Healthy hair deserves the best treatment and homemade hair products are the easiest and most effective way to make sure your locks get the pampering they need without subjecting them to any harsh chemicals or other environmentally damaging nasties.

Try these Female First recipes for scrummy treatments to make your hair yummy enough to eat.

Healthy Honey and Olive Oil Hair Mask
Mix 1/2 cup honey and 3 tablespoons olive oil. Work a small amount at a time through hair until toatlly coated. Cover hair with a shower cap; leave on 30 minutes. Shampoo well and rinse.

Scrummy Smoothie Hair Mask
Blend 1/2 a banana, 1/4 melon, 1/4 avocado, 1 tablespoon of wheat germ oil and 1 tablespoon yoghurt. For an extra boost,squeeze in the contents of a vitamin E capsule. Leave mask on hair for 15 minutes and rinse.

Delicious Herby Dandruff Treatment
Add 7 heaping tablespoons dried thyme to 2 cups of boiling water for 10 minutes. Strain and cool. Pour 1/2 mixture over clean, damp hair. Massage into scalp, do not rinse. You can keep the solution in a bottle and use it again another day.

Yummy Yoghurt Hair Mask
Beat 1 egg white until it goes foamy then add 6 tablespoons plain natural yogurt. Apply to hair in small sections at a time. Leave in for 15 minutes until rinsing.

Tilly Harris- Female First