Give your hair a protein boost at home with this rum and egg porous hair treatment.
Many hair care products geared toward the curly community boast of having added protein. This is good, as we curlies do tend to need the added protein, especially if we have porous hair. However, with a couple of ingredients and a little bit of extra time, you can actually give your hair a protein boost at home with this rum and egg porous hair treatment.
Getting Started
To get started, you’ll need some clear alcohol such as rum or vodka and two eggs. This depends on the length of your hair, though, and those of you with chin to shoulder length hair could probably get away with just one egg. I opted to double the recipe to be sure I had enough for my hair which is several inches past my shoulders. None of my mixture went to waste.
Since I didn’t have any rum on hand (we only drink one maybe two times a year), I rummaged up some leftover vodka from New Year’s. Before doing so, I researched this to see if there would be any difference between rum and vodka and there did not appear to be any difference. The important thing seemed to be having a clear alcohol that is fairly strong and “dry.”
Read More: How Does Hair Porosity Affect Your Curls?
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May 1st, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Question: What happens if you have thick hair? (i.e. your hair already makes an abundant amount of protein already)Are there any home remedies for that?
This article really caught my attention, but I know I don’t need protein.
May 2nd, 2012 at 9:49 am
It is not the protein in this treatment that improves the hair, it is the lipids/fats that are deposited by the egg yolk. I did a little research and found quite a bit of information about how certain hair care/styling techniques strip the hair of the lipid layer (fats) that are required for health hair.
May 2nd, 2012 at 8:22 pm
I’ve never heard of using alcohol before but my scalp is oily so it sounds good to me.
In Hispanic culture, egg yolks are always used as a remedy for damaged hair – for all hair types.