Home straightening: 7 practical recipes to straighten your hair at home

The search for novelties to feel even more beautiful is incessant. For those who wish to have straight hair, several options appear on the market every day. When beauty is accompanied by the words practicality and economy, these options gain space in popular preference.

In an age where natural resources take precedence over chemical ingredients, the concern for hair health is taken into consideration. Damage caused by chemical processes, often irreversible, tends to be avoided.

In addition, with the rush of everyday life, there is often no time available to go to the hairdresser. Straightening them at home turns out to be a great option. With easily accessible ingredients, a temporary hair straightening effect can be achieved. Several recipes are available on the internet, but care should be taken with those that use a chemical product for the smooth effect.

7 homemade straightening recipes

Check out below 7 straightening recipes with natural, affordable, low-cost products capable of transforming your hair strands.

1. Straightening with yogurt and cornstarch

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Wholemeal Yogurt
• 3 tablespoons of your favorite cornstarch

Way of doing

Mix the cornstarch with full-fat yogurt, until it forms a malleable but consistent cream. The cream is applied to dry and combed hair, leaving it to act for an hour. After the time reached, you should rinse and wash them normally.

According to blogger Tannia, this treatment results in reduced frizz and volume, but with smooth smoothing.

2. Straightening with milk and corn starch

Ingredients

• 1 cup of 200ml of whole milk
• 2 heaping tablespoons of cornstarch

Way of doing

Mix the ingredients in a container until the mixture is uniform. With clean and dry hair, apply the mixture with a spray bottle, combing the strands with a fine-tooth comb until they dry naturally. It should then be rinsed in running water, preferably cold. Finally, it is dried with a hair dryer, resulting in disciplined strands without volume.

See the result of this straightening with blogger Talita Magalhães.

3. Homemade straightening with chocolate powder

Ingredients

• 1 cup of 200ml of whole milk
• 3 tablespoons of powdered chocolate
• 1 tablespoon of corn starch
• 2 tablespoons of liquid keratin.

Way of doing

Whisk the ingredients in the blender for one minute. Apply the mixture to the hair strand by strand. Leave it on the hair for two hours. After this period, wash only with water and conditioner.

4. Straightening with powdered milk and honey

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons of whole milk powder
• 2 tablespoons of water
• 1 tablespoon of honey

Way of doing

Mix all the ingredients until you form a consistent and uniform cream. With clean and dry hair, divide it into strands and apply the mixture strand by strand. Leave acting for an hour. After this period, wash them only with water.

5. Homemade straightening with aloe vera

Ingredients

• 2 glasses of 200ml of warm water
• 100ml coconut oil or coconut milk
• 40ml pure avocado oil
• Gel taken from two aloe leaves
• ¼ of grated coconut soap

Way of doing

Blend the ingredients in a blender and store them in a closed container. Apply after the hair is washed and still wet, massaging until foam is formed. It is left on for about 35 minutes and the first rinse must be carried out with warm water, and the next with cold water. The product has a shelf life of two weeks.

6. Homemade straightening with sugar

Ingredients

• 100ml of whole milk
• 2 spoons of corn starch
• 1 cup of refined sugar

Way of doing

Mix the ingredients and bring them to the fire, stirring constantly until it thickens like a hair cream. The fire must be turned off. The cream is applied while still warm after washing the hair with a traditional shampoo, leaving it on for two hours. After this period, wash and dry the hair normally.

7. Straightening with green coconut and oatmeal

Ingredients

• 1 green coconut pulp
• 1 cup of whole milk tea
• 1 tablespoon of oat flour
• 1 tablespoon of corn starch

Way of doing

Blend all ingredients in a blender. Bring them to the fire, stirring until it takes on a porridge consistency. The mixture should be applied while still warm to the hair after washing only with shampoo, leaving it to act for two hours. After this period, wash the hair with plenty of water.

Is it safe to do home straightening?

According to Dermatologist Dr. Alessandra Drummond, member of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, the use of ingredients such as honey, corn starch, milk and sugar does not harm hair health.

His only caveat would be that the frequent use of these natural resources can stimulate seborrheic dermatitis, and that their use only promotes temporary relaxation and not a definitive straightening. Dr. Alessandra also warns of the danger of using chemical products at home, advising the need for follow-up with qualified professionals.

It is worth mentioning that the homemade straightening may not present the same result in different types of hair, and that the chemical process has a more lasting result, but due to the homemade straightening being carried out with natural products, it does not damage the wires as much as the straightening in which chemical compounds are used.