I grew my short bob into luscious long locks in less than a year thanks to £8 hair thickening trick my grandma swore by
TRYING to get luscious locks can be tricky, especially if you have naturally fine or thin hair.
One woman claims that you don’t have to use expensive products or shampoo to get beautiful hair, after her grandma shared an amazing hack.
If you are struggling with limp, lifeless hair, then prepare to meet your new favourite influencer: Melody Yaslan.
While most influencers are obsessing over the latest viral product, this natural beauty shares traditional skin and hair care.
Regularly going viral for her holistic hacks, the content creator will even specify what products you should use based on where your ancestors are from.
Though these methods may seem like old wives’ tales, the influencer swears by one unusual haircare product after seeing her grandma use it for years.
She excitedly told fans: “My 60 year old grandmother has amazingly long hair because she bathes her hair in nettle tea every single day.”
According to the TikTok user, it has helped keep her relative’s hair thick and she even challenged others to use it for a week – saying that they would have ‘immediate results’.
There is even a little science to back up her claims as stinging nettle is rich in vitamins A, B, C and minerals which can improve hair strength.
It is also anti-bacterial and help to improve conditions like Dandruff.
Before you going running to the kettle though, it’s worth noting that you don’t have to use it every day to get results.
Instead, you can use it as a treatment or a rinse on your normal wash day.
Simply, add 5 tablespoons of nettle tea to 2 cups of boiling water and allow the mix to steep for 5 to 10 minutes.
Once you have done this, you can then strain the mix into a jar and once it’s cool you can use it as a hair rinse (yes, it really is that easy).
If you weren’t already sold, plenty of people in the comment said that they’d tried this traditional beauty secret – including one woman who’d grown out her hair from a bob in less than a year.
Another added: “My Romanian grandma used nettle tea for her hair and also walnut leaf tea(for the colour.”
“Nettle tea is so good…I’m Portuguese and I drink it and it’s so good for your skin and hair,” gushed a third.
A fourth even remembered using it as a kid, saying: “Nettle shampoo is a core childhood memory. I don’t even know why I stopped using it, my hair was so beautiful when I was.”
If you weren’t already sold, you can also find nettle tea on Amazon for just £8.99 and it is perfect for making DIY haircare.
We wonder what other beauty secrets our grandmas have been keeping from us?