Clay white for hair

What are the benefits of white clay for hair

White clay therapy is one of the most promising natural therapies. It is germ-free, detoxifies and kills bacteria. Clay creates a protective layer on your skin or hair that protects it from environmental influences. In the old days, it was used for intestinal diseases, joint diseases.

Nowadays, clay is a frequent guest of cosmetics formulations, including for hair.

Clay chemical composition:

• silicon;
• aluminum;
• potassium;
• magnesium;
• nitrogen;
• zinc;
• calcium;
• mineral salts.

The main property of clay is the ability to disinfect. This property has a positive effect on dandruff or, for example, seborrhea. Girls with increased secretion of sebum from hair follicles also need to take a closer look at her. With high activity of the sebaceous ducts, the base of the hair often looks dull and lifeless.

Clay masks will help reduce the secretion of sebum, the hair will shine and look clean longer.

Kaolin will help with too dry scalp. Thanks to the minerals it contains, the clay will nourish the hair shaft with moisturizing ingredients and help smooth the scales.

Here is a list of indications for using white clay for hair treatment:

• Slowdown in growth.
• Hair loss caused by alopecia.
• Dull color.
• Split ends.
• Oily and quickly staining hair.
• Lack of gloss.
• Difficulty combing.

How white hair clay is used

For any composition used in cosmetology, there are important rules for use and clay is no exception. Here are the technologies you need to follow for a white clay hair treatment to be successful.

Buy packaged clay from drug stores or beauty stores.

You cannot use the one that you found in nature or at a summer cottage, no one can guarantee that it does not contain impurities of other substances. The shelf life of the powder is long, and sometimes indefinite, provided that the storage conditions at home are observed. But this does not apply to the finished composition.

When you have already mixed the clay with the liquid, use it immediately, until the next use it will lose its beneficial properties.

• When mixing clay, use a clay, glass, ceramic container. Metal and utensils and cutlery oxidize and can change the chemistry of the mask. You can stir the resulting mass with a wooden stick or with your hands, if you are not hot.
• Observe the temperature regime. Any liquid, water or herbal decoction, is added heated to about 30-35 degrees C. In a cold liquid, clay dissolves poorly and does not stir to a homogeneous mass, and in too hot it will lose its beneficial properties. The consistency of the finished hair mask should be thick.

Do not be afraid to make a mistake in the proportions, if you add a lot of water, you can add more clay powder. We have already mentioned that instead of plain water, you can dilute clay with herbal decoctions.

Apply the resulting mixture evenly to slightly damp hair, keep as long as the manufacturer has indicated on the pack.

For greater benefit, wrap with cellophane, a towel or handkerchief, the heat will help the beneficial components penetrate into the inner structure of the hair. Rinse off the clay is easy enough, just rinse your hair with shampoo and then apply the balm. If the mask contained oil, washing it twice with shampoo will help.

Clay mask recipes

Now you know about the use of pure powder clay. It's time to talk about masks with natural ingredients that are easy to make at home.

They heal the hair and are able to solve problems directed at it.

Mask for oily hair

Ingredients:

• dry clay - 1 tablespoon;
• freshly squeezed lemon juice - 1 tablespoon.

1. Dissolve the powder with mineral water or any decoction of the correct temperature to the consistency of sour cream, stir in lemon juice.
2. Spread the mixture all over your hair and forget about it for 30 minutes.
3. To stimulate the beneficial minerals of the clay, roll your hair with a towel.
4. Rinse off the mixture with sulfate-free shampoo, rinse hair with nettle decoction.

Mask for very oily hair

Ingredients:

• juice from 3 cloves of garlic;
• lemon juice - 1 tablespoon;
• clay powder - 1 tablespoon.

1. Combine all the ingredients in a glass bowl and, while stirring, gradually add the liquid, trying to get sour cream in consistency.
2. It is better not to use dishes made of other materials, because it will be difficult to remove the garlic flavor from it.
3. Keep the mask on your hair for half an hour, then rinse with shampoo.
4. After rinsing with a solution of vinegar (a spoonful of any vinegar, you can apple cider, per liter of water), this will relieve you of the garlic smell.
5. You should not use this recipe if you do not tolerate the garlic smell well.

Mask for brittle hair

Ingredients:

• clay powder - 50 grams;
• colorless henna - 25 grams;
• apple cider vinegar - 30 ml.

1. Stir the clay with henna and gradually pour in the liquid heated to ~ 35 degrees.
2. Stir in apple cider vinegar into the finished mixture.
3. Keep it on for 20 minutes, wash the curls with shampoo or soap.

Hair growth stimulating mask

Ingredients:

• clay powder - 50 grams;
• mineral water - 100 ml.

1. Just mix both ingredients to dissolve the clay completely.
2. Apply the solution to both hair and skin, keep it on for 20 minutes and rinse with tap water.

Dandruff mask

Ingredients:

• clay powder - 50 grams;
• chamomile broth - 20 ml;
• yolk - 1 pc;
• apple cider vinegar - 30 ml.

Application:

1. Stir all components until a lump-free mixture is obtained.
2. Apply over the entire length for 35-40 minutes and rinse your hair with shampoo.
3. The procedure should be carried out until the dandruff gets rid of.

Shine mask

Ingredients:

• clay powder - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp a spoon;
• butter - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• egg yolk - 1 pc.

1. Melt the butter, add the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly.
2. Spread the mask on scalp and hair length for 25-30 minutes.
3. Rinse your hair.

Strengthening

Ingredients:

• clay powder - 50 gr;
• sage broth;
• rosemary essential oil - 10 drops;
• olive oil is optional.

1. Mix all ingredients until smooth.
2. If you have dry hair, you can add olive oil or any unrefined oil, but this is not necessary.
3. The mask should be rubbed into the roots of the hair, wrap your head with something warm and leave for half an hour.
4. Then wash off with shampoo.

Density enhancing mask

Ingredients:

• clay powder - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• egg yolk - 1 pc;
• honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• sea ​​buckthorn oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon.

1. Combine ingredients, then whisk until foamy.
2. Then mix the clay into the mask.
3. Apply to scalp and hair length, keep on for 25-30 minutes, and then rinse thoroughly using shampoo.

Popular tandems of nutritional components and white clay:

• Clay - 3 spoons, a glass of homemade kvass. Create a thermal effect on the hair. Leave for 30 minutes.
• Clay - 3 spoons and chamomile decoction. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes.
• Two parts clay, part white henna and apple cider vinegar.Wash off after half an hour.
• Olive oil and clay - wash off after 30 minutes using shampoo.
• Clay, dry cream and kefir in equal proportions - rinse the strands after 20 minutes with chamomile decoction.
• Clay, lemon juice and water - a brightening mixture. Soak on hair for 60 minutes, oil the ends.
• Clay, yolk and burdock oil - apply to the ends to remove the porosity of the rod. Wash off after an hour.
• Clay, sea buckthorn juice and milk in equal shares - exposure time 30 minutes.
• Clay and garlic juice - Rub into the root of the head to strengthen the bulbs. Wash off after 15 minutes.
• Melted honey and clay - nutrition and moisturizing of the strands. Wash off with copious amounts of water after 2 hours.

If you don't have time to prepare nourishing masks, you can make a homemade shampoo with the addition of white clay.

To do this, mix the main ingredient with water and apple cider vinegar in equal proportions, apply to hair, massage and rinse with a solution of lemon juice. Apply a nourishing balm to the locks.

For dry and lifeless hair, add 10 ml of wheat germ oil and five drops of patchouli essential oil to the clay mass.

You can wash off the mask with any suitable shampoo. In this case, you should not use balm and rinse aid. This mask will make your hair shiny, elastic and manageable, it will acquire a splendid and healthy look.

] For oily seborrhea, instead of water, it is recommended to take a decoction of oak bark, which has antimicrobial effect.

Then five drops of fennel essential oil are added to the mask. After the first procedure, the excruciating itching will disappear, a feeling of cleanliness and freshness will appear. You need to wash off the mask with shampoo, then you can rinse your hair with a decoction of oak bark or St. John's wort.

When applying the mask, dandruff will disappear after four sessions, the frequency is once every ten days.

To relieve symptoms with dry seborrhea, a decoction of plantain is taken to dilute white clay. Then the mass is mixed with a tablespoon of burdock oil and three drops of clove essential oil are added.

You also need to wash off the mask with shampoo. You do not need to rinse your hair after washing. The recommended frequency of the procedure is once a week.

To strengthen weakened hair, especially after a long illness, after diluting the clay with water, you can add raw chicken yolk. This mask should be applied only to the scalp.

Rinse off with cool water and shampoo. It is recommended to use a suitable rinse aid after washing.

For oily scalp and dry hair ends, add 5 ml of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to the classic mask. Wash off with plenty of warm water and apply a balm. This mask can be applied once a week instead of shampoo for a long period of time.

It normalizes sebum production and protects dry hair, giving it shine, manageability and extra volume.

Very oily hair can be washed every five days with the following composition:

• 10 g kaolin;
• 5 g of dry mustard;
• 20 ml of water.

After thoroughly mixing, the mixture must first be applied to the skin, gently massaging, and then spread through the hair. Wash off 10 minutes after the start of the procedure with plenty of warm water.

This recipe not only normalizes the sebaceous glands and improves the appearance of the hair, but also promotes the regeneration of hair follicles. Six months after the start of application, the hair will become noticeably thicker.

Contraindications: what side effects may occur?

White clay has no serious contraindications for use. When using, take into account its strong absorbency, which can lead to excessive dryness of the scalp. In this case, the mask should be enriched with cosmetic and essential oils.

When using additional ingredients for a mask with kaolin, it is imperative to test for an allergic reaction before the procedure.

Hair mask

The mask should be applied to washed, slightly dried hair in an even layer and along the entire length. Pay attention to the scalp - kaolin has a cleansing effect and normalizes the sebaceous glands. Wrap your hair in a plastic bag, then wrap it up with a towel.

The mask is kept on the hair for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the case: if the hair is oily - 25-30 minutes, if normal or dry - 15-20 minutes.

Removing the mask

Thoroughly rinse the clay off your hair, wash your hair with shampoo, then use a balm, and rinse your hair again.

How often to apply masks

White clay masks often do not need to be used, 2-3 times a month will be enough.

An exception is the treatment of dandruff, such a mask should be applied to the scalp every 5-6 days until the symptoms disappear completely.

Reviews

• Feedback from Nadezhda, 37 years old. I have been using white clay masks for many years and I will say that this is a wonderful tool. It gives the hair a natural shine and makes it soft and pleasant to the touch. I do masks once a week for three months, then a month off. Still, our grandmothers knew a lot about folk remedies.
• Feedback from Galina, 29. I haven’t tried to apply it on my hair, but clay works wonders on my face. Dries up inflammations, evens out the complexion. I like to add mineral oils there. You keep it on your face for about 15 minutes and you don't need any expensive creams.
• Reviewed by Julia, 34 years old. I'm surprised people don't know about white clay. In my family, both my mother and grandmother used it. I have known about her since childhood. As a teenager, clay helped me cope with acne. Clay masks helped to cope with rashes before menstruation. I apply it pointwise and they dry quickly. And for hair, I have been doing it once a week for many years. Hair looks great, even dandruff has never been. I highly recommend it.
• Reviewed by Valentina, 25 years old. I discovered white clay when my hair started to grow again in the spring. A colleague advised me to make masks with an egg and vitamins B6 and B12. In three weeks the hair was back to normal. The main thing is to find your own suitable composition and do not forget to apply the balm, because sometimes after the clay it is difficult to comb the hair.

The main rules for the preparation of masks

To create an effective composition, you should observe some rules:

• stir the clay only with heated water, stirring well to get rid of lumps;
• it is required to achieve a sour cream consistency;
• you need to mix the composition in a bowl made of plastic, glass or ceramics, stirring with a wooden stick;
• additional components are added when the base is ready and its uniformity is achieved;
• the product is being prepared just before use, it should not be stored;
• to increase the effect after applying the mask, wrap your hair with polyethylene and a towel.
• Tip: after the masks, it is more useful to rinse the curls with water and apple cider vinegar (1 tablespoon per liter of water).

Important rules

But whichever way you choose to use clay, first of all you need to know the important rules that must be observed when working with it:

• It is better to buy white clay (kaolin) in pharmacies, phytomarkets or cosmetic stores, since there it is sold in a purified form without impurities.
• It is diluted with water with a temperature from room temperature to 37-40 ° C. Since the useful properties are weakened from the hot, and in the cold it will curl up into a lump.
• In terms of density, the mixture should resemble homemade sour cream: too liquid will drain, and thick will not be distributed evenly through the hair.
• The benefits will be greater if milk, herbal teas, green tea or thermal water are used to dilute kaolin.
• The finished clay mask should be immediately applied to the head, starting from the roots and skin, stretching down along the entire length.
• The head must be insulated, then the effect of the use of clay powder will be much stronger.
• You can withstand the mask for up to 2 hours, you cannot leave it overnight.
• After you have thoroughly rinsed your hair out of the clay, it is advisable to apply a moisturizing spray or a light leave-in fluid on it to avoid overdrying.
• On the day of applying clay, it is advisable to avoid aggressive procedures: dyeing, curling, hot styling and even drying with hot air - give your hair a rest and restore its natural protective layer.

Important! The hair mask with white clay is washed off without the use of shampoo. If it contains a lot of natural oils, you first need to apply a small amount of a good balm and lightly massage your hair.

Sometimes, especially on blond hair, a yellowish tint remains after the application of kaolin. Usually the problem is solved by additional washing of the hair with a high-quality shampoo. But with damaged hair, you have to use tint balms.

But the hairs "strengthened" in this way break less and become denser.

Peelings

Few use white clay as a hair exfoliator. But the curls also need periodic deep cleansing. This is especially true for those who systematically use means for styling and fixing their hairstyles. Their residues are constantly present on the hair and scalp.

If not removed from time to time, they can cause irritation, dandruff, itching, and even cause alopecia.

A light exfoliating effect is achieved by simply adding a small amount of clay to your regular shampoo. Don't put it directly into the bottle. It is better to pour the volume necessary for a single shampoo into a separate container and add so much clay there so that the liquid consistency of the shampoo is preserved, but it turns white well.

Then distribute it evenly over wet hair, lather and rinse thoroughly.

For deep peeling, the clay must be diluted with water or herbal decoction (chamomile, St. John's wort, sage, calendula, green tea) to the consistency of liquid sour cream.

Peeling is done on clean, damp hair. The mixture should be applied to the scalp and gently massaged, and then comb down the length with a thick comb and leave for 5-10 minutes. Rinse well (no shampoo!), Let the hair dry naturally and apply a moisturizer.

Masks

There are a lot of recipes for clay hair masks. In fact, understanding what properties the additional ingredients with which the base clay mortar is enriched, you can independently create the perfect recipe for yourself:

• lemon juice - slightly lightens hair, reduces oiliness, adds shine;
• kefir and yogurt - they contain lactic acid, which softens the scalp and perfectly moisturizes the hair;
• fruits and berries (it is better to use juice!) - an excellent source of vitamins and minerals;
• irritating ingredients (cinnamon, onion and garlic juice, red pepper) - improve blood circulation and stimulate hair growth;
• natural oils - recommended for dry, brittle and damaged hair, creating a thin protective layer on them;
• honey - a unique natural product, which contains more than 200 biologically active substances, suitable for any type of hair.

Based on only these ingredients, you can create hundreds of effective masks, and there is also green tea, coffee, herbal teas and much more!

Applications

Clay applications at home are usually used as part of a comprehensive treatment for alopecia areata or total alopecia. They help to quickly and significantly improve the condition of the scalp and stimulate the activity of the "dormant" hair follicles, so that new hair growth is possible.

The clay mixture for applications is made thicker than for the mask. It is applied directly to the affected skin, in a thick layer (1-2 mm).

The applique is not distributed over the hair, but the head is also carefully insulated. Do not leave the clay mixture on the skin for more than 30-40 minutes. And before you wash it off, you need to moisturize very well so as not to injure the skin.

The following can be used as active ingredients for anti-hair loss application:

• nicotinic acid - expands capillaries, improves blood circulation, stimulates hair growth;
• aloe extract - prolongs the life of hair follicles, moisturizes the skin well, accelerates the process of cell regeneration, has an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect;
• tincture of propolis - it has a lot of useful properties: antibacterial, antifungal, healing, vasodilator, etc.;
• essential oils (rosemary, ylang-ylang, chamomile, sage, thyme, calendula, etc.) - they are able to penetrate into the deep layers of the skin and heal it, as well as give liveliness and shine to damaged and thinned hair.

Remember that alopecia areata is often caused by health problems or scalp problems.

Therefore, it is better, before starting a course of treatment with clay masks, to try to find out and eliminate them yourself or with the help of a doctor.

Conclusion

Beautiful and healthy hair is an indicator of a good attitude towards yourself. Regular use of white clay hair masks will make them shiny, manageable and lush, stimulate growth, relieve dandruff and itching.