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How to Make Homemade Flaxseed Hair Gel

Easily make your own hair gel with 3 simple ingredients
Total Time10 minutes
Yield: 1 Cups
Cost: less than $1

Equipment

  • Pint Mason jar
  • Sauce Pan
  • Measuring cup
  • 2 cup Liquid Measuring Cup
  • Mesh Strainer
  • Spatula
  • Small glass or metal mixing bowl
  • Funnel (optional)

Materials

  • 1/4 cup flaxseed whole, brown or golden
  • 2 cups Water divided 1, 1
  • 5 drops Citrus Essential Oils any citrus can be used; to help preserve it

Instructions

  • Take 1 cup of water and 1/4 cup flaxseed and pour in to sauce pan.
  • Bring to a foamy boil, watching carefully to not let it over flow. Turn heat down as needed.
  • Boil the mixture, stirring often for 2 minutes
    Boiling flaxseeds making home made hair gel
  • Then strain with mesh strainer either directly in to the mason jar if you have a funnel.
    Or strain in to a mixing bowl, removing the flax seeds.
  • Now repeat the process with the additional 1 cup of water and return the same flax seeds to the water.
  • Bring to a foamy boil again, this time for 3 minutes. Stir often.
  • Strain the gel in to the jar or bowl again.
  • Immeditatly rinse out sauce pan. (Otherwise it is very hard to clean if you wait.)
  • If you used a bowl to catch the gel from being strained, pour it in to the liquid measuring cup to easily pour it in to the mason jar for storage.
  • Add 5 drops of your desired citrus essential oil to help preserve the gel
    Finished home made hair gel on wood counter. Citrus Fresh near by
  • Store in the fridge for best results

Notes

If you store the gel in the fridge

the product lasts for about 2 weeks.

After that it starts getting a little smelly and then I make a fresh batch.
If you do have some left that is bad, DO NOT POUR IT DOWN THE DRAIN. Take it to an outside garbage can and dispose of it there. It can clog your drain. And I say to take it outside because otherwise it will stink up your house. 
The hair gel does have a slippery, slimy feel which may take some getting use to. But it really is super simple to make and is worth the adjustment to me. It's quick, costs pennies and removes un necessary toxins from your daily routine. 
This amount works well for me with thick, medium long hair but play around with amounts if you feel you go through it faster than 2 weeks.
Or if you have shorter, fine hair, you could possibly stop after the first cup of water is turned in to gel as you may not need as much.