hot oil treatments
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Topic: hot oil treatments
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Subject: hot oil treatments
Date Posted: August 07 2002 at 6:57pm
| wut`s a hot oil treatment/bath? my hair`s waist length, fairly think, should i use the hot oil stuff??? |
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Posted By: Amy
Date Posted: August 08 2002 at 3:17am
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Yes you should I have hair that goes to my butt and I give it a hot oil treatment once a week. I`t does wonders. Hope this helps. AmyJ ------------- |
Posted By: Tresses
Date Posted: August 10 2002 at 4:24pm
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Absolutely! You don`t need to buy special oil treatments, either. If you have olive oil (extra virgin is best, but regular will do) in your kitchen you can use that. Jojoba, sweet almond, and Monoi oil are also excellent choices. You can add a few drops of essential oils to your base oil if you like, as well. My favorite hot oil treatment is either Monoi or sweet almond with lavender EO. "Hot" oil isn`t exactly an accurate term, either. Hot can damage your hair. Warm oil is best. My hair is almost waistlength and I use, at most, 2 tablespoons of oil for a treatment. Warm your oil, either very carefully in the microwave or by placing a container of oil in a cup of hot tap water. Wet your hair with warm water and apply the oil, concentrating from the ears down. Cover your hair with plastic (shower cap, conditioning cap, or plastic wrap), then you can either use a heat cap or a warm towel on your head for about 20 to 30 minutes. Shampoo and condition as usual. Some people need to lather more than once to get all of the oil out. Lather as little as you need to. I have recently discovered that I can remove the oil with just a lot of conditioner (I try to avoid shampooing my ends). HTH! -------------  Tresses
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Posted By: liz_naz
Date Posted: August 12 2002 at 10:41pm
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i heard using olive oil is bad for ur tresses? ------------- ---------------x :Liz_Naz* (",) |
Posted By: Tresses
Date Posted: August 16 2002 at 12:02am
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Hmmm....I have never heard that. Some people find olive oil too heavy for their hair and, therefore, difficult to remove. But, I`ve never had that problem. In what way have you heard that olive oil is bad to use? ------------- Tresses
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Posted By: liz_naz
Date Posted: August 16 2002 at 2:36am
i heard that olive oil is way to heavy for your hair....... jus.....hard to get out ur hair....i read it in a magazine the otha day. it`ld be like puttin butter on ya hair yget me lol i dunno, but i used to use olive oil i think it was when i was younger, and it was hard to get totally out ur hair, altho did make my hair nice so dont know :| ------------- ---------------x :Liz_Naz* (",) |
Tresses wrote:Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 16 2002 at 7:45am
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Yes, olive oil will certainly not harm your hair, but as a previous poster pointed out it can be too heavy for many hair types, including mine. It left a firm residue on my hair and I had to shampoo and lather three times to remove it. The problem inherent in that situation is that if you have dry hair, excess shampooing can rough up the cuticle even more. ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: Tresses
Date Posted: August 16 2002 at 1:04pm
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Yes, like most haircare, what works for one person may not work for another. I have done hot oil treatments and deep conditioning treatments with honey/EVOO/egg (sometimes other goodies in there, too) and have not had any problems washing them out with only one lather. Some people swear by EVOO and even use it daily. I prefer Monoi for daily use. YMMV :-) ------------- Tresses
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Posted By: liz_naz
Date Posted: August 16 2002 at 1:24pm
whas Monoi? ------------- ---------------x :Liz_Naz* (",) |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 16 2002 at 5:15pm
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Monoi oil is, from what I`ve read, a refined coconut nut used in Polynesia for super silky hair. I haven`t tried it but apparently it`s somewhat hard to find and pricey. You can, however, buy it in health food stores and online...just type in "monoi oil" at yahoo and you`ll get a bunch of hits for online stores. Hope this helps! :-) ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: liz_naz
Date Posted: September 15 2002 at 4:34pm
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yes thanx Lyris! :D ------------- ---------------x :Liz_Naz* (",) |
Posted By: liz_naz
Date Posted: September 15 2002 at 4:39pm
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i actually made my own deep conditioning treatment the other day...but it smelled revolting i mixed...... aussie 3miniute miracle deep conditioning treatment...with coconut oil....and VO5 deep conditioning oil sachet..... and.... it made my hair lovely and conditioned....but ti was abit too heavy on my hair.... :S ------------- ---------------x :Liz_Naz* (",) |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: September 15 2002 at 6:54pm
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Where did you buy the coconut oil? I`d like to mix it with conditioner and see what happens. ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: turquoise_girl
Date Posted: September 15 2002 at 8:38pm
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i just use suave hot oil treatment. They are cheap: 3 packets for 1.69 at my local Target store and you just use one of them once a week. They have worked wonders for my dry fragile hair. ------------- |
Posted By: lissa
Date Posted: September 16 2002 at 10:20am
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Olive oil is very heavy and thick but I found a way to use it that works well for me. I keep a 4oz plastic bottle of the olive oil in my shower and after I apply my deep conditioner I apply some of the oil ontop of it and mixed it up on my hair. I find it rinses out very easily this way. For a lighter conditioner, I found that applying Jojoba oil to my conditioner made my hair very soft and left it moisturized but not heavy or oily. Redkin So Soft makes a concentrated formula that I purchased for $11 in a beauty supply store. You add it to any conditioner you use and it has the same effect - hair is very slippery and soft but not weighed down. It contains avocado oil. ------------- |
Posted By: Rubis
Date Posted: September 16 2002 at 11:53am
Thank you Tresses for the process in hot oil treatment. I used to put oil on the scalp too, because it`s dry. But it causes problem when I don`t want to use too much shampoo. It`s logical to put water before oil. because the oil will retain moisture. I didn`t think about that before... Thanks again ! ------------- Maybe , I'll make mistakes in my sentences, I usually speak French. But this site is great and I love it ! |
Posted By: Tresses
Date Posted: September 17 2002 at 3:06pm
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You are quite welcome, Rubis! And your English is just fine! :-) ------------- Tresses
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Posted By: Rubis
Date Posted: September 18 2002 at 1:04am
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Thank you very much ! You`re nice. ------------- Maybe , I'll make mistakes in my sentences, I usually speak French. But this site is great and I love it ! |
Posted By: jan
Date Posted: September 18 2002 at 4:32am
i tried hot oil on my hair coz it`s realy damaged and it made my hair worse ------------- |
Posted By: jan
Date Posted: September 18 2002 at 4:32am
i tried hot oil on my hair coz it`s realy damaged and it made my hair worse ------------- |