How to Make Your Hair Shiny Naturally

Restore shine to your hair with eggs.

Your hair can become dry and prone to breakage if you regularly style it with heated styling tools like flatirons and blow dryers. Chemical treatments like perms, relaxers and hair dye can also damage and dry out your hair. You can restore shine to your hair using eggs and olive oil -- natural products you may already have on hand. Use more eggs and olive oil if you have long hair, and use this hair mask whenever you want to add some shine to your hair. Does this Spark an idea?

Things You'll Need

• 2 to 4 eggs
• 4 to 8 tablespoons olive oil
• Small bowl
• Whisk
• Towel

Instructions

1. Crack the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites. Place yolks in small bowl.

2. Add olive oil. Whisk gently to mix olive oil and egg yolks.

3. Wet your hair. Apply the mixture to your hair, massaging it into the roots.

4. Wet a towel with hot water and wring out. Wrap towel around your head. The heat from the towel will help the egg and olive oil mixture penetrate into your hair.

5. Leave for five minutes to an hour, depending on how dry your hair is. Re-wet towel with hot water, wring out and replace over hair if necessary.

6. Remove towel. Rinse hair in cold water. Wash with a gentle shampoo and finish with conditioner.

Tips & Warnings

• If you use hair color, use one with natural ingredients.

• Wash your hands and any surfaces that come in contact with raw egg thoroughly to avoid salmonella contamination.

References

• Care2: DIY for Shiny Hair
• Lily Girls: How to Get Shiny Hair
• Become Gorgeous: Natural Treatments to Get Shiny Hair
• World's Healthiest Foods: Eggs