How To Take Care Of Oily Hair

The story of Rapunzel obviously makes me fall in love with her hair. But more than that, it makes me wonder how stressful it must be for her to take care of those long locks.

With summers setting in, I get stressed about the sweaty days, the hot afternoons and humid nights. Of all these summer problems, what I fret the most about is oily hair. For all those of you who think, hair fall is a huge problem, you haven’t gone up against oily hair yet. It is impossible to style them.

But simple tips can help you overcome this problem. So here are a few useful tips on how to take care of oily hair at home.

How to Take Care of Oily Hair?

There are very easy remedies that can help to reduce oily hair. Learn those easy tips!

1. Lemon:

Lemon comes as a life savior for people with oily hair.

To use:

• Mix juice of two lemons with two cups of distilled water and store it.
• After every wash, pat your hair dry and massage your hair and scalp using this solution.
• Keep it on for 5 minutes and rinse thoroughly.Apple cider vinegar also works on oily hair.
  To use:
• Dilute apple cider vinegar with water
• Use this as a final rinse after every wash.

 

3. Baking Soda:

Baking soda proves to be an effective treatment for oily hair.

To use:

• Make a paste of 3 tbsp baking soda and little water.
• Massage your scalp gently with this paste
• Leave it on for 15 minutes.
• Wash your hair with shampoo.
• This treatment for oily hair can be done thrice every week.

 

4. Beer:

Beer is one of the best ways to keep the grease away from hair.

To use:

• Wash your hair using a shampoo normally
• Now rinse your hair with beer (few tablespoons) diluted in water
• Now rinse thoroughly using cold water.

Oily hair leads to the dumping of dirt in our hair, which in turn leads to dandruff and hair fall.

How to Take Care of Oily Hair With Dandruff?

Follow these homemade recipes to get rid of dandruff and itchy scalp due to oily hair:

 

5. Lemon:

Lemon, once again, is a tried and tested method for treating dandruff and dirty scalp.

To use:

• Rub half a lemon on your scalp before shower
• Leave it on for 10-15 minutes
• Wash your hair off normally with shampoo
• Try this treatment only occasionally

 

6. Tea Leaves and Lemon Juice:

Tea leaves with lemon juice is another good way of treating dandruff. It is also good for a shining hair.

To use:

• Boil dry tea leaves in water
• Strain and then let the water cool completely
• Add the juice of half a lemon
• Apply this on the scalp and hair and leave for an hour
• Wash your hair normally

 

7. Snake Gourd Juice:

Snake gourd juice is beneficial in the prevention and treatment of dandruff naturally.

To use:

• The juice should be rubbed over the scalp.
• You can also mix it with fresh beet juice to increase its effectiveness.

 

8. Table Salt:

Ordinary table salt scrubs off dandruff and dry flaky scalp skin.

To use:

• Massage salt on your dry scalp right before your shower.
• Then wash off your hair properly.

 

9. Apple Cider Vinegar:

Apple cider vinegar is one ingredient in our kitchen, which is useful for almost everything. It is really effective in removing dandruff too.

To use:

• Make a solution with 1/4th cup of regular apple cider vinegar and a cup of water.
• Massage your scalp with this solution.
• Leave it on your hair while you take your shower.
• Rinsing it out right before you’re ready to get out of the shower.
• Repeat this treatment daily for a week to eliminate dandruff completely.

 

Remember:

• Shampooing your hair often is a good idea.
• Use a good solvent shampoo to cut the grease.
• Combing your hair too often can add on to oily hair. Every time you comb, you distribute oil to your hair strands. So avoid it.

Follow these tips regularly to get rid of oily hair. Now that you have learnt how to take care of oily hair at home, try to use every tip in moderation. Remember, too much of anything is bad. Apart from these, you must also stay away from junk, oily and fried foods.

Tell us if you have more such tips for oily hair. Did you find this article useful? Leave your comments below and let us know what you think of this post.