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Avocado Egg Hair Mask

3/4/2019

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I have battled with intermittent hair loss due to autoimmune disease for years. I’ve dealt with people insisting using chemical straighteners were making my hair fall out and not illness and I only realized that there was probably nothing I could do to prevent my hair loss after meeting more people with illness. I do appreciate, though, that many chemicals aren’t beneficial and that many natural products are more nourishing. So I began making hair masks from food several years ago.
I use several different hair masks recipes that I love. When discussing hair care, it’s important to acknowledge that all hair types are not the same. The mask I used today is generally one that can be used for all hair types. I have thick, curly, African American hair; it’s prone to dryness and frizz so I add natural oils to my masks that people with thin, naturally straight hair should omit.
In a bowl, mix:
 
½ an avocado
1 egg
5-10 drops of tea tree oil
5-10 drops of lavender
½ tablespoon of castor oil (you may choose to omit the castor oil if you have thin, naturally straight hair)
 
Stir until it is thoroughly mixed. I part my hair and apply the mixture from the roots to the ends of my hair. I leave the hair mask in for at least 30 minutes; depending on what I’m doing, I may leave it in for an hour or more. I rarely use shampoo but this mask requires mild shampoo to wash it out. 
*I buy avocados when they are on sale and I freeze them. The difference between my avocados I freeze for eating and the ones I freeze for my hair treatments is that I do not bother to mix in anything to preserve color. I cut them in half (because I only use one half for each treatment) and I toss them into a freezer bag. 
See my milk and honey hair mask here...

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