Lavender Hair Spritz

After weeks of working long hours, I clearly needed a little vacation; therefore, I decided to take my friend up on her offer to spend the weekend at her boyfriend's ranch in small-town Texas. 

For this suburban girl, a Texas ranch is an interesting, if not scary place to be!  For starters, this lovely princess lived in the room in which I slept:

Who knew mountain lions were so fashionable?

Anyways, at this particular ranch, the family has an in ground saltwater pool.  This is the main reason for our trip...it's been 108 in Texas, pool time is essential!  Many of you know that saltwater can wreak havoc on your hair.  Before I left, I decided to put together a little conditioning spritz that would make my hair smell nice and stay soft after repeated dips in the salty pool.  I read online that lavender is a nice ingredient for various hair and body sprays.  I also happened to buy some dried lavender while visiting my cousin in Austin recently. 

Materials:

2 T. dried lavender buds
Teakettle
Glass measuring cup
Tea Infuser
Your favorite conditioner
Small travel size spray bottle (I bought a pack of 4 bottles in the travel section at Target)

Boil water in your teakettle.  Put approximately 2 tablespoons of lavender into a tea infuser (or whatever else you have to brew loose tea.)  Place the infuser in your glass measuring cup and pour 1 cup of boiling water over the lavender.  Let the lavender steep for about 10 min...there's no exact science!

Let the lavender brew cool until it's just simply warm and pour it into your spray bottle (travel size hairspray bottles work well for this project.)  It should look something like this:

This should be very fragrant of lavender

Now, take your favorite hair conditioner and squeeze a few dollops into the bottle.  I probably used about a tablespoon of conditioner.  Then cap the bottle and shake it until the conditioner blends with the lavender brew.  It will turn a murky gray/lavender color.

Now it's time to label your bottle.  I wrapped some pretty purple packing tape around mine to make it cute. 

Spritz away!

Lindsey and I used this after the pool when our hair was still wet.  It made our hair much softer and less ragged looking from the salt.  Unfortunately, the spray will not prevent all ranch tragedies...

Due to the extreme lack of rain in Texas, the pond on the ranch has dried up.  Our friends had the brilliant idea to walk across the dried up bottom...poor guy got his foot stuck and had to be yanked out.  He lost his Croc in the process (a blessing in disguise if you ask me!)