DIY Flax Seed Gel

FLAX SEED GEL

The ultimate curl enhancing gel: flax seed gel. Lightweight not sticky, feels natural, clumps curls, humidity fighting, cheap $.16 for flax seeds only...but you have to make it yourself. 

Here's my basic recipe:
1 1/4 cup water
3 tbls flax seeds

Boil water, add flax seeds, stir constantly with a whisk or fork, turn down to medium at a lower boil, boil until flax seeds float in the water and don't sink 3-5 min. When you lift the whisk you will see thin strings of gel. If you boil too long the strings will be too thick and you will have unstrainable goo. Give a final swirl and pour into a wire mesh strainer.

Add ins to strained gel:
Moisture: dietary aloe vera 1 tbls
More curl: Epsom salt 1/2-1 tbls could dry hair 
Hold: honey or agave 1/4 tsp
Thicken: Reheat strained gel, slowly add 1/4 tsp xanthum gum while whisking, careful it will clump
Scent-2 drops essential oil 
Deep moisture: a couple drops of coconut oil or any other favorite oil, careful can make you oily 
Add more or less as needed

Lasts 2 wks in the refrigerator so batch it and freeze it.

Best with a harder hold gel over it like la looks gel. FSG encourages curls but doesn't hold them very well. It is a very soft hold.

DIY Recipes

Dry shampoos~
Corn starch and cocoa powder in an old spice container.

Protein DT~
1 pkg. Knox gelatatin mixed into 1/4-1/2 cup water microwaved steaming hot water. Mix in tresseme naturals, coconut oil, agave or honey. Let sit on hair 5 min and up to 1hr for bleach/heat damage, add heat if extremely damaged.

http://science-yhairblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/gelatin-protein-treatment-recipe-update.html

Moisture DT~
Mix coconut oil, olive oil, silicone free condish, and a little honey or agave. (Heat the coconut oil up in the microwave then mix or just stick it into your hair and mix everything else together.

Oily scalp~
Cowash with a thinner silicone free condish with a tiny bit of baking soda added, massage well. Use dry shampoo as needed. Baking soda is abrasive, so only use it sparingly to clarify, if very oily, or to help transition. If you are using baking soda a lot, try instead sulfate free shampoo. If using a lot of baking soda to clarify, use ACV to help seal restore shine and ph after using baking soda. If you're just cowashing the scalp with a little baking soda added while transitioning or occasionally when oily, I don't think you need ACV, but you can if you want.

Also, try granulated sugar instead of baking soda.

Itchy dry scalp~
Coconut oil scalp massage, rinse well. Then mix brown sugar and silicone free condish and cowash by massaging very well and longer.

ACV Rinse- For Hard water, dandruff, or build up. 1 TBS ACV in one cup of water. After low poo or before cowash, rinse the hair with it, let sit a of couple minutes, rinse and then (cowash if you didn't low poo before) and condition as usual.

Sources:
http://science-yhairblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/gelatin-protein-treatment-recipe-update.html