As quarantine concerns go, hair is the great equalizer. Did you trim your own bangs? Attempt highlights on your own? (Very brave of you.)

These switch-ups may have led to sweet successes or epic failures—but hey, you’ve got tons of time to let your hair grow or recover. Just make sure that you give your locks the tender loving care that it deserves.

When we think of haircare, salon trips or using complex products and tools targeting specific hair needs often come to mind. But as quarantine has shown us, working on your hair doesn’t need to be complicated—and you can do it on your own at home. If we’re truly going for something simple, here’s a suggestion: Why don’t we go back to the time-tested haircare practice of using natural ingredients?

Nature has been a wonderful provider of beauty solutions for centuries, so in case you’re wondering how to harness its ability in keeping your locks healthy and strong, here are some natural ingredients known for their long-standing use in haircare.

Coconut

Coconut oil has been extensively used all over the world to make hair shinier and softer. It is also used to get rid of dandruff, all by warming it up and applying it to their scalp. All of these haircare benefits from coconut oil come from its vitamins and fatty acids. These help in scalp and hair nourishment as well as cell regeneration—letting our locks grow quickly.

Shea Butter

Shea butter can be extracted from the nut of the African Shea tree, which grows abundantly throughout the continent. Its creamy texture has made it a popular skincare ingredient, and it has also proven to be effective in moisturizing hair and protecting it from drying, thanks to the natural oils and fatty acids it contains.

Hibiscus

Hibiscus, or locally known as gumamela, is widely used in the country as a hair ornament—but did you know that it can also be used for haircare? Hibiscus has been popular in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for centuries due to its healing and hydrating properties.

Aside from decoration, this flower also helps hair grow by preventing hair fall and making it stronger. Adding luster to your hair without drying it out, hibiscus also helps keep your hair shiny and manageable. 

Bamboo

Highly abundant in Asia, we see bamboo used everywhere, usually as construction material. But this plant actually works wonders for hair, too. It is rich in natural silica, which makes hair stronger.

Aloe 

Ask anyone about natural haircare and we guarantee, one of the ingredients they’d tell you about is aloe extract. Locally known as sabila, aloe has long been known to help moisturize and relieve dry hair. According to experts, aloe is best used as a conditioner. Its vitamins, minerals, high water content and pH level allow it to nourish our locks and keep it conditioned.

We don’t need to venture far away or grow these plants on our own to see how these natural ingredients can make our hair shine. Cream Silk’s newest conditioner line fuses these potent organic balms and luxurious natural oils to give you the same naturally luscious and moisturized hair that these five ingredients have been known to produce. These are also combined with Cream Silk’s rich advanced conditioning technology, so you don’t have to worry about potentially sacrificing the potency that your hair needs.

Called the Cream Silk Rich Organic Powerfusion Ultra Conditioners, this new offer comes in two variants which are both fortified with organic and natural ingredients. 

In order to transform dry and coarse hair to smooth and soft locks, the variant Rich Moisture combines the powers of Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Rosa Gallica Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil, Damascena Rose Oil, Hibiscus Extract and Honeysuckle Extract.

Also containing Shea Butter and Sunflower Seed Oil, the Rich Lustre variant naturally nourishes hair with the help of Cinnamon Cassia Leaf Oil, Sweet Almond Nut Oil, Bamboo Extract and Aloe Extract.

Currently, Cream Silk Rich Organic Powerfusion Ultra Conditioners stands out as a product powered by nature, making it a unique addition to your haircare routine. Its two conditioner variants are now available online through Lazada and Shopee or supermarkets, drugstores and department stores nationwide.

Header photo by Dinh Khoi Nguyen from Pixabay

Get more stories like this by subscribing to our weekly newsletter here.

Read more:

This new app lets you get a haircut at home

Hair loss isn’t just an indicator of bad hair products

Being plantitos and plantitas is actually good for our mental health