We all want healthy hair with lots of volume, but no one enjoys spending huge amounts of money on special shampoos, conditioners and hair masks. Fortunately, there are many ways to enhance your hair with ingredients you already have at home. Among them, baking soda is certainly one of the most useful, so we have prepared 5 ways for you to use it to help you on your way to beautiful hair.
Strange, but true: bicarbonate of soda you can yours it helps the hair in a variety of ways. Your scalp can cleans dead cells, husk and dirt, serves as balm and as antibacterial agent, but also helps normalize the pH value your hair.
Baking soda can restore health and volume to your hair Photo: Cottonbro / PexelsIt is also recommended if you struggle with I have dandruff: it is very effective in removing it. Here are 5 ways baking soda can help you: guests, shiny hair.
1. Natural shampoo
Because it removes from the hair impurities, you can use baking soda as natural shampoo. Mix it with water. There should be a relationship 1:3, that is, for shoulder-length hair, use 3 tablespoons of baking soda and 9 tablespoons of water. Stir the mixture gently massage in into wet scalp, wait approx 2 minutes and rinse. For even more shiny hair, we recommend that you wash your hair with the mixture afterwards of water and apple cider vinegar (it should consist of one quarter of vinegar and three quarters of water).
Gently massage the shampoo into your scalp Photo: Scandinavian Biolabs / Pexels
2. Shampoo for dry hair washing
Baking soda absorbs from the scalp fat, so you can also wash with it dry hair. All you have to do is apply to your scalp 2 tablespoons of baking soda, which is then combed or brushed Comb evenly over the entire surface of the hair. You should know that you should not use this shampoo too often: baking soda in excessive quantities can cause breakage of hair ends. If your hair is sensitive, we recommend that you stick to one application per month.
3. Brush cleaner
You can't achieve beautiful and above all clean hair if you comb it with a dirty brush. You need enough container, water and a few spoons baking soda. Fill the container with water, add baking soda and dip the brush into the mixture. Wait approx 10 minutes, and then the brush rinse with clean water and dry.
The cleanliness of your brush is also important Photo: Karolina Grabowska / Pexels
4. Mask against dandruff
Not only will this mask help your hair get rid of it dandruff, but she will also give them perfect shine. In addition to baking soda, you will need freshly squeezed lemon juice to prepare it. First, mix two tablespoons of baking soda with a little water, then add juice to the mixture one half of a lemon. Gently massage in in the scalp, wait a few minutes and rinse.
If the condition critical, you can repeat the process twice a week, but if it is more about prevention, it is quite enough to apply the mask to your hair once a month. If you don't have lemons on hand, you can also use juice instead throws, basilicas or ginger.
5. Paint remover
Did you dye your hair with darker shades, and now you regret it? Before heading back to the hair salon, you can reach for the baking soda. You can comb your hair back with it lighten up in a completely natural way.
First, wash your scalp with anti-dandruff shampoo, which has a high pH value. Next, mix equal amounts of shampoo and baking soda in a bowl and apply the mixture to the entire scalp with a paintbrush in the direction od roots to tips. Wait approx 10 minutes, then rinse your hair well.
