Are you oiling your hair the right way?
Oiling hair regularly provides your hair with essential nutrients by preventing hair-fall, dandruff, frizzy hair, and damaged hair. Coloring hair and overuse of heating tools makes your hair dry and strip them off from the natural oils and nutrients making them fragile and prone to breakage and premature graying.
Regularly oiling hair has been proven to promote the following:-
1.) Hair Growth
2.) Rejuvenates and revive the tresses
3.) Nourishes the scalp with nutrients, fatty acid
4.) Better absorption of other products.
5.)Strengthening roots and nourishing hair
6.) Makes hair soft and smooth
7.) Creates a protective layer on hair that acts as a shield against UV rays of the sun.
Here are some do’s and dont’s of oiling hair :-
Step 1: Always pre- heat the oil for 1 minute.
Heating up the oil makes the nutrients active and lukewarm oil tends to opens up the pores making oils carrying nutrients to penetrate deeper into the scalp and provide well nourished hair.
Don’t– Not heating up the oil or over heating it.
Step 2: Dry massage to the scalp for 5-10 minutes
Gently massaging the scalp right before oiling helps stimulates the blood circulation towards the scalp that leads to better absorption of hair oil and relaxes the nerves as stress is number one cause for hair fall, make sure to de-stress with a quick massage. Massaging also helps in removal of dirt sitting on top of the scalp making it easier for hair oil to reach the scalp.
Don’t – Oiling hair without massaging and stimulating the scalp leads to oil sitting on top of your scalp or even worse the dirt blocking the hair oil to reach to the scalp and absorbing deeper into the roots strengthening scalp from within.
3.)To lather each hair section with hair oil
Always take a small section of hair at a time and lather each strand of hair with oil.Working on small section and work from the roots then towards the mid-section and then down to the ends of the hair.
Don’t– Not making sure that each hair strand is well lather with oil and randomly applying oil.
4.) Leave the hair oil overnight
Oiling hair overnight for 7-8 hours is extremely beneficial for frizzy hair as the oil starts repairing the hair by penetrating deeper into the hair follicle and providing nourishment, nutrients and vitamins to the scalp and hair follicles.
Don’t-leaving oil in the hair for 5-10 minutes and rinse it off immediately, do not step out of the house with oiled hair as it acts as a dust magnet and gets stick to the hair while making it prone to breakage and hair fall.
Step-5 Secure hair in a braid or a protective hair style
After oiling hair it’s better to have a protective hairstyle like braiding hair make sure to use a satin pillowcase as it prevents hair damage caused due to friction with an ordinary cotton pillowcase.
Don’t– Do not sleep with hair open and without any protective hairstyle, it would tangle up the hair causing friction and frizzy hair.
PRO TIP : Step 6- The hot towel wrap method for deep conditioning
Right before washing your hair just wrap a warm towel for and secure your hair in it for 10 minutes it helps to opens up the cuticles and clogged pores and leads to even absorption of oil. This method acts as a deep conditioning treatment for the hair.
That’s how you oil your hair the right way and get the most out of oiling your hair. Have fun with nourishing your hair locks. Until next time.
