Tar soap for hair

In the modern age of high technology and bad ecology, the issue of beauty and health is particularly acute for many people. And to find natural and really effective means is not always possible. But few people realize that ordinary tar soap can solve many problems, and for very little money.

The main component of this soap is tar.. This natural remedy, donated by nature itself, was known in the world as “Russian oil” or stone pitch. In Russia, they greased the wheels, harness, boats and even leather boots. And they poured on them the gates of obscene women as a sign of shame. A similar custom existed in the USA. Criminals covered with this resin, sprinkled with feathers and paraded.

Outwardly, this soap is very similar to the economic, it differs only in a pronounced specific smell and a darker color. In addition to natural tar, it contains fats of animal origin or vegetable oils, water, thickeners, some composite cellulose, benzoic acid, disodium salt, citric acid and edible salt.

Today, despite the huge selection of products for washing hair, the usual tar soap holds a special position among them. And this is not a novelty, but a long-known natural cleaner. Even in ancient Russia, the owners of long and healthy braids knew about the miraculous power of wood tar.

Like any caregiver, tar soap has its strengths and weaknesses. The healing properties of this resin relieve the skin of the head from increased fat and dandruff, improve the blood supply to the hair follicles and give volume and density to hair, and also help to cure skin diseases (psoriasis, lichen, seborrhea, dermatitis, eczema, furunculosis) and restore the hair structure after staining and chemical perms.

The disadvantages include a peculiar smell, which, by the way, quickly disappears. For some, it is unpleasant, but to someone this scent resembles a Russian bathhouse and birch twigs. With frequent use, this tool dries the scalp and hair, so owners of thin, porous and damaged curls should be used with caution. Birch resin is also contraindicated for women during lactation.

For more on the benefits of tar soap for hair, see the following video.

Washing the head with tar soap provides for a specific instruction:

1. You must first lather the soap in your hands, and then apply on the roots and evenly distribute over all the strands;
2. Hold the foam on the hair for about five minutesso that useful substances can be absorbed into them;
3. Rinse your head well with warm water. not hot, so that there is no film on the hair;
4. Rinse should be finished with a soft balm or conditioner. Water with the addition of soda, lemon juice, or apple / wine vinegar, which will give your hair a healthy shine and softness, will also do.

Expected results can be seen not immediately, but after several procedures, a quality hair transformation is guaranteed. To enhance the healing properties and improve the smell, essential oils (chamomile, green tea, calendula, elecampane, lemon balm, St. John's wort, sea buckthorn), kefir or decoctions and herbal infusions should be added to the soap suds.

In order not to overdry the skin of the head, it is desirable to alternate tar soap with a mild shampoo. Owners of dry curls will use birch gum twice a month, and for washing normal and oily hair, one session per week is enough. The same applies to the masks, which should not be used often.

Based on this natural antiseptic, there are a huge variety of masks. For example, to speed up hair growth fit:

1. Tar water To do this, grind 40-50 gr. this soap and dissolve it in cold water. Leave the resulting mass to infuse for several days, not forgetting to stir it periodically. It is convenient to rinse your hair with ready-made strained liquid or use it to prepare masks and shampoos;
2. Mask with the addition of oils. In the mashed soap pour water and 1 tbsp. l burdock and 1 tbsp. l olive oils. Apply the mixture on the head and leave for half an hour. After a specified time, wash the hair with lemon water or vinegar softened with water.

From hair loss, you must use the following tools:

1. Need to mix 1 tbsp. l Castor and 1 tbsp. l sea ​​buckthorn oil with egg yolk and 50 gr. crushed tar soap. The resulting mass is applied to the dirty head and hold for 20 minutes. To improve the smell, you can add a few drops of peppermint or orange essential oil;
2. Dissolve in water a package of colorless henna and 1 tbsp. l rubbed tar soap, mix thoroughly and keep the resulting mass of 10-15 minutes. This mixture can be used no more than two times every four to five weeks;
3. Connect 1 tbsp. l crushed tar soap with 300 ml. pepper tincture and stir until a uniform consistency. Massage this mass into the scalp. If you do this procedure several times a week, it will stop hair loss and make them noticeably thicker.

Against seborrhea and other skin diseases:

1. Mix up soap chips dissolved in water from 50 ml. vodka, 1 tsp. castor or olive oil, egg yolk and 1 tsp. honey Thoroughly mixed mass applied to unwashed hair and leave for half an hour. It is necessary to apply such mask once in 7-10 days;
2. Liquid tar soap connect from 1 tbsp. l burdock and 1 tbsp. l castor oil and 50 ml of vodka. You need to keep such a mask under the cap for about 15 minutes. Then rinse hair with warm water, softened with vinegar.

To strengthen the hair follicles should 5 gr. soap chips mixed with 25 ml. cognac and 20 grams. rye flour. The resulting slurry is applied to clean wet strands and leave for 1 hour. Then wash off the mask with warm, acidified water and use a soft balm.

To lighten curls need 50 grams. soap shavings and a packet of white clay dissolved in warm water. Then add 200 ml there. burdock oil and 5 drops of essential oils of cinnamon and lemon. Apply to unwashed hair and leave for 1 h.

For gray hair You need to mix tar water (70 ml.) With a beaten egg yolk and 1 tbsp. l motherwort tincture. Lubricate this mixture with the head and do not wash it off for 1 hour. If you repeat the procedure twice a month, you can partially restore the natural hair color and get rid of dandruff.

For moistening: 1 tbsp. liquid soap mixed with 1 tbsp. Any favorite essential oil and 5 drops of vitamin Aevit. Apply the mixture to the strands and hold it for 1 hour, covering his head with a hat. Then wash off the mass with warm water acidified with vinegar.

For dry hair: 1 tbsp. chopped soap with tar to combine with 100 gr. sour cream and 5 drops of vitamin A. Apply the finished mass for half an hour, then wash your hair with a gentle means and rinse with balm or conditioner.

Vitamin mixture: 1 tbsp. l soap chips dissolve in 50 ml. warm water, add there 7 drops of vitamins A and E and 1 tbsp. l olive oil. The resulting slurry is applied to the roots, and then spread over the rest of the length. After half an hour, rinse your head with warm water and shampoo. Repeat this procedure should be at least 1 time in 7-10 days.

Nutrient mixture: 1 tbsp. rubbed soap pour half a cup of yogurt or warm milk. Pour in there egg yolk, 1 tsp. cocoa, 5 drops of rosemary essential oil and 2 tsp. honey Whipped mass to process hair. After 20 minutes, rinse your head with warm water without detergent and rinse with tea broth or diluted with aloe juice.

Today tar soap enjoys great popularity among the population, because the absence of flavors and dyes makes this product not only natural, but also inexpensive. And besides, it can be purchased at any pharmacy, supermarket or hardware store.

Therefore, domestic producers successfully compete for quality, using only natural wood tar at work. For example, soap brand "Spring" contains birch bark tar (Tar Oil). And in products "Neva cosmetics" natural birch tar (Batula Tar) is used, which is more successful in the fight against dandruff and seborrhea compared with juniper or pine.

Now on sale there is not only the classic lump soap, but also liquid. It does not need to be dissolved in water beforehand, but can be immediately added to gels, shampoos, and face and hair masks.

But the best homemade tar soap, cooked with his own hands. For this you will need:

• 60 gr. any tar, 200 ml. coconut oil, 180 ml. Thistle and wheat germ oil, 70 ml. grape seed oil, 70 ml. castor oil, 7 gr. beeswax, 7 gr. citric acid, 20 gr. honey, 20 gr. perezhiram and decoction of any medicinal herbs.

Or:

• 100 gr. baby soap, 2 tbsp. l coconut or palm oil, 1 tbsp. l tar soap and 100 ml. water.

How to make tar soap with your own hands, see the next video.

Owners of tar soap unanimously note the beneficial effect of its constant use. It turned out to be a simple and inexpensive solution to issues such as dandruff, hair loss, diseases of the scalp and parasites. Using it regularly is a sure way to thick and strong hair. And even the scent of birch resin causes a particular sympathy of many customers.