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Last week’s post made mention of being able to find hair pampering products right in your kitchen.  There are plenty of commonly known ingredients: olive oil, honey, eggs, mayonnaise, and apple cider vinegar.  There are also a few less commonly known times that can do wonders for both your hair as well as your skin.

• Baking soda – an excellent replacement for an apple cider vinegar rinse, normally used as a clarifier.  Baking soda will displace the residue left from hair products, without stripping the healthy nutrients from your hair.  It’s a great alternative for those who don’t like the scent of apple cider vinegar and who find the scent lingering in their hair after clarifying with it.

• Tomatoes – provide a variety of benefits to healthy, beautiful hair.  Tomatoes restore your hair color when you’ve been exposed to damaging chemicals such as chlorine.   They also strip away odors that have settled into your hair even after washing.  From tomato juice to sauce to freshly crushed and squeezed tomatoes, use tomatoes to restore your hair’s pH levels back to normal.

• Coffee- an uplifting source of shine for your treasured tresses.  Applied as a rinse, brewed coffee provides not only shine but stimulates hair growth also.  Ground coffee is excellent exfoliating, and has tightening and firm qualities for skin as well.

• Coconut oil – keeps your roots and scalp moisturized without clogging pores.  Coconut oil absorbs easily into skin, is an excellent deep conditioner for restoring health to dry scalps acting as a great combatant against dandruff.

• Bananas – another source of sheen and shine for your hair.  Alone or combined with olive oil or avocado, bananas provide protein and soften your hair.  This is an excellent ingredient to use when you spend a lot of time in the elements to replenish nourishment.  Bananas, mixed with milk or yogurt, can also be used on skin as a mask to combat aging skin.

Take a peek in your refrigerator and cabinets and add one or two of these common kitchen ingredients to your hair care routine today.  Luxurious, healthy skin is just a few steps away.