Tried coconut oil as a hair style aid and my hair is gross and flat!

[Jezku]

a little coconut oil seems to be the idea; too much and then it's hard to get it out except with repeated (and cold) water.
mention of "remedies" reminds me of two teenage girls who complained to a magazine about a "honey treatment"--"we couldn't find honey so we used a package of brown sugar; it didn't work!" ...<LOL>

[Sassybluesy]

Originally Posted by BirdieBelle

This thread cracks me up.

Sorry you got so much oil on your head, OP. It reminds me of the time I read in Seventeen magazine that mayonnaise was good for your hair.

My mom didnt get as mad about that as she did when I cracked an egg on my head in a steaming hot shower. Getting scrambled eggs out of the tub is easier than getting them out of your hair.

Oh gosh! That tickled me. LOL

[coschristi]

Originally Posted by BirdieBelle

This thread cracks me up.

Sorry you got so much oil on your head, OP. It reminds me of the time I read in Seventeen magazine that mayonnaise was good for your hair.

My mom didnt get as mad about that as she did when I cracked an egg on my head in a steaming hot shower. Getting scrambled eggs out of the tub is easier than getting them out of your hair.

OMG, if my parents hadn't been Vegans; that would have been me! I did all those home remedies & concoctions too:

Lemon Juice for highlights (did nothing), hot oil with vegetable oil (greasy for a week), hot oil with olive oil (smelled like a salad) & coffee grounds for lowlights (coffee grounds in hair for 3 days, smelled like the kitchen trash & didn't work).

The worst wasn't a home remedy but that Sun-In spray stuff for highlights ... turned my hair orange! My mom carted me around to the salons who all told her; "Nope; we would have to use chemicals!" so I was stuck with it.

[rrah]

I use coconut oil as a deep conditioner at least once a week in the winter months. I sometimes have to shampoo twice, but I've never had a problem getting it out. I usually do an initial rinse with some apple cider vinegar and warm water, shampoo and then lightly condition. The vinegar helps clean it first. And not, I don't walk around smelling like salad I shampoo after so the smell is gone.

A couple of years ago I made a real mess in the shower. My flat iron got super heated just before it died while I was using it. It burned a small section of my hair that's right in front. I pulled out every home remedy I could find. I ended up mixing a smashed, very ripe, avocado with an egg. I figured each was good alone so why not both at the same time. Kind of a mistake. No scrambled eggs, but lots of avocado in the shower and took a couple of shampoos to get it all out. The combination did help the burned hairs a bit and the rest of my hair was super soft.