Are you looking for a no-fuss recipe to make hair gel or rice or maybe both? When I decided I wanted to learn cooking, I knew I didn’t want to burden myself with an exhaustive list of ingredients to create a complex dish which I would rather frame and not eat. So I went to mother with my desire to learn cooking with few ingredients, requiring minimal time and energy. And she taught me to cook perfect rice. Now every time I cook rice, I follow her simple formula and I get perfect fluffy rice.
What if life gives you such simple formulas for everything? Well, they may not be easy to find. Or what if they are? I am going to share with you a recipe of homemade hair styling gel that’s not only simple to make but will also give your hair amazing hold, texture, definition and gloss. And you need just two ingredients: flaxseed and water. Yup, nothing more.
But before we see how to make it, let’s find out why make hair gel at home.Because it works and it’s easy to make, and you know what goes into it. Whereas, the store-bought gel can contain preservatives, artificial fragrance, colours and other hormone-disrupting ingredients which can irritate the scalp and give you an itchy rash, thereby causing more harm than good. Besides, many a time you douse your hair with all those chemicals, and you are not even getting beautiful hair. So why not give flaxseed gel a try.
Flaxseeds contain high amounts of gluey, slimy substance called mucilage. It’s released when you cook the seeds with water, turning water into a gel-like consistency. This slimy gel will provide hold, definition and style to your hair.As promised, the basic hair gel requires only two things: flaxseeds and water. No extras if you don’t want to add. But for the hair enthusiasts who want to add more stuff, I have given few additions below that work well with flaxseeds. So wear your DIY hats and let’s get making, shall we…
You will need:
1/4 cup flaxseeds
2 cups water
Making:
* Place flaxseeds and water in a pot and bring to a boil. You will notice white froth on the top.
* Now reduce the flame and let it simmer for 5 to 7 minutes.
* During this time, you need to stir it constantly. While you are doing, you will see the water turn to gel-like consistency.
* The best way to check if your gel is ready is to do a spoon test. Dip the spoon into the cooking gel and watch it drop back into the pan.
* If it drops too quickly, it needs some more cooking. When the gel starts to run off the spoon in a string form, then it’s done.
* Strain with a steel strainer whilst it’s still hot (use the back of spoon to press out the gel out of the seeds as best as you can). The gel will get thicker as it cools down.
* Once cool, get styling your hair.