You want to treat your mane to some care? Then try it with a hair treatment overnight. We show you how you can easily make the cure yourself.
If you want to care for your hair intensively, then leave the hair treatment to work overnight. Your mane then has plenty of time to absorb the valuable nutrients. In the morning your hair looks simply mega!
And it has earned it! We demand a lot from our hair. Salt water, chlorinated water, sun, wind, hairdryer, straightener, curling iron - all this leaves traces in the hair.
Instead of beautifully soft and supple adorn our head, the hair becomes shaggy, dry and split.
If you've had enough of it, then an overnight hair treatment can work wonders. So that you have a lot of joy with your mane, you should occasionally treat yourself to an intensive cure.
How to do it safely and a whole simple tutorial for a wonderful overnight hair treatment, you can read now.
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Table of contents
Can you leave a hair conditioner on overnight?
Yes, if you want to care for your mane, leave the cure in your hair overnight. But not every treatment is suitable to stay in the hair for such a long time. If you use cures from the drugstore or the supermarket, you should definitely pay attention to the exposure time.
Very many hair treatments work on the principle Care Boost. They are made to be washed out after 15 minutes. During this time, the hair fiber softens and the cuticle opens. The active ingredients penetrate into the hair. When you wash the hair, the cuticle closes again.
If you leave the 20-minute cure on as a hair treatment overnight, a nasty surprise awaits you. The cure damages the structure of the Hair. They become dull, brittle, fragile and stringy.
So exactly the opposite of what you actually wanted. Therefore, always pay attention to the exposure time of purchased preparations!
Overnight cures are different. The big difference is the concentration of the agent. If a hair treatment is to be applied overnight, then it has a much lower dosage. So the hair structure is not so much stressed.
You are best off if you make an overnight cure yourself. Because then you know what ingredients are contained and do not use chemicals.
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Tip: Take in more biotin
Biotin plays a crucial role when it comes to healthy hair. It prevents damaged, dry and brittle hair and is an essential building block for healthy hair. Biotin is also known as vitamin B7 or H. The body cannot produce it itself, so we have to get it from food.
There is a lot of biotin in beef liver, yeast, egg yolk, peanuts and oatmeal. But there is a tasty alternative, and that is Biotin gummy bears* :). So you can snack and do something good for your mane.
You will also find zinc, folic acid, vitamins A, C and E. So the full load of hair power.
If you have dry ends and overall stubborn hair, you should try a vitamin mix and take it for a month. You will definitely notice a change!
What ingredients are good for hair?
Basically, you can't go wrong with vegetable oils. They should be of high quality and organic if you want to tame stressed hair. There are many vegetable oils that have a positive effect on the mane.
These oils are especially good for the hair:
- Coconut oil*
- Sesame oil
- Jojoba oil*
- Argan oil*
- Walnut oil
- Almond oil*
- Olive oil
Especially good for dry hair are Coconut oil* and Almond oil*.
It is important that you give your hair time to recover. Shaggy, dry and brittle they become because you have cared for them incorrectly.
Avoid shampoos with softeners, parabens and artificial additives in the near future. The more natural you care for your mane, the more beautiful it will become permanently.
How to make an overnight hair treatment yourself
So you can either go to the store and buy a remedy or you can make your own overnight hair conditioner. This is very simple.
The big advantage is also that you know exactly what is in the hair mask and what is not. On top of that, it is cheap and contains only natural ingredients.
But beware: if you have very oily hair, then this cure is not for you! This hair treatment is for dry and brittle hair - a Instructions for oily hair you can find here.
Curious now?
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DIY Overnight Hair Treatment for Dry Hair
Du benötigst
- 2 TL Coconut oil
- 2 TL Almond oil
- 5 Drop Lavender essential oil
Anleitung
- Put the coconut oil in a small bowl. Let it sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes. It should be nice and smooth by now. If it's not, put it in the microwave. Heat it for a few seconds. It should not be too liquid.2 tsp coconut oil
- Stir in the almond oil. Stir in the almond oil until the two oils have combined really well. This is exactly why it is so important that the coconut oil is not completely solid.2 tsp almond oil
- Finally, add the lavender oil.5 drops of lavender essential oil
- Comb your hair and apply the conditioner to the lengths with a brush.
- Put on bath cap and leave on overnight over hair conditioner.
How do I apply a hair treatment overnight?
Basically it is very simple. You massage the cure into dry hair and go to sleep with it. In the morning you rinse the overnight hair treatment and wash the hair. Already they feel much softer and have a natural shine.
But let's look at this in detail. You have the cure in front of you now. So let's apply it right away. A few tips and tricks you should know about it.
1. do not take too much hair conditioner
You want to nourish your hair and not weigh it down. Therefore, you should not apply too much of the cure.
If the cure is thick, a walnut-sized portion of the care is enough. If the cure is liquid, then the equivalent of two tablespoons. Both specifications are designed for shoulder-length hair.
2. massage hair treatments into dry hair.
The hair treatment is massaged into dry hair. It is important that you give the cure only in the lengths and treat the tips. Leave out the scalp.
Otherwise, the scalp will quickly become greasy and the hair will look flat, tired and hanging powerlessly from your head.
3. use a shower cap
If you leave a hair treatment on overnight, you should still be able to sleep relaxed. To make this possible, it is best to use a shower cap and a towel. Heat is generated underneath, which supports the effect of the oils.
If you do not have a shower cap, you can also use cling film. A towel alone is not enough. It absorbs the hair mask.
With the bathing cap you store the moisture in the hair best. Wrap yourself additionally a towel turban, so that the hair mask stays where it should.
4. the aftercare
If you have survived the night well, the cure must be washed out of the hair again. Wash your hair with lukewarm water and a mild shampoo without silicones, sulfates and other artificial ingredients.
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What are the advantages of a hair mask for the night?
With a hair treatment for every night you have two advantages: The conditioning agents have enough time to work their magic on your strands, and whether they look stringy and greasy doesn't matter. The biggest advantage of an overnight hair conditioner is that instead of harsh chemicals, you can use mainly natural substances like vegetable oils or raw eggs.
With a short exposure time, these natural agents can not fully develop their effect. But after a few hours they can penetrate deep into the hair structure and strengthen it from the inside.
Intensive treatments from the supermarket are okay if it has to go quickly. Mostly, however, they make the hair softer only because of the silicones contained. This evaporate quickly and the mähe becomes even more shaggy.
Beware of oversupply!
We tend to believe that a lot helps a lot: if we leave the hair conditioner on as long as possible, it will also effectively care. Unfortunately, this is not true, because too much care can harm our hair and nails. Hygral Fatigue is the scientific term for an oversupply of hair or our fingernails with moisture.
Hair swells when exposed to moisture for several hours. After drying, they go back together. Over time, this process can cause hair to become porous and brittle. If your wet hair feels rubbery, you should avoid frequent hair treatments or limit them to 2-3 per month.
Our conclusion
If you want to do something good for your mane, then you should treat it to an overnight hair treatment. You don't have to buy it, you can simply mix it with natural ingredients.
Good luck!
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