Does your hair need a little TLC? Don’t worry, I have a solution that you can try at home! Today, I’m sharing 5 easy DIY hair mask that you can make with just a few ingredients. I’ve tried each of these masks myself and they worked really well to deep condition my dry hair. The best part is how cheap they are to make. On top of that, they use ingredients you might already have in your kitchen!
5 DIY Hair Masks
1. Olive oil + Honey
Recipe:
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp honey
Mix together, apply, and leave in for 20 min.
This one gave me super shiny and sleek hair. Forewarning: the mixture is very sticky and messy and it’s hard to spread. Heat it up just a little and you may have an easier time working with it. It smells really good though and the recipe was enough to cover my long, long hair.
2. Avocado + Coconut oil + Honey
Recipe:
1 tbsp avocado (mashed)
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp honey
Mix together, apply, and leave on for 20 min.
Double the recipe for long hair. I did and I could’ve even used a little more than that. This mask started dripping on me just after 10 min. I had to keep a towel around my shoulders and neck to catch the drips. I also had to rinse it out a couple of times because of the avocado chunks. Really make sure to mash the avocado or even blend it to have less chunks. Since it’s thicker, it feels more like a nourishing deep conditioner. My hair came out soft, smooth, and shiny.
3. Honey + Apple Cider Vinegar + Egg
Recipe:
2 tbsp honey
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 eggs
Mix together, apply, and leave on for 20 min.
This mask was much thinner than the others. Luckily, it wasn’t chunky like the previous one, but it did start to drip almost immediately. It was super wet. This one took some extra rinsing because of the bits of egg clinging to my strands.
4. Banana + Honey + Yogurt
Recipe:
1 banana
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup plain yogurt
Blend together, apply, and leave on for 30 min.
This one was enough for all of my hair and then some! If you have shorter hair, you could probably cut this recipe in half. It felt like having oatmeal on my head and it smelled really good. It does start to drip down at the half-way point. This mask was pretty messy as well as sticky. I had to use a fine-tooth comb to get the chunks of banana out. It was all worth it though because in the end, I had nice, shiny hair.
5. Coconut oil
2 tbsp coconut oil
Spread through hair and leave on overnight or as a 20 min mask
This one is so simple and probably the least messy of the bunch. I’ve done this one a few times. At night, I just apply coconut oil all over my hair, clip it up and go to bed. Then, I wash it out in the morning. It doesn’t quite give me the results that the others do, but it still makes my hair look and feel nice. Coconut oil has so many benefits that keeping a jar of it on hand is good anyways.
I loved trying these masks and seeing how great they made my hair look. Best of all, they’re cheap to make and if you don’t already have the ingredients, they’re easy to find. The downside is that they can be pretty messy. If that is something that bothers you, then start with the coconut oil mask. It could be the only mask you need. If you’re adventurous, you can try the others too.
Prefer not to go the DIY route? Here are some great hair masks you can buy!
A deep conditioning hair mask infused with argan oil.
- Detangles, hydrates, moisturizes
- Restores and repairs damaged hair
- Protects hair from heat styling
- Suitable for all hair types
Exfoliating scalp mask.
- Physician formulated for thinning hair
- Balances oil production
- Improves dry, flaky, itchy scalp
Shea Butter hair mask for dry, damaged hair
- Ideal for wavy to curly hair
- Quenches & nourishes hair
- Helps to mend split ends
More to check out
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Discuss with us
Which one of the DIY hair masks are you wanting to try? Share your thoughts in the comments and if you have a hair mask recipe, add it! We’d love to hear.
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My daughter has massive frizzy hair to the piont she is 8 an had never been able to wear her hair ALL the way down what would be the best mask so she can wear her hair down like all the other girls ?? Please help as when she wears it down they call her a little troll it breaks her heart all the time…..
Hey I suffer with bald spots in thinning hair do you think the egg one would be a good one to start off with. I need help bad my hair is always dry.
I always use coconut oil hair masks, sometimes alone, sometimes mix some herbs like basil leaves, Neem leaves, or hibiscus leaf powder. I must try these too, except the ACV one, cz I can’t bear the smell.
With the coconut oil, do I put it on dry hair or wet hair? I use coconut oil on my skin so now I want to try it on my dry hair.
You can do either. Many times I just apply it to dry hair and leave it overnight.
I lilrlatey jumped out of my chair and danced after reading this!
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Please assist me in have been suffering fromantic Baldness over five years
Please advise
What would be the best one to use for someone with thinning hair. I would like my hair to get thicker and stronger and grow it long
I tried making a new mask by combining two of these, kinda – I didn’t have a banana or apple cider vinegar, so mixed two eggs, the 1/2 cup of yogurt, and 3tb honey together. BAD IDEA!!! It started dripping out of my processing cap down my face almost immediately and was very sticky. I could only stand it for about 10-15 mins. The worst part was, my hair was so dried out I didn’t even shampoo, just rinsed, and didn’t notice one bit of difference 🙁
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. Hopefully your next experience with a hair mask will be better!
I tried the first two and really liked them, especially the avocado, honey and coconut oil (for the olive oil and honey – have really dense hair, so because you said it was hard to spread doubled the recipe and SLATHERED it on – and had the WORSE time getting it out!). What were your results for the one with the egg? Also, do you put these on dry hair or towel-dryed? I’ve been doing towel-dryed since that’s how all my store-bought masks are used. Thank you!!!
Most of them required extra washing and rinsing for me to fully get them out of my hair. The egg one was a bit of a challenge to get out because there were bits of egg clinging to my hair. Afterwards though, my hair looked shiny and felt smooth.
I applied them all to dry hair, but I think they might spread easier on towel-dried hair.
So you don’t have egg problems. You should rinse it out very well with lukewarm water.
I did the banana, honey and yogurt one today. I’m pretty happy of the result (shiny and smooth) although I think the mask was too messy and too complicated to take off. I really want to try the coconut oil, as I see it on almost every makeup blogs !
What did you use to wash them out? And did you condition afterword?
I just use regular shampoo to wash them out. I usually have to wash a couple of times so that my hair doesn’t turn out looking greasy. You can condition your hair after if you feel that you need to. I don’t usually find it necessary to condition right after.
How many times a week can I do this?
I would suggest doing it once or twice a week, depending on how much deep conditioning your hair really needs.