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- Annie B. Bond
- April 1, 1999
- 10:32 pm
- 16 comments
Hair spray often contains plastic and other chemical ingredients that are less than ideal to be breathing! Fortunately, there is a homemade alternative that works!
A friend told me about this recipe, and I’ve found it to be very impressive; it really holds hair well.
Light and Lemon Hair Spray
2 to 4 lemons
Water
Slice the lemons and cover with water in a pan. Simmer for 1 hour, adding more water as it evaporates. Let cool, then strain. Pour the lemon liquid into a pump spray bottle.
Makes 2 to 3 cups.
Shelf life: About one week refrigerated.
By Annie B. Bond
Annie B. Bond
Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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All lovely - all intelligent. Feel sorry for Kirby, tho' - totally with Sarah W.
Doesn't look like sage, but I grow both sage and basil and both are wonderful herbs. Thanks.
Nice one ...Thanks....
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+ add your ownI love Shielo's Volume hair spray. I have never had a nosel break on me and I never had it get clogged. I used their Volume shampoo for years, and finally decided to try the hair spray.
The reason I love Shielo's hair spray is because I have thick but fine hair. Lots of hair that won't do anything. I don't like FLAT hair. I use this hair spray and first of all my hair acturally stays where I spray it - unusual for me (might be because I live in the south). This also gives my hair some lift. When I want to brush my hair I have no problem - the brush goes right thru my hair and then I can restyle. I would recommend this product to my near and dear friends.
Thanks, Annie.
will the lemon change your hair color?
wow... never heard... thx))
Thanks, i needed this info
Michelle, you don't have to wait 1 week before using it. All it's saying is you need to use that particular batch before it 'goes bad' and at which point you just have to make more.
I don't use hairspray, but if I did, or if i knew someone who ran out of hair spray and had a few hrs. before they accually needed it, than this might come in handy.
i'm 19 - just to put that in the open seeing how everyone else did. Anyways this lemon treatment sounds great. Not too happy about the whole wait-for-one-week-part though, but i think i'll make it, till then i'll just check out the sugar treatment - SWEET - lol!
Brenda is absolutly right, my mother used the lemon juice as the gel boys use nowadays ro conb my brothr's hair and have the look of just being the hair done.
The lemon actually works! I am 24 and I remember my mom diluting lemon with water and using to style my hair when I was little
This is great! so many things have terrible sents
which I can not tolerate,and natural so much the
better.
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