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Ingredients
- 2 bags - Camomile tea (make sure it's 100% camomile) or Peppermint tea
- 1/2 tbs - Dry Rosemary leaves
- 5 tsp - Lemon juice (from the bottle or the real thing) I added this to lighten my hair - you may skip it if you wish.
- 1 cup - water
Preparation
Step 1
So obviously I didn't make enough to fill this spray bottle, but in my defense, I was going to use a smaller bottle.
Heat up your water and put in into a cup or jar to steep with the two chamomile tea bags. Leave it be for now.
Take the Rosemary leaves and grind them as fine as possible. Of course, a mortar and pestle is so helpful with this step, but getting the leaves super fine isn't truly necessary. Let's go back to our steeped tea.
Remove the tea bags and stir in the lemon juice!
Now stir in the Rosemary leaves. I put this in a jar that I could shake but I don't think that's entirely necessary. Now I let this mixture sit for an entire day because I wanted the rosemary to steep as much as possible.
In order to get this to spray, I had to strain the rosemary from it before I placed it in its final bottle.
I really love this spray! Firstly, because it's super fast to apply; secondly, it feels really light and bright on. Personally, I added a touch of apple cider vinegar, and it smells really good too - even though I put vinegar in it.
There are a lot of things I do to keep my hair healthy and growing. Always make sure to stimulate your scalp when you're brushing your hair, but don't brush too much! (Also, using a comb is typically better for your hair.) Take the vitamin Biotin, it strengthens your nails and hair. I also limit the amount of times I shampoo my hair to three to four times a week and I never put conditioner on my scalp (I grab my hair like it would be in a ponytail and condition only that.) I try to moisturize my hair at least once a month with this recipe.
Lemon juice and chamomile typically only lighten hair if you are under the sun or your hair is under any heat after you put it on. However, to be safe, you could just use a rosemary (or rosemary oil) and water.
I would definitely recommend Biotin. (I haven't experienced weight gain with it.) As for using this mixture, lemon juice is harder on hair. If you make a mix omitting it, I imagine you could use it often.