Raw Eggs Grew My Hair Fast: Here'S My Historical Hair Care Secret

V. Birchwood: I hope you all have enjoyed this short video which felt quite silly to film! Do you use any strange household items to wash your hair?

Raya Gantcheva: Here in the Balkans we don't use the whole egg, just the egg yolk. Otherwise there is a great possibility you will end up with cooked egg whites in your hair because they cook faster than the yolks and begin to harden just by being close to the heat of your head. We use one egg yolk and mix in a spoon of honey to make it less runny and apply to the roots and scalp, leave it in for about 15 minutes, and then wash it out using lukewarm water. By using less egg at once not only do you save yourself some eggs, but you can also eat the egg whites you separate from the yolks. Also adding the honey helps for it to smell better.

An Mhaighdean Mhara: We often think of the Victorians as ignorant, uneducated people who had no idea how to live healthy lives, however I think that when you look closer you might just find that some of their ideas were actually quite ingenious and clever. These people were actually more similar to us than we think, and I thank you so much for showing this to us in your videos!

Mary Anne Daugherty: Very interesting! Back story. My mom was raised in an orphanage from 3yo in 1918 til 18yo. All the children's hair was washed with lye soap until she got a job and was able to buy a commercial brand. She had beautiful brown curly hair but told horror stories of those days. When I was born with very light blonde curly hair she swore no matter the limited money in the family I would have the very best shampoo. She used a brand called Vita-Fluff. It was made with EGGS! She rinsed with vinegar! I had not thought about that for years until seeing your video! Amazing! I had the softest, fine, gentle curls ever. Don't have a clue how long she did this. Probably till I was 7-8yo. I may have to try your method on my now white curly hair. Thanks for the memories!

Ruka Zaya: This is so interesting because my mother, born and raised in South Korea in a wealthy family at the time (born in the 50s) has a similar hair care routine. So this is her routine. She separates the yolk and whites. Bring a bowl of milk. and cucumber slices if you want. Sit in your bath, preferably without water yet (or little lukewarm water. you'll have to have the bowl in your lap later). First, you use the yolk on your face, the rest into the roots of your hair. Then add the whites into the hair. Place cucumber on your face. Sit for about 5 minutes and relax in your bath. After 5-10 minutes, wash your face with milk. Try to have the milk drip back into the bowl. Then you use that entire milk + yolky mixture back onto your hair and let it drip down your body. Try to leave it in another 3 minutes then rinse with lukewarm water. Now that the bath has a nice mixture of milk and egg all over your body and skin, that is fine, it's also good for skin, according to my mom. Just wash it all off at the end. She told me to do this every two weeks. It's kind of a long process so I stopped doing it once i got busy with my job but watching this video makes me want to go back to doing it again. How long do you normally keep the egg on your hair? It seemed like you just rub it in and wash it, without really letting it seep into your hair, so that was very different from my mom's method. Great video, hope to see more.

CheekyGhost: A lot of my older relatives like Aunts and Great Aunt's have always used homemade egg shampoo. In some rural areas like Appalachia the old practices never died out. They mix eggs and mayonnaise for dry hair, which smells foul but seems to work, my great grandmother still had a lot of healthy brown hair in her 90's.

DesertRose: When you said egg I immediately pictured Bernadette Banner trying to wash partially cooked egg out of her hair, because she used warm water. Smart that you use cold water. I have a couple of Victorian hair recipes, one of which is using honey as a hair mask. And yes it is as sticky as it sounds. The idea is to coat you hair in honey, wrap it up for a half hour then rinse with warm water. The effect is nice but getting it in your hair and not all over the place is tricky. The other is using mayonnaise. This was a recipe passed on to the author from her grandmother who had been a beauty queen, who got it from her mother who grew up having her washed once a month with mayonnaise. Because it contained raw egg, it suggested rinsing with cold water. I find it strange how the Victorians seem to get a lot of bad hype when really they were right at the beginning of what we consider modern society. They had all kinds of cleaver things to help them out in life. I would say they had the best of the industrial revolution. They brought awareness to a lot of things that no one had ever considered before. Like arsenic. Really we could be called hypocrites since up until the late 70's we were still using leaded paint. Even into the mid 80's you could still get leaded gasoline for your cars. Even though the health problems that came from lead were well known. Even asbestos, which is known to cause cancer, was used in construction up until the 90's, even though the ban went into effect in the 80's. Many of the things the Victorians used beauty that were passed on to them from their families. You can probably go back 100 years and find their ancestors using the same beauty products if nit very similar. I imagine that even in medieval times ladies were probably washing their hair with eggs. Cleopatra who was considered to be exceptionally beautiful, is famous for bathing in milk. Yet its the Victorians who are considered to be backwards and odd. Anyways this was kinda fun. I need to break out my natural beauty books and see what unique recipes I have and try some out. I won't be trying any egg based products in my hair until my chickens are done molting and the younger flock starts laying. See you next week.

Kit DuBhran: I actually just use a homemade violet powder to wash my hair. It picks up the oils and dirt and I can comb it straight out. I comb often with a boxwood comb from Japan. It absorbs and redistributes the oils, and helps keep my scalp healthy. Then if my hair gets actually dirty I can just use the violet powder to clean it. Works like magic. Edit: my hair is very thin straight strands and I have combination skin. This wouldn’t work for everybody.

Lilja Husmo: I truly wish I could wash my hair every 1-2 weeks, at least less often than every 2-3 days, but alas, I inherited my father's fine nordic hair, which is somehow both oily and dry? Loved this little silly video, also the thumbnail looks great!

Mint: Hi Vossey! So I wanted to tell you, I tried this, and OMG. My hair feels so soft. At first I was like, wtf, how do you wash your hair with eggs?! But. But. It's awesome! I love it. Thank you!

Lord Lucifer Is God: I washed my hair with eggs. At first it was the most disgusting, gooey texture that I've ever felt on my hands, but then as I continued to massage it into my wet hair, it started to feel kind of more slippery, but not overly heavy, like dollar store shampoo. I followed up with a clove, rosemary and olive oil rinse as a leave in conditioner. My hair is extremely clean and my hair doesn't feel "hard", but it feels "reinforced", and stronger. After my hair dried, I didn't get any breakage or hair fall when I ran my fingers or a fine-toothed comb through it. It's very effective, but I wouldn't recommend doing it more than once a month if your hair is in good condition. For damaged hair, once every two weeks for 1-2 months should help, then then you can step it down to once a month.

Watson Melon: This is really interesting and informative! As a person with curly hair, I only wash my hair two times a week and it reduces dryness so I don't think washing your hair "as often as normal" is fine.

Drew Hayden Keelin: I have zero desire to put egg in my hair. But it was really fun watching you do it!

Iain Mc: Although I use quite a lot of 'victorian' and natural products for household tasks, I've a bit of a phobia of gloopy stuff on my skin, sun cream, grease, butter, egg white ...... so I'll give this a miss Anyway, up to date, looking forwards to further varied content.

Classy: I bought Ruth Goodman's book How to be a Victorian and was delighted to find it was full of beauty tips and recipes. I am going to try the recipe for an hair gel soon and tell you how it went (the one made of rice starch and rectified alcohol because it says it also cleans the hair and I am very curious)

Bluemoon Pictures: Your videos are always of high quality and interesting topics! I wonder, would you ever be inclined to make a video about historically inspired home decor? Thank you for keeping me inspired! :)

Blue: I think so far this is my favorite video of yours. I feel like you're much more relaxed and expressive in this video. Not just in your voice but your body language/facial expressions. I much prefer videos where I can SEE who the person is and what they might be like outside of their videos. I'm stubborn when it comes to pressing the subscribe button but the thing that always pushes me in one direction or the other is whether or not I can see a genuine person behind the content P.S. - I went to school for hair many many years ago and ended up doing it for a whileee as a hobby-job. Its best not to rinse hair with hot water especially after doing the apple cider vinegar. The vinegar isnt just balancing your hairs PH and clarifying it (aka dislocating build up such as hairspray and other hairstyling products) but its VINEGAR, vinegar is a tonic (things with a sour/astringent taste are often tonics) so it "TONES" the hair in a sense... Our hair strands have something called "cuticles" which basically look like the shingles on a roof. When we damage/dye our hair it LIFTS those shingles so that the hair can be styled/dyed (the color is deposited under the cuticle). So when we put a tonic on our hair it TIGHTENS up those shingles and helps to make the hair feel healthier/stronger as well as shinier and sometimes makes hair color last longer (depending on your hair type). Using cold water can close off those little shingles and using hot water BLASTS THEM OPEN which is often why people with a particular hair type (usually curly or damaged hair) get bad frizz after they wash their hair and let it air dry after wet brushing it. Its better to rinse your hair (especially after the vinegar) with cold water as you'll get the best results from the vinegar, your end up with less frizz, less damage from combing your hair after a shower, etc etc etc... I ESPECIALLY recommend cold water for people with curly, fine/straight, dyed or damaged hair. And I also recommend never brushing your hair after a shower unless you use a wetbrush and a detangling/conditioning/serum product in your hair or else you can end up ripping your hair without even feeling it/realizing it. If you have really bad split ends or frizzy ends, brushing your hair incorrectly when its wet might be the culprit! Anyways TLDR; use cold water after apple cider vinegar rinses otherwise you'll only get like 15% of the benefits from the vinegar! Why do I always ramble...........

ansco.re.: This is really cool! I've been worried about my hair health for a while now, and a month or so ago I gave myself a buzzcut after having long-ish hair to try and start over with more care and attentiveness. I'm definitely going to try this out, hopefully it works out well! The people in the comments seem pleased so I'm optimistic. Subscribed :))

Miniver765: I cannot recommend heartily enough rinsing your hair in a white vinegar/water mixture after your shampoo. About 1 part white household vinegar to 3 parts water. This helps remove any soap residue, closes the scales on hair strands for a glossy appearance, and it kills bacteria.

Matias: As someone who has oily hair too, I won't wash my hair (with soap) for about two weeks. Using shampoo to often will increase the oil production on my scalp.

Caroline: Hahahaha Love it! Specially how it’s natural, no strong chemicals on the scalp! I remember years ago my mom used to buy egg shampoo, now I know they are Victorian inspired. Lol I also have long hair but I have sooo much and it’s thick I’d probably need a dozen eggs, no joke! Have you tried some rose water too to give the hair some flowery scent?

GirlWithoutPearlearring InLoveWithMusic: I love that you actually do this is a regular routine and not just once for the entertainment of your audience. (Which of course is also completely fine, it's your channel and your hair, after all.) I tried it once or twice but I have to wash my hair at least every two to three days. It's really annoying. Sometimes I think that I could train my scalp to not oil that much by using soft shampoos or some shampoo alternatives. But I'm still at the experimentation phase. Maybe I'll try flour next. Or pomade and powder. But that one would only be for fun

Catherine JustCatherine: I enjoyed this video. I watched Bernadette's video about raw egg last year, and got curious. I didn't start washing my own hair with raw egg until reading the comments in depth of the Pretty Shepherd's hair care video. Everyone has immensely different hair. I use **very diluted egg** yolk to wash my hair once a week. I use a technique Emmymade taught to get the runny part of the yolk out of the its membrane. I don't wash with the whites. When I Googled it said they do something I didn't want at the time, so I make omelettes with them instead. If anything, my hair is richer, softer, smoother & fuller than it was several months ago, when I began. I only put the diluted mixture on my scalp, and only a dollop at a time, rubbing it in as thoroughly as possible, and, parting my hair in 3 or more places to get the best coverage. Then, I wind up my hair, and let it sink in for a few minutes. I use very warm water to rinse (thoroughly), and, have never cooked the yolk, so far. I don't use a finishing agent of any kind on my hair. I have heard that apple cider vinegar is too harsh on hair, even diluted one tablespoon to one quart water, so, I stopped using it at all.

L: I don't think I could do this, but the video is so well done, thank you!

Anna Vafeiadou: My Grandmother used olive oil to condition the hair it was very much the rule until modern products (except of course in cases of famine as in ww2) in fact it was used from the ancient Greeks till modern times now the trend is shampoos and conditioners which contain olive oil elements lol so in a way still in.

Nouria Diallo: Egg whites coagulate at 62°C, yolks at 68°C. There is no risk of scrambling eggs at 38°C the recommended temperature for kids bath, or any comfortable bathing temperature. You might want to sieve your beaten eggs to remove the coils, though.

LuxisAlukard: Great video! Haven't tried this method yet, but I will someday (but not now, because price of eggs is more than 50% higher then this time last year...). And this is probably not just 19th century British way of cleaning your hair - my grandma told me she (and most people she knew) did the same thing in post World war 2 Yugoslavia. So, it must be good way to clean hair =)

Newnew Mee: Interesting, never knew about the possibility of using eggs as shampoo. If i ever get into a situation where the stores are out of shampoo i will visit the chicken coop. Also, you are a very beautiful woman.

Alydarful: Thank you for posting on Thursdays--you always brighten my Thursday mornings :)

foxgloved: I did synchronized swimming when I was younger. We used Knox gelatin to hold hair in place in a high bun during competitions. My hair always felt softer and stronger after, it was a pain to wash out though.

Olympia: Thank you so much for this video, and thank you even more for listing all your sources!

FOTEINI MANOU: TIPS for anyone who wants to use egg. Personally I only take the yolk since I heard the white part can make your hair smell. Break the yolk and remove the little gelatine skin around it, so your eleft with just the liquid yolk. Mix with a couple tablespoons of water (cold) and voila. It works for me so I suppose it will work for others too:) EDIT: you can mix the yolk inside a glass full of water, a few tablespoons are too little, it does work with this much water as well and better actually since you have more product to work with. I pour it slowly in different parts of my scalp (while leaning forward over the bathtub) while kind of pressing my hair on my scalp each time making sure it get everywhere, i don't scrub my scalp like i do with shampoo. Make sure you get especially the top of your head and the crown.

Samantha Coe: I used to use egg when I was younger, till recently I had no idea this was done historically. I wonder what egg does (scientifically) to the hair. I do believe I am about to fall down a rabbit's hole.

Domi DumDum: I would like to appreciate and applause You for the demonstration of washing Your hair in the modest bathing suit. Not only for it is historically accurate garment, but also because it really shows that You care for Your dignity as a woman and Your viewer's comfort. I am a lady, Yet I'm sick of watching hundreds of half-naked women in their bath tubes showing me "how to wash your hair". As a person with strong interest into natural haircare, I had to do the research and it was really hard to not enter into someone's bathtub, someone's private zone unintentionally. It made me feel uncomfortable every time. Your video, however, stands out. It is reasonable and done with taste. This makes me respect You and value highly Your content. Thank You for being modest, clever and classy.

Pati M: I washed my hair with organic rye flour and rinsed it afterwards with vinegar. But somehow it made my hair really dry and rough, so i stopped this method. I have kind of wavy hair so i need something which is nourished but not too much haha. Right now i'm using shampoo every couple days. But i think next time when i get some eggs, i could actually try this. I mean...why not? And it is truly amazing that you wash your hair every 1-2 weeks with just eggs haha.

cheryl campbell: My sister did this but sat under a hair dryer.. Fried the egg. Ever tried getting scrambled egg out of your hair? Me either. She also tried to turn the gas oven on with a match after the gas ran for a minute. Instant friz and burned off her eye brows. Also she stuck her tongue on the metal ice cube tray totally frozen in our 1956 refrigerator. I think I was five and she was 9. Amazing that she’s still alive.

A B: I had almost waist length hair and never washed it more than once a week. If I did it more, it would immediately get dry and frizzy

Madeline McGinn: Hey!! I was just wondering if there is a reason behind not using eggs on your hair more than every two weeks to a month? Is once a week okay? Thanks!

Starlight Saffire: Your bathing suit is adorable. Love this video

Luna: I tried using egg a few times and always ended up with sticky hair—does the apple cider vinegar fix that issue? and/or could this be another one of those Hard Water Problems™?

Lady Croft Bayonetta: could you please make a video about victorian hair brushing and some historical acurate hairstyles

Rondirai ni Bennain: I use a mixture of about two egg yolks and about half a cup to a cup of cognac or rum, and after the shampoo the same acv mixture. And else marechal powder to clean in between washes

Rather B Hunter than Prey: Back in the 1970s we only washed our hair once a week. I thought that was normal. There were less bald women then.

Living Clean Homestead: Thank you for that disclaimer about hot water. I've been looking for a natural hair care routine. Do you use anything as a conditioner?

Larisa Baines: I love these stories about Victorian youtubers

MuseDisorder: Separate the yolk and whisk the egg whites into a foam, applying it mostly to the scalp, it's a lot less drippy.

Jeanette Suzanne Brooks: I think put the eggs in the Vitamix then put some in a squeeze bottle with a nipple to apply to the roots and use a shampoo brush to clean the scalp. Then use the remainder to clean the rest of the hair

feezlfuzzl: I always think your name is Victoria, because you talk about Victorian times. But then you said it was something else in another video, so I get confused, haha. I do the same thing to Zach Pinsent. I keep thinking his name is Jack, since that seems like a Victorian or Regency name to me.

Gooner CestLaVie: Vidéo intéressante. Cool ideas, fun thoughts. So you never use a hair dryer. I didn't expect the cider. You're an alchemist.

Jessica Bey: I just did an egg wash but I didn't wash my hair with my regular shampoo to get the terrible curl cream out and my hair is gummy.... I need to shampoo it then do another egg wash, a more diluted and i will get ACV rinse a try too. I have curly/wavy hair the longer it gets but it is badly damaged and I need to get it healthy again!

Sword User: I love it history and class. Your like a Noble of the ancient times!!

Lýdia Hiľovská: I may be more scared of vinegar than egg! Not that I am going to give it a try unless there will be long shortage of normal shampoo, but ... why its wrong (dangerous?) to use it more often then once/twice a month? I have one specific person in mind, who learnt about necessary not-too-high temperature of water the hard way :D It should not be so funny, as I would do the same mistake without additional information I have today, but its hard to help it...

Lillyana Bartolo: love a the video,just a suggestion I use a soft plastic bottle, the ones used for hair colouring for the egg, so u don't have to spill alot of it..

meamela: Do you know WHY it is that your not supposed to use the eggs more often than every other week? Are there any negative effects of doing it more frequently?

redrumax: i thought i will go bald. 3 days of egg yolk, olive and rosemary oil and next was only lost about 5 hairs when i used to lose a handful

Exumore: victorian : So, how do i clean my hair ? his probably drunked french friend : omelette

Magdalena Burczyńska: I do wash my hair using eggs and it actually is the best thing when you trying no poo method;))

MAXIM, Holland Nederland, the Netherlands.: Water of cooked Potatopeels gives also a nice result.

Adarable Kitten: would it work better if you use egg whites and fluff it like a mayo or a fluffy murange?

Naďa Vrtielková: Just curious...don´t your hair smell bad after such treatment? I´ve seen this on someone elses´s channel, but they used lavender oil with the egg (according another victorian recipe).

j d: Lukewarm or tepid. Either would work!

M Krafts: You're a funny person. Can you tell me your zodiac sign? I like analyzing personalities, and the zodiac is just one of the many things I reference.

Maggie Suderman: . Except never use hot water on your scalp or hair.

Erica LaRochelle: Thanks for sharing!

redrumax: you only need egg YOLKS, not the white.

Tina Collins: Great video

Marie Havlíčková: Great ❤

Ingrid Aguero: Am I really about to wash my hair with a raw egg and vinegar? I have short hair right now so yes.

Manuel Edmundo Pasten Azocar: Fantastic episode

Whos That Girl : I am going to try this for a month but I will have to buy a lot more eggs

Colin Meert: You’re so beautiful. I wish I could meet you.

Tina Collins: I just put two egg yolks on my hair do you shampoo after please

Nora’s Shelf Discovery: Because… engagement

RK Ortiz: l learned the hard way

TheMissmadelief: Iiii cookt egg ha ha