I'm dying to use honey on my hair but I'm not sure how or what to do...I read somewhere that honey can be used as a sort of hair mask.  Like, you just put some on/in your hair, slip on a shower cap and leave it on for about half an hour, letting your body heat wam up the honey in order for it to do its thing.  'Course my hair is still fairly short so it would be easy for me to do. 

Anybody else have a honey of a hair recipe?     Gabi, I read where you even put honey in your shampoo, is that right?

 

I made an awesome hair rinse with vinegar and honey.  I heated a cup of water and dissolved 3 generous Tablespoons of honey in the water then put it in a plastic pitcher.  I added 2 cups of white vinegar and filled the rest with warm water from the shower.  I think I also added some sandalwood essential oil.

This is the extent of my experience of honey and my hair.

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I don't put it in the shampoo - I mix it about half and half with whatever rinse out conditioner I'm using and then use a hair dying squirt bottle with honey and vinegar mixed (I just eyeball it at about a .5 oz mix to 4 oz water approx) and pour that on the scalp right over that mess - then rinse out.

I vary it and don't do it all the time but it is nice and slippery and detangling  ...g

I don't use that method anymore but when I did it was either in the rinse out conditioner and/or in the vinegar final rinse out - 1 part vinegar, one part honey, ten parts water approx to that - in a squirt bottle, rinse it all out ...g

Thanks for the update Trisha. The mad scientist in me might give this a whirl as my hair has been behaving so well, time for an experiment!

<<evil, wicked laughter>>

Just like 13bodies, I used honey and aloe with my final conditioner for a moisture treatment.  It truly is wonderful!  I use about a tbl of conditioner, tbl of honey tsp of aloe. work thru hair, clip on top of head with a clip while I finish rest of showering...and rinse.  Yummy hair, and it really brings out my wavies!

i got a book from the library called, Naturally Healthy Hair- herbal treatments and daily care for fabulous hair. by- mary beth janssen. she has a lot of info about honey.
she has a yummy recipie for dry hair:
Moisturizing Banana Hair Conditioner

one small ripe banana
one tablespoon honey
one teaspoon almond oil

basically you just mash up the banana add the honey and oil, and put on freshly shampooed hair. then cover your hair with a plastic bag and leave it on for about
30 minutes then rinse

i haven't personally tried it though i will in the coming week, GOOD LUCK

I tried a honey ACV rinse last night too.  I think I liked it better than just ACV - my hair seemed less flat after it dried.  But I'm still experimenting, so I don't know if I"ll like it long-term.

Be careful making the banana mixture!  I've seen two posts so far (can't remember who) and they had a hard time getting the banana strings washed out.  So you probably want to make it in a blender full-blast, or "shave" the strings off.  I think you can run the edge of a spoon down the sides to get them off.

Cynde

Thanks BB and Khrome!

actually i read that post too,
and i was going to put it in the blender anyway (i don't think i can make it as *smooth* as it's supposed to be- i don't need chunks og banana in my hair

I mixed olive oil and about 3 tbs honey and used it as a deep conditioner. It worked pretty good on my hair. 

Understandable 
I am trying  a lot of things right now. My hair is a 1bNii

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There is no harm in trying it at all - honey is totally soluble in water.  Some people even leave a little in - but I can't say I'd recommend that ...g

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What kind of wash do you do? I am interested and want to know if your way of doing it is similar to mine. What part of the wash do you use this type of ACV?
Meg

ewww. I hate banana strings!  Also I am really glad I saw this, Im about to start trying a vinegar rinse on my hair after W & C but I liek the sounds of also adding honey.  Ive never put honey OR vinegar in my hair, but the results sound lovely.  i think i will try it!

RTG, I think you just put the honey right on your face.  It might get drippy, so protect your hair.  Leave on 15 mins. or so and wash off w/a soft cloth and warm water.

Good Luck!

thanks, ladies, i'll give this a shot.

I still haven't tried honey in my hair >_>, but this time I really am going to try it tonight, but there are so many different ways to use it!  I don't use conditioner on my hair right now, so I can't mix honey in that, but I do ACV rinse, so maybe I will try that version first.

How many of you leave the ACV rinse in vs rinse it out?  When I normally do ACV I rinse thoroughly afterward, should I not be?  Also, if I miz water + ACV + Honey, and saturate my hair and DO NOT rinse, isn't that going to leave a weird film on my hair?  Has anyone done this?  I saw one poster who said they didn't rinse but I forgot who it was >_<

Also, Khrome, I am SO jealous of your hair, it is GORGEOUS!!!  My hair is the same length (but black) and I have been struggling ridiculously with tangling so I can never wear it down, and yours is amazing and shiny and smooth!!
I'm actually getting kind of depressed about it because it's been so long of the rough tangles that now my hair has split and dead ends all over the length of it.  I think I am going to have to cut like half of it off

anyway I hope honey will make is shiny and softer!  /crosses fingers

OH and I almost forgot, does anyone know what the significance of banana is?  What exactly does it do for the hair?

Hi, Tara.  My wavy hair tangles pretty easily and I've been using Max Green Alchemy scalp therapy.  The conditioner has amazing detangling properties-best I've ever used.