Taking the natural route can often be a dry and costly road.  Far too many of us just don’t know what to put in our hair to keep it moisturized and healthy.  Most of the time we wind up with cabinets full of unused products that cost too much and don’t work.  What’s worse is most of us have recipe to healthy hair sitting right in our kitchen, or we walk past them during our trips to the grocery store.  Stop spending hundreds of dollars on products that don’t work.  Here are a few recipes for homemade moisturizers:

1. Whipped Shea with Grapeseed Oil

Ingredients:

– ½ cup unrefined shea butter
– ¼ cup aloe vera gel
– 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
– 1 tsp pure honey

Instructions:
Melt the shea butter slightly in a pot on the stove or by warming over a hot water bath. Do this until the butter is soft but not completely melted. Whip the butter with a hand mixer until fluffy.  Add the grapeseed oil and honey to the shea butter. Whip again.  Finally add the aloe vera gel.  Whip all the ingredients together on low speed. Cover the mixture and store in a dry cool place.

2. Spritz with Aloe Vera Juice

Ingredients:
– ¼ cup water
– 2 tbsp aloe vera juice
– 2 tbsp glycerin
– 1 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil
– 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
– few drops essential oil (your favorite)

Instructions:
Pour the water, aloe vera juice, glycerin, coconut oil, olive oil, and essential oil into a spray bottle (or spritz bottle).  Shake the bottle slightly, but not too hard, until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together.  Store the bottle in a refrigerator.

3. Leave-In with Whipped Shea

Ingredients:
– ½ cup unrefined shea butter
– ½ cup leave-in conditioner
– ¼ cup jojoba oil
– few drops of essential oil (your favorite)

Instructions:
Melt the shea butter slightly in a pot on the stove or by warming over a hot water bath. Do this until the butter is soft but not completely melted. Whip the butter with a hand mixer until fluffy.  Add the oils to the shea butter. Whip again.  Finally add the leave-in conditioner. Whip all the ingredients together on low speed. Cover the mixture and store in a dry cool place.

4. Gentle Glycerin Detangler

Ingredients:
– ¼ cup glycerin
– 1 cup distilled water
– 1 teaspoon of your favorite essential Oil

Instructions:
Stir together glycerin with distilled water. Then add in  your favorite essential oils. Keep the mixture in a spray bottle for easy detangling, and voila!

5. Curly Moisturizing Conditioner

Ingredients:
-1 cup purified water
-½ cup aloe juice
-1 tbsp melted coconut oil
-3 tbsp lime juice
-5 vitamin E capsules (just pop with a needle and then squeeze into your mixture)
– 2 tbsp glycerin
– 2 tbsp of your favorite essential oils

Instructions: Simply mix all the ingredients together, store an a spray bottle and you’re good to go!  Spritz as needed for added moisture.