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Sweet Treatment for Damaged Hair

posted by Annie B. Bond Oct 2, 2005 3:22 am
Sweet Treatment for Damaged Hair
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Inspired by Better Basics for the Home, by Annie B. Bond (Three Rivers Press, 1999).

Here is a one-ingredient formula that may surprise you, but it has amazing nourishing and repairing properties for damaged hair.

If you spent too many hours this summer in a pool, in the sun, or getting tangles from harsh salty sea air–or if you have damage from bleaching or blow-drying–this sweet solution will help restore your hair to soft, shiny, bouncy glory.

The secret is blackstrap molasses. It may sound kind of sticky and gooey to use, but it smells sweet and it will give your damaged locks a nourishing treat.

Simply massage about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of blackstrap molasses (depending on the length of your hair) into your tresses, then cover with a shower cap and allow it to set as long as possible (for an hour or even more, if you can.)

Rinse with warm water.

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Charlene Minker

"GRANDMA'S Molasses" is the most common brand. It comes in a 12 oz. glass bottle with a green label. The price is just over three dollars. It is found in the grocery store next to the honey. Its' sticky characteristic makes it a good toxin-cleansing drink; or for a moist gingersnap cookie recipe. It would be no harder to rinse out of hair than a creme conditioner.

Rebecca H.

I have long hair,(below the shoulder), how hard is blackstrap molasses to rinse out? Does this work well on all hair types? If anyone tries this, please post comments, looking forward to learning more.

Tiara Abidin

What is blackstrap molasses? Where to get it? I live in S'pore!

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