IS this year all about transforming your hair – but you don’t know where to start?
There are what feels like hundreds of different haircare products on the high street – but now one woman has proven there might be no need to fork out a fortune to give your hair TLC.
Blue-eyed stunner Amber shared how a ‘magic’ treatment totally transformed her mane[/caption]
According to Amber, the answer is avocado, which you can buy for around 75p from most supermarkets[/caption]
According to blonde beauty Amber Pot, the answer to long and thick locks is already sitting in your kitchen – and it’s a firm Gen Z brunch favourite.
Instead of spending heaps of money on special treatments and masks, Amber swears by avocado – which you can snap up for around 75p from most supermarkets.
Turns out, the fatty berry is not just good for our health – and goes perfect on a toast – but avocado is also amazing for hair that needs some love.
Avocado is a great source of biotin, and adding this B-complex vitamin back into the diet may help hair to grow more healthily.
A 2015 study discovered that minerals in avocado oil, including potassium and magnesium, may seal cuticle cells, which can help hair appear smooth and shiny and even prevent it from breaking.
While there haven’t been many clinical studies on the effects of avocado on the mane, vegetable oil has been shown to help protect hair from damage, and fatty acids have been found to reduce oil and improve the overall quality of hair.
Many thrifty beauty buffs note that their hair feels silkier and stronger after using an avocado mask, which typically includes coconut oil or an egg.
But if you don’t want to dash to the shops to snap up other ingredients, fear not, as Amber revealed that just an avocado works wonder.
The blue-eyed beauty demonstrated the hair hack in a recent video on her TikTok page – and it really doesn’t get any easier than this.
All you need to do, she showed, was cut an avocado in half and place a small section of your hair between the halves like a sandwich.
Once done, start pulling the avocado down the hair from your roots and all the way to the bottom of the tresses.
Although Amber didn’t specify how long she kept the natural remedy on, some say you should leave avocado in your hair for at least 30 minutes.
It’s thought that the longer the fatty fruit sits in your hair, the better the results will be – so it may be worthwhile to use it as an overnight treatment.
How often should you be washing your hair?
Anabel Kingsley, Consultant Trichologist and Brand President at Philip Kingsley spoke exclusively to Fabulous.
You take your hair and scalp to the same places you take your face, and it gets just as dirty.
Your scalp is also a living tissue; it sweats, produces oils and sheds skin cells.
You wouldn’t leave two days between washing your face, and you likely wouldn’t wear the same outfit more than a few times before washing it – apply the same thinking to your hair.
It is a myth that washing your hair too often causes your hair to get greasier.
The rest is straightforward – hop into the shower, wash out the avocado using shampoo (you might need to do this twice or more if required) and complete the routine with your favourite moisturising conditioner.
In the clip, which has since been viewed a whopping 2.9million times in just two days, Amber revealed that she does this once a week – and the results speak for themselves.
The once dull hair was not only extra smooth but also full of shine, thanks to the ”magic” mask.
Big divide
Despite Amber swearing by this easy method, not everyone online was totally convinced, as many pointed out that applying avocado on hair was ”wasteful” and ”too expensive”.
One reckoned: ”Waste of a good avocado.”
Another agreed, writing: ”avocados are way too expensive for that.”
Someone else warned: ”I’ve done this before it was a nightmare to washout the chunks.”
”Hold up I’m def doing this,” a viewer was keen to give it a shot.
”It worked,” a web user claimed.
