How to Make an Easy Avocado Hair Treatment Mask

Make your own avocado hair mask at home.

Avocados aren't just for guacamole. They contain minerals, vitamins and fatty acids that can add a shine to your hair. You can buy avocado hair masks, but making your own will save you some of your hard-earned cash. Mixing an avocado with oil and applying it to your hair can help restore luster and shine to otherwise dull, dry hair.

Things You'll Need

• Avocado
• Olive oil
• Sweet almond oil

Instructions

1. Unpeel the avocado and remove the pit. Scoop half of an avocado into a bowl and mash it. You may need to use a whole avocado if you have long hair. Make sure the mashed avocado is free of big chunks.

2. Mix /2 cup of olive oil and 1/4 cup of sweet almond oil into the avocado. If you use a whole avocado, you need to double the amounts.

3. Brush or comb the mixture onto wet hair. Apply the mixture to the ends of the hair liberally.

4. Let the avocado hair mask sit in your hair for 20 minutes. If you suffer from dry, flaky scalp, massage the mixture into your scalp 5 to 7 minutes.

5. When the time has passed, rinse the mixture out and shampoo and condition your hair.

Tips & Warnings

• Use a blender if you don't want to manually mash and mix the mask.

• You can substitute more olive oil for the almond oil, or use an egg white.

• Adding honey to the mix could help as well.

• If you have an oily scalp, do not apply mixture to the scalp.

References

• The Coil Review: TCR's Homemade Mixes: Avocado Hair Mask

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish