And so it begins

Okay so enough of y’all asked for a tutorial that I asked my friend for permission

She’s not out enough yet to be comfy showing her face to a hundred thousand people but she said she’d like if I showed y’all how to do what we’re doing and just didn’t show her face

So!

First thing her scalp is oily so we’re putting lemon juice and apple cider vinegar as a scalp treatment. Half a lemon, maybe a quarter cup of vinegar

Rinse it after ten minutes and be careful because lemon can lighten hair if it’s too long

It’s helpful if you have a squirt bottle like you’d use at a picnic for ketchup? That way you can get it right on the scalp

I, lacking that, merely dumped some cold vinegar on her head

this is honey, cocoa powder and yogurt. It’s a face mask. You can eat it. It smells nice. Smear it on your face with the back of the spoon you used to mix it. Leave it on for two songs. Rinse it off with warm water.

If you hate the smell of vinegar you can do this concurrently

One thing my friend keeps saying is she didn’t know she could do beauty treatments for so cheap

All that organic no chemicals shit you’re buying? Get you a banana, some honey and some yogurt and you’re good

Oh also? Freeze this in an ice cube tray and one unit will equal one face mask. Putt em in a labeled freezer bag and the day before you want it just it one in a bowl in the fridge

Next day: face mask magic!

Okay so she’s in the shower so this is a good time to tell you some things about apple cider vinegar and hair: you only put it on undiluted on the roots and only in an emergency (like you haven’t washed your hair in a week and have a surprise date and a very oily scalp)

Any acid will strip your hair of oil or product buildup

For a maintenance rinse put a few tablespoons into a cup of water and put it on all your hair ten minutes before you shower. Massage your head to make sure it hits the scalp all over. Then just wash it like normal

So this is the hair I’m working with: it’s fine and brittle

And so we put a mask on with avocado, honey, banana and yogurt! Just blend this and comb it through

You can Google why and if you don’t already know you should definitely follow that rabbit hole!

So here’s the blended conditioner. It should be about as thick as store conditioner!

Soak your head in this shit and leave it for maybe 20 minutes? Idk. This won’t hurt the hair so watch a Netflix show or something then go rinse it out

We, however, are on a date schedule countdown! So let me introduce the first omg I paid too much and it’s still worth more chemical product:

You rub this on your face and it just peels all the dead skin off, and I don’t know how but it only works on your face

Like it knows if it’s on your arm and won’t work

Science is magic

Anyway! protip: exfoliate the fuck out of your face a few hours before you shave it

You’ll need less makeup later when you’re doing your face if you get a closer shave is the point

if you don’t shave exfoliate the fuck out of your face sometimes anyway!

Okay so a Netflix show or so later, you want to take a shower and just rinse the fuck out of your hair. Like nearly squeaky before you use about half as much shampoo as you would for a regular wash.

Also! So it might seem a subtle difference but after the shower while you’re watching whatever the next episode is, kinda idly twist bits of hair around your finger

On the left: hair that’s been fiddled with

On the right: just drying like you do when you’re not showering