Liquid plastic for a bad hair day? Hmm.......
Great looking hair really enhances our personality. Have you ever noticed how sticky and brittle your hair feels after applying products such as hair sprays and gels. Well, it might be time to check what's in these products and make a change to safer alternatives. This article is very interesting and will help you decide on a change of products and also to make your own at home. You know i love this subject, right?LOL
Read on......................This is sourced from yahoo's lifestyle's topics.
The reason for that strange texture is the very nature of the product. Hairspray and other conventional gel products are made from chemical polymers that resemble liquid elastic. The most common one for hairspray, polyvinylpyrrolidone, is the same one used to glue plywood. A polyelectrolyte polymer is used for hair gels and styling sprays.
Spray or rub them on wet wet and when it dries, that thin film of plastic holds your hair in place. The plastic stays on your head until you wash your hair.
Natural spritz
If that doesn’t sound very appealing you may be interested in looking
at some of the products using natural polymers like Tragacanth and
Arabic gums from trees. Products with alcohol will have a longer shelf
life that those without and may feel a bit lighter. Some products are
even alcohol free and have essential oils for scent.
D.I.Y. your own
There are plenty of make your own recipes popping up on the Internet as
a backlash against plastic and chemicals in our cosmetics and hair
products.
England’s Mooky Chick offers a recipe to make your own hairspray:
The University of Michigan came up with this recipe for homemade hair gel:
Herbalist Rebecca Hartman recommends a flax gel:
Some Safer Alternatives - Natural hairspray and gels brands:
On my way out today i will be going after some Organic Flax Seed. I'm very eager to try the Flax Seed Gel. Hey i consume Flax everyday so why not formulate with flax in my DIY beauty products, right? Hope you all find this one useful.
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