Vegetable oils




First of all, some info:


Vegetable oils are generally obtained by pressing oleaginous grains.
In order to take maximum advantage of oil properties, you have to choose a non-refined oil, cold pressed and ideally organic.
Oily maceration is obtained by infusing plants in oil.
Warning! If you choose oil that isn’t adapted to your hair, it could have a harmful effect. Oils are going to react differently depending on each person. The best thing to do remains testing in order to find what suits you the best.



Aid for your first oil purchases:

The simplest and the cheapest way is to start with what you already have, that is to say kitchen oils.
They are generally obtained by cold pressing and do not contain mineral oils.

In general, avoid ready to use oil mixes that contain refined oils in most cases. Moreover, you will find irreproachable oils in organic stores. They will always be cheaper than the cosmetic vegetable oils.
Among these you will find olive oil, raisin seeds oil and sesame oil.



How to use your VO and vegetable butters as hair care?


Choose one or several oils depending on your hair’s need.
If you choose sticky oils (like castor oil), solid oils (like coco oil) or vegetal butter (like shea butter), you have to heat up your mix in order to obtain a texture easy to apply on your hair. In order to do this, put your mix in a bowl and double-boil it.

You can do the same for your other mixes because the heat allows a better absorption of oil active ingredients in your hair.

You can add numerous ingredients to this oil mix. You will find them in the diverse parts of this web site.


Then, apply the oils on all over your hair, even on the roots if you wish to care of your scalp, or on the lengths and the ends only.

Let it rest for at least 30 minutes. Certain people keep it on all night long (No’s note: me, for example). You have to be aware that keeping oil on your head for too long could suffocate your hair.


Then, wash your hair (eventually twice if everything isn’t gone).

If necessary, apply a conditioner.

This will be enough to remove oil from your hair.


In order to see the list of the vegetable oils as well as their attributes, click here.


 

 

 

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