Olive oil and honey hair mask

First, I would like to say there are a LOT of things you can do with olive oil and honey. Look it up. It will save you a ton of money on beauty products.

Second, I decided to test out a hair mask yesterday because my hair tends to be dry and not very shiny. It's naturally curly, which means I'm pretty unfortunate in the hair department to begin with, but because I heat style it on a regular basis, that makes it worse.

I looked for a hair mask recipe using olive oil because I knew that olive oil was really good for hair. A lot of the recipes I found included honey. Honey is a humectant and it helps retain moisture. And if you needed another reason to use olive oil and honey in your hair, it's all natural if you make your own hair mask whereas something you buy in the store may contain chemicals. And even better, this saves money because it uses ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen.

Here's the recipe.

Three tablespoons of olive oil
Two tablespoons of honey
Put them in a bowl together and heat in the microwave for twenty seconds (or until the honey liquefies)
Mix together

Simple, right? Once it's all mixed together, you obviously want to apply it to your hair. DO NOT APPLY IT TO YOUR ROOTS. It should go without saying, but you do not want to apply oil to your roots. Let it sit for fifteen minutes, then go in the shower and shampoo your hair, making sure to get all of the mixture out.

In case you are concerned about putting honey in your hair, I'll tell you now. It will be sticky. My hair was really stiff and I was horrified at first because I didn't think it would ever come out. But it came out easily in the shower, I didn't have any problems. It left my hair shiny and soft and it looked healthier. So, it will be fine. Don't worry. :)