Hair Conditioner Recipe for Shiny, Glossy Hair

The hair conditioner uses egg yolks, rum and avocado.  Dana Hoff/Stockbyte/Getty Images

There are many wonderful hair conditioner recipes available today, but one of my favorites is a recipe from Mathilde Thomas, co-founder of the Caudalie skincare line. This shiny hair recipe is adapted from Thomas's grandmother and has been passed down the generations, first to her mother and then to her.

"My mother taught me that shiny hair is key to a polished look. If my hair appears dull, I still make her at-home conditioner.

My hair is so glossy afterward, it's well worth the effort," Thomas said in O the Oprah Magazine. 

I first read about this recipe in O Magazine and I tried it then. I was wonderfully luxurious, smelled delicious and left my hair shiny and glossy, just as the recipe suggested. The secret, according to Thomas, is to leave it on for an hour and then shampoo.

I have to admit, I only made it half an hour before I shampooed and the results were great.

Since then, I've read a lot about hair conditioners and researched my own blend. Thomas's recipe, which she told Elle Magazine is "a grandma recipe, very French," contains only egg yolk, rum, avocado and olive oil, all of which can be found in most people's kitchens. I found the addition of grapeseed oil, which I included in this recipe, makes the conditioner even more luxurious. Grapeseed oil, like coconut oil and olive oil, is a natural hair conditioner and is much lighter. If you don't have grapeseed oil on hand, no problem. Just leave it out.

I also love using plain yogurt as a hair conditioner and swapped out the very moisturizing avocado in this recipe for yogurt once.

I also loved the results so feel free to use yogurt (full-fat and never flavored) instead of avocado if you don't have ripe avocados on hand. The yogurt blends easily into the mixture.

This recipe landed a coveted spot in Thomas's wonderful, new book, "The French Beauty Solution: Time-Tested Secrets to Look and Feel Beautiful Inside and Out." 

Ingredients

• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons of rum
• 1/2 super ripe avocado, smashed
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil, buy it from Amazon.com

Preparation

Mix together the ingredients in a bowl. Wet hair thoroughly. Massage the mixture on your scalp and into your hair. Wrap your head in a towel (I warmed my towel in the dryer for 10 minutes while I applied the conditioner). Wait 30 minutes to an hour, then rinse in the shower. Follow with shampoo.

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