Avocado is a beauty ally of choice, always used to make homemade hair masks, or even face masks. Rich in nutrients, avocado makes an ideal base for a hair mask, whether you have dry or oily hair. Check out our best avocado hair mask recipes!

Avocado is an ingredient of choice for effective and natural homemade hair masks. This everyday ingredient has the advantage of being inexpensive, but above all, it has many virtues to care for your hair. Moisturizing and nourishing, avocado contains vitamins A, E, B6 and C, as well as essential fatty acids, which allow to nourish the hair in depth. Result: hydrated, shiny, soft and toned hair!

You can prepare your homemade hair mask by simply using the flesh of an avocado. To go faster, you can use avocado vegetable oil or avocado vegetable butter. These avocado derivatives keep for a long time and are found throughout the year, which is not necessarily the case with avocado. Also, you can add a few drops of avocado oil to your shampoo for quick natural hair care!

For very dry hair, you can make an avocado and honey hair mask. In addition to the benefits of avocado, honey will help fight against hair breakage thanks to its antioxidant properties. The emollients it contains will also help to soften the hair fiber, for easier disentangling and soft hair. To prepare your homemade hair mask, you need to:

• Cut the avocado into small pieces
• Crush the avocado to create a paste
• Add 4 teaspoons of honey
• Add 4 teaspoons of coconut oil

Mix everything to obtain a fluid mixture. Apply to your damp hair, especially to the lengths, massaging gently to penetrate the mask. Leave for at least 30 minutes under a charlotte or cling film. This will help retain the heat of the scalp and allow the mask to penetrate better. Then rinse thoroughly with clean water.

For damaged hair, you need a mask rich in moisturizing and nourishing agents: the marriage of avocado and egg will here make it possible to obtain a very effective mask for damaged hair. Eggs are indeed rich in vitamins, as well as folic acid, iron, iodine and selenium. They therefore make it possible to regain healthy hair. It’s easy to prepare your avocado and egg hair mask:

• Blend an avocado
• Add an egg yolk
• Mix everything until you get a fluid mixture

Once your homemade hair mask is ready, apply it to the lengths, before leaving for 30 minutes in cling film. For an optimal result, you can even leave the mask on all night: silky hair and in great shape guaranteed when you wake up!

Tip: You can adapt the recipe for the egg hair mask to your hair type. Use egg yolk for dry hair, egg white for oily hair, and a whole egg for normal hair.

One of the most famous natural hair care recipes is the avocado-lemon recipe. The avocado will allow to nourish the hair in depth, when the astringent virtues of lemon will tighten the scales of the hair, to give it shine and tone. To prepare your avocado – lemon hair mask, you need to:

• Cut an avocado into small pieces
• Crush the pieces with a fork to obtain a paste
• Add the juice of half a lemon
• Mix well

Apply the mask to the lengths by massaging the hair to make the mask penetrate. Leave on for 30 minutes under a hot towel before washing your hair with shampoo for dry hair. Rinse well to remove all residue.