Essential oils for hair

Essential oils for hair application

Knowing which oils can help is not as important as knowing how to use them properly. There are several ways to use essential oils for hair treatment:

• Enrichment of cosmetics (masks and balms)
• Making your own oil masks
• Aroma hair combing

Enrichment of cosmetic products with ethers

First of all, I want to say that it is not worth enriching the shampoo with essential oils. Shampoo is a "soap" for the hair, a cleanser. Shampoo can only wash away dirt, dust, sebum from the scalp and hair. Of course, there are also medicated shampoos that solve some narrow problems, but now we are talking about ordinary shampoos from supermarkets.

Ordinary shampoo does not actually contain any natural ingredients that can restore the hair structure. This is due to the fact that the shampoo must be carefully washed off the hair, and therefore any beneficial substances simply do not linger on their surface.

Add to this the fact that each shampoo has a specially selected formula and adding essential oils to this formula can be fraught with negative consequences for your hair.

There is another significant nuance that is worth remembering. Essential oils are able to penetrate deep under the skin and enter the lymph and blood. Together with them, the esters will also carry chemically unsafe shampoo ingredients into your blood - surfactants, preservatives, dyes, thickeners, flavorings, etc. chemistry.

Given the above nuance, experts do not advise adding essential oils to masks, shampoos, balms and conditioners of industrial production.

Hair masks

Prevention of hair health or their treatment is the main task of fatty and essential oils. You can easily prepare a greasy hair mask yourself. To do this, take 2-4 tables. tablespoons (their amount depends on the length of the hair) base fatty oil (see the table of base oils) and 5 drops of ether or a mixture of esters for each tablespoon of base oil.

An excellent addition to the oil mixture will be vitamins A and E (open a few gelatin capsules and squeeze the vitamins into the mask).

Before preparing the oil composition for the mask, the base oil should be slightly warmed in a water bath to about 35-360C body temperature, since when warm, the oils mix better and are absorbed into the scalp and hair shafts.

Which base oil is right for your hair? For oily hair, jojoba, grape seed and avocado oils give an excellent effect. For dry - olive, peach, almond, jojoba, shea. Coconut is versatile.

How to apply essential oils for hair

Essential oils for hair are applied to dirty, dry hair. Rub the oil first into the scalp, massage the skin for a couple of minutes, and then distribute the remaining oil over the entire length of the hair. Oil should not drip from the strands! Lightly rub small strands of hair between oiled palms and comb through with your fingers, enriching the hair with additional oxygen.

After applying the mask, the hair should look like unwashed greasy hair (see picture above). You can wrap your hair in a plastic bag and tie a chintz scarf or towel on top, or you can not cover your hair with anything. The effect is almost the same.

Most women do not like to walk with a bag on their heads (and it’s better not to show one to their beloved husband’s eyes), and therefore they don’t do such useful procedures. With open masks, oils evaporate faster, but not all the oil will evaporate! It's better to go with an oil mask one hour before washing your hair than not to use this hair treatment at all, do you agree?

The oil mix can be applied to the hair and left overnight. Cover your pillow with a thick cotton cloth and sleep soundly. Night treatment is suitable for those women who are used to washing their hair in the morning.

You can wash off the oil with any shampoo, but do not apply shampoo immediately to the hair roots, but first “stretch” the length of the hair and only then move on to the roots. You should know that you should not diligently rinse your hair until the oil is completely washed out. As soon as you feel the cleanliness of the hair, immediately stop washing.

Usually, if the oil composition fully meets the needs of your hair, after washing off the oil mask, you do not need to use a factory mask or rinse. But see for yourself the result. It will take some time to find a mask formula specifically for your hair type.

Aromatic combing hair

Aroma combing is one of the most popular home hair care procedures using essential oils. Esters contribute to the healing and improvement of the appearance of the hair, making them beautiful, smooth and shiny.

It should be understood that aroma combing is intended exclusively for the hair shafts, and not for the roots, i.e. hair follicles. But aroma combing also has an indirect effect on them, because when combing you enrich your hair not only with the rich chemical composition of the ether, but also with oxygen.

The technology of aromatic combing is very simple: apply a few drops (up to 5) of essential oil (or essential mixture) to the teeth of the comb and start slowly combing the length of your hair.

Aroma combing is best done 1-2 times a week, up to 5 times a day. For example, I spend aroma combing the next day after washing my hair, i.e. I nourish my hair with essential oils 2 times a week.

Choose a comb with rare teeth, made of natural materials - wood or natural bristles (pig), which is much better. The wood of the comb should be smooth, without roughness. It is not allowed to cover the wood with varnish or any other impregnations.

Select a separate comb for this procedure and rinse it immediately after finishing with hot running water. If you do not wash the comb, then the hair will become dirty with its teeth, and the effectiveness of the esters will also decrease.

Aroma combing has its own nuances: if you do the procedure in the morning, then choose tonic oils ( citrus, mint, etc.), if in the evening, then the calming effect of the oil will be very helpful ( lavender, juniper, chamomile ). If to increase sexual desire, then take  patchouli, sandalwood, ylang-ylang.

But be careful! Before starting the procedure, be sure to test the ether for individual tolerance. After all, your hair will exude fragrance, and this fragrance should not provoke rejection or headache in you.

You should also take into account the mixing of the aroma of the ether and the perfume that you use. Therefore, perfumes should be used with great care. Strong odors around you can disrupt your psycho-emotional state. Therefore, choose esters with a light aroma. The aroma of your hair will attract the attention of people around you.

Healthy and beautiful hair is a necessary sign of a well-groomed woman.