Hold Your Hair, Naturally

I still remember the cloying smell of the hairspray my mother used before she went to a party—agh, the fumes! I’m sure there was a hole in the ozone layer right above our house. When I grew up, I swore I’d never use hairspray. But when I wanted a slightly spiky look, the gel I bought to achieve it smelled almost as bad. Well, there is good news for all of us who want help styling, sculpting, or otherwise holding our hair: We’ve gathered our favorite formulas to keep your tresses in place without all the plastics, solvents, propellants, artificial fragrances and other chemicals—just pure and natural kitchen cupboard ingredients that will hold your hair to perfection.

Try Annie’s lovely lemony formula.

Or this simple rosemary-based formula.

Flax seeds work, too.

And so does sugar.

You’ll never guess the secret ingredient in this super-holding formula: It will even make punk-type spikes! If I wanted to be Medusa for Halloween, I’d use this to turn my hair into snakes.

This homemade mousse formula is a winner.

Or you can use plain aloe vera gel to style or hold hair. Just add a dab to damp hair.

By Cait Johnson, Managing Producer, Care2 Green Living.

Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author and may not reflect those of
Care2, Inc., its employees or advertisers.

Duane B.

8:08AM PST on Feb 9, 2013

Thank you for sharing.

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Maggie K.

7:26AM PST on Feb 3, 2013

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Dolly Navina L.

2:10AM PST on Nov 26, 2012

Nice ! :)

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Donna H.

12:34PM PDT on Mar 17, 2012

Thanks for the info.

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Pat W.

9:19PM PDT on Mar 15, 2012

Interesting.

March 15
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Munazzah A.

6:19AM PDT on Mar 12, 2012

Please tell me what to do with my dry very damaged wavy frizzy spoilt end hair tried a dozen of shampoos and conditioner of the shelf and even absolute repair by loreal but all waste kindly suggest something