DIY Natural Hair Gel #3

Here is another simple hair gel recipe that is, quick and easy.  All ingredients can also be found locally!! There are other posts that I have made about natural hair gels, here. 

I found this recipe below, but you can definitely tweak it to your hearts desires, just experiment.  They can be purchased locally at your grocery store, look in the baking isle.

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup Distilled Water(room temp)
• 1/4 tsp Xanthan gum
• 1/4 tsp Guar Gum (use alone for vegan recipe)
• 1 tsp  Carrier Oil ( you can adjust amount depending on hair type, i.e use more oil for dry hair)

Instructions:

• Pour water into blender
• Add Oil
• Start blender
• Add Guar gum and/or XG slowly
• Allow time for hydration (15-30minutes). 
• You can also use a stick blender!

Ways to personalize recipe:

• Use different carrier oils/butters
• Replace water with aloe vera juice, hydrosols, infusions or decoction
• Add extracts
• Add EO's
• Add Humectants (honey, veggie glycerin,etc)

As with any recipe that contains water, if you want to leave this product out or last longer than a few days, you will need to add a preservative.  If you do not want to use any preservative, you can refrigerate, which will extend it's shelf life a little. Check out my posts here about options for preserving your products.

Just make enough for a few days or one application depending on need and if you want to make larger amounts, make this recipe into a formula using percentages! See method here

Enjoy!!