A woman dubbed the UK’s ‘real life Rapunzel’, has revealed the secret to growing her 4ft 7ins-long hair – using something many of us will already have in the kitchen cupboard.
Bristol-born, Jasmine Larsen, hasn’t cut her hair since 2017, but it isn’t just steering clear of the scissors that keeps it at an extreme length.
The content creator shared a video on TikTok with her 40,000 followers, detailing how she creates a homemade rosemary oil scalp treatment and rosemary water spritz.
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To prepare the oil, in a saucepan, Jasmine mixes coconut oil with boiling water, 3-5 rosemary sprigs, and some fresh mint leaves.
She brings the mixture to the boil, then leaves it to simmer for 5-10 minutes.
She then turns off the heat and lets the mixture sit for an hour, before straining it and putting it into a bottle.
She also mixes rosemary leaves with boiling water for a rosemary water spritz, which she applies twice a day in between hair washes.
Before a hair wash, Jasmine applies the oil to her scalp, massaging it in for optimal benefits, and leaving it to soak before shampooing.
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The ‘Rapunzel’ also applies the mixture to her lengths daily, calling it the “perfect pre-wash treatment”.
She says: “Rosemary oil promotes hair growth by improving circulation to the scalp.
“Coconut oil reduces protein loss while you wash your hair.”
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Jasmine says she has received more than 100 marriage proposals and has been offered £250,000 to cut her luscious locks.
But her hefty locks take a lot of maintenance – with Jasmine estimating she spends 15 hours a week on grooming herself.
She told What’s The Jam: “My pre-wash routine is one hour of oiling my scalp and lengths.
“Washing takes 40 minutes in the shower.
“For drying, I spend 30 minutes with a microfibre towel, [then] brushing it for 30 minutes, then one hour with a hairdryer.
“The rest dries in a loose hairstyle for the rest of the day – around six hours.
“In between wash days, I’m brushing, applying some oil, then wearing a basic braid – this takes 40 minutes a day, so I do this six times a week.
“[To sleep], occasionally I un-braid it, brush, apply oil and then braid again. This takes 30 minutes and I do it twice a week.”
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