How To Repair Your Hair From Hair Straightening Damage - Part 2

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Procedure 2: Measurements are given for short/shoulder length hair. Please adjust the quantity as per your hair length.

Henna powder-100g
Lemon juice -2tsps

Thick Yogurt - 1 tsp
Egg(optional)-1

Water 
Hair oil -2 tsps
Tea powser (optional) -1tsp
Shower cap
Gloves

Day 1:

Mix Henna powder,lemon juice, yogurt,egg and oil. Mix it well.
Day 2:
Boil tea powder in water. (Avoid this if you want a nice burgundy color to your hair)
Add sufficient water/Tea water to bring it to muddy consistency.
Comb your hair well and make sure there aren't any knots.
Wear gloves so the mixture doesn't make your hands red
Apply the mixture to the hair. Make sure you avoid touching to scalp.
Knot your hair in the back using a rubberband and cover your head with the shower cap.
Have a tissue paper ready in your hand for any leaks.
After 5-6 hours
It is easier to wash your hair in kitchen sink rather than washing it in the shower. It's easy to clean the kitchen sink than cleaning the entire shower after the mess.
Run the water in kitchen sink and rinse off the mixture from your hair. It will take a while to do it.
After that rinse your hair with a conditioner (Do not use shampoo)
After the hair is dry. Apply hair oil. Leave it over night. (Make sure to protect your pillow cover and bed sheet from stains.
Day 3:
Wash your hair with mild shampoo.

Henna relaxes your hair and it straightens your hair eventually. But this is with non-chemical usage. Your hair will be repaired eventually and you will start loving your hair all over again!

How To Repair Your Hair From Hair Straightening Damage - Part 1

Are you one of those persons who got very excited seeing your friends/neighbor's hair getting perfect after Japanese hair straightening and got it done. It must have felt like this is one of the best things that have ever happened to you? And it wasn't long enough when you realized that your hair is a mess/ dry/ weird set of things dangling on your head? Welcome to the club! I got straightening done for 3 years straight and realized I am doing more damage than ever. So, I took a back step did lot of research on the internet with out any solution. I then came to a conclusion is to free my hair from all the chemicals I have applied for the last few years. So, I came up with a goal to "GO NATURAL" to fix my damaged hair.Also the results are not instant. You need to work really hard to get back your normal hair. After all the damage wasn't small. Isn't it?

Procedure 1: Measurements are given for short/shoulder length hair. Please adjust the quantity as per your hair length

Almond Oil /Any hair oil 3 tsps

Thick Yogurt - 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds powdered(optional)- 1 tsp 
Shower cap

Mix oil, yogurt very well. Adding fenugreek seeds powder is optional. It really helps with dandruff. Mix it well.
Comb your hair well and make sure there aren't any knots.
Apply the mixture to scalp and hair. Make sure you spread the mixture all over your hair and scalp.
Knot your hair in the back using a rubberband and cover your head with the shower cap.
Have a tissue paper ready in your hand for any leaks.
Leave it overnight. (Take precautions so your pillow/bedsheet doesnot get stains)
Wash your hair with a mild shampoo in the morning.

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Mirchi ka Salan

Ingredients:

Shahjeera- 1tsp

Onion -1

Cardamom -4

Cloves-5

Cinnamon stick- small piece

Star Anise- 3

Salt- as per taste

Mirchi ka Salan chillies- 8-9

Garam masala- 1 tsp

Red chilli powder- 1tbsp

Dhaniya powder - 1tsp

Bay leaves - 3-4

Tomato -1

Turmeric - pinch

Peanuts-handful
Sesame seeds -2 tbsp
Tamarind-lemon sized ball

Dry roast peanuts and sesame seeds and grind them to fine powder.

Add water soaked tamarind (Or microwave it for a minute if you do not have patience like me) and blend it with peanut mixture.

Add chopped onion and tomato and blend it again to make a paste.

Slit the mirchi ka salan chillies(Or use Jalapenos) and remove the seeds with a edge of spoon

In a non-stick pan, heat oil and add, shahjeera, bayleaves, Cardomon, cloves, anise, cinnamon stick and fry.

Add chillies and fry for few minutes. Make sure it doesnt get burned.

Then add the peanut-onion mixture to the chillies and mix it well.

Add turmeric, salt and chilli powder.

Close the lid and cook it for few minutes (mix it in between) until it leaves oil at the sides.

Add garam masala powder and  dhaniya powder and let it cook until it becomes dark brown in color.

Add a glass of water and let it boil. Adjust salt and chilli powder according to your taste.

Serve with Rotis or Biryani!