5+ home remedies for damaged hair

Have you bleached your hair? Colored your hair with multiple colours? Given all sorts of trouble to your hair? Just like me. If you’ve got split ends, a harsh texture to your hair and breakage, your hair is damaged and you need to restore the health of your hair.

Your hair can be damaged for a variety of reasons :

  1. Exposure to dry and hot climate
  1. Washing with harsh alcohols and soap
  1. Frequently ironing and blow drying your hair
  1. Swimming in chlorinated water
  1. Excessive styling
  1. Exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays
  1. Lack of moisture in the hair
  1. Use of chemical treatments
  1. Friction due to sleeping  on cotton pillowcases
  1. Stress

I’m sure all of us do the at least half of these actions. Even if you don’t have visible signs of damaged hair it’s always better to keep your hair healthy right? I’m going to show you some natural hair masks that you can easily make with the things you have in your kitchen in order to restore your beautiful hair to give it a long and shiny look.

Egg Hair Mask

Eggs can restore the depleted  nourishment from your hair due to its rich proteins, minerals and fatty acids. It can nourish your hair strands and bring a natural shine to your hair. The egg whites cleans your scalp. Biotin in the egg helps to maintain healthier roots and follicles of the hair.

Things you need :

  1. 2 eggs
  2. ½ cup of yoghurt
  3. ½ tablespoon of almond oil

Steps :

  1. Beat the eggs, yoghurt and almond oil until you get a creamy texture.
  2. Apply it on your hair and scalp and massage.
  3. Cover your head with a towel for 30 mins.
  4. Rinse it off with cool water.
  5. Shampoo your hair.

Follow this remedy once every 2 weeks.

Olive Oil Hair Mask

Olive oil is one of the best natural products to moisturize your hair. It is rich in Vitamin E and heals the damaged  layers of your hair.

Things you need :

  1. ¼ cups of olive oil
  2. ½ cup of honey

Steps :

  1. Mix together the Olive oil and honey.
  2. Slightly warm this mixture. (not too hot)
  3. Apply it on your hair and leave it on for 30 minutes .
  4. Rinse it out with lukewarm water.
  5. Shampoo your hair.

Follow this remedy 1 or 2 times a week for shiny and beautiful hair.

Avocado Hair Mask

For soft and smooth hair avocado is the solution. It’s rich in vitamins and proteins and repairs your damaged hair. It will keep your hair hydrated and make it flexible.

Things you need :

  1. 1 ripe Avocado
  2. 2 teaspoons of Olive oil

Steps :

  1. Blend the Avocado and Olive oil until you get a thin smooth consistency.
  2. Apply it to your hair and leave it on for about 1 hour and wash it out.
  3. Wash it  out.

Or you can also try this mask.

Things you need :

  1. 1 ripe Avocado
  2. 1 egg yolk
  3. Coconut milk

Steps :

  1. Mix the Avocado, egg yolk and coconut milk and make a paste.
  2. Apply it to your hair and massage your scalp for 5 minutes in circular motion.
  3. Leave it on for 1 hour.
  4. Rinse it off with lukewarm water.
  5. Shampoo your hair

Follow this remedy once a week.

Banana Hair Mask

The high levels of potassium , vitamins and natural oils can damage and repair your hair. It can soften your hair and give it a beautiful look.

Things you need :

  1. 2 over ripe bananas
  2. 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  3. 1 tablespoon honey
  4. 1 tablespoon olive oil

Steps :

  1. Blend together the bananas, coconut oil, honey and olive oil.
  2. Apply the paste on your hair and leave it for 30 minutes.
  3. Rinse it off with cool water.

Follow this remedy once a week.

Coconut Oil Hair Mask

Applying coconut oil on our hair is a very common remedy in Asian countries.  Coconut oil is full of nutrients and it prevents your hair from getting damaged.

Things you need :

  1. 3 tablespoons of coconut oil
  2. ¼ cup of honey

Steps :

  1. Warm the coconut oil and mix the honey.
  2. Apply it on your damn hair and leave it on for 30 minutes.
  3. Rinse it off with warm water.

Follow this remedy once a week.

Honey Hair Mask

Honey can moisturize your hair and make your hair soft and healthy. The humectant properties of honey help regulate and retain moisture in hair, plus honey is said to strengthen hair follicles for healthy growth.

Things you need :

  1. 2 tablespoons of honey
  2. 1 tablespoon of yoghurt
  3. 1 tablespoon of olive oil or coconut oil

Steps :

  1. Mix honey, yoghurt and olive oil together.
  2. Warm it.
  3. Apply it on your head and leave it on for 20 minutes.
  4. Rinse it off with water.

Follow this remedy only once a week.

Note : Frequent use of the honey mask will lighten your hair.

Butter Hair Mask

You must be probably weirded out by the fact of applying butter on your hair. But, it is the best hair mask of you have brittle hair in order to get shiny glossy hair.

Things you need :

  1. Butter (Not too much, depending on the length of your hair)

Steps :

  1. Massage the butter into your hair.
  2. Cover your hair with a shower cap for about a half hour
  3. Rinse all the butter out.

Follow this remedy only once in 2 weeks.


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