What are the benefits of essential oils for hair? How should I use it on a daily basis?

Essential oils have an unexpected effect on hair, and different hair types need to choose different essential oils. Generally speaking, rosemary essential oil, sandalwood essential oil, and ylang-ylang essential oil are more suitable for normal hair. For oily hair, you can choose peppermint essential oil, juniper essential oil, tea tree essential oil, etc., which have a refreshing effect.

For dry hair, you can choose thyme essential oil and frankincense essential oil, which can promote sebum production. Essential oils make hair shiner and softer, which is the best preparation for applying makeup.

Experts at the hair salon say that daily hair care essential oils are relatively easy to use, and only need to add a few drops to a basin of water after each hair wash. With proper essential oils, soak your hair in it for a few minutes. However, if you want to get the best effect of essential oils, you need to use different essential oils to make massage oil, dry your hair after washing, gently massage your hair and scalp with massage oil, and wrap your hair in a warm towel for 20 minutes (the towel should not be too hot) to allow the essential oil to penetrate in.

Essential oil hair care method: There are very good hair care products in essential oils, such as ginger for hair growth, rosemary to prevent hair loss and tea tree for oil control, etc., add these essential oils to your shampoo and hair care products, it will achieve unexpected results, use ratio: If it is an existing shampoo and conditioner, drop 1-2 drops of the selected essential oil for shampoo and conditioning, if it is a hair care with a base oil, the ratio can be 1:

10。Choose the right oil, divide the hair first, massage it on the scalp after the partition, then rub the oil in the palm of your hand until it is hot, and then press it on the scalp for a regular scalp massage. The optimal time is 20-30 minutes, and through the penetration of essential oils, the plant active ingredients can be brought into the deep layers of the scalp, effectively helping the hair follicles to eliminate toxins and restore healthy and energetic hair.

It repairs the hair shaft and nourishes the scalp.

Hair care essential oils can directly act on the lipid layer of the hair cuticle, because their main component is fatty acid glycerides, which have a polar head, and have a stronger adsorption capacity and better penetration effect than mineral oil, silicone oil, which are mainly composed of non-polar alkanes, to the polar keratin in the hair fiber.

It can even penetrate into the CMC layer of the hair cuticle, and prevent the hair cuticle from swelling and falling off by strengthening the hydrophobic effect of the lipoprotein layer, so as to maintain the integrity of the hair shaft and achieve the effect of repairing the damaged hair shaft.

In addition, hair oils usually contain fats and physiologically active ingredients, including sterols, squalenes, amino acids, vitamins, flavans, dihydroflavonoids, flavonols, catechins, anthocyanins and other flavonoids. These substances are natural antioxidant active ingredients that can exert a physiological role in scavenging free radicals, thereby promoting the improvement of hair strength and improving hair loss and hair loss.

Hair oil improves damaged hair and inhibits dandruff growth.

Repair damaged hair: Hair damage is usually caused by damage to the stratum corneum and the scales of the hair. These tiny essential oil molecules can help penetrate the hair and strengthen the internal structure of the hair.

Botanical Essence helps to repair damaged cuticles and keep hair shiny and lubricated.

Reduce dandruff: Essential oils help to effectively relieve tension in the head, regulate scalp oil secretion, inhibit bacteria and inflammation, promote cell regeneration, and have a good effect on removing debris from the head and heart.

Generally speaking, the hair oil is applied to the ends of the hair first and then massaged into the scalp, and the effect will be better for the Sakura group.

Semi-wet your hair before using essential oils, then pour a few drops of essential oil on your hands and apply them back from the front of your hair. Then also use a few drops of essential oil, from back to front, the essential oil is rubbed on the hair roots, and gently stroked over the hair roots and scalp, apply the hair oil first to the ends of the hair, then on the scalp, and then massage the hair with your hands to let the scalp better absorb. After about ten minutes, shampoo your hair with shampoo and rinse it off.

After washing your hair, apply the oil to your hair, then cover your hair with a towel and rinse it off after 20 minutes. A large part of the essential oil is used before shampooing, evenly applied to the hair roots, which can have the effect of improving the hair texture, and some essential oils can be mixed in the hair mask and used after shampooing.

Introduction to essential oils

Hair care essential oil refers to a type of hair cosmetics with hair care effects, which are actually the "oil-based raw materials" of natural plants ** commonly used in cosmetics, rather than real essential oils.

Hair care essential oils do not need to be used every day, state lead once or twice a week can be fine, so that you can better care for your hair, and if you use it more frequently, it will have some damage to your hair. The role of essential oils is to inhibit hair loss and promote hair growth through the regulation of sebum, so a large part of the essential oils are used before shampooing, evenly applied to the hair roots, which can have the effect of improving hair quality, and some essential oils can be mixed in the hair mask to be used together, and the effect will be better when the hair is wet.