Homemade Shampoo For Hair Loss, Deep Moisturizing Hair & Speeding Up Hair Growth Tips

Everyone loses 60 to 100 hairs a day!

But sometimes, hair loss becomes uncomfortable at the aesthetic level. Several very different factors may be involved (drugs, androgenic alopecia, seborrhea ...).

It is important to analyze the cause of hair loss with your doctor to find a suitable treatment.

In any case, however, a few simple, natural actions can ease the fall and safely supplement your routine of care ...

Let's go !

1) The daily massage of the scalp

Massaging your scalp for maximum flexibility during shampooing stimulates micro-circulation in the bulb and promotes the grip, vitality and growth of the hair.

We massage gently but for a long time with the fingertips, in circular gestures. (see the video of the massage of the skull here, video of November 15, 2013 on France 3)

2) A mild shampoo without sulphates

Most commercial shampoos are actually much less sweet than advertised. They are indeed formulated with "sulfates", surfactants that are there to "foam" pleasantly more than to wash. In the long run, sulphates can irritate the scalp especially in case of problems related to sebaceous secretion.

Therefore avoid the ingredients : Sodium laureth sulfate, SLES, -sulfate (s) and Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate especially. Note that the ingredient Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate is less aggressive and less polluting than those mentioned above .

3) A shampoo and care without silicones

Silicones are also very present in shampoos and even more in skincare and hair care. They are plastics that in the long run can "smother" the hair and devitalize it, while also stifling the scalp that breathes less well, and is disrupted in its natural secretions (sebum).

So avoid the ingredients : dimethicone, and coughs that end with -one or -oxane.


4) Essential oils in shampoo

The shampoo becomes care if we add some essential oils that stimulate the micro-circulation and tone the hair fiber. Three times a week, one drop of lavender essential oil (documented for its stimulating effect in the case of alopecia areata) and one drop of ylang ylang (cananga odorata) or rosemary essential oil are added to the shampoo dose. officinale with cineole (rosmarinus officinalis CT cineole). The scent is delicious and the formula is very invigorating. I highly recommend Slow Cosmetic essential oils (click to see the brands Saint Hilaire, Bioflore, Aromatic Reference, etc ...).

If you do not like counting the drops and mixing, think of the synergies of ready-to-use essential oils that we simply add to the shampoo. Here are my favorites:

Synergy of essential oils Bioflore "hair energy treatment"
Synergy of essential oils Senz "vitality care - anti fall"

3) A hair care oil


The hair is not allergic to wheat germ 😉
Combining the virtues of essential oils and vegetable oils in a massage oil before shampooing is supreme in case of seasonal hair loss. An oil easy to make at home consists of a mixture of Nigella oil, castor oil, wheat germ and essential oils. This oil is not suitable for pregnant or breastfeeding women.

The recipe for a bottle of 50 ml approximately:

- 4 tablespoons of nigella oil
- 1 tablespoon of castor oil (clic) or wheat germ
- 20 drops of lavender essential oil
- 6 drops of essential oil of rosemary officinalis cineole or ylang ylang to choose from.


4) A spray before styling

In the pharmacy, minoxidil is sold over the counter, dosed at 2%. This chemical molecule is the only one that has proven to be really effective for nascent alopecia. Practice, minoxidil is unfortunately not natural and can make hair sticky. Its effect also ceases if the treatment is stopped.

There is not really any natural alternative to this molecule, but some brands offer "fortifying" spray by combining hydrolats, sometimes essential oils and / or vegetable proteins. Inquire in organic store or on the net. The hydrosol of sage, rosemary or the infusion of nettles are sometimes recommended too, in simple spray morning and evening to rub (be careful not to rub too much, just massage).

5) The right food supplements

The health of the hair is based on correct balanced diet and of course drinking plenty of water. Dietary supplements based on zinc, iron, manganese, essential amino acids and vitamins A, E and B are the most effective. To test in organic stores, the powder of "Gomphrena", the yeast of beer (to sprinkle on your salads) or the powder of Root of Nettle Bio (urtica dioica), powder of Epilobe (epilobium sp.), And Brewers yeast.



Deep Moisturizing Hair Treatments

Dehydrated hair will not look or feel healthy and breaks easily, growth of hair is slow or seems to have stopped completely at a certain length. Deep moisturizers can get hair back to its healthy state and begins with a natural sulphate free shampoo like our homemade shampoo for hair loss above etc.


Dry or dehydrated hair?
Dry hair

The origin is endogenous, that is to say linked to the very nature of the hair (genetic inheritance or aging). Insufficiently lubricated by sebum, the cuticle can not play its role as a barrier against the evaporation of the water contained in the hair and no longer protects the cortex.

→ It is necessary to review its hair beauty routine to deeply moisturize the hair and feed it effectively. Use a cocktail of moisturizing, emollient, humectant, film-forming, rich in protein and lipid to which you add hair actives.

Dehydrated hair

The origins are exogenous (external) and varied. It is a temporary alteration of the hair, which usually does not have a drought problem and therefore suffers from a loss of water.
Chemical substances (colorings, hair dryers, straightening, etc.), the climate (sun, wind, cold), remove the hydrolipidic film from the fiber and accelerate the evaporation of the water by promoting dehydration. Thus dry, mixed, normal or oily hair can be dehydrated at any time by external aggression.

→ The source responsible for this transient state should be eliminated and your hair care should be adapted to restore the defective hydrolipidic film.

Porosity
This is the ability of hair to absorb moisture. This mineral world expression is used to describe a rock when it is porous (chalk, pumice ...). That is to say, it has an infinity of small pores that makes it permeable to moisture.

If the hair scales are open, they facilitate the penetration of moisture and vice versa when they are closed, moisture does not penetrate. A healthy hair has a medium porosity that allows it to take and maintain a good degree of moisture and moisture. But we can end up in cases of excess with a degree of porosity too low or too high.

Strong Porosity
Your scales are open and thus let penetrate as well as evaporate moisture and hydration.

→ Use products rich in hydrating agent, emollient, humectant, film-forming, protein, lipids (to seal hydration and sheath hair), and hair actives. After your care, be sure to close the cuticles using an acid pH preparation . Avoid all heating appliances (exit iron straightener, hair dryer).

Low porosity
Your scales are very tight and moisture can not penetrate.

→ Use products rich in moisturizing, emollient, humectant, film-forming and capillary active agents. It is necessary that your care can penetrate your hair at best. Open hair scales with alkaline ph products as you apply your skin care for better absorption. You can boost penetration by using a mild heat source at the time of installation. Then close the scales with an acid pH preparation to restore hair ph.

Immersion porosity test
To determine if your hair is porous or not, you can perform a quick test. Take some perfectly dry hair (eg those accumulated on your brush) and put them in a glass of water. After a few minutes, the hair falls to the bottom of the glass and they are so porous or they float on the surface and contrary, your hair is not porous

Friction porosity test

Take a strand of hair slide it between your fingers, points to the roots. If you feel any roughness, it is because the scales of the hair are raised. The hair is very porous. If you feel nothing and the sensation is smooth, the porosity is low.


Cosmetics and hair hydration
You understand that each hair is different and deserves special care. First of all, you need to know the "condition" of your hair in order to be able to define what suits you best and to formulate products adapted to your needs.

Sebum, sweat, lipids and NMF (Natural Moisturizing Factor) make up the hydro-lipid film that protects the hair from external aggressions. It makes it possible to control the hydration rate of the underlying scales and consequently keratin. This barrier prevents the loss of water and contributes to the good internal cohesion of the fiber to have hair resistant, flexible and healthy. When the intake of lipid and sebum is insufficient, the hair becomes dry and weakened. They become brittle and dull.

To optimize the moisturizing effect of cosmetic preparations by focusing on the effectiveness of active ingredients, it is essential to add film-forming agents, humectants, emollients and hair actives. Acting in synergy they will fight against the phenomenon of evaporation of water.

Oil or water?
Just like our skin, vegetable oils or butters used alone do not hydrate the hair . We must maintain a good balance between hydration and nutrition. Fatty substances are indeed useful for sealing the hydration of the hair and rebuilding a defective hydro-lipid rampart if necessary. But water is an essential ingredient to their good health!

The right cocktail of ingredients
Film-forming agents

They remain on the surface to strengthen the hydrolipidic power and limit the phenomenon of evaporation of water. There are two types of film-forming agents. The hydrophobes reduce the water loss by almost 98%. Of greasy texture, they are of occlusive types like the vegetable waxes (bee, carnauba, candellila, mimosa etc).

Hydrophilic when they are able to capture water to form a hydrocolloid. That is to say a hydrogel that forms a film. It is a contribution of superficial hydration. This is the case of certain proteins such as collagen and elastin, complex carbohydrates such as hyaluronic acid, and hydrophilic polymers of vegetable origin, such as polysaccharides such as inulin, chitosan and carrageenan.

Emollients agents

These are mainly fatty substances that consist of lipids that fight against the phenomenon of evaporation of water, but they are less efficient than film-forming agents. Vegetable oils and butters , animal fats and free lipids (esters, ceramide, fatty acid) are emollients. For hair care, favor oils rich in essential fatty acids including polyunsaturated ( linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid) and unsaponifiables that contain sterols, vitamins A, D, E and K and isoprenic derivatives .

Oils and butters to be preferred

Abyssinia
Caprylis
Argan
Lawyer
Baobab
Borage
B rocoli
Buriti
chaulmoogra
Coco
Dattier of the desert
Wheat germs
jojoba
macadamia
Shea oil
Olive
onager
Grape seed
ricin
sapote
Sesame
Souchet
Rice bran
Tomato
yangu
cupuacu
Shea Nilotica
shea
Kpangnan
Mango
murumuru
Humectants agents

They have hygroscopic capabilities, that is, they behave like sponges. They attract and hold water. The vast majority of humectants used in cosmetics are naturally present in the skin and constitute the NMF. There are the glycerol , urea, amino acids ( organic molecules which form the basic structure of proteins) present in the protein hydrolysates such as collagen or elastin , the sodium lactate , and the simple sugars (hexoses , pentoses) . Humectants give cosmetics a high moisturizing power with 24 hours effectiveness.

Hair actives

Ensuring a better cohesion of the scales of the hair, these assets smooth them and make them stronger and voluminous.
They improve texture while facilitating disentangling and maximizing hydration. Protectors and repairers, the hair assets confer both tone, elasticity and suppleness to the hair fiber. Target your cocktail of assets and do not hesitate to vary it according to the care and the evolution of the state of your hair.
MSM
Glycerin
Intense hydration complex
Carrageenan gum
Honeyquat
Hyaluronic acid
Phytokératine
Rice Protein
Liquid Silk Protein
Silk extract powder
Vegetable squalane
Vegetable silicone
Plant collagen
inulin
spirulina
Vegetal ceramides
Provitamin B5
Almond milk
Honey
allantoin
Intense Hydration Complex
Lactic acid
Urea
Amla
Bhringaraj
Kapoor Kachli
Sidr
coconut silicone
the coconut fractionated

Conclusion
To have a beautiful hair, it must also maintain the outside as well as inside. Thus a healthy lifestyle and a balanced diet with sufficient water intake are essential to the health of your hair. As we have already mentioned for skin care , using a simple vegetable oil is very insufficient to treat the hair.

Do not hesitate to offer your hair care with generous aqueous phases enriched with protein and other targeted hair actives! Always think in terms of a complete beauty protocol that can give your hair everything they need. And that's good: Home Made hair treatments allows us to concoct our customized care and this naturally accelerates hair growth.