Banana, Honey and coconut milk! Does this sound like ingredients for a classic food recipe to you? Well, it actually does, but surprisingly these are ingredients for a natural homemade hair conditioner for soft and smooth hair.

Easy to make, this deep hair conditioner will nourish your hair from the roots and make your hair shiny, smooth and easy to manage. The goodness of banana (a potassium rich fruit) strengthens your hair, minimizes the breakage and facilitates repair of damaged hair. it also moisturizes your hair with its natural oils and water content. Overall, you hair will be less frizzy or tangling once you use this conditioner.

Apart from banana, this homemade conditioner also includes coconut oil, coconut milk and honey, each known for its natural benefits.

• Coconut milk: Rich with antioxidants and fats, coconut milk conditions your hair, boosts volume and also restores the lost protein and essential oils in your hair follicles.

• Coconut oil: With Vitamin E and other healthy fatty acids, coconut oil helps moisturize your hair, adds shine to your hair and also reduces the Keratin loss from them. Also, the lauric acid present in coconut oil acts as an anti-bacterial and also anti-fungal ingredient which prevents dandruff in your scalp.

• Honey: One of the most essential ingredients in the conditioner is Honey. It hydrates your hair, locks the moisture within and nourishes your hair with sulfur, zinc, iron and vitamin B, which helps enhance your hair growth.

Ingredients

• Banana : 1

• Coconut milk : 2 tbsp

• Coconut oil : 1 tbsp

• Honey

• Blender

• Bowl

• Tablespoon

Method

• Cut the banana into small pieces in a bowl.

• Add 2 Tbsp coconut milk to it.

• Add 1 tbsp coconut oil

• Add 2 tbsp honey

• Pour the ingredients into a blender and blend the mixture for 1 minute until it forms a smooth paste.

• The conditioner is ready.

How to use?

• Dampen your hair first with some water.

• Massage the mixture into the roots and all through the length of your hair.

• Wear a shower cap and leave it for 30 minutes.

• Rinse the conditioner with a mild shampoo.

Use the conditioner once a week for great results.

Tips

1. Use over-ripe bananas to make the conditioner.

2. Make a perfect paste with no banana chunks in them. Chunks can be difficult to remover form your head.

3. In case of using solid coconut oil, add some warm water while blending the mixture.

4. Add few drops of lavender oil or peppermint oil or rosemary oil to the mix, if the smell is unpleasant to you.

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