Homemade Natural Hair Growth Recipes

Using essential oils in hair growth recipes will stimulate the follicles and promote regrowth, and these can easily be made at home.

Your hair should grow naturally in a continuous process but sometimes due to health issues, medication, stress or trauma there is a gap between the old hair falling out and the new hair growing.  The result can be a thinning of the hair.

Hair loss is normal – we lose about 100 hairs a day.  But too much more than that could be of concern.

If you are losing a lot of hair and it is worrying you, it’s best to get it checked by a doctor to eliminate medical causes.

What Causes Too Much Loss of Hair?

A substantial loss of hair may be due to factors like:

  • Trauma
  • Hormonal imbalance
  • Medications
  • Stress
  • Illness
  • Nutrient deficiency

There are activities which will aggravate an already precarious situation with hair thinning or loss. 

These include:

  • Chlorinated swimming pools
  • Shampooing your hair too frequently
  • Heavy conditioning treatments
  • Using shampoos which are not PH balanced

Hair Growth Can be Stimulated

  First, watch your diet.

A balanced diet rich in protein, zinc, iron and B vitamins will improve the quality of your hair.

Stimulate the blood flow to the head by massaging the scalp.

Essential Oils for Hair Growth

Essential oils can stimulate the hair follicles, help with removing toxins from the scalp and enhance blood flow to the hair and scalp.

Rosemary is a great essential oil for stimulating circulation.  This is the best essential oil to use in Alopecia.

Other essential oils for hair growth which are helpful are Sage, Lavender, Clary Sage, Carrot, Cypress, Calendula.

The best carrier oils to use are Jojoba and Evening Primrose as they are both excellent for the skin and can be used on all types of skin.

Recipe One: Stimulating Scalp Massage

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 tablespoons of Jojoba oil
  • 15 drops Rosemary essential oil
  • 10 drops Cedarwood essential oil
  • 5 drops Clary Sage essential oil

Directions:

Combine the ingredients together in an amber or blue bottle.  Seal tightly. 

Once a week at night time before bed pour a small amount (maybe a teaspoon) into your hands and rub briskly over the scalp in circular movements. 

Leave overnight and shampoo in the morning, preferably with the shampoo on this page here.

Recipe Two: Another Overnight Conditioner

Recipe Two: Another Overnight Conditioner

Ingredients:

  • 100 mls organic apple cider vinegar
  • 20 drops Carrot essential oil
  • 10 drops Rosemary essential oil

Directions:

Mix these together and store in an airtight blue or amber bottle. 

Every night pour one teaspoon of the above mixture into an equal amount of cold water and massage over the whole scalp. 

Leave it in.

Recipe Three: Shampoo and Conditioner

Shampoo

Ingredients:

  • 100ml shampoo base (from the Shampoo Page)
  • 12 drops Jojoba oil
  • 6 drops Carrot essential oil
  • 6 drops Lavender essential oil
  • 10 drops Rosemary essential oil

Directions:

Blend these together and store in an airtight bottle. 

Shampoo once a week with this shampoo and don’t use any other shampoos during this time.

Pre Shampoo Conditioner

Ingredients:

Directions:

Use this conditioner before using the shampoo or your hair will be too greasy. 

Blend all the ingredients together and massage into the scalp. 

Leave for 30 minutes before shampooing with the shampoo listed here.