Smelly hair is not just a “phrase”, it’s a hair condition. From poor hygiene to pollution to bacterial infections, the causes of smelly hair are varied. How embarrassing would it be to go on your first date with that unfriendly odor emanating from your tresses? Although it is not a serious condition, adopting some natural measures to eliminate it is unquestionably necessary.
1. Use baking soda once a week
This is the most effective remedy first up to liberate your hair from unpleasant smell. Prepare a productive hair application by mixing baking soda with water in the proportion of 3:1. Souse your hair with plain water and spread the application over your wet hair. This “granny’s tip” will not just help you to control oiliness but also aid to nullify that fetid odor. Let your hair be as it is for 5 minutes and then rinse it off. While this avoids this risk of exposing your precious hair to harmful chemicals, many women have testified the “baking soda technique” as the most remedial one.
2. Tomato juice could tone down your hair color
Yes, this rumor is true! But, tomato juice significantly works as a great cleanser and odor killer when it comes to hair. If you are too concerned about your color treated hair than the foul smell coming out of it, you could use stewed or diced tomatoes to shed their hair color lightening nature. This could take around 20-30 minutes until you extract and massage the juice taken out of fresh tomatoes over your hair. Conclude the procedure by washing your hair with a mild shampoo. Not to forget, tomato is a natural pH balancer.
3. Lemon juice too could lighten your hair color
No remedy is perfect; there could be one or two limitations. However, lemon juice tones down your hair color only if you use it continually for a long time. Having said that, it is a versatile home remedy that not only gives a good breath to your hair but also heals scalp infections, if any. All you need to do is squeeze 2 lemons in a water container and spray the blend all over your hair after you give a rinse to it with a mild shampoo. If you are struggling with fungal infections on your scalp, use yogurt instead of water in the mixture and let your hair be for a minimum 30 minutes. Rinse your hair later. Likewise, you could also use lavender or rosemary oil in the mixture.
4. Add luster to your hair with apple cider vinegar
Add half a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to a water container and simply rinse your hair to give it a new, refreshing fragrance. Wait for a minute or two before washing your hair. This vinegar solution will add luster glow to your hair and restore its normal pH level. Besides, it also acts as a fine hair cleanser that eradicates all agents causing a malodorous odor to grow. Another technique to use apple cider vinegar is by adding it to 2 portions of water with 3 drops of any of the essential oils such as lavender or rose and spraying it over your hair.
5. Remove excess oil & dandruff along with foul smell with orange juice
This 3 in 1 remedy could be used in 3 ways depending on your choice. First, you could apply fresh orange juice nakedly on your hair and let it sit for 5 minutes before washing off. Second, you could use the multipurpose orange peels by adding them to boiling water and then letting the solution to cool down before applying it on your hair. Allow a time gap of 10 minutes before washing your hair. Third, you could store the orange peel and apple cider vinegar solution for 2 weeks in a cool and dry place. Then, strain it and lower its temperature by cooling in the refrigerator. Now, just add 2 tablespoons of this solution to 12-16 ounces of plain water and pour the mixture in a spray bottle to spray it over your shampooed hair. Rinse your hair after some time.
6. Tame your smelly scalp with grapefruit seed extract
Grapefruit seed extract is such a powerful hair treating agent that it is never used in full strength. You are required to add 8-10 drops of the extract to your shampoo and massage your hair with it. Later, wash off the extract as usual. This extract is easily available on online stores or in health food outlets.
7. Cinnamon & honey – apply or consume
Yes, you heard it right! You may not have tasted such a combination before, but honey and cinnamon make a good mixture to eradicate the unpleasant smell from your hair. Just add a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon powder to 1 tablespoon of honey. Talking about application, prepare it by adding half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to a hot boiling water container and let it saturate for about 30 minutes. Apply it on your scalp and wait for 45 minutes before rinsing it off. Later, use a mild shampoo to wash your hair.
8. Kill yeast and bacteria with garlic oil
Garlic oil is a powerful hair healing agent that is very effective against the awful odor producing yeast and bacteria in your hair. Besides, it is weighed down with antifungal and antiseptic properties which make it even more effective for maintaining your scalp’s health. You could prepare it at home as well by heating together some garlic cloves with coconut oil. However, it is effortlessly accessible at beauty and drug stores.
9. Also treat scalp infections with margosa oil
Just as garlic oil, margosa oil could also be prepared at home by putting some margosa leaves in boiling water and then allowing it cool. Strain the unwanted materials from the mixture and your oil will be ready to use. Besides smelly hair, this oil could also be used to heal scalp infections.
