How to do a Mayonnaise Hair Treatment at Home?

Did you ever know that mayonnaise can be so versatile? Other than spiking up the taste of a dish and making it more delectable than ever, mayonnaise can be used to make your hair softer, shinier, and smoother.

Hair care can be tricky. You may not find out easily what works for you the best and availability of the different type of hair mask makes it even more difficult.

Mayonnaise hair treatment is one of the most popular hair treatment that not only improves hair texture but also nourishes your scalp and promotes hair growth.

Here, we will talk about the benefits of the Mayo hair treatment and then will come to the usage.

Benefits of Mayonnaise hair treatment

Mayonnaise is a rich source of hair healthy ingredients like lemon juice, vinegar, egg, and soy oil which contain fatty acids and vitamins, which boosts the shine and the moisture in the hair. Here is why mayonnaise hair treatment is the best thing for your hair:

1. Mayonnaise contains L-cysteine, an amino acid, that nourishes the hair scalp promoting healthy hair growth.
2. Clouding your hair with mayo helps kill hair lice.
3. Mayonnaise can straighten your hair after regular use.
4. It contains nourishing oils and hence is a natural conditioner.
5. Mayonnaise removes dryness and frizz.
6. It fights against dandruff.

How to do mayonnaise hair treatment at home?

Mayonnaise is readily available in the market and easy ingredient to use at home. For softer and shinier hair, you need to follow below mentioned steps.

Buy a Full fat Mayonnaise

Use a full-fat mayonnaise rather than a low fat or diet mayonnaise as the former contains the nutritional ingredients like olive oil that will nourish your hair more and make it soft and shiny. Do take care to use a non-flavored one as any flavoring of herbs or spices may smell odd and these ingredients may not be healthy for your hair. If you can use a natural and organic mayonnaise, nothing like it.

Take out the measured quantity in a bowl

You can use about half a cup of mayonnaise in one go. You can increase or decrease the quantity depending on the length of your hair. The mayonnaise should be able to entirely cover your hair. Using less won’t suffice and using more will give you a tough time at the time you will rinse your hair.

We generally store Mayo in the refrigerator. But for the hair treatment, Mayo needs to be at the room temperature. Thus, take out the mayo at least an hour before you begin to apply so that it becomes normal. Mayo at room temperature also allows the follicles of your hair to absorb the essential fats and oils of the mayonnaise better.

Wash your hair before applying mayonnaise

Time to hydrate your hair! Use warm water to wet your hair. You can also use a hairspray. Do not use shampoo or condition on your hair, all you need to do is to wash the hair with warm water. Warm water opens the hair follicles and lets the mayonnaise enter into your hair smoothly.

Apply Mayonnaise to your hair

Now comes the real action! Cover your hair root to tip with Mayo. For the best application, use a comb as it will help distribute the mayo all through the hair. If the Mayo is becoming too foggy and thick, you can use some warm water to make it slightly liquid. Gently massage the mayo in your hair in a circular direction to allow mayo enter well into the hair.

Allow the mayo to rest in your hair for about half an hour to an hour. You can cover your hair with a shower cap to allow the deep conditioning.

Now that you are done rinse your hair with warm water. Now apply shampoo to remove the mayo. You will feel that your hair has become soft and silky.

If you are looking for shinier and softer hair, we recommend using mayonnaise hair treatment once in a week. Have you ever used mayonnaise treatment for hair growth? Please let us know about your experience in the comment section below.