FERMENTED RICE WATER FOR HAIR
Saturday, January 07, 2017
I have been seeing the rice water
rinse being associated to hair growth in a lot of YouTube and BBM channels and
I couldn’t understand the science behind it. At first I was confused, how can
rice water help my hair? And that led me to do more research on the benefits of
Rice water for hair.
Somewhere in the Guangxi province
in southern china, the women of Huanglo village have been recognized by the Guinness
book of World record as the world’s longest hair village. Their hair grows up
to an average of 1.7 meters which is approximately 66.9 inches and they have no grey hair till the age of 80. (you might want to google them now)
According to the
Yao women of Huanglo, the secret to their long hair lies in Fermented rice water. Washing the hair with fermented
rice water brings more than just shine to your hair. It makes the hair strong and healthy.
Fermented
rice water is rice water that has gone slightly sour. It is a milky liquid left after
washing rice which you can use for taking care of skin and hair. It is obtained
from draining boiled/raw rice or by boiling rice until it completely dissolves
into the water.
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| Fermented Rice Water |
Benefits of Rice Water:
- It is rich in antioxidants, minerals, and traces of pitera; a substance produced during the fermentation process.
- It contains 16% protein, so you might want to avoid doing a protein treatment the day you use rice water.
- Rice water contains Inositol which helps increase hair elasticity and decrease surface friction.This Inositol stays in the hair even after rinsing out the rice water thereby protecting the hair from future damage
How
to get rice water.
- Wash rice to remove dirt, I washed twice.
- Boil rice with water
- Sieve the water
- Pour in a jar and store for 1-2 days to ferment
- Boil rice water again to stop fermentation process
- Dilute rice water with 2 cups water
- Add 5 drops of any essential oil of choice (I used Tea tree oil, Lavender oil and Neem oil)
- Rinse rice and pour in a jar.
- Add water and allow to stand for 30 mins, shaking at intervals.
- Sieve the rice and allow the rice water to ferment for a day or two.
- Put rice water in the fridge to stop fermentation process
- Dilute rice water with 2 cups water
- Add 5 drops of any essential oil of choice (I used Tea tree oil, Lavender oil and Neem oil)
Wash
day Routine.
- Pre-poo for 30mins
- Shampoo
- Condition
- Deep condition
- Rinse
After
you must have completed your wash day, Massage rice water into hair and allow
to stand for 5mins. Rinse thoroughly with water and style as usual.
I
will be adding rice water to my regimen this year to see how much my hair
benefits from it. Remember, you never know what works for you if you don’t try,
so give it a try and let me know what you think.
Till
next time… Love your Kinks
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