Does anyone mix these powders with their conditioner to cowash instead of making the tea rinse?...if so, what conditioner and herbs do you use?...how much and how often?...do/did you get the same results as you did when using the rinse?
Yes I do, but please forgive me, I'm very detailed so here's mine:
LadyAggie's Ayurveda Co-Wash Conditioning Recipe.
I got this idea from one of our beloved member and sista off LHCF and fotki and she knows who she is DG,lol. All I can say to you girl is thanks a million for posting your recipe so all of us can see and learn more about how to put a recipe like this together. I must give a big shout out to my girl MedMunky for all her tireless efforts at helping me out with my FENUGREEK RECIPE as well. I hope that in my efforts to tweak this recipe, that some of the ladies can learn something from me too. HHG ladies.
What you will need:
1 TPS of shikakai powder (for strength)
1 TBS of bhringraj powder (for moisture - may use this or hibiscus petal powder)
1 TBS of hibiscus petal powder (for more moisture, but not needed)
1 TBS of brahmi powder (for strength, growth and moisture)
5 drops of rosemary essential oil
5 drops of lavender essential oil
¼ cup of coconut oil
¼ cup of bhringraj oil
½ cup of suave or tressemme conditioner (or any other cheap one preferably without cones but not absolutely necessary)
Amla/shikakai/Vatika oil for oiling hair & scalp before applying the recipe
Distilled water
A bowl
A whip
fenugreek seed powder (optional) See bottom for a further tweaked version of this recipe.
Gloves (optional)
1 Plastic cap
Recipe:
Mix all ingredients together with enough distilled water to make a paste. The consistency should be like that of yogurt. Oil your hair and scritch your scalp well with either amla, shikakai, or vatika oil. Apply mixed conditioner to properly oiled hair from roots to ends and scritched scalp as you would your normal conditioner, put on a plastic cap and leave on for 15-20 minutes or longer if desired. Thoroughly wash out under running water until all herbs are gone. This may take a few minutes. You may use some additional cheapie conditioner to aid in the removal of the herbs.
In order for this to be a deeper conditioner, simply substitute the suave/tressemme for a thicker more moisturizing conditioner. You may leave it on the hair for half an hour or longer with a plastic cap on and wrapped with a hot towel. Wash out the same way as above.
With both treatments, it is advised to do a moisturizing deep conditioning treatment for 45 minutes to an hour under a hooded dryer or a conditioning heat cap.
Please note that this recipe can be multiplied to make and save time for about 4 treatments at a time, maybe more if desired.
Another way to tweak this recipe is to make a fenugreek seed tea rinse with the distilled water and use that for mixing the ingredients together instead of using just plain distilled water.
The FENUGREEK SEED TEA RINSE mixture would include about:
3 oz of fenugreek seed powder,
3 oz of coconut oil and mixed with about
5 cups of distilled water,
let it come to a boil and allow to cool for a few minutes, strain, (I use a stocking cap for straining) then mix in the above recipe.
The fenugreek will give added strength, conditioning, softness, slip and shine to your hair. It is also known to speed up hair growth. The extra fenugreek liquid can be refrigerated for later use alone or mixed with other powders.
MY REVIEW OF THIS CO-WASH:
Wow my hair feels GREAT! This has been my best co-wash ever!!!. I have never used these powders and had this soft a hair before...... NEVER before this conditioner. It was not drying at all.
Aggie
I copied this from my fotki album and pasted it here. Youdo not have to use the fenugreek tea rinse - you can use distilled water only if you wish for the cowash. HTH!