Hydrating Shea Butter Hair Mask

This mask is perfect for dry, damaged hair. Shea butter and coconut oil deeply moisturize and nourish your hair, while honey adds shine and softness.

• Benefits:
  

1. Deeply moisturizes and nourishes hair

2. Repairs damaged hair

3. Adds shine and softness

4. Protects hair from breakage

• Ingredients:
  

1. 1/4 cup (50g) shea butter

2. 2 tablespoons (30ml) coconut oil

3. 1 tablespoon (15ml) honey

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  Instructions:
  

1. Melt the shea butter and coconut oil together in a double boiler or in a microwave-safe bowl in short bursts.

2. Once melted, remove from heat and stir in the honey.

3. Apply the mask to your hair, focusing on the ends.

4. Cover your hair with a shower cap and leave the mask on for 30 minutes to an hour.

5. Rinse the mask out thoroughly with lukewarm water.

6. Shampoo and condition your hair as usual.

This mask will leave your hair feeling soft, shiny, and healthy.

This Recipe was originally published in : 28 Simple Recipes

Quick answers

Shea butter mask

A shea butter hair mask is a simple DIY treatment made by melting shea butter with coconut oil and stirring in honey. You work it into your hair, leave it on for 30 minutes to an hour, then rinse it out and shampoo as usual. It is made for dry hair, and shea butter has long been used on hair traditionally.

How to make hydrating shea butter hair mask?

Melt 1/4 cup (50g) shea butter and 2 tablespoons (30ml) coconut oil together in a double boiler, or in a microwave-safe bowl in short bursts. Take it off the heat and stir in 1 tablespoon (15ml) honey. Apply it to your hair, focusing on the ends, cover with a shower cap for 30 minutes to an hour, rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water, then shampoo and condition as usual.

Hydrating shea butter hair mask recipe

You need three ingredients: 1/4 cup (50g) shea butter, 2 tablespoons (30ml) coconut oil and 1 tablespoon (15ml) honey. Melt the shea butter and coconut oil together, stir in the honey off the heat, and work the mask through your hair, especially the ends. Leave it under a shower cap for 30 minutes to an hour, then rinse with lukewarm water and shampoo and condition as usual. Baraka's unrefined shea butter is made by hand by women's producer groups at the Konjeihi Women's Enterprise Centre in Wa, Ghana, and suits this recipe.