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Obsessed: DIY Rice Water Rice Water. The cloudy water, nutrition packed water that according to the trend report "increases hair growth and elasticity". IDK how accurate that is but my older sister, who became a natural enthusiast a few years ago, decided to read up on this method and enlist our 2nd youngest sister on her research.According to internet research (because I didn't go to the library to check out a book) DIY fermented rice water has been used in Yao, an Asian cultures for centuries. This cleansing, healthy hair, natural based product has been known to keep their hair very long, like as long as 6 feet, stop the hair from splitting and keeping it's natural color until the women of Yao reach close to their 80's. This is type of hair care that I like because it goes back to the basics. The basics of hair care before curiosity, technology, commercials, and paid social media posts by Influencers.Fermented rice water consists of the 8 out of the 18 amino acids we need to ensure healthy hair growth. The rice also contains vitamin B for strong hair, vitamin C which produces sebum aka natural oil that keeps the scalp moisturized and vitamin E which prevents hair less. Now that I can attest to because when I started using rice water 3 weeks, I could tell the difference. I lost less hair using the rice water solution than when I did not. Here's how to make rice water. FYI there are a ton of recipes but the fermented version is pretty darn amazing and smelly.Remove rice from the bag and place into a colander. Turn on water rinse off the starchFill a 12 quart "sauce" pot 3/4 of the way with lukewarm water and allow it to come to a boilPour in half of the rinsed rice to the pot and boil. Stir until it softensRemove the pot from heat and set aside to it cools.Once it has been cooled dispense the water from the boiled rice into heat resident containers for easy pouringTo get more rice water solution, leave first batch of rice left in the pot and fill the pot again 3/4 of the way. Boil until it looks like mush.Strain and dispense the water into more heat resistant bottles with lids.To ferment, leave the rice water on the kitchen counter for 2 days. The smell will be similar to sour and someone who may need to take a bathThen refrigerate.Fill a clean and empty spray bottle ready and start to fill the bottle 1/10 of the way to the top. This $1 spray bottle from IKEA is the perfect size and the spay is amazing.Cut half of an orange and squeeze the juice into the bottle. An orange consists of citrus which is a natural cleansing agent that will cut down bacterial building up on the hair as well as cancel out some of the odor of the fermented rice water.Drip in 5 drops of argon oil. I personally love Loelle Organics because it is organic and it's actually oil without the extra, commercialized ingredients. Argan oil is known to soften, moisturize and increase the elasticity in hair.By adding in the fresh orange juice and argan oil your hair will take in even more benefits. This combination I thought of on my own and is a win/win in my book since I've been using it for over 3 weeks. I've also found that this rice water and Bella Curls "Coconut Curl Defining Cream" is the key in achieving the Perfect Curl Definition. Oh and take a look at some of their curly hair, natural hair enthusiasts results of only using rice water for 4 months to 2 years.COMMENT BELOW IF YOU HAVE TRIED RICE WATER