Top Five Home Remedies for Fast Hair Growth

Top Five Home Remedies for Fast Hair Growth (My Mom's Own Hair Secrets)

Hello Everyone!
Today, I have come up with a hair care post for all of you who are longing to grow your hair long and strong. I had a knee length hair when I was 12 but eventually, I lost interest in maintaining my long hair and had cuts many times. My long hair at childhood not only gifted me lots of compliments from neighbors, friends and family but it also had made me get punishments in my school for being late everyday :P On my fourteens and fifteens I hardly bothered about my hair.
           Even last year, I had not wanted a long hair at all. I maintained that waist length hair (It is not considered long in my family :( sob sob!) till last year and now finally, I am 17 and a huge love on LONG HAIR has been developed inside my heart! I have no clue why I am loving to have a long hair. But I am sure I dream about long hair many times a day. I have even worried that why I had cut my hair so many times in these hairs :( and if encase I hadn't done that, I would have been blessed with Rapunzel hair now. Alright! Past is past; so hereafter, I am not getting a hair cut at all, at least for the next four eyes. (Don't include the split ends trims once in 12 weeks!) I am going to jump into the hair growth challenge and maintain my hair like anything to achieve that knee long hair back (Greedy me!). I am not sure whether I will win the challenge or not but I am sure I will take necessary steps for that. Okay without further blabbering, let us move on to the post :P I don't wanna bore you all with my hair story.

My Mommy's Long Hair!

This is my mom's hair :D She is 55 now! and never died her hair or went to salon even once in these 55 years. She doesn't know what a hair mask or what a hair conditioner is! She swears by plain coconut oil and Shikakai. She had even longer and thicker hair before long years and this post is ofcourse compiled with her secrets!. :)

My Mom's Beautiful Hair! :)

Now, let me share 5 amazing tips & remedies to grow your hair longer in a shorter time. No! We cannot fasten the hair growth but we can prevent split ends, breakage, hair fall and that's all. Healthy hair grows longer without any obstacles. Don't you agree? 


        'Your hair grows anytime at the same rate of speed but the trick is how you care for it and prevent it'  This is my mom's hair growth theory :D

1.Maintain Your Hair Clean

Maintaining your hair clean everyday is very essential when it comes to faster hair growth. Unclean hair and scalp leads to allergies, dandruff and such kinda hair problems thus resulting in heavy hair loss. So even though when you hair grows at a good speed, you are losing lots of hair strands at a better speed. Can you get what I am saying?

• Home Remedy for Faster Hair Growth 1: Shikakai mixed with curd acts as a great natural hair cleanser to clean hair and scalp. This shikakai home remedy for hair cleansing better than many other shampoos available in today's market loaded with SLS and parabens.

2. Moisturize Scalp and Hair Strands

My mom has a hip length hair now at the age of 55 and guess what? She does not have a single gray hair! I have always been jealous of my mom's hair beauty and her secret is 'Moisturizing hair' regularly. Yes! She oils her hair thrice every week to prevent scalp dryness and split ends. I personally don't like that oily feel on my scalp and hence I skip oiling at day time and go for a overnight oiling routine. Try using oils like coconut oil, olive oil and castor oil on your hair regularly; and you will definitely see the difference in weeks.

• Home Remedy for Faster Hair Growth 2:  Mix coconut oil and olive oil together (Equal parts) Take a teaspoon of dried curry leaves powder and dried fenugreek powder each and put them into the oil mixture. Shake well and store it in dry place for one week. Now filter this oil and use it as your regular hair oil! See the magic withing 3 months of usage. My mom swears by this hair oil recipe for faster hair growth!

3. Wear Loose Braids

Tight braids and pony tails may damage your hair in long run. Avoid wearing tight hair bands and clips on your hair to prevent unwanted hair breakage and weakening of hair. Once a beautician told me, wearing tight pony tails often may result in front balding of hair :O Be aware girls! And wearing loose braids helps in better air circulation on your scalp, thus resulting in less sweat - less allergies and less hair fall. Where there is less hair fall, it is equal to fast hair growth automatically :) If you want long and strong hair, first know to save your hair! That is the best trick ever.

• Home Remedy for Faster Hair Growth 3: Fill up a spray bottle with 100 ml of rose water and pour in two teaspoons of almond oil. Shake well and refrigerate. Use this hair spray after you rinse your hair to make your hair smooth, manageable and frizz free instantly. Using this hair spray help you make braids easily without any tangles! This also improves the texture and health of your hair, resulting in longer and stronger hair faster without any dry hair/combing breakage.

4. Get Good Sleep & Water

This might be one of the most heard tips, but still it is one of the best tips too. Get a proper good night sleep of 8 hours and drink atleast 10 glasses of water a day. This would regularize your metabolic activities and prevents hair loss due to stress and dehydration. Going to hair salons, using masks and other topical treatments alone won't work; if you want longer hair, you want to maintain your health  :) So don't forget this sleep and water trick anytime. Drinking tender coconut every morning helps too. This controls hair fall due to heat and provides mineral salts for your hair health.

• Home Remedy for Faster Hair Growth 4: Excessive body heat causes bad damage to the hair though we follow all the other hair care regimes the right way. To control this, crush some fresh tulsi leaves and put them into your drinking water everyday. Tulsi cools down the body, relieves stress and vanishes hair fall caused due to body heat. Thus your hair grows long without any over heat obstacle!

5. Hair Growth Supplements

Are you losing much hair everyday? Is your hair not growing long anymore? You might be suffering from some nutrition deficiency. Consult your physician and discuss with him/her about the intake of hair care supplements. They might prescribe you biotin, iron or zinc etc depending on your deficiency problem. I am taking 5mg biotin everyday at present and it is giving me good results. It has reduced my hair fall to 90% and my hair is getting down to my waist :) Keep in mind; do NOT take any supplement without consulting your doctor.

• Home Remedy for Faster Hair Growth 5: My mom tells me often that eating egg whites, whole nuts, spinach and cheese everyday increases the hair growth speed :) Soya bean helps too! Why don't you try them?

Did you liked the post? Follow these Five home remedies and fasten your hair growth naturally at home!

Do you have any tip for faster hair growth? If yes, do share below!

Parachute Advansed Ayurvedic Hair Oil Review

Hair oil plays an important role in hair care, that too in this hard drying winter. Hence I wanted to try a good nourishing hair oil to strengthen my hair and prevent from this winter moisture loss and hence picked up this one when I went for shopping last month. I personally don't like the pure coconut oil smell :P and also afraid of trying artificially flavored ones so I opted for this ayurvedic one. Parachute is a well known famous brand, so I selected the Parachute Ayurvedic Hair oil to stop my winter hair breakage. In this post I am going to share my experience with this hair oil for past 4 weeks along with it's pros and cons.

Parachute Advanced Ayurvedic Hair Oil 

(Controls Hair Fall and Grows Hair Longer)
Price           : Rs. 40 for 95ml
Shelf Life   : 3 years

What does the Parachute Advanced Ayurvedic Hair Oil Claims

This is what written on the top wrapper:

• Based on clinical study 97% in average hair fall scores.
• Basis hair growth with everyday application of coconut-based hair oils vs unoiled hair.
• The oil nourishes the hair roots, scalp effectively and controls hair fall. So that you can enjoy long thick and beautiful hair.
• The usage of this hair oil also promotes hair growth, prevents pre-mature greying and controls dandruff. So that your hair stays healthy.

The below things are written on the pamphlet inside the pack with usage instructions:

(These things are written in more than 5 Indian languages :) so that people could easily understand the claims and usage instructions of this oil in their own language )

How this Oil works on Hair fall control and Hair Growth

• This oil effectively controls hair fall and rejuvenates your scalp.
• The natural herbs in the oil balance the aggravating doshas and render good natural growth of your hair.
• It also reduces pre-mature graying, dryness and dandruff problems.

Usage Instructions:

1. Massage the oil on your scalp and hair. Leave overnight.

2. Use regularly instead of current using hair oil.

Some more points about this product

(Actually this was in a frequently asked question and answer type which is written on the pamphlet, but I don't want to bore you all :P I will just list out the important points of what they say about their hair oil)

1. This oil has been tested by the International Academy of Ayurved. This oil also received the stamp of approval, guaranteeing hair fall control from this academy.
2. Many of the users see results within 4 weeks of usage. The time taken may vary with severity of the hair fall and age of the person.
3. Everyone in your family can use this regularly.

Consistency and Colour of this Hair Oil

The consistency seems like a normal coconut oil with little brownish shade. Isn't it? I felt the same but the oil contains tiny herbal particles which settles down and make it look brownish when seen opening the cap. So I felt that the whole oil will be really dark while buying this.. Thank god. It is not at all much dark or thick
Little Note: (As this cap is open/close type, no need to throw the bottle after the oil gets over. :) It's a good plastic bottle which is reusable)
Take a look below..

  

The flip type cap makes the oil easier to use and travel friendly :D 

The Pamphlet (Which comes inside the wrapper)

My View About Parachute Advanced Ayurvedic Hair Oil

Hope the above pictures explained about the package and consistency. That's okay I'll tell you once again. The pack comes in a plastic bottle (same as the normal coconut oil of parachute) which is blue and orange mixed in colour, I loved it. To say about the consistency, it's a bit thicker than the plain coconut oil, just a bit, but I am sure not too thick at all. 

         I personally the hate plain coconut oil smell :P hate it to core! But this doesn't smell much like the plain coconut oil as it contains other herbs. My mild herbal smell overcame the yucky coconut one :) Even though I didn't fell in love with its fragrance, it doesn't irritate me at all, I felt pretty good. I usually never use oils at day time, so I use this one every night and wash off in the next day morning. To say the truth, it reduced hair fall like a miracle, yes it does. I don't know whether it suited me well or suit everyone but this winter, it cured my dry scalp controlled hair fall and stopped hair breakage. It also removed split ends and dryness up to an extent and my hair feels smoother than before now. It eliminated dandruff too! Parachute Ayurvedic Hair Oil lives up to its claims.

PROS

1. Very affordable and worth buying.
2. Comes in a tight flip cap, thus it becomes travel friendly too.
3. The quantity is great for just 40 Rs :P
4. Reduced my dandruff and dryness in the scalp within one week of daily night usage.
5. The nourishing effect also controls hair breakage and hair fall like a magic.
6. A gift for dry scalps in all the seasons.
7. Easily available everywhere because it's parachute :)

CONS

1. I feel that it surely wouldn't suit me for day time usage as it makes my hair look much oilier and heavy (Most of the hair oils does it, so it's not a huge con at all)
2. I am okay with the smell, but some sensitive noses may not like it.
3. Bit harder to wash away with shampoo when compared to the plain coconut oils. It doesn't washes off much easily.

Do you want me to list out more cons for this price and quality? :D I don't get anything else as a con. It's a good product overall!

My Rating : 4.5/5 (-0.5 for the sticky feel in oily scalps)

My Recommendation : Go ahead! Give a try. You will love it :) Worth buying.

Will I Shop this Again? : A big yes! :D

Best Home Treatment for Hair Loss

Many of our visitors asked me to write a post which gives natural and herbal remedies for thinning and falling hair. Hair loss is caused when your hair strands get weak and fall out. There are many causes for hair loss such as..

• Vitamin deficiency
• Loss of good night sleep
• Mental stress
• Improper maintenance
• Hard water hair wash
• Particular medicines
• Pollution and dust

There are also other reasons like harsh combing, avoiding hair oils which nourishes hair which prevents dryness and breakage and usage of chemical cosmetics such as hair straighteners and hair sprays.

So, what can we do to promote healthy hair growth and prevent further hair loss or damage? Do we need to search for branded hair oils or run behind chemical lotions which claims faster hair growth? Do you think they will work? There is a great risk of losing your hair by using scented chemical hair products and cosmetics.

The best thing to do in your home to prevent hair loss and promote regrowth of hair is few natural and organic treatments, which causes no side effects. They keep your hair nourished and prevents hair loss in a very natural way, thus your hair grows healthier, softer and stronger. Let me explain in this post about a Castor oil Hot oil massage home treatment which works very effectively in preventing hair loss.

Castor oil is a vegetable oil which is extracted from the Castor bean. It's very thick in consistency and has a bit uncomfortable smell, but yet it acts as a best natural hair tonic which has lots and lots of hair repairing and nourishing properties. Get pure Castor oil from your nearest grocery shop and store it in a cool dry place.

USES OF CASTOR OIL IN HAIRCARE

• Nourishes hair and prevents dryness.
• Makes your hair says goodbye to split ends :))
• It's antioxidants prevents scalp infection which causes hair fall.
• Improves blood circulation in your scalp and strengthens hair roots.
• Promotes faster hair growth that you can visibly see the difference.
• Eliminates dandruff and leaves hair silky soft for sure :D
• Thickens hair and makes it shinier with regular use.

HOT OIL MASSAGE WITH CASTOR OIL

• Take required Castor oil in a small bowl.
• Extract oil from 2 Vitamin E capsules and mix with the Castor oil (I use Evion Vitamin E capsules :) )
• Blend this oil mixture well and heat it.
• After the oil mixture warms down, apply it over your hair and scalp covering the entire hair surface in bearable heat.
• Use finger tips and palms to massage your scalp gently. Rub the oil gently over split ends too.
• Now wear a plastic cap over your head and cover it up with a clean towel and leave the oil to penetrate and work on your hair for at least 30 minutes. You can also leave this oil overnight on your hair for better results :)
• After that, rinse out your hair completely with plenty of fresh water and your regular shampoo without any oil residue.
• Silky soft and smooth hair which even beats peacock feather is all yours! :D Believe me, I have tried it. Following this hair care routine at least once in a week gives best results within 5 uses, as I listed in the uses of Castor oil above.

NOTE : You can also add some grape seed, almond or any other essential oil with this oil mixture to reduce the thickness of the Castor oil and a little bit uncomfortable smell :P.

Do you still think about the parlor products and chemical lotions to reduce hair loss? :D I hope you all would have started loving Castor oil which gives you a beautiful hair after reading this post! :) Good luck. Leave your comments!

SKIN AND HAIR CARE WITH ALOEVERA GEL

In my previous post, I have thought you all HOW TO EXTRACT ALOEVERA GEL step by step with pictures. Today, I am going to list out few important beauty tips with aloevera which are really beneficial. If you didn't see the post about HOW TO EXTRACT ALOEVERA GEL from the plant yet, click HERE

ALOEVERA GEL (Directly extracted from the plant, you can also buy it from stores)

BEAUTY BENEFITS OF ALOEVERA GEL
(Skin and Hair care at Home)

1. Aloevera can be used as a natural Hair conditioner. Apply the gel both in your hair and scalp 1 hour before every hair wash. This conditions your hair, makes it soft smooth and manageable. This also promotes hair growth and thickens your hair with regular use.

2. To get pink and soft lips, try out this..
ALOEVERA LIP BALM recipe at home

Heat Vaseline or any other petroleum jelly in a double boiler, after it melts add Aloevera gel, Vitamin E oil (Extracted from the capsule) and lip colour (optional). Stir well and allow it to cool and store it in a clean box or old lip balm tube. This lip balm should be used whenever your lips feel dry, especially at night. With regular use, it will retain the original colour of your lips.

3.Do u have chapped nails, which break often and lifeless? Don't worry. Apply the aloevera gel over your nails and massage gently before going to bed every night. This will eventually repairs your nails and strengthen it. You can get shiner and stronger nails which grows really longer within few days!

4. Use aloevera gel as a natural moisturizer on your skin. This will prevent skin and nourishes it. It softens the skin and gives an healthy glow with regular use. Aloe gel is an excellent winter body lotion for everyone.

4. To bleach your body skin without making it dry in winter, mix aloevera gel with lemon juice and glycerin. Apply this liquid over your skin, especially on the darker parts such as knees and elbows. Leave it for 20 minutes and wash off with clean and cold water. This will remove the darkness and makes rough skin soft

Try these tips and write your feedback to me. :) :) Have a nice time :) Keep visiting :)

AMLA HAIR OIL AT HOME (SAY GOODBYE TO GREY HAIR)

Amla is called as Indian goose berry. Amla is one of the most effective home treatment of reversing hair greying process. I am going to write about an effective home remedy today to cure grey hair. That is "Homemade Amla hair oil for grey hair :). Try this recipe and share your benefits with us. Good luck.

AMLA (Goose Berries)

HOMEMADE AMLA HAIR OIL
( To eliminate grey hair and promote hair growth)

INGREDIENTS

1. Goose berries (Amla)

2. Coconut oil

Here's how..

• Cut amla into small pieces and allow them to dry in sunlight until there is no moisture.
• Powder this mixture and store it in an airtight container. THIS IS AMLA POWDER.
• Heat coconut oil in a bowl, adding this amla powder. Turn off the stove and allow the oil to cool down. Store it in a clean bottle.

USES AND RESULTS
1.This dark oil is the natural and original AMLA OIL which you can use to retain your natural hair colour and prevent further graying of hair.
2.This oil is very good for the health of our hair as it promotes hair growth and makes hair soft and silky. This oil can be used for HOT OIL MASSAGE before hair wash.