It is difficult to find a person who does not like the exquisite bitterness and magic flavor of cinnamon, added to the grog or to the apple pie. But these are only the properties of cinnamon that are familiar to most inhabitants, but what does this unpretentious, at first glance, culinary additive hide?
In fact, only one stick of cinnamon is a real treasure trove of valuable minerals and vitamins. It contains iron and zinc, silicon and magnesium, phosphorus and vitamin PP, ascorbic acid and carotene. Getting on the hair, the spice heats the hair follicle, making it as open and susceptible to absorbing the nutrients that make up the cinnamon. And they stimulate hair growth, strengthen their roots and nourish the scalp, in addition, the spice has a brightening effect and the ability to give locks a literally sunny shine.
Cinnamon for lightening hair should be used exclusively on unpainted hair, where its effect will be most effective, on painted strands it can be used only to "reduce" color saturation. On average, cinnamon lightens the hair for a couple of tones, but the final result depends on the structure, type and the initial hue of the head of hear. Next, we give a few recipes for masks, which use cinnamon for clarification.
1. Mask with cinnamon and honey . To prepare the mask, you need to take 3 tablespoons of finely ground cinnamon, or a ground cinnamon stick, 70 g of acacia or lime honey, 3 tablespoons. balm for hair (it is necessary to facilitate washing off the mixture from the head).
Melt the excessively thick honey on the steam bath, mix it with cinnamon and add the balm. Next, wash your head and dry it with a hair dryer until slightly wet (on dry and wet hair, the mask will not be effective). Then, comb the strands with a wooden comb with large teeth and apply the prepared mask, evenly distributing the mixture along the strands. Lastly, treat the root zone, trying to apply the mask not to the skin, but to the hair, because otherwise, you can not only "earn" a serious allergic reaction, but also accidentally scratch the scalp or burn it.
On the treated hair, put polyethylene, and to speed up the reaction, put on a hat or roll the hair with a towel. To get a really noticeable effect, you should hold the mask on your head for about 4 hours. But if you want to get the most possible clarification - keep the mask on your hair is not four, but 6-8 hours.
To wash off the mask with cinnamon is necessary with the help of water with shampoo. If you rinse your head with water, acidified lemon juice or infusion of dry chamomile, then fix the results, because both lemon and chamomile can lighten the hair, giving them a gently golden hue. Perhaps, the desired shade from the first time will not be achieved, but the masochka will give the hair a luxurious volume, radiance and a delicate aroma.
Also enhance the effect of the mask will help rinse the hair with lemon juice, which can be done with every wash of the head.
2. Cinnamon with lemon juice . To make this mask, mix 3 tbsp. cinnamon and acacia honey, juice squeezed from 1 lemon and 1 tbsp. vegetable oil (it is better to use olive, and if the hair is too dry, then the almond oil). The mixture should be applied to damp hair and keep on the head for at least 2 hours.
Note: before trying to lighten the strands with masks based on cinnamon, you need to make a standard test for the possibility of an allergic reaction. If the reaction shows that everything is in order, and the mask will still be strongly baked, the next time you need to increase the amount of olive oil (or enter it into the recipe), which will reduce burning.
Particular attention should be paid to women with sensitive skin - a mask with cinnamon should warm your head without causing a burning sensation. If the skin is hot, then the mask will have to be washed off and next time not applied so close to the head itself. Be careful and, washing off the mask, try not to let her remains fall on your naked body and face to protect yourself from irritations and redness.
And the last thing: you have to understand that to lighten hair with cinnamon, as a natural substance, it is necessary to make such masks more than once and not twice, but unlike chemical dyes, this lightening will not only not damage the hair, but, on the contrary, make hair more beautiful and stronger , will give them a bright shine and silky.