I was wondering if brewing some tea for my hair would be a good idea. I have some camomile tea, and I was wondering...if I were to brew it, would it be a good idea to rinse my head with it? I don't really even know how I'd go about doing that...lol. Should I just...make a cup of tea, wait for it to cool, and pour it over my head? lol. I was thinking that maybe doing this, and then drying it and burning some insense would give my hair a nice earthy smell. So is this what people mean by rinsing their dreads with tea? Can I just use regular ol' camomile that's around my house...or peppermint...or something like that? I guess it really couldn't hurt, either way...haha.
I've heard theres certain kinds of tea that are sposed to be good for that. I'm not sure what kinds tho...
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I use teas all the time. They are great! What I usually do though is steep rosemary pines in boiling hot water. I let that steep then strain out the needles. I then put it in the fridge to cool off. When its nice and cold (or if u'd prefer lukewarm) I just pour it over my head...close to the roots and massage my scalp. I let it sit for 15 mins then rinse it a couple times. I would use rosemary for itchies, calomine would probably soothe sore inflamed scalp, and peppermint helps with itches and wakes your scalp up, you could use lavendar too.
