They call it sour cream dream. I call it DELICIOUS! Yes, I ate some of my hair mask. I put a little bit of it into my morning smoothie too. It had me craving some salty chips and a cold beer. I don't even really like beer but, I wanted one. Didn't have one since I did this experiment at 9am. That would have been counter productive to the whole seeking wellness thing..
OK, no further ado.. here is how to make this softening and shine-boosting hair mask/snack.
- Mash up a whole avocado in a bowl. If you are me, reserve 1/4 of the avocado to throw into a banana-mango smoothie. Add 2tbs of sour cream and the juice of half a lemon. I thought my smoothie needed lime instead so I went with that. Blend it all together.
- Warm up a towel in the dryer for a couple of minutes.
- Massage the tasty green goop into your hair. Really work it in there!
- Wrap the towel around your head and go see why the baby is crying.*
- Change and feed the crying baby and check that the 2.5 year old is still where you left him learning ABC's on your laptop.*
- After 20 minutes, hit the shower and use shampoo to get that mess out of your hair. I like to take this time to include a little hand scrub of olive oil, sugar and lemon juice.
- Tah dah! Dry your hair and marvel at it's softness.
The authors of the Beauty Cookbook write that avocado is rich in vitamins A, D, E, essential fatty acids and potassium. Apparently this good stuff gets deep into the hair follicles to give a great deep conditioning treatment and will temporarily retain moisture for a lasting shine. There you have it.
* If you don't have a baby or other kinds of kids running around, you can use the 20 minutes to read a book or do whatever you people with no kids do. I don't remember.
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Just get right in there! |
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Mash it all up in your hair, then wrap in a warm towel for 20 minutes |
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Take the towel off after 20 minutes and mutter something about nacho chips. |
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Tah Dah! Shiny hair. |