The original recipe can be found at The Caramel Treatment – A Natural Hair Softener. I always love to tweak recipes and make them my own. I do it for food and hair recipes. I know my hair isn't one size fits all so I studied different versions of this hair treatment. I suggest you try different oils that suite you. The recipe below was my latest batch. It is enough for four applications. Important note: DON'T USE BABY FOOD FOR BANANAS!!! You need real overripe bananas.
This recipe does work. It needs to be repeated every 3 weeks or whenever you just need a little help. The treatment helps with the frizz situation. Your hair will still frizz but not so drastically. My hair shrinks a lot and it does help with that as well. I do this in the summer because well it helps with summer hair. I heard this works well for transitioning from relaxer to natural hair as well. *Everything in parentheses is a measurement for a single batch. I make the treatment for four people and you may only need a single batch so use those measurements.
Honey – 1¼ cups (single batch
6 tablespoons)
Olive Oil – 1¼ cups (6
tablespoons)
note: mixed grape seed and safflower oil with the olive oil. My personal touch.
Bananas – 7-9 (2-3)
overripe
and very soft
Molasses (Treacle) – ¾ cup (3
tablespoons)
Water – 1 cup (4-6
tablespoons)
Apple Cider Vinegar – 3
tablespoons (1 tablespoon)
Cornstarch – 6-8 tablespoons
(1-2 tablespoons) depending on how thick you want the mixture to be
(also helps with shine for hair)
I add all ingredients to a blender (Ninja) and blend away. Then I warm the mixture over low heat just to thicken it to a pudding consistency. I leave the treatment on my hair for at least 4 hours. I put a plastic bag on my hair to help with the treatment but I don't always use a plastic bag. I rinse my hair after but I never shampoo. The treatment coats your hair strands and you don't want to strip that away.
