How to apply oil on hair

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Terms of Use
Beneficial features

From ancient times, speaking of female attractiveness, they mean the beauty of hair. And the point is not whether they are long or short, smooth or curly, flowing or fluffy, but how well-groomed they are. But sometimes women worry more about the color and shape of their haircut than about the health of their curls. Whereas there is a simple and effective way to keep their elasticity, softness, shine and even color saturation longer - cosmetic care with vegetable and essential oils.

Knowing how to properly apply nourishing oil to your hair, as well as choosing it correctly for the structure and condition of the strands, you can achieve amazing results.

What is especially important, masks, wraps and compresses from cosmetic oils not only add shine and silkiness to the hair, but also treat it. Enriching the follicles with useful substances, natural vegetable and essential oils promote active hair growth and prevent excessive hair loss. Filling the cavities between the scales with its dense composition, they solve the problem of split ends and brittle strands. And penetrating into the structure of curls, they strengthen them, saturate them with vitality and make them soft, flowing and obedient in styling.

The rich vitamin composition and a wide spectrum of action of cosmetic oils make it possible to use them as a powerful restorative agent for weakened strands of any structure and length.

Terms of Use

When choosing cosmetic oil for hair, and even more so when mixing them for one procedure, it is important to know not only the functional orientation of each component, but also take into account their overall compatibility. And also be aware of the possibility of allergies, especially to exotic ingredients. Therefore, before using aroma combing, masks, wraps or compresses based on vegetable or essential natural oils, it is necessary to verify their individual tolerance. It is easy to check it by dropping a drop on your wrist and following the reaction of the skin.

Applying oils at home

Before use, cosmetic oils should be heated in a water bath to 40-50 ° C.
For self-preparation of fruit hair masks, you should first chop the fruits in a blender, then combine with warm cosmetic oil and mix well again.
The usual time of action of combined masks on strands is from 20-30 minutes to 1.5-2 hours, and in its pure form, plant extracts can be left on the hair for 8-12 hours.
Not all masks can be rubbed into the roots - check the admissibility of this on the label or in the instructions for use.
To enhance the effect of a mask or wrap, you should not put a plastic bag or a shower cap on your head (you can overheat the strands too much) - it is better to use a terry or flannel towel.
For preventive care, it is enough to apply oil to the hair once a week, and to achieve a therapeutic effect - every 3 days for 2-3 months.

Owners of lush hair and short curls often argue about how to properly apply masks based on vegetable or essential oils to their hair.Someone wraps them with dry strands before washing, and someone sprays them from a spray bottle immediately after a shower, still wet. There are also those who forcefully rub them into the roots and along the entire length of freshly washed hair, and after 15 minutes they again go to the bath. There is also disagreement about what temperature they should be - cold, warm or hot.

But experts agree: before use, cosmetic oils must be warmed up to + 40 degrees and certainly in a water bath - so their fragrant essence will fully open, it will be better absorbed into the hair, roots and skin and will show all its useful properties to the maximum.

Apply cosmetic oil correctly only on clean, well-combed, dry hair (or slightly damp, thoroughly towel-dried). It is not necessary to specially wet the strands - oil masks are already sufficiently saturated with moisture and moisturize the curls by themselves.

A little secret - so that after applying such rather oily wraps, the strands do not seem dull and greasy, before the procedure they should be washed with the most ordinary shampoo that does not contain collagen. So the oil will not fall on the oily film, but directly on the hair, which will also increase the penetration of all biologically active substances into their structure.

If it is necessary to lubricate the roots or dyed curls, the mask should not be rubbed hard and hard and kept for too long.

Warmed up and carefully and gently driven into the follicles with fingertips, it will penetrate where it is needed and with what intensity it needs, and besides, it will not cause irritation.To enhance the blood circulation of the scalp, such a light self-massage is enough, while the follicles will remain intact, nourished with valuable trace elements and enriched with vitamins that are useful for the growth of healthy curls. By the way, to distribute the oil from roots to ends, it is enough to comb the strands with a rare comb and lightly beat with your fingers. And it is important to remember that such procedures should not be carried out before dyeing - the coloring pigment will not break into the clogged hair shaft.

After applying the oil solution, it is better to pull the long strands with a knot (not tight) so that they do not crumble and do not get tangled, and the short curls will smooth out anyway and will not interfere. And then wrap it with a terry towel for the amount of time that is indicated on the label of the cosmetic oil chosen for the procedure - usually from 20 minutes to 3 hours, but sometimes longer. If the strands are lubricated with a natural plant extract in its pure form, then you can safely do household chores for 10-12 hours or go to bed.

It is best to wash off a mask with cosmetic oil from your hair like this:

shake the shampoo with your hands directly on oiled hair - without water;
as foam appears, rinse the strands under running warm water, then repeat the “shampoo-foam-water” procedure;
rinse the curls with herbal infusion or vinegar or lemon solution.

Beneficial features

Cosmetic oils for hair care are rather fatty substances created on the basis of extracts that are obtained by cold pressing useful plants and practically do not dissolve in water.In industrial production, their natural organic base is often replaced with a mineral or synthetic one and mixed with fragrances, preservatives, dyes and other delights of chemical cosmetology. Which, to put it mildly, does not add to their usefulness, and therefore is increasingly reviving the interest of beauties in natural hair care products.

Vegetable oils are completely safe, since their composition is close to human skin fat. They are great for almost everyone (even with irritated and very sensitive scalp) and rarely cause allergies. Natural plant extracts are perfectly absorbed, giving the strands maximum beneficial substances, and are used either in pure form or as a biologically active vitamin supplement to store masks. They are equally good for all types of hair, beneficial for the delicate skin around the eyes and for dry and fading skin of the face and head.

With the help of vegetable oils, you can strengthen not only curls, but also nails, as well as eliminate cosmetic defects in the skin of the face, hands and body, and even treat some dermatological diseases.

Properties of vegetable oils

Anti-inflammatory.
Normalization of the work of secretions.
Activation of collagen synthesis of the scalp.
Gentle cleansing and fragrant toning.
Softening and moisturizing curls and roots.
Compaction of thinned and strengthening of weakened strands.
Saturation with useful trace elements along the entire length.

Essential oils differ from vegetable oils in their greater concentration and lower fat content.In its pure form, they cannot be applied to the roots and hair - it is necessary to mix a few drops with vegetable or synthetic cosmetic oils or with ready-made balms, shampoos or masks. Otherwise, incredibly saturated essential compounds will harm the fragile hair structure and delicate skin.