♡ Kitchen Beauty Care ♡ DIY Coconut Oil and Honey Hair Mask

I used to do coconut oil hair masks two-three times a month before I started getting regular haircuts. I don't know why I stopped then, I mean, it only makes hair way softer and smoother so why not? I started searching for recipes online and I found that coconut oil and honey together are good pals that lend a hand to hair. I've tried mixing honey into shampoo before and it worked well for my hair type so I was excited to give this a shot too.During the end of winter I always get a little bit of a dry scalp which coconut oil supposedly helps so I had a lot of hopes for this mask. If you use heat, color, or have damaged hair, this mask should work well for that also!

| Ingredients |
- 1-2 tablespoons coconut oil 
- 1-2 tablespoons honey
- shower cap
- wide tooth comb 


| Directions |

1. Stir together equal parts coconut oil and honey. Depending on hair length, use 1-2 tablespoons of each. I used two! If it's very thick, microwave until it's thinner and easier to apply.
2. Apply from root to tip (possibly over a bathtub), focusing on the ends.
3. Gently brush through hair while applying using a wide tooth comb.
4. Wrap into a bun and cover with a shower cap. Let sit for 45-60 minutes or as long as you can.
5. Don't add water to hair before beginning to shampoo; the oil is hydrophobic and will be harder to remove. Apply shampoo to the scalp and massage. Gently add water to hair, bringing it through the ends with the shampoo. It may need shampooed twice to get everything out, something I'm not very good at. 
6. Towel or t-shirt dry hair and style as usual.

That's how it's done! I used organic, cold-pressed, virgin olive oil and organic honey (the same one as in my DIY Makeup Remover post) but I think regular coconut oil and honey should also do the trick. It's really easy and I was impressed with the results. The picture of my hair in my tacky 8th grade Old Navy sweatshirt is the next morning without any products whatsoever. I think I've expressed before that my hair is naturally frizzy and I didn't do anything to my hair after the mask except put it in a bun while I slept.

Have you tried a similar mask?

Thank you for reading! xo Hannah

DIY Halo Braids Tutorial

I have waist length hair and sometimes I want to cut it to my collarbones (especially lately), but getting it all away from my face feels almost as nice. These are halo braids, the kind that wrap all the way around and cross over in the back. Milkmaid braids are the ones that only wrap around the top. Zoella just did a hair tutorial video on those. A while ago I saw Rhiannon, Fashion Rocks My Socks, (here's her blog and YouTube channel) do a tutorial on this style of braid before she cut her hair off (and it looks adorable!) but for a long time I was convinced my hair wasn't nearly long enough. I discovered however, that there's a way to braid that allows more length. Let's get into the tutorial!

 

| YOU WILL NEED |

• Shine serum
• Hair elastics
• Bobby pins

| TUTORIAL |

1. Part your hair down the middle and apply shine serum. This will prevent your hair from getting quite as many fly aways when you pull apart the braids.
2. Pictured in "1" on the right, braid each section to the opposite side, against your head until you can pull it to the front and finish braiding. This helps them lay flat and it also allows your braids to be as long as possible. Braiding down the side from the get-go causes them to start too high and lose length. Anyway, pull the braids apart and they're finished in picture 2.
3. Next, pull one of the braids around your head and pin down. My favorite method of pinning is to stick in down in my hair vertically a little bit, then twisting it around completely and pushing it all the way down. (3)
4.  Pull the other braid around and pin the end under the other braid. This way, the ends are hidden and it looks magical. (method shown in number 4) Ta-da! You're done, girl. Go live your temporary bohemian life.

 I hope you guys liked this summer-y tutorial! Thanks for reading! xo
P.S. I ordered a purse from DailyLook on Thursday and I'm thinking about doing a post about it! Hopefully it gets here soon because I'm too excited.