Do you feel your hair are getting dry and are suffering for the dry heating of our houses, or because the cold winter has forced you to wear hats or bonnets when going out, or just because your work is stressing you out? Then give them a treat based
Olive oil benefits to dry hair
on olive oil (of course!) and you will see the benefits coming!
As you should now know from my previous posts, one of the main benefits of olive oil is its nourishing property. Used on hair, olive oil can nourish, condition, and improve the strength and elasticity. Moreover, being olive oil a completely natural product, treating yourself with it will help reducing the stress caused by chemical products and therefore improve the health of your hair overall.
Treatment for hair based on olive oil
There are several products out there using olive oil to treat your hair, however, as a gift to make my readers forgive me for the lack of posting over the last month J, I am going to tell you how to prepare a completely natural treatment for hair based on olive oil:
INGREDIENTS (enough for 1 or 2 treatments, depending on the length and thickness of your hair)
½ cup olive oil
5 drops of an essential oil (lavender, eucalyptus, etc.)
1. Pour olive oil into a jar with a lid, then add the essential oil of your choice. Put the lid on the jar and shake well to disperse the essential oil. Let the mix sit for 24 hours in a cool, dark place. Shake again before use.
2. Rinse hair with warm water. Pour 1 tablespoon of oil treatment in the palms of your hands and warm it by rubbing your hands. Gently massage the oil into the scalp using your fingertips, in a circular motion. Massage with care the entire scalp and then rub the ends of your hair.
3. Take a plastic bag big enough to fit on your head and place it over your hair, secure it by tying or with a hair clip or clothespin, and let the oil to rest on your hair for at least a half-hour.
4. Rinse well, then shampoo as usual, possibly using a delicate shampoo.
The recipe for this treatment has been adapted from The Herbal Home Spa by Greta Breedlove (Storey Books, 1998). Do it well and you will see that the benefits olive oil can bring to your hair are higher than expected!
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I am impressed by the so many benefits that using olive oil in every life can bring! I did not know that olive oil could be used outside the kitchen, even if I have seen products containing olive oil, I never looked at these too much. Thanks for sharing the recipe on how to create this home made 100% natural treatment for hair…I am going to suggest it to my wife!
Please share other useful tips and suggestions on which olive oil products are more genuine. There are many out there, so it may be difficul to choose!
Thanks Tom! I started this blog out of my passion and experience on olive oil with the goal to share my knowledge. Many of my friends always asked how come the olive oil I offer them was so good while the one they buy at the supermarket is not!
I am trying to extend this blog to cover some more product reviews as I did for the Cretan olive oil. Stay tuned and keep checking it over the next few months!