QuoteReplyTopic: body lotion on your hair Posted: December 30 2005 at 11:19pm
ok this might sound weird, but ive actually heard of people using regular body lotion like jergens or olay on their hair! they use it as a moisturizer because they figured it won't be too heavy on their hair like other hair moisturizers and apply it daily. what do you think? does this idea have some logic to it?
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hi! yes, that doesn't sound bad at all. I've done it before, just wipe a little lotion between the palms of your hands, and then touch it to your hair. Too much will make it flat, but a small amount is great if you are in a bind and need to tame your hair!!!
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I've heard of people putting baby oil in their hair. My friend puts baby oil in her hair just before she curls it with a curling iron. Do you think baby oil could work as a potential moisturizer? And I've heard of people putting baby powder in their hair if their hair is oily.
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Im no hair scientist lol but I would think putting hand lotion/cream in your hair would reduce frizziness. It would probably make it silky smooth, but your right, too much would definitely weigh your hair down.
You heard right about the baby powder Cornstarch also works that way, with application and then combing it out after it absorbs oil.
Mineral oil is actually a petroleum product like Vaseline, and not from a vegetable or nut like other natural oils. Mineral oil generally keeps the moisture out, rather than keeping the moisture in.
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Vaseline works great for keeping Halloween pumpkins moist
hey harvard! yeah i have a friend that uses baby oil in her hair for moisturizer. she uses just a little drop really about a dime size and just rubs it in all over. it is oily so u dont need too much. ive tried it before and it made my hair really soft and shiny, but the key is to not use too much. my hair is naturally dry so maybe it works better if your hair is like mine. hope this helped!
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I posted my negative reviews about "mineral oil" but baby oil and mineral oil are the same thing.
Baby oil / mineral oil usually causes more dryness, and most importantly it causes breakouts by clogging pores.
Sorry for the confusion.
Some good plant-based oils include jojoba oil, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, macadamia nut [ditto], avocado, flaxseed, broccoli seed, sunflower, and shea oil or shea butter. (my oil reviews here, and more information about oil use can be found here)
Thanks for the great adviceAnaisSatin. I have a question for you though. How often should you apply, lets say coconut oil, or almond oil to your hair? And how long should you leave it on your hair for?
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i personally dont use those oils because some ppl say to put them on your scalp and THAT causes clogged pores. i would suggest using baby oil or any others on your actual hair only. if you wash everyday, use it everyday and if you dont, apply small amount every two days or whenever you feel dryness again. clogged pores and bad experiences dont come from using mineral oils, bad usage by ppl applying too much or not the right type of oils causes problems. its all in how you do what you do!
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Taggi has given good advice about whereto oil Acne-prone areas such as the hairline should not be oiled, nor is it necessary to oil them.... then again, areas like the hairline and temples are prone to breakouts anyway. Sweat transfers residue from hair conditioner, mousse, hairspray, and other gunk. In this case, it's hard to tell whether the problem is the hair product or the natural scalp oils.
It is also difficult to avoid oiling only the hair's length. Bangs, roots, and shorter areas will inevitably transfer an amount of oil to skin or scalp, or simply by human error. Dry scalps can also benefit from an application of oil immediately before shampooing (which is why brown sugar scalp scrubs can be mixed with your favorite natural oil). I still stand by my research that there are alternatives to mineral oil that have better properties. Nut and plant-based oils tend to absorb better into skin, and many of them have miscellaneous healing properties (jojoba, for example tends to have a small degree of anti-inflammatory and helps rash. and shea butter greatly helps my eczema patches). Natural nut/plant oils can also be used in greater quantities before it starts to 'feel greasy'. Still, some people can use mineral oil with a lot of success (excluding myself and many friends), and there's one upside: baby oil / mineral oil is really affordable and easy to find.
I've done pre-wash oiling between 30 minutes to 4 hours before a hairwash. Oiling routines are mostly personal preference and mostly derived from experimentation. Most of the time it doesn't make a difference how long you wait after application, as long as it's more than a few minutes. The point of oil is to prevent the hairwash from removing moisture and natural oils that your scalp produces. These days I apply a fingernail scrape of shea to the length (mostly the ends) on each of the two days before my hairwash. On the right day, I do a full length hairwash and that gets all of it out.
I put a body lotion on my hair once, and it got crispy O_o;;; ! No idea why that happened. I put it on before bed, and when I woke up, my hair was stiff :-P . It was a St. Ives product. No idea if that makes any difference or not.
I only use oil on my hair from the chin down (plant based ones like
Anais suggests) to avoid that clogging. I don't oil my
bangs. I think it depends what's in the lotions whether they'll
be good for your hair. If its petroleum based like baby oil,
maybe its not so good, depends if it works for you - if its plant
based, should be fine.
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well once again i guess it just depends on the individual! hey we're all different and we should all try different things that work for us. wow, i never new body lotion would be such a hot topic. but its been interesting. does anybody else notice how thier scalp produces its on oils? sometimes i feel my scalp and it is moisturized by itself because i dont put anything on my scalp. maybe we dont have to oil our scalp at all because it produces a natural oil on its own. what do you think?
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wow thats amazing! i might try that now to see if it has the same softening ability on my hair as it does on my skin,thanks for replying
Cornstarch also works that way, with application and then combing it out after it absorbs oil. 
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. but its been interesting. does anybody else notice how thier scalp produces its on oils? sometimes i feel my scalp and it is moisturized by itself because i dont put anything on my scalp. maybe we dont have to oil our scalp at all because it produces a natural oil on its own. what do you think?
