Did you ever use rose water before? Have you been searching for something really effective in enhancing the health of your hair and scalp? Then rose water is the best bet. Not just for your skin, but rose water has got amazing benefits for your hair as well.

Would you like to know what they are? Keep reading this post!

1. A Good Cleanser:

Rose water is a very good cleanser, as you must have seen as an ingredient in face cleansers. In fact, not just your face, your hair can also be thoroughly washed using rose water. Before you wash your hair with your favorite shampoo, splash some rose water onto your hair and scalp. Rub your scalp with the water gently for a few minutes. Using a clean brush, rub it across your rose water splashed hair to collect excess dirt. Keep this on for twenty minutes before washing off with your favorite shampoo. You can also make your own rosewater shampoo. For this, you need:

• ½ cup rose water
• ½ cup beer
• 1 cup castile soap
• 5 drops of rose essential oil

To make the shampoo, mix the ingredients together, adding castile soap in the end and stir this to incorporate. The rose water helps in cleaning while beer is great for silky hair. The essential oil soothes your scalp and nourishes hair.

2. Controls Oil:

Rose water helps in removing excess oil from your skin when used as a toner. It works similarly on your hair too. Some people have very active sebaceous glands, which secrete a high amount of sebum, an oily substance in the scalp, at the root of hair strands. This sebum can make hair feel greasy and oily, which not only looks unpleasant, but also makes it easier for dirt to attach to the hair. So, to prevent greasy hair, rose water can be used.

Rose water’s pH is closer to the pH of your hair, which means it can reduce the oil and restore the natural shine of your hair. To remove oil, take rose water on a cotton ball and rub it on your scalp by parting your hair. You need to be patient to cover your entire scalp. Once it is done, wash your hair with rose water to remove whatever excess oil is present in it. This is a very effective method, and unlike the oil-removing shampoos, it does not leave your hair dried and frizzy.

3. Reduces Dryness:

Rose water helps in controlling oil, but it also works well on dry and frizzy hair. Rose water can soothe the scalp and moisturize it. Dry scalp ultimately leads to dry hair, and hence rehydrating the scalp really does the trick of eliminating frizz. To get the maximum benefits, use glycerin along with rose water as the former enhances rose water’s moisturizing ability. To make a solution, mix equal parts of glycerin and rose water. This slightly viscous liquid has to be massaged onto your scalp and hair. Let it stay for 15 minutes. After that, rinse it well. Repeat once a week for best results.

4. Conditions:

Rose water indeed helps in conditioning your hair. Sometimes shampoos leave our hair dry and almost crunchy after cleaning it. This is a common problem because most shampoos contain several chemicals that may not suit our body and its pH. To solve this problem, you can use rose water. All you need to do is simply do a final rinse with a cup of rose water at the end of shampooing. It deep conditions your hair and leaves it shiny throughout the day. Also, rose water leaves an exotic sweet scent in your hair that no conditioner or shampoo can replicate. You can make your own rose water conditioner. Good quality pure rose water contains the essential oil of rose and water. So, you can skip the water and use the rose essential oil itself. Add 10 drops of rose essential oil into a cup of light coconut oil and stir. Coconut oil is a good conditioner and together with rose oil, it does wonders to your shampoo frazzled hair.

5. Repairs Damage:

There are many ways in which our hair gets damaged these days. Pollution and dirt are our worst enemies, followed by chemical hair products and even heat. We are always in a hurry, and hence, air drying washed hair is not an option for many. Blow drying hair often leads to severely damaged hair. Rose water helps in treating damaged hair and to some extent, can even reverse it. To boost the damage reversing properties of rose water, you can add vitamin E and jojoba oil. In a cup of rose water, empty the contents of 3 vitamin E tablets and a teaspoon of jojoba oil. Shake well to mix the ingredients well. Spray your hair with some water, which makes it easier to apply the rose water mixture. Now massage the rose water on your entire hair and scalp. You can leave this overnight and shampoo in the morning as usual.

6. Promotes Growth:

Although there is no scientific proof suggesting a link between hair growth and rose water, some have reported such a finding. To be sure, rose water does contain vitamin A, vitamin B3, vitamin C and vitamin E, all of which are responsible for boosting hair growth. To incorporate rose water into your hair growth remedy, simply add rose essential oil to all of your hair products. Your shampoo, conditioner and oil can all be added with rose essential oil. In fact, if you are trying to promote hair growth, make conditioner and shampoo at home using natural products and add rose essential oil to it. The shampoo and conditioner can be made similar to the recipes given above.

7. Improves Strength And Quality:

Does your hair break easily? Has it degraded in quality? There could be various reasons behind reduced strength of hair. But to improve it, you can use rose water. The ancient Chinese used rose water as a hair strengthening remedy. What rose water does is increase circulation of blood in the scalp. Increased blood circulation rejuvenates the hair follicles and makes them strong. This, in turn, helps in better exchange of nutrients from scalp to the tip of the hair. As a result, reduced hair breakage and improved hair quality can be expected. You can use rose water in several ways. First of all, you can try making your own rose water shampoo or conditioner. Otherwise, a good rinse with rose water every few days would also help. You can make the vitamin E and rose water mixture and apply it once a week.

8. Reduces Dandruff:

Dandruff can be very annoying and persistent at the same time. But instead of barraging your scalp with heavy duty chemicals that usually anti-dandruff shampoos contain, you can turn to rose water. Unlike the chemically enhanced shampoos, rose water moisturizes and leaves your hair well conditioned. To get rid of dandruff, make use of fenugreek seeds along with rose water. Soak the fenugreek seeds in rose water for a few hours until they become soft and mash them into a paste. Take this liquid-y paste and apply all over your scalp. Let it sit for an hour and then shampoo as usual. It should solve your dandruff problem if applied once a week.

9. Fight Infections:

Rose water is said to have anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties. So keep infections at bay by rinsing your scalp with rose water every few days. You can make your own shampoo and conditioner with rose water. If that is too much of a hassle for you, you also dilute your hair care products with rose water. If it is easily available for you, adding rose essential oil always helps.

10. Improves Scalp Health:

As we have already mentioned, rose water helps in increasing blood circulation in the scalp. As a result, the general scalp health is improved and dandruff, oil, fungal infections and other such problems that originate in the scalp are greatly reduced. You can massage your scalp with rose essential oil and any carrier oil like jojoba oil to get the maximum benefits. Simply dabbing rose water on your scalp would work nicely too.

How To Make Your Own Rose Water:

You can make pure rose water using all the natural ingredients at home. For this one, don’t try using store bought roses that may contain harmful pesticides or other chemicals. Get the flowers from a rose bush at your home or at a friend’s. To make rose water with freshly picked rose petals, pluck the flowers in the morning when the morning dew has already evaporated. Pick out the petals and put them in a small amount of water (just enough to cover the petals). Steam the petals in the water over low flame, but do not let it boil over. Cover with a lid so that you don’t lose the precious water or oil fumes. Once all the color has drained from the petals and leached into the water, strain the rose water in a container and store it in the fridge.

Now you know that the benefits of rose water are not limited to the skin, don’t you? This refreshing water can do wonders to dull and lifeless hair and scalp, and restore your hair’s lost sheen and vitality! Bring home a vial today! And you will never use another hair product again!

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