How to Make Homemade Hairspray

Are you frugal and enjoy homemade solutions? Are you sick of paying the high prices of salon hairsprays? Try making your own. The recipe and a few other tips follows...

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 cups water
• 2 fresh lemons or oranges, preferably organic
• 1 tablespoon of denatured alcohol
• a few drops of essential oils, optional
• empty spray bottle

1. Prepare the lemons/oranges by cutting into slices. (They will be thrown out, so no need to be neat!)
   
   NOTE: If not using organic fruit, peel rinds from fruit first to ensure that you won't be exposing your hair to pesticide residues.

2. In a medium-sized saucepan, heat water just to boiling. Reduce heat to simmer.

3. Add the fruit to the saucepan and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half. At this stage, the lemons/oranges should be extremely soft and pliable.

4. Remove mixture from heat and allow to cool for about an hour.

5. Strain liquid to remove all lemon/orange pieces.

6. Pour alcohol and if chosen, essential oils, into the spray bottle. Next, pour lemon water mixture to bottle.

7. Shake bottle to mix every time before use.

Tips & Warnings

• If liquid is ever too sticky, dilute with more water.
• Choose essential oils for fragrance and healing benefits, such as tea tree, lily of the valley, or lavender oils.
• Recipe is good for about 2 weeks until it expires.

[mommyhen42]

on 9/9/2009 Wow, who would have guessed you could use lemons and oranges for hairspray! Awesome!