Make a tonic to shine the hair with 1 quart of water and 1 cup of stinging nettles. Boil for 3 minutes and strain through a cloth. Rinse hair in tonic for shiney hair.

Boil a big handful of birch leaves in a quart of water. Strain and use to rinse the hair for soft, shiney hair. Birch sap mixed in water will also work.