The night my daughter made moonshine

Just Kidding, shes 10.

Separately, she did make some glittering soap....

Back to the point.

She did ferment rice water.

But not to drink. 

Maybe you've seen things floating around about 

FERMENTED RICE WATER HAIR RINSE

or, like me......not.

The baby woman is suddenly on a quest to grow 

her usually bobbed hair 

into long flowing Rapunzel locks.

There has been much YouTube watching of

folk, home & pretty random remedies.

This one was not

1. expensive 
2. or
3. overly smelly 
4. or
5. hazardously flammable (ie: counterproductive)

You can google the specifics, but apparently fermented rice water is acidic 

& that balances the PH of the hair. 

Also, obviously the water would absorb some of the starch, which we can assume would coat the hair, helping to prevent breaks, helping it to grow.

It was also suggested to pair with a vigorous scalp massage 

(pssst! that increases circulation = increases growth)

& as we learned, a few squirts of this starchy goodness to the roots, really perks them up- be it through bulking them up or freezing them like hairspray.

I don't really care about the particulars.

TODO

Firstly, find the spray bottle you will be using. 

Friendly reminder, if you want to add some essential oil so you don't smell like cooked rice, you need either a glass bottle or stainless steel. 

Bottle from GROVE COLLABORATIVE
Thanks MOM! 

Fill the bottle up, measure the amount, & pour into a bowl. 

add 1/3 the amount of water in rice.

she used jasmine, its what we had.

Cover & let sit overnight, up to 24 hours, agitating occasionally.

Drain your fermented water into a sauce pan, bringing to a boil for 3-5 minutes, let cool.

Funnel into your handy-dandy squirt bottle.

add some essential oil you like

(She picked citrus )

That's it. Spray hair liberally. Comb through.

Look like you paid a whole bunch for a blow out.

I found conflicting next steps- some said to use like a mask & wash out after 15-20 minutes.

Others said to use like a volumizing, root boosting hair spray, leaving in for the day/s.

I don't know that it will necessarily help, but I'm not worried about her hair falling out either.

BEFORE 

AFTER

I was so surprised how this actually turned out, I wasn't planning to take pictures.........

But, I thought it was too amazing not to share.