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| Health Care: Skin and Hair Care |
| Bad hair day? Just can't get that stain out? Here's some help! |
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| When you see (H) next to the name of a recipe it means that it is also for human use and is the amount you would use for a human. You will need to adjust the amounts for you horses. |
| Shampoos |
| Getting White White Rinse with White Vinegar. May take a few applications to get a really white white. Mrs. Stewarts Laundry Bluing. One capful in a gallon of water. Bluing Soap but be careful it will bleach out colored spots. Wash the leg and let dry, then clip at least 3 days before the show. Use a #15 or #30 blade. After use a quarter sized drop of Whisk with bleaching action on each sock. Do not leave in for more then 3 minutes and rinse thoroughly. |
| Stain Removal Put Witchhazel in a spray bottle and spray area. Then wipe it off with a rag to remove grass and manure stains. |
| Epson Salt Shampoo (H) (for the horse with really oily hair) Ingredients: 3 tablespoon Epsom Salt* 1/2 cup Liquid Shampoo Instructions: Dissolve Epsom Salt in shampoo. Pour it through the hair, working it into the scalp, then wash again with plain shampoo. *Use only 1 tablespoon of Epsom salt when the humidity is high. |
| Dry Shampoo (H) Sprinkle cornstarch in hair. Let absorb for a couple minutes and then brush out. Great for oily hair. Just don't put to much cornstarch. |
| Herbal Shampoo (H) Ingredients: 2 tablespoon Catnip 1 tablespoon Castille Soap 1/4 cup Boiling Water Instructions: Place boiling water in a cup and add catnip. Allow to steep for 10 minutes. Add castille soap to cup. Mix well. Apply entire portion to wet hair and lather well. Rinse with cool water. |
| Special Shampoos (H) Base Shampoo Simmer 4 cups distilled water in a stainless steel pan, add 100g pure soap flakes or finely grated pure soap and stir until dissolved. Pour into a jar and store until needed. If the misture becomes lumpy, simply beat it in a blender when you want to make up your shampoo. Will keep indefinitely. Use 5 tablespoons of base shampoo and add essential oils as follows: For Damaged Hair 5 ml Almond Oil 2 drops Lavender 2 drops Chamomile 3 drops calendula For Dandruff 18 drops Rosemary 10 drops Thyme 8 drops Sage For Dry Hair 5 ml Almond Oil 2 drops Lavender 5 drops Carrot 1 drop Sandalwood For Normal Hair 2 drops Rosemary 4 drops Lemon 7 drops Carrot For Oily Hair 3 drops Rosemary 1 drop Basil 15 drops Lemon 2 drops Sage Scalp and Hair Tonic 18 drops Rasemary 10 drops Thyme 2 drops Peppermint Rub in well Shampoo for Auburn Hair Beat together 1 egg and a basin of strong cold tea. Rub well into the scalp and rinse thoroughly in clear water. Shampoo for Balding or Thinning Hair Put 100g pure soap scraps into a saucepan with 400g wate. heat and stir until the soap has melted. Add nettle tea, stir for another minute and pour into a bottle. |
| Shampoo Residue Removers (H) Ingredients: Dark Hair 1 part Apple Cider Vinegar 4 parts Water 5 drops oil of cloves Blond Hair 1 part Lemon Juice 4 parts Water Instructions: Pour the mixture over your shampooed, rinsed hair as a final rinse. Leave it in. |
| Clean Up Mud Spots in the Winter Ingredients: 1/4 cup baking soda for a hand sized mud spot Instructions: Wark baking soda into mud stop(dried mud) and brush it out. Spray with a mixture of white vinegar and water. The spot will start to buble and lift out the remaining dirt. |
| Winter Bath Ingredients: 1/2 cup Fabric Softener (generic will do) 1/2 cup Pine Sol (original formula) Instructions: Combine in a small bucket. Add hot water. Soak a rag in the mixture and wring it out. Use it to remove dust, dirt and germs from the coat. This will also soften the coat and leave a shine. It is good for a 'dry' bath do to lack of water or shilly temperater. Please reading warning page. |
| Mane and Tail Detangler Ingredients: 1 part Calgon Bath Oil Beads (Dry) 3 parts Water Instructions: Mix the Calgon with water. Store in a spray bottle. It will help recondition your horse's mane and tail. It also works well on knots. Apply liberally and work the knot out. |
| Hair Conditioner (H) Ingredients: 1/2 cup Honey 1/4 cup Olive Oil Instructions: Mix in bottle. Work small amounts into hair at a time until hair is coated. Leave on for 30 minutes then shampoo well and rinse. |
| Vinegar Also makes a good conditioner and will help rinse out soap. |
| Leave In Conditioner (H) Ingredients: Normal Conditioner 3 Vit E gel Caps 1 teaspoon of Sun Screen (optional) Water Instructions: Fill a spray bottle about half full of water. Add a half cup or more of conditioner and add Vit E by poking a hole in the gel cap and squeezing into bottle. Add sunscreen if you want and SHAKE WELL> |
| Leave In Conditioner for Dry Hair (H) Ingredients: handful of Fresh Rosemary handful of Fresh Mint Leaves 1 cup Cider Vinegar Instructions: In a glass jar with a lid, drop the rosemary and mint leaves and cover with the cider vinegar. Seal the jar and leave for two wees. Strain the potion. After shampooing, pour onto dry hair and leave in. |
| Conditioner for Oily Hair (H) Ingredients: 1 Lemon 1/4 cup Cider Vinegar Instructions: Wash, slice and deseed the lemon. Whip lemon in blender to a smooth pulp. Filter through muslin. Mix with a cider vinegar. After shampooing, blot hair with a towel and rub lemon-vinegar mixture into scalp. Leave on 5-10 minutes, then rinse with cool water. |
| Homemade Conditioner (H) Ingredients: 1 Egg (2 if you have very long hair) 3 tablespoon Wheatgerm Oil 2 tablespoon Honey Instructions: Mix extremely well. Don't leave out the egg, or this mix will be very hard to wash out of your hair. Apply to hair, let set 30 min to 2 hours, wash out as normal. makes hair very soft. |
| Elizabeth's Hair Conditioner Recipe (H) Ingredients: 1 cup Cider Vinegar 3 cups Distilled Water 1 tablespoon Glycerin 1 tablespoon Jojoba Oil Essential Oil for scenting(start with 10 drops) Instructions: You can infuse the water with any of the following: Sage for colour enhancement of dark hair 4 oz Calendule infused olive oil chamomile for light hair Thyme for dandruff control Rosemary as a brightener for dull hair Nettles as for conditioner for all hair types Shake well before each use. Rinse well. |
| Hot Oil Treatments (H) All these ingredients are essential oils, except the Olive Oil. You can usually find these at health food stores or metaphysical stores. A lot more are being carried by other merchants now. Copaiba Hot Oil 7 drops Copaiba 3 drops Cedarwood 1 tablespoon Jojba Oil Rose and Giner Hot Oil 6 drops Bois de Rose 4 drops Giner 1 tablespoon Olive Oil Geranium Hot Oil 5 Geranium 4 drops Sandalwood 1 tablespoon Olive Oil Palmarose Hot Oil 5 drops Copaiba 5 drops Palmarosa 1 tablespoon Olive Oil Instructions: Mis the ingredients, warm it, put on hair until it has soaked in. Then rinse out. If it is still too oily after the rinse you can lightly shampoo them mane or tail to remove some of the oil. |
| Conditioners |
| Special Care |
| Olive Oil Hot Oil Treatment (H) Ingredients: 1/2 cup Olive Oil 1/2 cup Boiling Water Instructions: Place olive oil and boiling water into large glass bottle or jar with a lid. You may need to wrap a towel around the bottle to avoid burning yourself. Shake very well until oil is emulsified. Massage into hair, taking care not to burn the horse. Wrap a plastic bab around the horse's neck or tail(or your head if you are using it on you) and then warm a wet towel and put that around the bag. You may need to pin the towel or hold it, let set and then shampoo out. |
| Tonic for Dry Hair (H) Ingredients: 2 cups Water 1 Vitamin A capsule 1 Vitamint E capsule 2 tablespoons Refinded Linseed Oil Instructions: Simmer the water then add the linseed oil. Break vitamin capsules into the water. Stir very well. Let the mixture cool until slightly warm. Massage well into hair and skin. let it sit for a few minutes. Rinse well then shampoo. |
| Dandruff (H) Ingredients: Apple Cider Vinegar Instructions: The vinegar is poured into the hair, massaged into the scalp, and left to dry for a few minutes. Then the hair is washed. The process is repeated daily until the dandruff is gone, usually within a few days. |
| Fizzy Hair Care (H) Ingredients: 10 grams Sugar 80 ml Water Instructions: Boil 20 ml of water, put in bottle with sugar. Shake until sugar is dissolved and add rest of water. We hair first and spray only a little on hair or it will get sticky. |
| Limp Hair (H) Ingredients: 1/4 cup Vinegar 1 cup Water Instructions: Mix and use as a final rinse after conditioning the hair. Leaves hair soft and shiny. |
| Dry Flaking Scalp Remedy (H) Ingredients: 2 oz. Glycerin 1/2 oz. Apple Cider Vinegar Instructions: Mix. Section hair and apply the mixture with cotton balls. Leave it on the 15 minutes, then rinse. |
| Dandruff Elixir (H) Ingredients: 4 or 5 drops Tea Tree Oil 1 tablespoon Jojoba Oil Instructions: In a glass jar with a tight lid, combine ingredients. Shake well. After sectioning wet hair, dab mixture onto a clean cotton ball and stroke along the scalp. Let sit for 30 minutes to an hour. Work shampoo into hair with a little water to remove oil. Rinse. |
| Homemade Show Sheen Ingredients: 1/4 cup Hair Conditioner (Suave works best) 1/4 cup Baby Oil 2 tablespoons Vinegar (to keep flies away, this is optional) 1/4 cup Water Instructions: Combine and put in a spray bottle. |
| Show Sheens and Rinses |
| Rose Oil Show Sheen Ingredients: 1 oz Rose Oil 1 quart Water Instructions: Mix in quart size spray bottle. Spray on and brush in with stiff bristle brush. |
| Refreasher Spray Ingredients: 1cup Listerine (original formula) 1 cup Rubbing Alcohol Water Instructions: Mix first two ingredients in 32 oz spray bottle and fill remainder of bottle with water. Use to 'refresh and cool down a horse when hosing the horse down is not practical. Spray liberally at the dock of the tail to prevent the horse from rubbing their tail |
| Cherry-Almond Hair Mist Shine (H) Ingredients: 2 cup Warm Water 4 teaspoon Lemon Juice 1 teaspoon Almond Extract 1 teaspoon Cherry Extract 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Instructions: Mix and put into a spray bottle, mist on hair and leave in. |
| After Wash Rinse Ingredients: 1/4 cup Baby Oil 5 gallon Bucket of Water Instructions: Mix well. Sponge over horse and rinse well. I use the heavier collection of oil at the top for their faces. Restores oil to the coat that was stripped off by dirt and washing. |
| Spearmint Hair Rinse (H) This creates shine and controls oiliness Ingredients: 1 quart Water 3 teaspoons Spearming leaves Instructions: Boil water with spearmint leaves. Cool and refrigerate. Use as an after-shampoo rinse. |
| Hair Shine (H) Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Honey 4 cups Warm Water For blonde add a squeeze of Lemon Instructions: After shampooing pour mixture through hair. Do not rinse out. Air dry. |
| Hair Spray (H) Ingredients: 2 Lemons 2 cups Water 1 tablespoon Vodka Instructions: Chop lemons and add to water in pan. Simmer over low heat until lemons are quite soft. Cool, them strain through cheesecloth. Pour into spray bottle and add vodka and shake. If it is too sticky dilute with water. |
| Hair Dying or Touch Ups (H) Blonde Hair (Palmoinos, Flaxen) Method One Ingredients: Lemon Juice Vodka Instructions: Mix in spray bottle, dampen hair and spray on mixture; let dry in the sun. Method Two Ingredients: 10 drops Lemon Essential Oil 10 drops Roman Chamomille Essential Oil Instructions: Miz in spray bottle. You will need to mis more then what the dirstions say but try to only mix as much as you need. Wash hair and then spray mixture on damp hair and comb thoroughly. Then air dry in the sun. Method Three - 'Rhubarb Hair Color' (for bright lights in fair hair) Ingredients: 3/4 oz Rhubarb Root 4 cup Pure Water Instructions: Simmer rhubarb root in water in a covered nonmetal pot for one hour. After cooling and filtering out solids, apply to the hair as a final rinse, pouring the liquid through again and again. Effects are permanent warm/bright overtones. Red wine may be used instead of water for a warmer tone. Method Four - 'Lemon Line Highlighter' Ingredients: Juice of 1 lemon 1 oz Mild Shampoo Juice of 2 limes Instrucations: Mix all ingredients. Leave on hair for 15 to 20 minutes while in the sun. Rinse out. For Red Heads (sorrles, chestnuts) Method One - 'Marigold Hair Color' Ingredients: 1/3 cup Crushed Marigold Flowers 2-1/2 cup Water Instructions: Simmer flowers in water in a nonmetal pot for 20 minutes. Remove from heat; strain when cool, saving the liquid. After washing hair, apply the marigold decontion as a final rinse, pouting it over the hair. Red wine may be added to the liquid to intensify the effect. Allow hair to dry naturally in the sun if possible. Repeat the rinsing process with subsequent shampoos until you achieve the desired shade. For Browns, Bays and Blacks Method One Ingredients: 1/3 cup Walnut Shells, Black Tea, Cherry Tree Bark or Cloves 2-1/2 cup Water Instructions: Simmer colorant in water in a nonmetal pot for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, then strain when cool, saving the liquid. Apply to hair as a final rinse. |
| Dyes |
| Hair Darkener Recipe (H) Instructions: Just make a strong tea (dried sage is okay) and use it as a final rinse every time you wash your hair. It need not be rinsed out as long as there is no sediment. It takes time but you will gradually see a darkening of your hair. |
| Herbal Hair Dyes (H) Simmer 50G of selected herb(s) in 1 liter of water for 20 minutes with the lid on the pan. Cool, strain, and pour the liquid through the hair, catching the rinse in a bowl. Repeat as many times as possible, using the same liquid over and over. Pat hair dry, using an old towel as some of the dye will come off as you dry. The more often you use these dyes, the stronger the color will be. Commercial herbal teabags can be used, infused in 4 cups of water. For more intense color, make a paste by using 1 cup water, 25g of selected herb(s) and kaolin powder. Wearing plastic gloves, rub well into the ahir and scalp, cover the head with a hot towel and a plastic bag to retain heat, and leave for 20 minutes. Rinse clear. To Lighten Hair Select chamomile or mullein flowers, or rhubarb root or privet leaves. Flowers of blue hollyhock will improve dingy yellow hair. To Darken Hair Use Sage, or sage and rosemary leaves, or sage and dried raspberry leaves, or ivy berries. To Redden Hair Use alkanet root, or calendula, or red hibiscus or saffron. henna may be used but results may vary. For Black Hair Select elderberries, or equal quantitis of henna and indigo leaves. For Grey Hair Use sage to darken, blue hollyhock to remove yellow tones, or betony to highlight yellow tones. |
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| Cupid GLJ is a 1994 foundation AQHA mare that I bought as a 4 yr old. She is a great trail horse and even handled getting chased by a wolf. I sold this mare and if anyone knows where she is at let me know |
| Leaven in Coat/Mane/Tail Conditioner Ingredients: 2 oz Rosewater and Glycerin 15 oz White Vinegar 15 oz Water Instructions: Put all ingredients into a 32 oz spray bottle and shake well before using. Conditions coat beautifully and reples flies for a little while From Nickkie |
| Body Wash Ingredients: 2 tbs Calgon 2 tbs Baby Oil 1oz Liniment Water Instructions: Mix first three ingredients in gallon jug, fill with water and mix well. |
| ShowSheen Mix Ingredients: 1 bottle Showsheen take out 1 co(save) 1/2 cup Lemon Juice 1/2 cup Almond oil Instructions: Mix Lemon Joice and Almond oil in bottle with showsheen and use. |
| Tail Rubbing Wash entire tail with a gentle shampoo to remove dirt. Rinse thoroughly. Do a final rinse with a gallon of cool water with 1/4 cup white vinegar added, this neutralize any residual soap. Soak the base of the the tail with witch hazel. Do not rince out. Apply tail conditioner. |
| Dry Flacky Skin Ingredients: 2 parts water 1 part Alpha-Keri lotion OR 3-4 capfuls of Almond Oil Instructions: Mix and spray on. |