Banana Hair Masks: Tips on Preparation and Application

Hair needs constant care and protection from harmful factors, as well as nutrition. Only in this way is it possible to maintain the scalp in perfect condition, and the hair - beautiful and well-groomed. Among the huge number of proposed cosmetics stores, you can choose the one that is most suitable. But why not arrange a cosmetology laboratory at home and prepare compositions from natural products. In addition, using masks at home, you can significantly save money.

Banana is used in cosmetic products as an ingredient in creams, shampoos, masks, gels. Its useful properties can be sent in the right direction and make a mask to solve a specific problem. To do this, simply select the correct recipe and add the desired component to the banana.

• Banana contains niacin. And it is he who is able to strengthen the hair follicles and prevent hair loss, as well as save from hair loss if hair loss already occurs. If there are a lot of hairs on a comb, clothes, in the bathroom, this is a clear sign that such a procedure is necessary.
• Tocopherol helps to reduce hair breakage. Split ends can also be put in order, although before starting a recovery, it is better to get rid of too broken ends. So the effect will be much more noticeable and bring more satisfaction.
• Vitamin C gives the hair vitality, returning them a lively look and shine.
• Vitamins of group B help protect hair from harmful effects, such as sunlight, sea water, high temperature, which is formed when hair is exposed to a hair dryer, curling irons or hair straighteners.
• Potassium promotes saturation of hair with moisture, so banana masks will be useful for dry hair.

To prepare the mask at home should be approached with all responsibility. Then it will be good.

To prepare the mask is better to take ripe bananas. It is necessary to grind them to a mushy state, and a blender, a mixer, a conventional meat grinder or a grater will help in this, even an ordinary rolling pin will do.

Depending on what ingredients, except for bananas, are used and what purpose the mask has, it lasts on hair for 15 minutes to half an hour.

To make the mask work better and bring more benefits, it is better to keep your head warm by wrapping it with a towel, after putting on a shower cap. In some cases, heated in a water bath and the compositions themselves before use. To create additional heat, you can send a stream of hot air to the wrapped head for ten minutes using a hair dryer.

The mask is washed off with warm water, after which the head is washed with the usual shampoo and a balm is applied.

Store cooked composition should not be even in a cold place. It is better to prepare a mask of fresh products each time.

Reviews of those who make masks regularly say that they really work well on hair, moisturize them, strengthen hair follicles, make hair silky and docile.Some note only one drawback: depending on which component is added to the main one, the mixture may turn out to be too nutritious, and the hair needs to be washed very carefully. In some cases, it may even be necessary to repeat the rinsing procedure. But the result is worth it. Therefore, many advise to engage in such procedures when you do not need to go anywhere, but there is enough time to devote it to yourself and not to hurry anywhere.

• Regular use of this mask will contribute to the strengthening of the bulbs, will give impetus to more intensive hair growth, facilitate their combing. In addition to fruit, it includes egg, honey and sour cream. You can exclude or add one of the components. In a blender mix a banana, egg, honey, sour cream (you can replace it with any fermented milk product). Hurry during the procedure is not worth it. It is necessary to apply the composition well to the hair, massage the head. You can go through the hair comb, so the composition will be distributed better. After that, it is necessary to provide enough heat for optimal exposure. Assistants in this will be plastic film and a towel. In the heat, all substances act more actively and penetrate better into the scalp and hair. If you have time, it is better to hold the mask for an hour, then rinse with the usual means applied daily. Since the mask contains sour cream and honey, hair can be slightly oily and sticky. Rinse thoroughly by washing them twice.
• Beneficial effect on the hair and a mask of banana and honey. To grind a banana, you need to add some honey there. By the way, if there is no blender on hand, you can grate a banana, it will take no more than five minutes. In the mask, you can add a spoonful of olive oil.

• Masks for oily hair are made with the addition of raw potatoes. It should be well crushed to make gruel, and mix with banana puree, obtained using a blender. The applied composition will act within 45 minutes, then it is removed.
• Mask with sour cream can be considered universal. It can be applied to any hair, it gives them extra nutrition. It is convenient because you can always use what is at hand. Sour cream can be replaced with kefir, ryazhenka, varents, sour milk, which stand without use in the refrigerator. Plus you need a ripe banana, or even overripe. The ingredients are well mixed - and the nourishing mask is ready. It remains to apply to the hair, wrap your head well and hold for about forty minutes.
• To help in the fight against dandruff and make hair shine capable of a mask of milk and banana. Milk must be fresh. Banana and squeezed lemon juice is mixed, milk is poured. The head is treated with this composition, and then washed off.
• Another useful component that, in combination with a banana perfectly affects hair, is cottage cheese. Curd-banana mass is easy to get by mixing everything in a blender or using a mixer. Fresh lemon juice is also added. Apply a mask to the entire length of the hair, and then rinse with shampoo after forty minutes. The effect of such a mask - strengthening hair.

• This option nourishes, helps to restore damaged hair and improve their growth. To do this, chop the ginger root well, add a banana, kefir. All this should be slightly warmed to the mixture was warm. Then apply to hair and enhance the heat effect, wrapped his head with a towel. Wash off with shampoo in an hour. Then you can rinse with warm water and apple cider vinegar diluted in it. This will make your hair shine.
• A mask containing banana gelatin is able to protect the hair from the negative environmental effects, as well as to add shine to the curls, to correct the situation when the tips are cut.To prepare it, you need to take part of the gelatin and three parts of water in which it is diluted. It is better if it is mineral water. Then you need to add a banana grinded in a blender. After applying to the hair, keep your head warm. It is advisable to wash the composition no earlier than 45 minutes.
• Another popular recipe with egg and butter: coconut, almond, olive. It is suitable as a nutritional compound for brittle, dull and dry hair. The banana is crushed in any convenient way, mixed with a pre-beaten egg, then add a couple of spoons of the selected oil.

• It is believed that beer promotes hair growth, but the effect can be enhanced by using it in combination with a banana. Half a glass of beer, one fruit and 20 grams of honey are mixed and applied to the head.
• A good mask can be prepared even from a banana peel, which also contains vitamins and trace elements. The crushed peel is diluted with kefir and lemon juice, and the composition is ready for one-hour use, which is then removed with the help of water and shampoo.
• Against hair loss this recipe will help well: you need to grind a banana, add egg yolk and a spoonful of sea salt there. After thoroughly mixing the ingredients, the composition is applied on the head and wrapped with a towel. Then wash off with warm water.
• To thicken the hair, you can make a mask of banana, coconut oil and cinnamon. All this is mixed in a blender. It is necessary to use a mask according to the same scheme, leave for at least half an hour and be sure to warm.

From the above recipes, each girl will surely find those masks that suit her and help her make her hair better.

In the next video you will find recipes for hair masks with a banana.