Hair Smoothie?

Mmm, delicious. Actually, I did taste it and it wasn't bad. But this smoothie is not meant for your tastebuds.

Kendra and I found this recipe for a hair smoothie in Seventeen magazine.

The recipe:
1/4 cantaloupe
1 banana
2 tsp regular yogurt (we didn't have any so improvised with key lime, it made our smoothie smell extra delicious)
1 tsp olive oil (yeah... we only had canola)
Mix in blender and apply to hair from roots to tips. Leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse, shampoo, and condition. BOOM, sexiness. At least we hope.

The actual process was not very glamourous. See for yourself:

Supposedly these potassium rich fruits eliminate frizz. We'll see in the morning.

Breakfast, anyone?

We discovered that this was a little too much for one person. So unless you have a ton of hair, half of the above recipe would probably be fine.

The mixture was kinda chunky....

....And slightly resembeled vomit.

Don't worry, though, it smelled appetizingly unpuke-like.

I'm feeling dubious.

*It should be noted that Kendra's head started feeling itchy about half way through the half an hour we kept the conncotion on. I didn't feel anything, though.

After about 20 minutes, Kendra went to the shower to rinse her hair mask out. She found it suprisingly difficult to get the mask out of her hair. She ended up washing her hair 3 times and still had food chunks in her hair. And to top it all off, her hair felt MORE dry and brittle.

I learned from Kendra's experience and pre-conditioned my hair before showering. I then used a brush to make my hair nice and smooth (I think I might have ruined that brush, though. It is now riddled with fruit chunks). That helped a lot and I got everything out of my hair. My hair doesn't necessarily feel softer, but it also doesn't feel more dry and brittle either.

So I think the verdict on this one is maybe don't try it at home. Not really worth it.

****** Final results: Both of us felt like our hair was less frizzy and softer the following morning. But the down side is that both of us had little white chunks of fruit in our hair that made it look like we had lice. So we still don't recommend trying this one.


Love,

K and L