Kefir mask is a natural, affordable method of high-quality hair care. A useful product, saturated with protein, calcium, vitamins, yeast, intensively nourishes dry curls, strengthens the structure of weakened and prone to loss, stimulates the growth of new ones. How to make a mask out of it at home, how much to keep, how often to apply, the tips, reviews, photos and videos presented in this article will tell.
Application features
The mask made at home has no restrictions on the use. Its preparation is simple and does not take much time. It is enough to choose the appropriate recipe, as well as follow certain rules.
- Mixes based on fermented milk products have a strong cleansing effect, therefore they are able to wash the coloring pigment from curls. When applying them to painted or tinted strands, this feature should be taken into account.
- At home, cosmetics can be prepared from fermented milk products of any fat content: yogurt, sour milk or sour cream.
- For dry hair, it is better to choose fermented milk products with high fat content, and for oily hair - with low or low fat.
- Banana, honey, aloe juice, almond oil, rosemary, lemon, castor, olive or burdock, and other components can be added to the formulation of self-prepared cosmetics.
- When preparing cosmetics at home, individual intolerance to individual ingredients should be considered: honey, eggs, aromatic oils.
- Apply the prepared mixture to the strands before washing your hair for 20-40 minutes, put on a warming cap, then rinse with shampoo, apply balm, conditioner.
- When rinsing, use special industrial rinses, decoctions of herbs or water acidified with vinegar.
Repetition frequency of masks with kefir for hair: 1 time per week or course - 10 procedures every other day.
Kefir hair mask recipes
The type of hair or its condition are the main indicators that help you choose this or that home cosmetic recipe. Each woman can choose her own mixture based on individual needs.
Mask with kefir, yeast and egg
If your hair falls out plentifully, you can use a proven recipe: a mask of kefir, cocoa and eggs. A reliable remedy against loss and for the effective growth of curls is a recipe: ½ cup kefir, 1 egg, 1 tea. mix a spoonful of cocoa, put on the roots for 40 minutes.
In addition to a strong stimulating, this mixture has a calming, healing effect. With regular use of this mixture, the scalp will become healthy, dandruff and itching will disappear.
Yeast mask has established itself as an effective proven tool for hair volume and growth.
Recipe:
- Dissolve in a glass of fermented milk drink 1 tbsp. a spoonful of yeast. For cooking, both dry powder and pressed yeast are suitable;
- Let the mixture brew for about 5 minutes.
A yeast mask with kefir, in addition to enhancing hair growth, gives them volume, nourishes, eliminating dryness.
Hair mask based on kefir and honey
Due to the property of destroying the pigment, kefir-based cosmetic mixtures are traditionally used to lighten curls. Depending on the individual characteristics of the hair, the use of home remedies can lighten them by ½-2 tones.
The brightening mixture consists of:
- 150 ml of kefir,
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of honey
- ½ lemon juice.
The resulting product is applied to curls under a warming cap for 8 hours.
Another brightener recipe:
- A glass of fermented milk drink, diluted with 2 tbsp. l filtered water;
- Stand the resulting mixture on the head for at least 6 hours.
Kefir hair mask with burdock and castor oil
To restore the structure, enhance growth, strengthen, give shine, softness to damaged curls as a result of exposure to perm or paint, the following recipe should be used:
- ½ liter kefir,
- yolk,
- honey, burdock and castor oil for 1 tbsp. l
All ingredients for the mask are thoroughly mixed and applied to the head. You can leave the mask on your hair all night, but for this you should wear a plastic hat.
An effective mixture of rye flour and kefir or kefir with brown bread also provides effective strengthening and treatment of damaged hair structure: soak dry bread in a fermented milk product, add a little essential or vegetable oil, apply to strands for 30 minutes.
Kefir and mustard mask recipe
A hair mask with kefir and mustard, prepared at home, will help to cope with increased oily hair. To prepare you need to take:
- ½ cup kefir;
- dry mustard ½ tbsp. l
The ingredients are thoroughly mixed and applied over the entire length, with the exception of the tips.
Mustard mask has a drying effect, as a result - curls and skin will remain clean longer and look more well-groomed.
Moisturizing mask with kefir for dry and damaged hair
The most affordable option that provides effective care for dry damaged strands is a henna moisturizing mask: heat a glass of kefir, pour 2 tbsp. tablespoons henna, insist mixture. Owners of light curls can do it with colorless henna.
Reviews
A mask with kefir is a super-effective tool for growth, enhancing the density of hair - this is confirmed by expert opinions and reviews of ordinary women.
Sophia review:“... Using a kefir mask with gelatin at home, for 2 months, without expensive salon procedures, I got rid of split ends, and before that I thought even to go get a haircut ...”
Vlada:“... My head was getting very quickly fat, naturally it didn’t look very beautiful. Whatever she did, nothing really helped until she was prompted to try to dilute the dry powder of blue clay with kefir and spread it on my head. After the first time, the situation became much better. I continue to make this useful composition from time to time ... "
Pauline:“... I tried this mixture as a wash in an unsuccessful attempt at tinting. Of course, I had to keep it on my hair for half a day, but it really helped, the paint came off, while the scalp and the strands themselves did not suffer ... ”
Vera: "…A kefir mask with cinnamon helped me regain my thick mane. During pregnancy, hair began to fall out very much, on the advice of a friend I tried this method. After 3 months, the strands not only stopped falling out, but new ones grew ... ”
As a simple, useful and affordable way, fermented milk products at home can strengthen and restore curls, stimulating their growth, eliminating dandruff, restoring shine and softness.
