How to make a hair mask with coffee?

Coffee is a unique product that is loved and popular all over the world. The beneficial properties of coffee beans were known in ancient times. Currently, this product is not only used in food. Beauticians around the world actively use it for skin and hair care. If masks with coffee beans have long found their fans, then hair care with coffee grounds has recently proved its effectiveness.

What are the properties of coffee and how it can affect the structure and appearance of our curls?

The chemical composition of coffee beans is very rich in nutrients, essential oils, flavonoids and vitamins. This bouquet of biologically active substances when inhaled into the hair and on the scalp has an extensive effect. Let's look at how coffee is rich and how it can please our hair.

• Caffeine. It tones the scalp, has a general invigorating effect, improves the resistance of hair to harmful environmental factors.
• Polyphenols. Protect hair from falling out, strengthening hair follicles.
• Antioxidants. Protect hair from aging, promote the formation of collagen, give shine and shine, prevent the process of cutting the tips.
• Carotenoids. Enhance the natural hair color, making it deeper and brighter, contribute to increased shine. Able to slightly tint hair.
• Chlorogenic acid. It has an antioxidant effect, protects curls from ultraviolet radiation, prevents drying in hot weather or when using a hair dryer.
• Thiamine This vitamin B1, which protects against breakage and dryness, prevents aging.
• Riboflavin. This is vitamin B2. It protects against baldness, can prevent premature hair loss.
• Niacin. It is vitamin PP, which does not give gray hair early to appear, preserves and strengthens the natural hair pigment.
• Potassium. It is recommended to use for owners of dry hair: it retains moisture in the composition of the curls.
• Calcium. Strengthens and repairs damaged areas. "Seals" split ends, treats minor damage to the scalp.
• Phosphorus. It makes hair soft and elastic, gives good elasticity.
• Iron. It affects blood circulation. The additional supply of blood to the hair follicles helps accelerate hair growth.
• Magnesium. Provides nutrients to hair follicles and strengthens the blood vessels of the head.

The composition of coffee is extremely rich, which makes it an indispensable aid in the treatment and care of damaged or dry hair. Also, cosmetologists advise people who are prone to hair loss to look at the masks from this product.

Like any cosmetic product, coffee masks have contraindications. You must familiarize yourself with them before use, so as not to be disappointed in the result or not to harm yourself.

• You can not use coffee masks with blonde blondes. Coffee contains coloring pigments and with a long stay on the hair gives a dark shade to the hair. Blonde beauties after such a mask will lose their color: their hair will darken or turn yellow.
• The use of coffee, even externally, can increase blood pressure, so hypertensive patients are not advised by doctors to use coffee products. And given that the mask should be on the head for a long time, the impact can be very strong.
• Coffee is one of the strongest allergens. Naturally, people with allergic reactions to this product should refrain from use. If you are in doubt whether you are allergic, you should check it out. To do this, apply a small portion of the cosmetic mixture on the delicate skin behind the ears. If after 10 minutes nothing happens, then you can safely use the coffee mask.

Apply a mask to the entire length of the hair. So the effect will be much broader.When applied, it is necessary to rub the mask into the scalp with massaging movements as well, so coffee can affect the hair follicles, stimulating them and activating hair growth.

To enhance the effect, hair is removed under a cap or plastic bag and wrapped in a towel or handkerchief. The temperature under this design increases, because of which the effect of the active substances increases and the overall effect increases significantly.

You need to use a coffee mask when you have dirty hair, and the more oily they are, the better the remedy works. Therefore, to use the mask every day will not work, as you have to wait until the hair becomes stale.

The inconvenience of coffee grounds masks is the large number of small particles that remain on the hair even after rinsing. In order to comb them, you can use a comb with large teeth, and after applying the mask, sprinkle hair with a means to facilitate combing.

It is better to wash the coffee from the hair without using shampoo, as the useful substances will be washed out, which filled the hair and coloring pigment. If, after all, you decide to use shampoo, then choose products that do not contain SLS (lauryl sulfate or laureth sulfate). These substances act very aggressively on the hair and ruin the entire therapeutic effect.

After washing the mask off, it is better not to blow-dry the hair, but leave it to dry naturally. Apply this tool to a fairly long course. Beauticians are advised to do at least 10 sessions at intervals of once or twice a week.

At home, making coffee masks is not at all difficult. As a rule, the preparation itself requires coffee or coffee grounds. Sometimes additional ingredients are used that contribute to the achievement of a particular effect intended. Here are some popular recipes for home use.

Ingredients:

• milk or cream - 30 ml;
• coffee (hot) - 75 ml;
• gelatin - 25 g;
• egg yolk - 2 pcs.

All components are combined and thoroughly mixed. Be sure to make sure that the gelatin is completely dissolved. The resulting mass is evenly distributed through the hair. It is advisable not to wash your head for 2 or more days. After application, it is necessary to comb, so that the mixture thoroughly envelopes each hair. The head is covered with polyethylene or a hat and covered with a warm scarf or towel.

Ingredients:

• coffee grounds from espresso - 40 ml;
• vodka or brandy - 40 ml;
• Castor oil - 35 ml.

The above components are thoroughly mixed and applied to the hair and scalp. A little massage. The mixture turns out quite liquid, so be sure to cover your head. Keep the mask for about 40–45 minutes, then rinse hair thoroughly.

Ingredients:

• brewed coffee - 50 ml;
• honey - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• henna (non-coloring) - 40 g;
• Basma (non-coloring) - 30 gr.

Henna and basma mix and pour water. Leave to infuse the mixture for 30 minutes. Then, in the hot coffee, melt the honey and, when the coffee has cooled, add henna and basma infusion. Evenly apply the resulting mask to the curls and leave it for about 30–40 minutes. After this time, rinse hair thoroughly with water or wash your hair with shampoo.

Ingredients:

• onions (red) - 2 pieces;
• honey - 50 g;
• sea ​​salt - 10 g;
• soda - at the tip of the knife;
• coffee - 30 ml;
• coffee ground from sleeping coffee - 10 ml.

Squeeze juice from onion heads. To do this, you can first wipe the onion grated or rotate through a meat grinder. The resulting mass must be filtered. Onion juice is heated to a temperature of 60 degrees. Then mix coffee, thick and onion juice. After that, the remaining components are added: honey, salt and soda. The mask is applied to the hair and warmed with a towel. After 30 minutes the mixture can be washed off.

This procedure perfectly heals hair and restores damaged areas.

Ingredients:

• espresso coffee - 50 ml;
• coffee grounds - 20 ml;
• gelatin - 30 g;
• oatmeal - 50 gr;
• olive oil - 10 ml.

Gelatin and olive oil are stirred in warm water. The mixture is left for 20 minutes to swell the gelatin. Coffee is brewed and crushed oatmeal is added to it. The coffee blend is poured into a gelatinous mass. Everything is thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous consistency.

The mask is applied to the hair and kept under a warm towel for 45 minutes. This procedure helps to prevent split ends and smooth the surface of the curls, as a result of which they become soft and docile.

Ingredients:

• Shea butter - 40 ml;
• kefir or ryazhenka - 10 ml;
• coffee grounds - 30 ml.

The oil is preheated and then mixed with coffee grounds and kefir. The mask is distributed to the curls. Keep it for quite a long time - about 40 minutes.

Ingredients:

• shampoo (normal) - 50 ml;
• egg - 2 pcs .;
• Espresso - 30 ml.

The coffee is gently mixed with the eggs without beating. Then shampoo is poured into the mixture, and the whole mass is applied to the head. Before this, the hair must be well combed so that the mask is better distributed. Cover your head with a package and a towel. Application time 30–40 minutes. Then the mixture is thoroughly washed with running water.

According to reviews mask well nourishes hair and strengthens them. With regular use, the appearance of split ends is practically reduced to zero.

If there is not enough time to mess with the preparation of mixes, then you can always use the finished coffee mask.

Brand Organic shop specializes in the production of cosmetics for the body and hair with plant extracts.

• Mask activator of growth. Recommended for use on very damaged hair. The main component is the oil of green coffee beans, which is able to penetrate very deeply into the structure of each hair, strengthening and restoring them from the inside.
• Mask-volume for hair "Hot news". Contains Brazilian coffee extracts that nourish hair without weighing it down. After applying the curls become more lush and raised at the roots. The composition also includes cinnamon, which makes the hair shine and shine.
• Biomask Coffee Organic. Contains green coffee extract, vitamins, peptides, arginine. Such a rich composition has a very positive effect on the appearance and growth rate of the hair.

An example of one of the recipes masks with coffee for hair, see the video below.