Hair Mask with Yogurt and Spirulina

My homemade hair mask with yogurt and spirulina comes to the rescue of all post-summer damaged hair. You can make it in 10 minutes and it will leave your hair smooth, conditioned, moisturized, and shiny. What else to ask for!

Ah, summer, my favorite season of the year! Basking in the golden sun, splashing around in the water, and just soaking in all that warm goodness. My skin glows from a healthy tan but my hair is often a bit of a mess, dry, frizzy, and post-summer damaged hair!

Exposing yourself to the harsh summer sun, air conditioning, chlorine, and saltwater can wreak havoc to your hair. Luckily, I know just the homemade hair mask to help with dry and damaged hair and with ingredients you already have in your pantry! My homemade hair mask with yogurt is the perfect cure for your hair troubles, including dandruff.

Without further ado, let’s dive right into this wholesome homemade hair mask and its amazing benefits for hair.

DIY Hair Mask With Yogurt – Key ingredients

• Greek yogurt
  

  Made by removing excess moisture from regular yogurt, Greek yogurt is widely used as a deep conditioner. It’s packed with protein and vitamins that help combat hair thinning and loss while the lactic acid in it cleanses the scalp and stimulates hair follicle growth. If you don’t have greek yogurt, you can use regular yogurt as long as it is natural and unflavored.

• Spirulina
  

  A type of algae that grows in freshwater bodies, spirulina is made up of 70% protein, essential fatty acids and iron. Not only that, but it’s also rich in vitamin A and beta-carotene, all of which are commonly used to promote hair growth and treat hair problems like thinning and baldness. And don’t worry it won’t turn your hair green! If you have light blond hair, you can omit it.

• Shea butter
  

  Extracted from the nuts of the Shea tree that’s native to West Africa, shea butter is an excellent all-natural hair conditioner with miraculous hair repairing properties. It helps prevents hair loss, treats split ends and breakage, and also helps soothe dry and itchy scalp with its moisturizing properties.

• Coconut oil
  

  Extracted from the kernel or meat of mature coconuts, coconut oil is another great moisturizer for hair. It adds shine, luster and softness to hair, and helps reverse hair damage. The vitamins and fatty acids in it also make it an excellent hair growth stimulator.

• Honey
  

  Nature’s sweet superfood also happens to be an amazing hair moisturizer. The emollients in honey help smooth and soften hair follicles while the humectants in it help retain the moisture in hair strands. All of this results in shinier, lustrous and stronger hair.

Is yogurt good for hair?

Yogurt has been a part of women’s beauty regimes from as early as the days of ancient Greece, where women used it to nourish both their hair and skin. So, yes, not only is yogurt good for your hair, but it’s also Ancient Greek beauty approved!

What are the benefits of yogurt on hair?

A yogurt mask can be a godsend for color-treated or heat damaged hair. It helps infuse and lock moisture in your dry hair shafts, which strengthens it and therefore prevents those pesky split ends and hair breakage. Slathering yogurt on your scalp also helps replenish it with important skin nutrients and also lightly exfoliates it, effectively removing any dead skin cell buildup. The end results: thick, hydrated luscious locks that’d put Goldilocks’ to shame.

What kind of yogurt to use on hair?

Greek or any unflavored and unsweetened yogurt would do. And according to Serkan Aygin, a board-certified dermatologist, yogurt from  cow’s milk is the highest in shine-inducing protein and calcium.

What are the benefits of spirulina on hair?

Full of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, spirulina is basically a high protein powerhouse. Fun fact: it contains more beta-carotene—a red-orange pigment that converts to vitamin A—that any other substance on the planet!  It has all the makings of the perfect hair supplement—the sugars, proteins and amino acids contained in it all help restore balance in your hair and scalp by regulating sebum production. The results are hydrated, stronger, voluminous tresses.

How to apply my hair mask with yogurt?

For deep conditioning, apply and leave your hair mask on dry hair for 20-30 minutes before shampooing.

Is it better to put a hair mask on wet or dry hair?

While most hair masks work best when applied to towel-dried hair that’s still damp, but since our mask includes coconut oil and shea butter as a key ingredient, so it works better when applied to dry hair.

Can I use a preservative for this hair mask?

I am afraid not. Since this is a wholefood mask, it’s best to make it fresh just before you intend to use it. You can whip it up in under two minutes!

What chemicals do you need to avoid when looking for a hair mask?

Even if the brand claim to offer a natural hair mask, you should watch out for the following ingredients that are to avoid.

Silicone
Silicones are the silkening products found in most store-bought hair masks. Since silicones aren’t water soluble, long term use can have some pretty bad consequences, especially for curly hair. Being difficult to wash out, they accumulate on your scalp over time, which prevents other moisturizing ingredients from penetrating into your hair shaft.

Sodium laurel(SLS)
Also known as sodium lauryl sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate, sulfates is a common ingredient of regular hair products. They’re known for their drying effect and continued exposure can leave your hair and scalp dehydrated and brittle.

Propylene glycol
Listed by the United States Environmental Agency as a chemical that can cause damage with overexposure, propylene glycol does not evaporate easily. As such, it can severely dehydrate hair which of course causes a host of other issues as well.

What you can add to your yogurt hair mask recipe depending on your hair type

You can customize your hair mask depending on your hair type, that’s the beauty of making your own!

For example for dull hair, add an egg and for frizzy hair add a banana.