If you're tired of waiting for your hair to grow faster than a snail's pace, you're not alone. While there's no magic spell for overnight results, there are natural tips and tricks can help you achieve those dreamy, healthy locks you crave. Grab a silk pillowcase, some castor oil, & a little patience and watch your hair get stronger, healthier, & longer!
Hair Growth Tip #1: Silk or Satin Pillowcase
Beauty sleep is not a myth. It's a scientifically proven fact that a good night's sleep enhances your natural beauty. And when you upgrade your pillowcase, your pillow could become your best esthetician and beauty therapist!
Silk and satin pillowcases have been cherished for centuries for their softness, smoothness, and unparalleled beauty benefits. It's a simple and effective upgrade that can transform the way you look and feel. Silk and satin pillowcases may reduce bedhead, split ends, acne, dry skin, and more. Keep reading to learn more about the benefits of this smooth sidekick.
Hair Growth Tip #2: Know Your Hair Type
Understanding your hair porosity—how well your hair absorbs and retains moisture—can be a game-changer for hair growth. Low-porosity hair may resist moisture and product buildup, while high-porosity hair tends to lose moisture quickly. Once you know your porosity, you can choose products and treatments that actually work for your hair’s needs, helping to keep it healthy and strong for optimal growth.
Quick Hair Porosity Test:
- Place a clean strand of hair in a glass of water.
- If it floats, you have low porosity; if it sinks, you have high porosity.
- If it hovers in the middle, congrats—you’re medium porosity!
Hair Growth Tip #3: Go Longer Between Washes
Washing your hair too often can strip your scalp of its natural oils, leaving it dry and irritated. Those oils are your hair’s built-in growth boosters, keeping strands moisturized and protected. By reducing wash frequency, you allow your scalp’s natural oils to nourish your hair, creating the ideal environment for growth. Tip: Dry shampoo is your bff for this!
Hair Growth Tip #4: Castor Oil, Hair Masks, & Deep Conditioning
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Deep conditioners penetrate the hair shaft to deliver intense moisture, reduce breakage, and improve elasticity—all crucial factors for supporting healthy hair growth. By keeping your strands hydrated and resilient, deep conditioners create an environment where hair can grow stronger and longer.
You get bonus points if you add castor oil to your conditioners and hair masks. Castor oil is a natural hair growth stimulant thanks to its high concentration of ricinoleic acid and omega-6 fatty acids. These nutrients improve blood flow to the scalp, which in turn helps hair follicles thrive. The thick, moisturizing texture also seals in hydration, reducing breakage and encouraging longer, stronger strands.
DIY Castor Oil Treatment:
- 2 tablespoons castor oil
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (to dilute the thickness)
- Massage into your scalp, leave for 30 minutes, then shampoo thoroughly.
Hair Growth Tip #5: Scritching & Preening
- “Scritching” refers to massaging your scalp. This encourages sebum production, releases any buildup on your scalp, and stimulates your scalp to encourage hair growth.
- “Preening” refers to dragging the sebum oils from your scalp down the shaft of your hair. This process moisturizes and conditions your hair and removes excess oil from your scalp.
With scritching and preening:
- you're using your natural oils to your advantage to moisturize your hair naturally.
- you're massaging your scalp often to stimulate circulation, hair growth, and exfoliation.
Hair Growth Tip #6: Natural Hair Dye & Color
Chemical hair dyes can negatively impact hair growth by damaging the hair shaft and irritating the scalp. Many commercial dyes contain harsh ingredients like ammonia and peroxide, which strip the hair of its natural moisture and weaken its structure. This leads to increased breakage and thinning over time. Additionally, scalp irritation from these chemicals can disrupt hair follicles, hindering new growth.
Certain natural hair dyes not only add color but also nourish the scalp and stimulate hair growth. Henna, for example, coats the hair shaft, making strands stronger while promoting a healthy scalp environment. Black tea and coffee rinses can add depth to darker hair tones while stimulating circulation to the scalp.
Hair Growth Tip #7: Rice Water
My favorite beauty hacks are simple and it doesn't get simpler than rice! Rice water is a beauty staple that has been used in Asian cultures for centuries. It's is the starchy liquid left behind after soaking or cooking rice. It's natural, affordable, easy to make, and great for your skin & hair. Rich in amino acids, rice water can stimulate hair growth, leaving you with long, luscious locks.
Hair Growth Tip #8: Essential Oils
When it comes to achieving luscious locks, nature has your back (and your scalp). Essential oils aren’t just for making your home smell like a fancy spa—they’re powerful plant-based wonders that can elevate your hair care game. Get the top essential oils to use for healthy hair here.
Hair Growth Tip #9: pH Balanced Hair Care
If your hair products are too basic or acidic, you could end up with damaged, dry, brittle, porous hair. pH (power of hydrogen) is a measure of how acidic or basic an aqueous (water based) solution is. The scale goes from 0 (acidic) to 14 (basic or alkaline). 7 is neutral. Hair at a normal, balanced level has a pH of about 5 (give or take 0.5) which is slightly acidic. It’s important that the products you use are pH balanced so your hair can maintain a normal pH level and promote hair growth.
Hair Growth Tip #10: The No Poo Method
I saved my favorite tip for last! "No Poo" simply means washing your hair without shampoo.
Yes, I still wash my hair and no, my hair doesn't stink ;-)
Natural, nourishing, healthy ingredients are what make natural, nourished, healthy hair. The idea that your hair needs chemicals to be healthy is crazy! And frankly, the commercial shampoo marketers are genius to convince us of that.
With the no poo method, my hair is more manageable, healthier, shinier, and grows faster!
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The daily ritual of scrubbing our scalps with fragrant, neon-colored liquids full of yucky ingredients is crazy. We're washing away the natural oils our hair needs to stay moisturized & healthy.
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