DIY Hair Gel (Flax Seed gel) Post #4

Flax Seed Gel is extremely inexpensive and super easy to make. I'm going to give you a recipe but first let me tell you the benefits of flax seed. 

• Flax Seed promotes hair growth
• Does not make your hair crunchy like other gels
• provides lots of hold 
• it makes your hair appear very shiny and gives it some bounce
• also help with split ends!

Things Needed:
Flax Seeds (I found this at Walmart)
a container that shuts completely (I bought this in Walmart for $1.50)
and pantyhose( These were actually to thin and kept ripping, so I used a stocking instead, which worked a lot better for me!) 
Tongs 

Recipe:
2 cups of water
1/2 cup of flax seeds
a few drops of essential oils (optional in case you don't like the smell )
you can also add a few drops of oils like, grape seed, castor, olive, coconut or avocado to prevent flaking (This is my first time making this gel, I didn't add any oils to it and haven't really experienced flaking so far, but I read online that a couple girls said the gel was flaking.)

Pour the water and  flax seeds in a small pot, bring the heat to medium-high and stir until it starts bubbling. You should let it boil for about 3-4 minutes or until its because sticky. 

Tip: If you accidentally over cook it or it comes out so thick that you cant get it through the stocking just add more water and put it back on the stove! Flax seeds are reusable. (It took me three tries to get this right, and it gets messy.)

Once it becomes sticky or looks like gel consistency, remove it from the heat and grab your stocking and put it over your container or any kind of plastic cup tall enough and pour the mixture into the stocking. 

(I switched from pantyhose to a stocking because it kept breaking :( )

After that just pull the stocking from the cup and grab your tongs, and squeeze it as hard as you can all the way to the bottom. 

You can repeat this a couple times until the stocking starts to get a little dry. Remove those flax seeds from the stocking and set them in a bowl to the side, then just repeat the steps above until you are out of flax seeds. 

This should be what your gel looks like in the end! 

The best part about this is that the flax seeds are actually reusable! So whenever you run out of gel, just put them back in the pot, add water and repeat!

TIP: This gel will only last you about 2-3 weeks and KEEP IT REFRIGERATED! keeping it refrigerated will help it last longer and help with the hold of the gel. The smell doesn't bother me, but if it bothers you, just add a few drops of essential oils to the pot while its boiling.

Here are some pictures on how it looks while slicking my hair up. My hair is extremely frizzy and I feel like this had a really good hold on it!