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Mayonnaise for Soft, Shiny Hair

last updated on 9 November 2011
by Samantha

Okay, for once I’m not completely on board with a tip. Because while there are lots of people who said they’ve had great success with using mayonnaise as a hair conditioner, there have also been accounts of this method being gross, stinky, or just plain useless.

If you want to try this for yourself, do note that you’ll have to use only REAL mayonnaise, and not a salad dressing substitute (like Miracle Whip). And since none of this mayonnaise will go to your thighs, reach for the FULL FAT ones while you’re at it.

Step 1: Get full-fat, real mayonnaise. Not the low-fat/diet variety.

Step 2: Put a healthy glob of the mayo on your palm and slowly work this through clean hair. It’s fine to put it on damp hair, and might actually make it easier for you to work the mayo in.

Step 3: Put on a shower cap if you have long hair so that you don’t get mayonnaise all over your floor/couch/clothes/other people/pets etc.

Step 4: After a good solid hour, wash the mayo off with regular shampoo and cold water. Shampoo thoroughly because leftover mayonnaise in hair is not a good idea. Shampoo twice is best. Towel gently and let your hair dry on its own.

  1. rosalie permalink
    January 27, 2012

    how many times a week i use mayonaise on my hair?

    • February 23, 2012

      how many times should i use mayonaise on my hair should i use it till i see if it works for me

      • February 25, 2012

        I usually do it once or twice a week. I also mix it with 1 egg, some essential oils (jojoba & almond) and organic milk and leave it on for about 1-1.5 hours. My hair is exceptionally soft and shiny afterwards, I love it!

        • Samantha permalink*
          February 29, 2012

          Awesome… and thanks for sharing your recipe!

  2. Victoria permalink
    January 28, 2012

    Excellent post! I’m a huge fan of using mayonnaise as a deep conditioning treatment and find that it works wonders for my hair. Highly recommend shampooing afterwards because the smell isn’t exactly great and also keeping the hair mayo separate from food products so that there’s no contamination.

  3. jefy pascua permalink
    May 2, 2012

    just used mayo on my hair! And wow it has a great result!:) got shiny, silky, soft and manaegable hair. Love it!
    I just put the plain mayo alone, left it on my hair for 5hrs for my hair is soo frizzy, got lots of split ends, easily break and it flies away. Wrap it with a plastic. After 5hrs, I washed it, using a baby shampoo for its mild not to strip of what the mayo did on my hair and to remove the scent of mayo and its really WOW! The 5hrs is worth it! :)
    if you got any questions, tweet me on http://twitter.com/JfyVenia

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