Hair Guacamole
Posted in Hair, Hair Archive, Haircare Recipes | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
This is my favorite deep conditioner, and although I use store bought DC a lot, I keep coming back to this one!
Avocado/Mayo Deep Conditioner
Ingredients:
1/2 of a RIPE soft Haas avocado meat mashed with fork well
1/2 cup regular mayonaise (DON’T leave this out, otherwise you’ll have pieces of avocado left in your hair!)
2tbsps of oil (I use raw coconut oil, but you can use jojoba, olive, grapeseed, etc.)
Directions:
Put the avocado and the oil in a mini food processor or blender and blend, then add the mayo until smooth. Apply to hair from root to tip and cover with a plastic bag or plastic shower cap and wrap head with a towel. Leave on for a couple of hours, then rinse out with warm water.
Put any extra in the fridge (or add chopped tomatoes and urn it into a dip!)
Try it and tell me whatcha think!
NOTE: This Deep Conditioning Treatment is NOT to be used with heat. I wrap my head in a plastic bag and a towel, and let it sit while I clean my house. A couple of hours later, I wash it out.
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I love this one as well Savvy. Cheap and excellent, especially since my hair is very dry!!!!!!
Unless you are protein sensitive, this should work well! Lemme know how it goes ok? Thanks for stopping by!
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Hi Savvy! Do you apply before you shampoo or after?
Hi Marissa! I apply it after I shampoo.
Do you know if it would work with vegan mayo alternatives at all? Not that my partner wouldn’t totally flip if I used it on my hair lol.
YES! My hubby is vegan and I was out of regular mayo once and used Canola Mayo from Whole Foods. (It’s vegan) And it worked just fine.
I can’t wait to try this recipe when I get back home (to The Bahamas)!! I refuse to do it here (I’m in Canada), where I’ll have to buy the avocado, when I can pick it off the tree in my backyard haha…. This recipe will be practically free for me
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Hi, thanks for the advice, I found your recipe at the curly Nikki website. I am wondering, just curious, why the hair guacamole should not be used with heat? Thanks again!!!
@Valeria You’re welcome! Hot avocado and mayonaise doesn’t usually turn out well, especially in your hair. BUT when I use this method, I’ll put a plastic bag/shower cap over my head and then wrap my head up tight with a scarf and clean the house for a couple of hours. My own body heat seems to do the trick. Thanks for commenting!