Castor Oil for Hair...........and more

I remember when we we're little, my mother used a mix of petroleum jelly and castor oil to comb my sisters' and my hair with . Was our hair thick back then. Overtime we stopped using it and eventualy forgot about it. Now that I know the benefits of this oil I've incorporated it again into my regimen. I use it for scalp massages and hot oil treatments, and because it is kind of a heavy oil I blend it with other oils which add to the benefits. Also, I add it to my MN mix.

My oil mix consists of:
- equal parts of castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil.
- amla oil
- Rosemary essential oil
- Lavendar essential oil

Benefits for Hair
I did a search on the benefits of castor oil and found this very interesting article.
Source: http://www.goherbalremedies.com/blog/

The use of castor oil is widely popular for its therapeutic effect and it is used against different ailments as an effective remedial medicine. The easy herbal remedies by castor oil are efficient, simple, and easy process which can be done at home.

Application of castor oil removes warts and it is an efficient remedy for warts problem. You need to smear 2-4 castor oil on the wart followed by gentle massage for 10-15 minutes at a stretch on wart with the oil. This herbal treatment by castor oil needs to be repeated for 2 times per day until the warts get disappeared.

If anyone is suffering from red eye, he/she can put one drop castor oil in each of the eyes and take rest for 5-10 minutes with closed eyes. This remedy will remove the redness from eyes.

Castor oil is a good blemish remover, where the blemish is occurred due to hepatic pigmentation. The pigmented area needs to be smeared by castor oil and the visible effect is seen merely after one month use of this castor oil remedy.

Castor oil is an effective remedy for break prone nails. The nails are to be smeared by castor oil coating two times per day and this treatment should be continued for 2 months for visible result out of this application.

Application of castor on scalp is an effective treatment of alopecia. The application needs to be done in the night before going to bed and in the morning the hairs should be washed with mild shampoo. This herbal remedy for hair fall needs to be continued for 2 months to get the visible result of hair re-growth.

Regular application of castor oil helps in better growth of eyebrows and eye lashes. For this remedial effect one needs to apply castor oil on eyelashes and on eyebrows regularly two times per day.

Castor oil application helps in ailment of cracked skin in heel. Application of castor oil on ankle helps in removing cellulite and dead cell layers and prevents heel from further crack. For best result you need to apply the oil on ankle and then needs to war a cotton socks at night to retain the oil on the skin surface and to let it work overnight.

In treatment of bruises, skin irruptions and ulcerations of skin application of castor oil works well. Moreover in treatment of bronchitis, cold, chest massage with this oil provides good relief for the patient. In treatment of bleeding piles the use of castor oil as an efficient herbal remedy is well known for its instant effect.

Update on my MN mix

I changed my MN Mix a little. I didn't like the peppermint smell. So I added 5ml more of each Rosemary and Lavendar Oil. The smell is better now. For my next batch I will leave the pepermint oil out. The mix is not oily but has a nice creamy consistency. I get a nice tingling sensation when I apply it to my scalp. I use it sparingly every night, before bedtime and I always massage it in. I get about two 6 oz tubes from this mix, which will last me for a while.

I gave up on stretching

I want to stretch my relaxers so bad, but I can't get the hang of it.

Iwanted to strech 8 weeks this time, but my new growth was so thick from using MN that I retouched at 4-5 weeks. I'm a bit dissapointed in myself. Besides the new growth, my hair was starting to get very dry. ORS RP did the strengthening, but for moisture I need something else. So I've decided to mix the ORS RP with Herbal Essence Replenishing Conditioner. I will also do more hot oil treatments and scalp massages with mixes of coconut oil, castor oil, lavendar oil, rosemary oil and amla oil. See how it will work out.

ORS Hair Fertilizer

I'm late.
I discovered this product only a week ago. I read the reviews, some good, some saw no results.
But, I'm willing to try it in my MN mix. It has goos oils in it and herbs that aid in hair growth.

Description
Nourishment for healthy hair and scalp.
Organic Root Stimulator Hair Fertilizer helps to strengthen and nourish weak and damaged hair.
Enriched with a blend of nettle, horsetail, and paprika, these ingredients have historically been known to stimulate the scalp, and add moisture to dry hair.
Organic Root Stimulator Hair Fertilizer will help to create the perfect environment for hair to grow stronger, giving you healthy beautiful hair - naturally!
Organic Root Stimulator Hair Fertilizer is ideal for those:
With sluggish hair growth or moderate hair loss due to chemical damage or weave.
Who have restored their hair with the Organic Root Stimulator Hair Restoration System and want to continue hair growth.
Who are current users of the Organic Root Stimulator Hair Restoration System.
It may be used as the last step in the system to add strength and moisture to the hair.

Ingredients
Water - Aqua , Soybean Oil - Glycine Soja , C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate , Cetearyl Alcohol , Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate , Coconut Oil - Cocos Nucifera , Petrolatum , Isopropyl Myistate , Phenyl Trimethicone , Castor Oil - Ricinus Communis , Cholesterol Panthenol , Horsetail Extract - Equisetum Arvense , Kola Nut Extract - Cola Nitida , Paprika - Capsicum Annuum , Nettle Leaves - Urtica Dioca , Diazolidinyl Urea , Methylparaben , Propylparaben , Propylene Glycol , Carbomer , Triethanolamine , Fragrance - Parfum , Citronellol , Coumadin , Eugenol , Geraniol , Hexyl Cinnamaldehyde , Hydroxycitronellal , D'Limonene , Linalool , DMDM Hydantoin , Caramel

Tweaking my MN Mix

After some research I decided to tweak my MN mix.
The reason behind it is to stretch it and to add more growth aids.

Here's the recipe:
1 6 oz jar of ORS Hair fertilizer.
4 x 0.5 oz tubes of MN
25 ml Coconut oil
25 ml castor oil
5 ml rosemary oil
5 ml lavender oil
3 drops peppermint oil, i don't want to smell minty

I will apply it daily, starting today and track my progress. I hope to gain at least 4" by August 30th

Hair Candy

My hair is in for a treat this weekend.

Here's what I'll do:

1. On friday night I wil massage my scalp with my special hair oil blend consisting of coconut oil, cayenne pepper oil, amla oil, MN and essential oils.

2. I will do a hot oil treatment on my hair with another blend of castor oil, amla oil, coconut oil and conditioner. I still have to determine which conditioner I will use. Cover my hair with saran wrap and leave it overnight.

3. In the morning I will apply Casia to my hair. It says henna on the box, but I believe it's really casia mixed with other herbs because it stains gray hair golden. No orange stain. My hair comes out sooooo soft with this. Wrap my hair again with saran wrap and do some house chores for the next four hours. I'll prepare the henna (casia) the day before with hot tea, honey and again amla oil.

4. I'll then do a cow or shampoo/conditioner mix if my hair needs it to get out all the oil.

5. Then deepcondition for 30 minutes with ORS Replenishing Pack.

6. Style my hair:

- rollerset: use setting lotion, moisturizer.

- Blow out the roots

- Doobie wrap

- Enjoy the softness and sheen on my heathy strands.

Starting Length

I just wanted to post a picture of my starting length.

My goal right now is to make bra strap length. My ultimate goal is mid back length.

I should have reached bra strap length a long time ago, but I had a few trims along the way. I've been at my current length for almost a year! I guess I have to take better care of my ends. I used to wear my hair down every day and I payed the price for is. Now I wear a bun daily and I will keep it that way until I've reached my goal.

Another thing that might have contributed to the setbacks is relaxing too often, every 5 - 6 weeks. I did that because I had a problem dealing with the new growth. I am 4a/b and my new growth is no joke. Henna helps with relaxing the texture of the new growth. Conditioner only washes have helped a lot, though I don't have the time to do them every day.