The benefits of lavender essential oil for hair. Uses and best recipes

Lavender essential oil is the best oil for face, hair, body and soul health! Lavender oil is a very strong antiseptic, thanks to which it is used in many areas, including medicine, it is one of the most unique means of caring for your appearance.

Essential little lavender can both energize and relax, both refresh in case of apathy and fatigue, and soothe in stress. The reason for this almost contradictory effect is the enormous balancing power of the oil, both physically and spiritually helping to soften extremes and restore balance.

Lavender plants are common in southern and central Europe, but France is most famous for its lavender fields. The essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of dried flowering panicles and inflorescences; 1 liter of oil requires 100-200 kg of flowers.

Benefits of lavender essential oil

Ancient Greeks and Romans highly valued lavender for its aromatic and purifying properties, adding it to baths to relieve fatigue, hence its name "lavare" - from Latin means "to wash".

Lavender oil works well with other essential oils (lemon, orange, rosemary, mint and others). The essential oil has a fresh and pleasant scent, it has a stimulating and at the same time relaxing scent.

Lavender stimulates the growth of healthy new cells, although all essential oils have this property to some degree.

The main properties of lavender essential oil:

• sedative, anti-stress, antidepressant;
• anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic;
• adaptogenic, antioxidant;
• antiseptic, bactericidal action (viruses, fungi, mycoplasmas);
• immunomodulatory, healing;
• antispasmodic;
• radioprotective, antitoxic.

Perhaps the most important property of lavender oil is its ability to restore unbalanced states of mind and body, bringing them back to harmony ...

For what hair problems can lavender oil be used?

• Itching of the scalp.
• Dandruff, including oily seborrhea.
• Hair loss.
• Slow down hair growth.
• Excessive oily scalp and hair.
• Dry hair length, hair brittleness.
• Split ends of hair.
• Dull, lifeless hair.

Lavender oil is used not only when there are specific hair problems, but also as a preventive measure. And if hair problems are serious (intense hair loss, scalp diseases), you must definitely go for a consultation with a specialist (dermatologist, trichologist).

Contraindications

In order not to harm your hair and your body instead of benefit, you need to make sure you are not allergic to oil and what are the contraindications for use.

It is not recommended to use oil: during pregnancy and lactation; with anemia; with epilepsy,do not use oil against the background of iodine-containing and iron-containing drugs; individual intolerance. Use with caution in people with low blood pressure.

Ways to use lavender oil for hair

Using lavender essential oil for hair is the key to healthy, strong and beautiful hair. The composition of the oil is very rich in components that have a beneficial effect on the hair: tannin (a tannin that protects hair from external negative factors), valerian, ursolic, capric acids (regulate the work of the sebaceous glands, thereby reducing the oiliness of the scalp and hair, treat itchy skin scalp and dandruff), cineole (an antiseptic that protects and cleanses the hair from toxins), resins (envelops the hair, protecting it from damage).

When used regularly, lavender oil:

• restores hair;
• softens the ends of the hair;
• helps to cope with dry hair;
• helps to cope with dandruff and itchy scalp;
• helps to cope with hair loss in complex therapy;
• strengthens hair and stimulates growth;
• smoothes hair, making it elastic;
• gives hair shine
• does not weigh down or grease the hair;
• has a long-lasting cumulative effect on hair.

Homemade hair masks with lavender essential oil

Lavender essential oil can be safely combined with all homemade hair masks, we offer recipes for the best masks:

Mask number 1

Strengthening mask for oily hair.

• 1 tablespoon of blue clay;
• 1/2 tablespoon of water (boiled) or mineral water;
• 1 yolk;
• 1/2 tablespoon honey
• 3-5 drops of lavender oil essential oil.

The mask is done before washing your hair. Dilute the clay with water until the consistency of sour cream, add the rest of the ingredients. Apply the mask to the hair roots and warm it for about 20-30 minutes. Then wash your hair as usual, but using a mask or balm for hair length, otherwise the hair will be coarse. It is enough to do this mask once a week.

Mask No. 2

Mask for strengthening, thickening hair and stimulating growth.

• half a teaspoon of Dimexide;
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon castor oil
• 3-5 drops of vitamin A and E in oil;
• 5 drops of lavender essential oil.

We heat the base oils and add the rest of the ingredients, add Dimexide at the end, apply the mask to the scalp and insulate. We keep it for about an hour and wash it off with shampoo (two or three times).

Mask No. 3

A nourishing mask for dry, lifeless hair.

• half a ripe avocado;
• 1 tablespoon jojoba oil
• 5-8 drops of lavender essential oil.

The avocado needs to be peeled and rubbed well into a paste, add the rest of the ingredients (jojoba oil can be heated) and apply to the hair. This mask is suitable not only for the length of the hair, if the hair is not prone to greasy, then it can be applied to the scalp. The mask must be insulated and kept for 1-2 hours. The mask is washed off with shampoo (2-3 times).

Mask No. 4

Universal hair mask with lamination effect.

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon argan oil
• 1 teaspoon jojoba oil
• 8 drops of lavender essential oil.

The mask is applied before washing the hair and the proportions of oils can be changed depending on the length of the hair. We mix all the ingredients, heat in a water bath in a glass container, except for the essential oil, add it at the end. And in a warm form, we apply the mixture to the hair, stepping back from the hair roots, lubricate the ends well and insulate. We leave the mask for at least 2 hours, and preferably overnight, the mask is washed off with shampoo (2-3 times). The mask is very nutritious and it is enough to do it once every two weeks.

Mask No. 5

Vitamin mask for shine and strength of hair.

• 1 tablespoon brandy;
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 egg yolk;
• 5-8 drops of lavender essential oil;
• 2 ampoules of vitamin B12.

Apply to the scalp in partings, and then distribute along the length of the hair. Insulate the mask (with plastic wrap and a warm towel) and after an hour wash your hair as usual using a mask or balm.

Enrich shampoo and conditioner with lavender oil

Essential oil is one of the few that works well with ready-made cosmetics: creams, shampoos, conditioners, balms and masks. Therefore, you can safely add oil to ready-made hair products.

Important! Add lavender essential oil just before applying to a serving of shampoo or mask. Do not add essential oil to the entire bottle.

Enrichment shampoos: 3-5 drops of essential oil per 10 g of the base, is used to prevent dandruff, prevent hair loss, strengthen hair roots, and stimulate the growth of new hair.

Enrichment of conditioner, balm or mask: 5-8 drops of lavender essential oil per serving (the number of drops of oil depends on hair length), restores hair structure, cares for hair ends, softens hair ends, adds shine to hair, makes hair elastic and elastic.

Aroma combing with lavender essential oil

Important! This should be done before washing, as scalp massage stimulates the sebaceous glands.

First you need to comb your hair well to make it easier to massage. Apply lavender essential oil to the comb. Carefully and gently we begin to comb the hair, you can try to massage the scalp in circular movements, you can comb it with your head down against the growth of the hair, it already depends on your preferences.

We do this massage from 5 to 10 minutes no more, somewhere 2-3 times a week.