Trying Flaxseed Gel on My Hair.

Hello everyone, welcome back to my hair journey series where I share new methods on the journey to healthy hair. Today I am trying out flaxseed gel. I'm going to attempt to make this and then I'm going to try it on my hair and we're going to see if it works. If you are also on any kind of hair journey or you're just trying to improve your hair, please do subscribe. I have a ton of hair videos that I'm sure will help you. I've also just made a new Instagram account just for hair care. It's called Demarco Hair. I've already published a few posts already of just where my hair has been on its journey, what worked, what hasn't, what it looked like, you know, two, three years ago. It's a place to share the hair journey so I also want to post your progress photos as well. So if you are also on a hair journey feel free to use the hashtag DemarcoChallenge on any of your hair progress photos. Let's do this together. It is a bit of a challenge. It can take a long time but I promise you we will get there. I've made a lot of mistakes and it's taken me a long time because of those mistakes but I learned from them. Long story but check out my other videos if you want to know. Anyway let's get into the kitchen and attempt to make flaxseed gel. Okay so I'm using brown flaxseed also known as linseed. Yep it confused me too. You want to use whole flaxseeds for this not ground and not roasted and it doesn't matter if they're brown or gold because they're pretty much equal in nutritional value so don't be fooled by marketing. The only difference is taste. Measurement doesn't have to be exact but I used about five tablespoons of flax and one and a half cups of water and because I have hard water where I live I'm using filtered. Now we boil it until it goes gooey and while we watch the goo form here's a bit about flaxseed. So flaxseed is a superfood that has been used for centuries. Its scientific name is linum oocytatissimum. I can't believe I could pronounce that which actually means of great use so that pretty much says it all. It's a fantastic source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids so it's great for vegetarians or just to supplement your diet and of course it also has many hair benefits. It's said to add moisture to the hair, improve blood circulation to the scalp, increases hair growth, conditions and soothes the scalp, helps define curls, adds shine and it's a humectant so it helps hydrate the hair shaft. Because it's one of the best natural sources of omega-3 fatty acids besides fish it does a great job at moisturizing, protecting and strengthening the hair cuticle. Some nutritional info, just one tablespoon of flax contains three grams of fiber and according to various articles it also contains small amounts of copper, magnesium, folate, zinc, potassium, calcium, vitamin b1, b6, selenium and something called lignans which are said to reduce the risk of cancer and inflammation. And just to back that up I've linked a study below involving 6 000 women in Canada. According to the study those who eat flaxseeds are 18% less likely to develop breast cancer. Flaxseed is going to be great for your hair both internally and externally so if you're going to buy some for your hair you may as well eat some as well. A few common ways are to grind it up and sprinkle it on meals, salads, yogurts, blend it up and put it in smoothies or protein shakes or you can add it to your bacon. You can also get flaxseed oil which you can massage into your scalp but it's advised not to cook with it because the oil is sensitive to temperature and it can lose its nutrients at a high heat. Heating flax seeds to make gel however works a charm. So once the mixture has thickened enough so that it's sort of stringing together like this it's ready to strain. It's going to continue to thicken as it cools so make sure to strain it before it gets too thick. Alternatively if you have a clean stocking you can wait for it to completely and then just squeeze it through but I only had a strainer so I had to work quickly. So as you can see I'm just pushing it through with the spoon and I'm scraping it off the bottom. I couldn't quite get all of it through but I got just about enough. Check out this bit that fell. Whoa man I haven't like felt it yet this is the first time. Oh you know what I could play with this all day. Whoa I think it may have cooled down too much now because I had to go wash my hands but this is what I'm left with. This looks oh my god. When you buy that slime when you're a kid it's literally it's slime. So I'm gonna attempt to put it into here. I don't know if it's gonna work because this is a pump but if it doesn't I've got a backup plan. I have a funnel but you know what I don't think that's gonna get through this tiny hole so I'm gonna have to like try and pour it in myself. Hold on that is never gonna work. Okay how am I gonna get it in there? Oh man whoa I need like a chopstick. No that just failed. Literally look at oh my god that's never gonna go through a tube. Okay no do you know what this is never gonna get through this little tube so I'm gonna put it into a squeezy bottle instead. Whoa I can't even pick it up. I'm just gonna guys I'm struggling. No. Do you know what I'm just gonna have to pick it up and put it in. No. What is this? Can't get it in there. No. What do I do with this? Oh look at it oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god I love it. I should probably make a new batch. I didn't realise that this would be so much fun. I've ended up just playing with it rather than making my hair gel but it's okay we'll make some more. Look at this this is all like cooled down now it's kind of like warm. Oh my god I just want to squish it. Oh my god. Squish it. Squish it. So much fun. I feel like I should taste it. Anyway let's get on with uh making some hair serum. Okay two hours later I've just about managed to get the gel into these little squeezy bottles so I've got like one and a half little bottles. See if it works when it comes out of here. Oh it's not focused. Okay so it does work so let's go have a shower wash my hair and see if this works. Okay I'm out of the shower. I don't typically wear makeup in the shower but when you're making a video needs must. My hair is soaked. I have started applying my products while my hair is like really soaking wet so I have not even dried my hair. Right now what I've been doing lately when I apply my gel after washing my hair is I apply it in sections because I find that it's just more thorough that way. Just make sure that all of your hair is getting an equal treatment. So this is still slightly warm. I'm gonna put about that much this side little bit of my hair. Okay it's very slimy kind of just feels like I'm putting slime in my hair but yeah that is what it looks like. It feels like it's going to moisturize my hair. So then what I've been doing lately is just taking once I put the gel on I just see these little clumps that they want to go in. I don't twirl them too much because it's wavy it doesn't really have a curl so I just sort of separate them briefly twist them. I don't make too many I just sort of let them go how they naturally want to go. Right so there I have a few little clumps and then I scrunch. This is what I've been doing lately it might change I'm changing up my hair routine all the time at the moment because I am experimenting as you know but uh this is what I've been doing lately and I like how it works. Immediately not much curl is happening usually when I use my curl jelly I would see a bit more curl. Okay so it's kind of curling takes a bit more scrunching. That's what it's looking like so we're gonna carry on with the rest of my hair. Taking out that much. Can you hear that squelching? Apparently that is what you need to have when you're scrunching product into your hair which means that my hair is nice and soaking wet. Okay I'm back it's been like three hours I think. My hair has never dried with this much of a cast maybe it's because I put more gel on but anyway it's pretty much completely dry now but I just wanted to get this over with because the sun is going down. I did have to use a diffuser to help it along but wow look at that gel cast. We're gonna scrunch it out. It seems like the way it's held like actually feels like how a normal curl gel would feel. Whoa oh my god it actually looks really nice. Wow my hair is being okay wow my hair is being bouncy AF. Scrunch out these top bits because hard to get the top bits to unscrunch without like creating frizz. Whoa whoa I mean I am impressed man. Okay oh my goodness are you seeing this? Wow I can't I just I just can't. Oh it looks so nice. I'm not gonna lie this exposure is way up. I've got my lighting set up as well so it is looking very glossy. I mean it is pretty glossy like I'm looking at in the mirror it does actually look I can't believe it. I can't. I can't. Look at my hair. It's bouncy. There's no frizz. I can't. I can't. I just can't. I'm gonna scrunch out the rest now. I wonder if it will hold up. I'm I'm pleased with it. There is very little frizz. The curls have stayed intact. Curls. Waves. Yes I know they're waves. I don't know if it's because like my hair's finally starting to take to the routine that I've been doing that it is looking better anyway but this gel considering it's a natural gel like this has done a good job. I don't think it will hold. We'll see what it looks like in the morning but I like it. I like it a lot. Good morning. I've got my morning cuddles with my little boy. He won't leave me alone in the morning until I pick him up. Isn't he the sweetest? I had my hair in a scrunchie on a loose ponytail on top of my head. The pineapple overnight unfortunately it was too loose and it kind of came out during the night so I don't think my curls are as held up as they would be but they're not bad like they've not come out all together. You can still see the definition in each little piece. This one back here always curls nicely so yeah not bad. This is back. Oh my phone's ringing. So lately I'm just experimenting with not doing refreshes in the morning just because it causes my hair a bit frizz putting water in it so I'm kind of just letting it be until I find a better way to do it like well I've got ideas so don't worry. I like this a lot. I'm even tempted to like put mix some with water and put it in a spray bottle and see if that would work help refresh my curls as well. So I'm impressed. I like it. Do try it. Remember to go and follow my Instagram hair account demarcohair and if you want to join in the hair challenge hashtag demarcochallenge on any of your hair progress pics so we can do this together. 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