How to Use Green Tea as an Alternative to Shampoo to Clean Hair

Using a green tea rinse is an ideal alternative to washing your hair with regular shampoo. Some people opt to wash their hair with green tea to help soothe scalp irritations, as well as to strengthen the hair. Green tea is gentle enough to use on a daily basis and leaves the hair soft, shiny and manageable.

Things You'll Need

• Stove pot
• 2 green tea bags
• Apple cider vinegar
• Measuring spoon
• Honey
• Squirt bottle or empty shampoo bottle

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Instructions

• 1

  Boil 2 cups of water in the microwave or on the stove. Once the water boils, turn off the heat and steep two regular-sized bags of green tea in the water. Let the bags steep for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove the bags from the water. Squeeze out any excess water from the bags into the tea.

• 2

  Add 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to the green tea. The apple cider vinegar acts as a clarifying agent and also helps gently cleanse the hair. You do not have to add apple cider vinegar to every green tea rinse you make.

• 3

  Add 2 teaspoons of honey to your tea. Stir the honey in the tea. Honey contains antibacterial properties and also helps soothe dry or itchy scalps.

• 4

  Let the tea sit until it cools completely. Pour the tea mixture into a squirt bottle or empty shampoo bottle.

• 5

  Wet your hair with lukewarm water. Squirt the tea mixture at the roots of your hair. Massage the mixture through your hair. Squirt more mixture at the end of your hair and massage.

• 6

  Leave the mixture in your hair for 10 minutes and rinse with cool water.