Fine or thin strands can be a lifelong challenge to fatten.
If you've tried a wide range of commercial volumizing products with minimal results, you may successfully fatten fine hair with yogurt and cocoa hair masks.
Sometimes you may achieve great results with a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) formula.
Why Yogurt is Good for Your Hair
Yogurt is a popular ingredient in volumizing hair products. Why? The milk proteins in yogurt instantly nourish hair cuticles while adding natural plumpness.
The enzymes will naturally combat dandruff while helping to soothe an itchy scalp.
Yogurt is rich in protein which will help strengthen strands. It will also help soften dry and brittle strands while imparting a beautiful shimmering shine.
Add Cocoa Powder For Hair Plumping
Some people swear by cocoa powder as a wonderful thickening dry shampoo which will also add temporary natural brunette accents.
If you add cocoa powder to your yogurt hair plumping mask, you'll instantly create a powerful fattening formula with built-in chocolate coloring.
Note: If your hair is white, silver, platinum or blonde you may want to skip the cocoa powder since it may temporarily stain your hair with chocolate accents.
Cocoa is a powerful antioxidant which nourishes, invigorates, replenishes and plumps hair. Cocoa powder adds a nice thick layer to hair without weighing it down. In essence you'll have a quick and easy DIY hair fattening fix.
How To - Yogurt Cocoa Hair Fattening Mask
Listed below are the ingredients and steps for creating a DIY hair fattening mask:
Ingredients:
1 egg white (separate yolk from white)
1/4 cup plain organic yogurt1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp. cocoa powderDirections:
Whip egg whites with a mixer until frothy.
Mix with yogurt and mayonnaise.Blend in cocoa powder.
Optional: Add 2 tbsp of honey to brunette hair to add natural dark accents.
Instructions: Apply fattening hair mask into detangled damp hair which has been separated into individual 1 1/2" sections. Once all of the mixture has been applied to all of the hair, cover with plastic shower cap or wrap.
Optionally you may wrap a hot towel over the top of the plastic shower cap to encourage mask to penetrate more deeply into the strands. Leave hair mask on strands for 30 minutes, or longer if desired.
Stand in shower and rinse mask out of the hair with lukewarm water. Cleanse with a light or volumizing shampoo.
Rinse shampoo out of hair. Finish with a cool or cold water rinse. Towel blot and style. Optionally you may or may not wish to use a volumizing leave-in conditioner.
Use monthly to naturally amplify hair.
Fat Hair Banana Mask
Another popular DIY hair fattening mask are based around bananas. They're rich in potassium, calcium, natural oils, and carbohydrates.
Bananas smooth dry, frizzled or damaged hair while adding volume and shine. They also strengthen strands while preventing splits, rips and breakage.
Ingredients:
2 naturally ripened mashed bananas
3 tbsp mayonnaise1 tbsp jojoba or other light oil like almond oil
2-4 drops of essential oil (EO) such as vanilla, rosemary or lavenderInstructions: Mix into a hair paste. Apply fattening hair paste to detangled damp hair which has been separated into individual 1 1/2" sections. Once all of the mixture has been applied to all of the hair, cover with plastic shower cap or wrap.
Optionally you may wrap a hot towel over the top of the plastic shower cap to encourage mask to penetrate more deeply into the strands. Leave hair mask on strands for 30 minutes, or longer if desired.
Stand in shower and rinse hair paste out of the hair with lukewarm water. Cleanse with a light or volumizing shampoo. Rinse shampoo out of hair. Finish with a cool or cold water rinse. Towel blot and style. Optionally you may or may not wish to use a volumizing leave-in conditioner.
Use monthly to naturally amplify hair.
Style Hair On Top Of Your Head For Maximum Fatness
A great way to get the fattest hair tresses with great root lift is to let your hair dry on top of your head. Roots dry upward so the lift will last. This DIY hair fattening trick requires you allow plenty of time to let hair air dry.
After cleansing hair, completing a cool/cold water rinse and towel blotting, use a super wide-toothed comb to remove tangles.
Apply a root amplifier like Phytovolume Actif to your roots. Add a volumizing mousse to the rest of the hair.
Comb hair straight up securing hair on top of the head. Smoothly curl the ends, clipping them into place. Make a top ponytail and twist all your hair until it buckles back. This provides volume and texture.
Allow hair to air dry or if you want to speed up the process, blow-dry hair when it's still damp occasionally re-wrapping hair to expose different sections to the air.
Summary - Fatten Fine Hair With Yogurt And Cocoa
Yogurt is a popular ingredient in volumizing hair products. If you've tried a wide range of commercial volumizing products with minimal results, you may successfully fatten fine hair with yogurt and cocoa hair masks.Please follow us on Twitter at: https://Twitter.com/HairBoutique. I look forward to meeting new people from all walks of Twitter and learning from their Tweets.