Hair Oils: What do you use?

wittils wrote: My hair has improved greatly since I began all this oiling and conditioning. I think my family thinks I am fanatic, maybe even obsessed or possessed, but it's great fun to take care of my hair and know it will be the very best it can be as it grows long.

Hi Wittils,

Glad to hear your hair's condition has improved so much!

Don't worry about what your family members think. We know you're quite alright!

thanks uzma for letting me know. i have a couple other conditioners that have mineral oil in them. i might as well get rid of them they don't really work. gee there's still so much i have to learn about hair care products!

why is mineral oil not good for the hair? i know for skin it can cause pimples. what about the hair? one of my deep conditioners i use by nexxus has it. i only use it once in awhile though.

Hi Monica

Yes. Using a moisturizing shampoo after a light oiling is fine. And warming the oil is fine too, as long as the oil is not hot – that would damage the hairn shaft.


Hi Wittils

Where did you find the Carrot oil? It does sound interesting. Is it made specifically for hair or is it marketed as a skincare produce? Sorry for all the question – this is one of the oils I have not tried out and I am curious.

I am so pleased you are getting sood results with the oiling treatments. Sounds like your hair is luscious and gorgeously soft now.

I’m off to visit an asian area today (to buy some mangoes, papayas, etc) They sell some Indian hair oils which I haven’t tried out yet, so I’m going to splash out. Actually, they aren’t expensive at all, but I want to get a few different ones and test them out.
Will report back in due course.


Take care, lovely ladies

Uzi

I finally found the Carrot Oil I was talking about and it sounds interesting.

It has an herbal infusion of purified water, horsetail, stinging nettle, beta carotene, amino acids, vita E amongst a bunch of other ingredients. It claims to be a root stimulator also along with strengthening the hair so it can grow to maximum length. Time will tell if it really aids in strengthening my hair so in turn my hair can grow long...

I like the coconut oil product, it is heavier but smells so good and really softens my hair.

I am using so many different products, some natural plain oils like jojoba, or apricot oil... burt's bees to be exact. It would be hard to tell which does what at this point. But I believe I am getting the benefits from all of them.

But I'm outside most of the time, so I am putting something on my hair all the time. The heat of the sun or my own body warmth aids in the conditioning.

When I am at home it doesn't matter if I'm a grease head. And I really don't care too much if I happen to go out in public, I just put it up in a pile with a clip and go.

But I do know that since I began this treatment, on the days when I leave the oils out, my hair feels SOFT. Lots of shine and body.

It's a fun adventure!

wittils

Kukui nut oil is light and odourless. It has a fragility to it - hard to describe.

Anyway, I tried it on my hair and it didn't moisturise as well as the avocado and cocunut oils.

Tried it on my skin and WOW.
This is definitely a skin care oil and a keeper.

Cyn1013 wrote: thanks David.... I did buy the jojoba oil. i'll try it out this weekend. when is it best applied? daily? once a week? before shampoo? dry or wet hair? i think ppl have said it is best on dry hair.

Cyndie,

I apply it to dry hair, whenever it feels "crispy" or is especially tangle-prone. Since my hair is fine I apply very sparingly to avoid the "lank" look of greasy strands. Anything from a dime-sized "puddle" to a pea-sized drop in the palm of one hand, rub the hands together so there's but a thin film on your hands. Then lightly run your hands over the surface of freshly-detangled hair, then working the fingers into your hair. The process isn't easy to describe but (as seems to be my mantra on hair care and styling techniques), practice makes perfect. Don't worry if it doesn't work well your first try. Initially, I was terrible at it, but I'm starting to get the hang of it now.

Hope this helps!

SuperGrover:
Yep, i oil daily. My hair really seems to soak it up. I shampoo every other day so its not like a week of oiling had been built up on my hair. Anyways, my hair is quite dry from the ears down, and pretty thick(lots of volume, but individual strands are thin.) I think the reason i am able to use so much oil is because my hair is so damaged(from severe health problems). I hear people talking about putting a drop or two of oil and their hair and i'm like- what!? a drop, i use, uh, 10 drops??:)

Very interesting article, Uzi. I've bookmarked it and will read the whole thing another day.

Cyndie, the oil you mention, jojoba, is excellent. IMO if you use only one oil, jojoba is the one to use as your base, all-around, multi-purpose oil. Others here have far more experience with the characteristics of those other oils. One thing to keep in mind is that what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another person; frequently, people who have (essentially) the same hair type have the same or similar results with any given oil (or other haircare product, for that matter).

Okay, enough rambling from me.

If anyone is really getting interested in hair oils and oiling, here is a terrific and thought-provoking article by a hair specialist.

Scroll down to the "CLEAN HAIR IS SOFT BEAUTIFUL HAIR" section and read on.

http://www.linearaveda.com/education/condition.html