Another Wash Day: Coconut Milk Pre-poo and Banana Hair Mask Treatment

Hello Curlies!

As promised, I used coconut milk as my pre-poo treatment during my wash day last night and my hair is truly grateful!

I got back home about 7:00pm, tired and worn out due to the no fuel/traffic situation in Lagos coupled with the absence of electricity(you can imagine the feeling). But as they say "love makes one go the extra mile", I wasted no time in starting the pre-poo process.

Ingredients for the coconut milk :

  • Two balls of coconuts
  • Bottled water

Process : 

I extracted the dry meat of the coconut, cut them into tiny bits and blended with some water. I allowed to sit for an hour so the milk will be fully separated from the water, and viola! Before applying the milk on my hair, I mixed some olive oil in it to help lock in moisture. 


I was going to wash the coconut milk off by midnight and apply my banana hair mask, but the tiredness took hold of me and I drifted off to lala land! Thankfully, I woke up rather early and finished off the process. 

 Ingredients for the banana mask:

  • Six fingers of ripe (Igbo) banana 
  • Coconut milk 
  • Essential oils (I used JBCO, Palm kernel oil, olive oil and coconut oil)
  • Pure honey
  • A tbsp of Beautiful Textures deep conditioning repair cream
  • A tsp of shea butter
Process:

Blended the banana and coconut milk, poured the paste into a bowl and added all other ingredients. I stirred to form a smooth paste.


After applying the mask, I covered my hair with a plastic cap for 30 minutes and rinsed off with warm water, and final rinse with a combo of green and black tea. I patted my hair dry with a tee shirt, applied JBCO to seal in moisture and then leave-in conditioner + coconut oil, styled in my usual updo bun and I was good to go! Though the shrinkage is real, but who cares! :-) 



This is one treatment I'll recommend to anyone who wants healthy hair. It's something I would try again after taking out my next protective hairstyle (btw, am making crochet braids tmr, saturday. I'll post pictures afterwards). 

Imagine the thrill of combing your hair and not a strand of hair comes off. Yayyyyyy!! I'm all up for natural DIY remedies.



Would you try this treatment? Your questions, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Until my next post, ciao!


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