Beer rinses are nothing new. I heard about them when I was a child and even remember my mother using them. They have always been a staple in hair care as far as I can remember and I know before DIY got super big a few years ago that was how many women have always taken care of their hair.
As newer products, technology and techniques changed through the years, many tried and true practices get lost in the shuffle and forgotten. Well, maybe it is time we dusted off a few of them and decide if they are worth a revisit.
First of all, what is beer?
Many enjoy a cold brewski from time to time and I think it’s fair to say that most of us have at least tasted it at one point or another. Personally I think it tastes disgusting, and just as disgusting today as it did over 40 years ago when I took a sip from my daddy’s Budweiser.
I can still see him laughing at me as I scrunched up my face from the taste. I have no love for beer but I have a love for beautiful hair and believe it or not, beer is part of that equation.
In the broadest sense, beer is any alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation of grain and in the vast majority of the world’s beer, that grain base is barley.
This alcoholic drink is brewed mainly from malted barley, hops, yeast and water but there are other ingredients that can be added to give different style and flavors namely, rice, wheat or maize.
What are the benefits of beer in hair care?
Believe it or not but there are actual benefits to the consumption of beer. Beer consists of vitamin B and proteins that are fab at conditioning our tresses. It also has maltose and sucrose sugars that help to swell and tighten the cuticle which add body as well as shine.
The hops in beer also contain oils(affiliate link) rich in antioxidants but do not get it twisted. Beer does not and will not help your hair grow and actually just works on the existing hairs that you have.
Worried about the alcohol in beer? Well, it depends on the individual if it will dry your tresses out because for some it does not but for others it acts as a cleansing agent and will increase shine. The only way to know for sure is to actually give it a try.
Originally posted 2015-01-18 15:00:02.
I’m not don’t this with my beer.
Won’t this make your hair smell like beer?
isn’t that every mans dream though? 😛
Once rinsed out it should go away.
Okay thanks will try
Lol Jamila
This does work
What has been your results/experience with it? Just curious.
100% healthy and luxuriously shiny i havent greased my scalp in years no hair sprays no extra conditioning
Women have been doing this forever. I truly feel it works.
I learned of this 10 yrs ago from an 80 yr old woman
Do i do it with every wash ?
I by habit do it 2x sometimes 3x monthly
Hello! Do you do this last? If so, that do you do next?
Tru story… my mom has been doin this to my hair since i was a little girl
Does it leave a beer scent?
It is an old treatment just gaining ground again
Kenni Green what say you? trying or nah?
It’s amazing how people will pur this INSIDE their bodies but cringe when think about putting it in their hair. Isn’t the INSIDE of your body MORE delicate than your hair??? BTW, beers are made from barley, grains and wheat..ingredients that you consume everyday! :/ :/ :/
Excellent point.
Yes it is btw I like an ice cold beer and now and again ☺️
I totally agree. I can’t stand the taste but I will try it on my hair. My husband has his Budweisers in the refrigerator, some of them just might go missing.
I totally agree. I can’t stand the taste but I will try it on my hair. My husband has his Budweisers in the refrigerator, some of them just might go missing.
Lol 🙂 🙂
You forgot the main ingredient the yeast. The yeast is whats making this whole ideal of putting beer on the hair very nasty.
Yeast is one ingredient that fungus and mold live on. The scalp doesn’t need this because the yeast would create dandruff on the scalp which is a fungus and that’s gross….
Claudine Woods, but I guess the body needs all that yeast from all those beers people drink everyday?
I had a friend from Russia and when they couldn’t find hairspray, her mom used beer on her roller sets.
I would think the alcohol would be drying but I’ve never done it so I don’t know. Maybe a non-alcoholic beer?
I have seen someone using a non-alcoholic beer for their rinse but using it every now and again shouldn’t be drying.
Good to know!!!
That’s a waste of beer!!
The apple cider vinegar work best
I have heard great things abut ACV
Oh yes, it’s great! Hi Sabrina, most people use it as a rinse to get rid of all the imperatives or conditioner build up on the hair as well as for added shine and luster. After washing the hair use about one fourth cup of vinegar mixed with water and rinse again with plain water…then use your favorite deep conditioner or conditioner. I hope it works for you, enjoy!
Oh yea acv is great… it help my scalp itchiness lol.
Won’t it smell lol my hair gonna be an alcoholic lol!
Well, I love beer
Christine Marie Webster you don’t keep it in u wash it out duhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Oh ok my bad lol!!!
Christine Marie Webster smdh
I heard if stale beer rinse ….. But I’ll stick to Apple cider vinegar
Not if you rinse it out well or use a conditioner after.
Ooh, yeah beer…forgot about this one!
Took it back to the old school luck mayo and eggs as conditioner! A lot of people won’t try this because they caught up being a brained washed consumer! But hey we are are or was in some sort!
Yep old trick never done it but people I know have and it works
Ermine Gardener Chantelle Douglas Che Henderson whaaaaaaaaat?!
Us AFRO~LATIN women been doing this for years!!!
Old school!
Your suppose drink beer while you breast feed as well
What is ACV? Also, is there a specific brand on what type of beer to use?
I use brags ACV organic with the mother 1/4 cup ACV mixed with water as a rinse. It works miracles, my hair is healthy and shiny. It also stops my itchy scalp. The mother is the pulp floating in the mixture of the bottle. This vingar is dark brown and the pulp makes it look muddy. I drink some of this for weight loss as well. Has a lot of health benefits.
Sonya Davis-Russell, I was telling Saadia Russell about this today.
Budweiser contains GMO Wheat
Somebody’s awake!
Madness!!
That tell u what it does in your stomach when u drink it..
Really !!!