Natural oils that are good for your hair

Oils are essential for your hair. They keep it healthy, prevent hair loss and promote hair growth. Even if you use them for scalpmassages, for home-made masks and treatments or just as an integrated part of your regular hair products; oils are simply amazing for your hair.

Below are four great oils that can be considered to use in your hair whether it may be daily use treatment or simply mixing the together.

Castor Oil

This oil is a great addition to your hair care treatment. Castor oil is a natural oil that contains numerous fatty acids and phytochemicals that provide many healing properties. Black castor oil also offers many benefits when used in your hair. The authentic oil is thick and carries a unique scent. The oil is processed by first roasting the seeds after which the beans are boiled to extract the dark brown liquid. The higher the ash content from the beans is thought to increase the effectiveness of the oil.

Castor Oil works for all hair types and textures. The oil works on the roots and not the hair itself, it moisturizes, thickens, strengthens and rapidly increase hair growth. It increases blood flow to the scalp, by supplying valuable nutrients to hair follicles. Black Castor Oil will also prevent hair breakages, dandruff, eczema and dry, itchy scalp.

Castor Oil

Olive Oil

Olive oil is made from whole olives that produce fat when pressed. The vegetable is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals & soaps.

Extra virgin Olive oil has many benefits for your hair. Olive oil seals in moisture, conditions, and improves the strength and elasticity of your hair; it also helps with dry, itchy scalp and kills head lice. Olive oil can be applied to dampened ends to seal in moisture as an effective way to prevent split ends. Mix olive oil with your favorite conditioner, and use it as a deep conditioning treatment.

Olive Oil

Carrot Oil

It is rich in carotene and other antioxidants. Carrot root oil has amazing results for regeneration and stimulation of the follicle cells and skin.

It contains vitamin A, which is well known and used for many years as a hair growth treatment, for men suffering of hair loss caused by the male pattern baldness.

This oil is in fact a super-critical carrot root extract, emulsified in Jojoba oil. It is one of the few oils which are solid in their pure form.

Carrot Oils

Argon oil

Argan oil is pressed from the nut of the fruit of the argan tree. Some benefits of using this oil in your hair are the following

It helps hydrate the hair in a natural way, the argan oil is also able to penetrate the pores of the hair follicles and shaft and thus is able to enhance the elasticity of the hair, and it contains a lot of natural anti-oxidants as well as vitamin E that will help strengthen the weakened hair strands.

Argon Oil

Sources

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