The 29-year-old rapper opened up in a new Instagram post, revealing just how she’s getting her hair so shiny, in addition to helping it grow.
According to Cardi, all she’s doing is washing her hair — in boiling onion water!
“My last 2 washes I been boiling onions and using the water to wash my hair,” she explained to fans in the caption of her post.
Cardi added that she actually used to do this a lot “6 years ago when I started my healthy hair growth journey. I stopped cause I got really lazy.”
“Its odorless and I notice that it’s been giving a shine to my hair,” she says. According to Healthline, there is truth to her claims!
Adding onion to haircare routine is beneficial due to “the anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties” which can “help you grow your hair or enhance its healthy appearance.”
According to Tiffany Young “Onion juice has the potential to help stimulate hair follicles and thereby encourage hair growth. It is also a natural antiseptic.