Want To Mend Your Split Ends?

Nov 21, 2013

Ashley H.

Hey Everyone! With the holidays fast approaching, we all know we will want to look our absolute best, and what better way to look fabulous than with gorgeous, healthy hair? This post is to help you mend those ends and achieve your best hair this season!

During long, harsh winters, our ends take such a beating that it’s impossible for our strands to stay intact. Some common knowledge to treat this hair catastrophe is to get your ends trimmed every 8 to 12 weeks. But in between trims, it is possible for ends to become fried and damaged, so how to do maintain your ends healthy in the meantime? I have found two alternatives for this hair concern that will help your ends stay nice and strong!

To Buy: Organix Nourishing Coconut Milk Split Ends Mender. It retails for about $6 and can be found at your local drugstore. It contains coconut oil, silk, and keratin proteins to repair split ends, while coconut milk and egg whites repair damaged cuticles and retain frizziness. Perfect for frizzy, dry, and damaged hair types as well.

To DIY: 30 Minute Hair Repair Rinse- A combination of Honey, Almond oil, and Apple Cider Vinegar to restore your ends! The Honey moisturizes the hair shaft, preventing further breakage, while almond oil strengthens and conditions the hair shaft and ends. The Apple Cider Vinegar is great for mending the hair’s cuticle while the acids in it cleanse the scalp of build-up and oils. This treatment is great for the overall health and restoration of your hair.

What You Need: 2 tablespoons of Honey, 1 tablespoon of Almond Oil, and 1-2 tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar (depending on hair length and thickness), a mixing bowl, and a shower cap.

What to Do: Pour ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir until well blended. Apply mixture to hair over a sink or in the shower, ensuring hair gets soaked in this rinse. Massage into your scalp and ends. Twist ends lightly to rid of excess liquid in hair, clip it up and put on a shower cap. Leave this in your hair for 30 minutes to let the ingredients saturate and restore your hair. Rinse thoroughly with water, then follow by shampoo and conditioner. This treatment can be done once a week or as often as you see fit!

I hope you enjoyed this snippet from my full-length post: Treatments- Products and DIY Remedies For All of Your Hair Concerns

You can find the full post, as well as other great hair posts on my blog: TheGlamGeekConfessional.blogspot.com
Enjoy! :)

Nov 21, 2013

Arianna S.

No true way to "mend" split ends. These tricks are for SMOOTHING them down only. To rid split ends, they must be trimmed, or "dusted". Ask your salon professional.