make your hair stronger and healthier, as the result it will start growing much quicker than before. For example, take a closer look at rosemary.

This plant has many natural vitamins for your hair. It will ‘feed’ it with antioxidants, silica and sulfur. All these elements will make your roots much stronger and remove dandruff effect. Many follicles are kept blocked in your head, they need to be unblocked and this is what herbs can help with.

Before you learn how to apply rosemary for natural hair treatment, you should keep in mind that being one of the most popular home remedies; this method might also turn the color a bit darker.

Here is how you should use it:

Step 1. You only need a couple of rosemary oil drops. There is no need to get a fresh plant, since you have to search for oil instead. Take a small cup (or toy-size plate), add 2 tablespoon of oil (it can be coconut or olive oil) and mix with 2 rosemary oil drops.

Step 2. Massage your nice mixture into the hair roots and leave like this for a while (30 minutes is more than enough).

Step 3. Now take a pot and add warm water. Add a couple of rosemary drops into this water and mix it. After you wash your hair, you should rinse it with this mixture.

Step 4. Repeat this procedure every week to achieve the desired effect of quicker hair growth.

[9/2, 01:12] Lilian: Method 3: Eggs and Better Hair Growth

Chicken eggs are an incredible natural home remedy for human hair. They are rich in protein and offer nice effect if applied periodically.

It is great if you eat eggs, but it is even better for your hair to be treated with eggs directly. There are two different ways you can use them:

The first one is to mix the yolk with olive / coconut oil and massage into the scalp.

The second one is to mix egg with yogurt / mayonnaise (with a whisker or via blender) and add as hair mask.

It does not matter which method you use, just leave the mixture in your hair for 20-30 minutes. Wash your hair with water and shampoo afterwards.

Method 4: Lemon Home Remedies for Your Hair

Lemon is a wonderful fruit. It contains so many vitamins (C, B-group). It has antioxidants and folic acids. All these elements can be great for your hair, so using juice from lemons as home remedies for faster hair growth is a perfect solution.

You can take a fresh lemon and squish it to get some juice. Add one tablespoon of this juice into a cup and pour two more tablespoons of oil (olive, coconut or other type). Massage the oil-lemon juice into your hair roots and let it be like this for half an hour. Wash your head and repeat this procedure once or twice a week.

P.S. Unlike rosemary herb that can make your hair darker, using lemon juice can cause an opposite effect and lighten your natural color.

Method 5: Castor Oil for Quicker Hair Growth

[9/2, 01:13] Lilian: Different oils have different properties. For example, castor oil contains vitamin E along with some very useful fatty acid omega-9. Humans need these vitamins, and your hair will be happy if it gets some of castor oil treatment.

By the way, this particular guide below can help you deal with various scalp health issues as well as growing your hair faster:

Step 1. Find a tiny plate and add a tablespoon of coconut or olive oil and a tablespoon of castor oil. Mix them together and massage into your roots. Let the oil stay on your scalp for approximately half an hour or even forty minutes.

Step 2. Remove the oil by washing your hair.

Method 6: Coconuts milk & Hair Growth

While regular milk will not do much for your hair, using coconut milk can be beneficial to your scalp. This natural product is very useful because it is rich in multiple vitamins. For example, coconut juice offers vitamin C, B and E. Besides, it contains minerals that can have a miraculous effect on a quicker hair growth.

Use the coconut milk alone or mix it with coconut oil (for even better effect) and massage into your scalp. Just like you do with other types of mixtures, you need to live it this way for 30-40 minutes before rinsing with regular water and applying shampoo.

It is great if you can add the coconut milk mask 3-4 times a month. Your hair will get the useful elements and vitamins, become stronger, healthier, and grow faster.

READ ALSO: Palm kernel oil for hair growth: easy tricks every lady should know

Method 7: Apple Cider Vinegar for Natural Hair Growth

Adding a little bit (up to 100 milliliters) of apple cider vinegar into a liter of water can help you create a natural treatment for your hair. There is no need to make a mask or massage this mixture into the roots.

Just wash your hair like you would normally do, and on the last rinse, use this mixture with apple cider vinegar. There is no need of rinsing it again with regular water.

You can rinse hair following this method on your every hair wash. This way you will make the hair cleaner, stronger and help it grow quicker.

Method 8: Fish Oil for Healthier Hair

Fish should be on your table a couple of time a week. This is the best natural source of Omega-3 needed by our body, skin and hair. This fatty acid adds more health. It can influence your hair to grow faster, this is why eating fish or taking fish oil vitamins as daily supplements for 1-2 months is necessary.

Fish oil will ‘feed’ all your body systems with Omega-3, and you will notice how your skin improves, your nails become better and your hair starts growing quicker after a while.

Try a diet with fish and its supplements and see the difference in a month.

Method 9: Longer Hair with Aloe Vera Treatment

Do you grow aloe in your home? You can use aloe leaf to get aloe vera gel. It is easy to receive it, as you just need to cut the leaves to get to the gel that is located inside.

This plant is really awesome to have at home because it helps with different things, including your hair. Rub the natural aloe gel into your hair roots and leave this ‘mask’ for 50-60 minutes. Wash it afterwards and repeat such treatment twice a week.

Method 10: Onions for Healthy Hair Growth

It might sound weird, but you can try adding onion juice into your hair. Just remember that onions can make you cry, so take care of your eyes when you take a red onion and peel it, cut into small pieces and start squeezing its juice.

Use a piece of clothing or cotton balls to apply your fresh onion juice into your hair roots. Do not pay attention to the smell, because onions can lead to nice overall effect after some time. Leave the ‘onion mask’ for 10-15 minutes and wash it away from your hair.

Onion juice helps to add volume to your hairstyle because you will have more hairs after regular procedures.

These are the most popular and affordable 10 methods for how to grow hair faster with home remedies.

Most of these products are available in your kitchen or at the closest shop, so anyone who really wants to improve the quality of his or her hair can use one or more of these natural masks, tips and advice on a regular basis.

HOW TO MAKE VIRGIN COCONUT OIL

 

HOW TO MAKE VIRGIN COCONUT OIL AT HOME AND HOW TO USE YOUR HOMEMADE COCONUT OIL. FROM HAIR & BEAUTY TO HOUSEHOLD USES, TO FOOD & BAKING. THE CHOICES ARE PRACTICALLY ENDLESS!

Did you know that it’s possible to make homemade coconut oil? Not only that, but you can make coconut oil in a variety of ways. From regular coconut oil to virgin coconut oil, using a heated method or cold-processed. 

I know, instantly, some people are wondering why bother? Honestly, I just really love to know exactly what I can make at home. Also, learning how easy it is to make some fo my kitchen staples. Plus, I like knowing that I can be 100% responsible for what goes into the items I consume. No unnecessary chemicals, additives, preservatives etc. 

This is especially true for coconut oil as some commercial ones are bleached and ‘refined’ using methods I’d prefer to avoid. 

open coconuts, ready to make virgin coconut oil. 

The difference between coconut oil and virgin coconut oil: 

Now, I’m not exactly an expert in the field of ‘virgin’ vs ‘refined’ vs etc. products. So, if you know more than me, please share your knowledge in the comments. That way I can update the post and share the wisdom. 

I actually have two homemade coconut oil recipes to share on my blog post. Initially, I thought this recipe was regular coconut oil, whereas the cold-processed version I will be uploading shortly is ‘virgin coconut oil’. However, I’ve since found out that although ‘virgin’ usually means without heat, that is not the case when it comes to coconut oil ( as far as I can tell anyway).

In fact, the difference between what is and isn’t considered ‘virgin’ coconut oil comes down to what is used to extract the oil. As both the recipes I will be sharing use coconut milk to extract the oil, this is considered virgin coconut oil, even though a low heat is used. 

how to make virgin coconut oil at home. Homemade coconut oil from scratch. 

HOW TO USE VIRGIN COCONUT OIL:

I could write another entire blog post dedicated to the many ways that people use coconut oil. For hair and beauty to home use, health use, food uses etc. 

In terms of hair and beauty uses, coconut oil is a wonder ingredient. From face masks, moisturiser, toothpaste, oil pulling, body scrubs, to grow eyelashes, to reduce scarring, help heal bites & scratches, soaps, lotions, deodorant, eye cream, shampoo bars, hair care, For nail cuticles, bath salts, to remove make-up, anti-ageing uses, for scalp health and psoriasis… the list goes on and on.

Not to mention that, due to its high smoke point, it’s perfect for cooking as it won’t release harmful free-radicals as easily as many other oils. As well as being great for baking, salad dressings or even to add to a cup of tea daily. In fact, I’ve read that those having thyroid issues a tsp per day can improve thyroid health.

There are even some people swearing by coconut oil to help soothe sore throats and fighting colds & the flu.

Honestly, this is just the tip of the iceberg!

 How to make Virgin Coconut Oil:

The process to make homemade coconut oil is ridiculously simple. It takes quite a long time to extract the oil, however, the majority of the process is fairly hands-off. Meaning it’s super simple. 

The basics of the process is to make homemade coconut milk, then heat this over low heat to extract the oil! ( Remember. I’ll be writing a cold-process version to make Virgin Coconut oil soon!)

In this recipe, I’ll be showing you how to make virgin coconut oil from scratch.

 Beginning with your whole coconuts, you’re going to want to crack them open. You can then save the coconut water within to drink or use within smoothies.

open coconuts, ready to make virgin coconut oil.    open coconuts, ready to make virgin coconut oil. The next step is to extract the coconut meat from the shell. To make this super easy-peasy, simply place the coconuts in the oven for 10 minutes at 170 degrees Celcius. You can then use a coconut tool to easily remove the meat. However, feel free to simply use a knife if that’s all that you have to hand. 

open coconuts, ready to make virgin coconut oil. 

The next step is to make coconut milk. To do this, you need to blend the coconut meat and filtered water in a high-speed blender for between 1-2 minutes. Although there will still be lots of coconut pulp, you’ll find there is also a lot of coconut milk now too. 

              

To separate the mixture, simply use a nut milk bag and allow the homemade coconut milk to gather in a large bowl. The remaining coconut pulp can then be dried out and used within all sorts of baked recipes. 

straining homemade coconut milk to make virgin coconut oil   This is then the mixture that is going to be used to create your homemade coconut oil. By pouring this milk into a large, heavy-based pan and heating on low, consistent temperatures, you will begin to see coconut oil forming on the top of the mix. 

 The key to making the perfect homemade coconut oil is the low, consistent temperatures. If you try to use higher temperatures, to cut down the time it takes to make this oil then you run the risk of ruining the oil. Unfortunately, high temperatures can ( and will) change the composition and properties of the coconut oil. So don’t be tempted to up the heat tooooo much!

heating coconut milk to make homemade virgin coconut oil The low-temperature heating process can easily take between 1-2 hours, if not more. So just be patient! ( All good things come to those who wait, after all!) 

 While heating, the water will evaporate from the coconut milk mixture. The coconut will begin to get crumbly in texture and solidify. This is when you’ll begin to notice the oil separating from the solids. 

heating coconut milk to make :

homemade virgin coconut oil Once the mixture has completely separated into the solids and the oil, simply gather all the solids and discard them if they are too ‘burnt’. Alternatively, these can be snacked on, used over deeserts etc.

heating coconut milk to make homemade virgin coconut oil You then pour the remaining oil through a strainer, into an airtight container, making sure to press down on the solids to release as much oil as possible. This can then be kept in the fridge. 

 Remember: Coconut oil will go solid when kept in the fridge. However, it remains fairly soft and will melt again at warm temperatures.

how to make virgin coconut oil at home. Homemade coconut oil from scratch. I think it’s also worth noting that this oil can be gathered at an earlier point in the recipe too ( photograph below) . Whereas I have allowed the coconut solids to brown, thus colouring the oil and yielding an oil that is more-often used within hair & beauty applications ( although it is still edible. It will just have a stronger flavour, which I happen to like!). I have also learnt that if you turn off the flame just before the solids begin to brown and leave the oil to still be gently heated for a further 10 minutes or so, then you will have a ‘water-like’ clear oil that is more neutral taste-wise. 

heating coconut milk to make homemade virgin coconut oil This homemade coconut oil can then easily be kept in the fridge for between 8-10 months!

You can then use the coconut oil for all your hair & beauty needs. You can also use it for frying and roasting veggies. It would also work within my tart recipes e.g. this Two-layer Vegan Strawberry Tart or my Vegan Earl Grey Blueberry Tart.