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6 Surprising Ways To Use Garlic In Hair Care

By Kumutha

Is your rapidly thinning hair giving you nightmare? Do you wakeup to hair strands coating your pillows and bedsheets? Then, it is time to up your hair care routine and try potent yet safe ways to solve the issue. And when it comes to boosting hair growth, we can think of no powerful ingredient than garlic.

How to use garlic in preventing hair loss, you ask? Here is how. Garlic is packed with zinc and copper which stimulate blood circulation, cleanse scalp of the buildup residue and help remove flaky dandruff.

Sulphur deficiency is one of the prime causes behind weak hair strands, brittle nails and dry skin. Garlic contains a strong amount of sulphur, which whether consumed or applied topically reverses the signs of hair fall.

Enriched with vitamin C, garlic not just prevents hair fall, but also repairs damaged hair follicles and improves hair texture.

Pre-menopausal and menopausal women mainly experience hair fall due to sudden dwindling of iron. Garlic has high iron content, which when consumed directly can improve the iron count in your system within seven days.

With so many benefits in store, we could not help but find out unique ways to use garlic in hair care.

So, here are 6 ways how you can use garlic in your hair care routine, do have a look.

Garlic-Infused Oil

Garlic-Infused Oil

This oil infused with the goodness of garlic in your hair care routine will promote hair growth, kill scalp infection-causing bacteria and prevent hair from greying.

How To Make
Crush a few garlic cloves and extract the juice. Mix 1 tablespoon of garlic juice with half a cup of coconut oil. Heat it in low flame. Massage the oil on to your scalp. Massage until you feel your scalp becoming warm. Let it sit for an hour or so. Rinse your hair with clarifying shampoo and condition.

Raw Garlic Serum

Raw Garlic Serum

Tried and tested way to prevent hair loss immediately is by combining the potent properties of garlic with an equally effective ingredient, onion juice.

How To Make
Extract garlic oil and mix it with 1 tablespoon of raw onion juice. Immerse a cotton ball into the solution and gently apply it through your scalp. Massage your scalp with the soft bud of your fingers for a few minutes. After about 20 minutes, rinse your hair thoroughly with cold water. Follow this method every night for quick results.

Garlic Conditioner

Garlic Conditioner

Another seamless natural way to include garlic in your hair care routine to prevent hair loss is by simply adding garlic to your regular conditioner.

How To Make
Dry garlic under sunlight, grind it into fine powder and mix the powder with your regular conditioner. You can also add garlic juice to your conditioner to amp up its effectiveness.

Garlic Mask

Garlic Mask

When selenium present in garlic is combined with vitamin E in olive oil and proteins of egg mask, expect nothing less than an absolutely natural way to include garlic for hair care. A hair care tip that will change your hair forever!

Ingredients
1 egg white
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 tablespoon of garlic juice

How To Make
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Whisk until you get a frothy pack. Apply it liberally through your hair and scalp. Let it sit for 30 minutes. Clear it out with a clarifying shampoo and follow it up with a mild conditioner.

Garlic Salve

Garlic Salve

Another way to include garlic in your hair care routine is by making a soothing salve out of it. Now, garlic alone can be irritating on the skin, but when you combine it with healing aloe vera and nourishing honey, it adds a punch of goodness to it.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon of garlic
1 tablespoon of honey
1 tablespoon of aloe vera gel

How To Make
In a bowl, combine all the ingredients. Whip until you get a smooth paste. Apply it to your scalp every night. Wash it off after 20 minutes. This salve will help reduce inflammation and the rashes on your scalp.

Garlic Spray

Garlic Spray

This is by far the most handy way to use garlic in your hair care routine. This natural remedy is perfect for hair growth.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon of garlic juice
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 cup distilled water
10 drops of lavender oil

How To Make
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Stir until the ingredients combine well. Pour the solution in a glass bottle. Shake it well before using. Store it in a cool and dry place.

Caution: Avoid storing the solution in a plastic bottle, as garlic reacts badly with plastic and emits a pungent odour.

Story first published: Monday, August 22, 2016, 17:58 [IST]
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