Rosemary & Lavender Hair Rinse

By garciamoss

If you're a poo-less fan, you can use this rinse as your only hair product. No need to rinse it out. If you shampoo and condition, use this hair rinse as your final rinse. Again, no need to rinse out. Trust me, the vinegar scent will fade away leaving only the faint fragrance scent of Rosemary and Lavender, love it!

Rosemary: Cleanses, strengthens and nourishes hair follicles and encourages growth. It also has the ability to darken gray and the aromatherapy effect improves memory.

Lavender: Called the Swiss Army Knife of EOs, is antibacterial but also enhances the properties of Rosemary for improved cell regeneration and better penetration. Beneficial for dandruff too!

Apple Cider Vinegar: ACV cuts through shampoo and hard watr build up and balances the pH of scalp and hair! This is great news for those with oily tendencies especially. Vinegar also closes the cuticles making hair smoother. In case you're wondering, I color my hair and haven't noticed lightening of color but I color light so I can't speak to whether this would strip dark hair color.

Borax: This is optional, I know some people get all worked up about Borax but it's a salt/mineral, it won't hurt you. Borax is an amazing softener but like I said, completely optional (but really, really nice!).

Ingredients

• 4 cups water (filtered if possible)
• 8 drops Rosemary essential oil
• 8 drops Lavender essential oil
• 1 tsp. Borax
• 3 T. Apple Cider Vinegar (I use Bragg's)

Details

Adapted from campwander.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Combine ingredients in a glass jar, I love my 1/2 gal mason jars for this! I also picked up two plastic condiment squirt bottles for a $1 at the dollar store...this is what I take to the shower with me. One recipe can give you 2 to 4 rinses depending on the length of your hair. Once or twice a week application is all you need! The rinse will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, but more than likely you'll use it all before then