
- Coconut Oil and Lemon Juice: A Winning Combination for Healthy Hair
Of all the things in this world that smell wonderful, coconuts and lemons are on the top of the list. They add a distinctive flavor to recipes, but they can also chase those grays away, as well, Pure coconut oil nourishes and promotes hair growth while protecting your scalp from drying and flaking. It has anti-microbial effects and contains fatty acids like lauric acid, which can strengthen your hair and make it healthier.
Lemon juice comes with a healthy dose of phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium, as well as vitamins B and C, which can target the source of graying hair and treat it effectively. Lemons can make your hair stronger, thicker, shinier and reduce dandruff, too. Lemons can keep hair healthy by restoring its natural pH balance.
You can massage plain coconut oil on your scalp before going to bed at night. Just shampoo in the morning and you’re good to go. If you use it regularly, it could even reverse your gray hair, thanks to the antioxidants it contains. Here’s a hair treatment using coconut oil and lemon juice:
- Blend a few teaspoons of lemon juice with a cup of coconut oil. You will want to make more if your hair is long; less if it is short.
- Apply this mixture to your hair, paying extra attention to your scalp.
- Shampoo it out after at least an hour.
- You can do this treatment once a week.
Lemon juice acts as a natural degreasing agent, so it can reduce the oiliness of the coconut oil, too. Remember to use fresh squeezed lemon juice, not the concentrate you find in bottles at the store. The concentrated variety is much stronger, so you may not get the effects you desire. If you must use the concentrated variety, one teaspoon of it is equal to the juice of one whole lemon.