Variation One:
I love to make up clay wash mixed with molasses, because the molasses are a humectant. Since we were just using molasses to make cookies, I decided to play with some of the hair-friendly ingredients to make a holiday-scented hair wash.

I mixed about two tablespoons of clay and one teaspoon of ginger powder (good for circulation) with about three tablespoons of molasses. Then I added two drops of cinnamon oil (some say it helps detangling, but I was using it for scent) and three drops jojoba oil. Finally I mixed in water until I got the consisitency I liked. (Next time I will substitute a clove water infusion instead, but I did not think of it last night.)

To use:I applied this to dry hair (scalp first, then smoothing some down the length). I twisted up my hair and let this work for a while, then rinsed, rinsed, and rinsed again.

Variation Two:
For those who like egg deep conditioning treatments, I was thinking that you could do the above recipe, but use a couple of eggs instead of the clay, then shampoo out. I have not tried this myself.

What were your results after your hair dried? Your recipe sounds great and it must smell nice too :D

Sorry for the delay...I wanted to wait until my hair was dry to give results. I am really pleased with this experiement. Clay with water alone seems too drying. The molasses seem moisturizing and with the jojoba in addition I did not need any further conditioning. Detangling was easier than usual, so perhaps the cinnamon did have an effect? The smell was very nice, but unfortunately only lingered faintly.

Yummy! :D

I have some ginger oil that doesn't smell much like you'd imagine it should, but I wonder if it would help in the mix--it's supposed to stimulate and warm the scalp...

Yes...ginger oil would probably be even better than the powder. I know that Origins has a whole line of hair and skin things with ginger (my husband bought me some ginger cream there last year).
I would note to anyone trying these recipes that both the ginger and cinnamon are powerful, so if you have sensitive skin (as I do) start sparingly, since it might cause skin irritation in stronger concentration.