Hair Spa at Home: Your Shortcut to Lovely Locks

Spa’ – what comes to your mind when you come across that word? Most of us associate it with relaxation, getting a body massage, a foot massage or a head massage, right? Interestingly, the expanse of spa therapy goes way beyond all the above mentioned treatments. It’s a potpourri of massage treatments done with the help of essential oils, aromatherapy, steam therapy, mineral water baths and lot more. Nobody knows the exact derivation of the word and this leaves us enumerating a few possible theories behind it. Not only does this piece aim at simplifying the varied concepts involved in spa therapy but also guide you on how to do hair spa at home.

The Greeks and the Romans and Their Spas

Essentially, the word spa stands for a healing bath in a spring or a pool of mineral water. Since pre-historic times, people would travel to distant locales to take a ‘healing, rejuvenating’ bath in hot or cold springs. Many believed that such baths could help in balancing the body’s various chemicals and fluids. From Native Americans, Persians, Egyptians to the Greeks and the Romans, these were some of the firsts in the world to indulge in such therapeutic baths. These ancient baths can be found in Greece, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Germany, England and many other European countries, many that were a part of the erstwhile Roman Empire.

How to do Hair Spa at Home

Dr. Bhardwaj shares with us the simple steps of doing a hair spa at home:

1. Oiling a night before (optional)

2. Wash your hair

3. Message your hair and scalp with a hair/scalp nourishing mix - beer/vodka +white vinegar + curd for oily scalp, curd + banana for dry scalp, and curd + papaya for combination scalp.

4. Put a hair cap and leave for 10 minutes.

5. Rinse

6. Take a hot towel and wrap around your head - this will facilitate opening of the pores and absorption of various nutrients.

7. Apply hair pack (reetha/amla/sheekakai/mehendi) and leave for 10 minutes.

8. Wash and apply serum.