How to Strengthen Hair with a Gelatin Hair Mask

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Decide if your hair needs a protein treatment.

     If your hair is bleached, fine, blonde or long, you may benefit from some kind of protein.
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   Step 2: If your regular hair products include silicones

   ,  The gelatin grains will expand in water and eventually have the consistency of thick applesauce or mashed potato. Use as little cold water as you can in this step
   - try four teaspoons of water to start off with. ,  Don’t let it boil.  , The bloomed gelatin will dissolve into the hot conditioner, leaving your conditioner slightly thicker than it was when cold.
   
   The coconut oil will melt into the conditioner. ,  Ends of the hair and mid-sections of the hair.  Roots of the hair.    Hair can be dipped into the mixture, or the mixture can be applied to the hair like papier mâché.  ,  With practice, it gets easier to apply it while it’s still warm.  Long hair can be carefully wound up into a bun while the gelatin is hot, but this means that the length of the hair does not get heated by the hairdryer and won't be as effectively conditioned.
   
   If the gelatin cools and sets, rewarm it with your hands or hotter gelatin from the pot. ,,  Do not touch or move the hair while drying it, only move the hairdryer so that all areas can be heated.  This is particularly useful if you have let it set at room temperature and the gelatin has 'beaded' on your hair. ,  Let the water soak into the gelatin before you start touching your hair.  ,,
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   Step 3: clarify your hair.    

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   Step 4: Mix the gelatin with cold water so that there are no lumps and let it sit.

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   Step 5: Measure twice as much silicone-free and protein-free conditioner as there is gelatin into a container and heat it gently.

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   Step 6: Mix the gelatin into the hot conditioner and add coconut oil.

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   Step 7: Test the temperature

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   Step 8: then apply to the hair while warm or hot as follows: Hair growing out of the crown

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   Step 9: root to tip.

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    Step 10: As the gelatin cools and sets

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    Step 11: it will be harder to apply.

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    Step 12: Wash your hands. 

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    Step 13: Use a hairdryer to help set the gelatin.

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    Step 14: When dry and hot

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    Step 15: rinse your hair under warm water to start rehydrating the gelatin.

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    Step 16: Rinse hair until water runs clear. 

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    Step 17: Apply hair gel with glycerine in it and let your hair air-dry.

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