How to choose and use oil for hair ends

Why do you need hair oils?

It is impossible to “cure” damaged curls once and for all. Even after professional services that restore hair structure (such as keratin hair straightening and bonding), ongoing home care is important.

What are the main benefits of hair oils?

• They prolong the effect of salon treatment.
• Hair oils perfectly protect hair from adverse factors - complex styling, weather, hard water, etc.
• Such products add an external shine to your hair and make styling easier.

For dry and colored curls, this is an absolute must have or, as they say, product number 1, and for all other hair types it is an excellent styling aid and helps in the fight against split ends!

What are base oils

Base oils are natural products rich in beneficial components, minerals, vitamins, produced by nature itself. They are odorless and have excellent therapeutic and cosmetic properties. All of them are conventionally divided into three groups: herbal, cosmetic, macerated, that is, infused with herbs.

The category of vegetable oils includes: sunflower, corn, hemp, olive, burdock, castor, sesame, flaxseed, rice.

Cosmetic oils include:

• 
  Apricot, peach, grape seeds.

• Argan, avocado, peanut.
• Brazil nut, cocoa, evening primrose.
• Hazelnuts, almonds, coconut.
• Jojoba, soy, shea.
• Corite, rosehip, evening primrose.
• Wheat germ.

Infused with medicinal herbs include traditional oils of calendula, St. John's wort, and carrot seeds.

Base oil for hair is the main vehicle for the best way to deliver all kinds of healing components of essential oils into the inner layers of the skin and hair follicles during massage or cosmetic procedures.

Each of them has its own specific properties, and in combination with acceptable essential oils, promotes better absorption and uniform distribution of vitamins, minerals, and healing components in problem areas. Natural ingredients improve the structure of the hair, accelerate growth, and give it a special shine and silkiness. They eliminate problems associated with hair loss or dandruff.

Of the huge variety of basic hair oils, let's look at the most used ones.

Grape seed oil

This environmentally friendly product is an excellent natural preparation with pronounced regenerating properties and an antioxidant effect.

Grape seed oil derivative is a unique composition of unsaturated fatty acids, the main component of which is linoleic acid. In addition to antioxidants, it contains proteins and natural chlorophylls. vitamins A and E.

The natural grape seed product is colorless and odorless, easily absorbed into the scalp without polluting it, and has an exfoliating effect.

It tones the skin, restores intracellular metabolism, heals cracks and abrasions. It is used to restore the elasticity of dry, brittle hair damaged by dye and all kinds of chemical oxidizers.

Burr oil

This oil, rich in natural vitamins and amino acids, is the most effective remedy in combating the problem of hair loss, slow growth, split ends, itchy scalp, and dandruff.

Burdock oil is obtained by extracting it from the burdock rhizome and contains unique constituent ingredients:

1. 
   Natural inulin.

2. Vitamins and mineral salts.
3. Palmitic and stearic acids.
4. Essential and fatty oils.
5. Tannins and protein.

A mask of burdock oil in certain proportions with honey, egg yolk and calendula tincture is widely used to strengthen normal hair and restore dry and thin hair. At the same time, the hair becomes thick, elastic, and healthy. With the improvement of their structure, the function of damaged and dormant hair follicles is restored.

It also works great for oily hair. It is used as the basis for a special anti-fat mask, to which, in addition to orange and shea butter, a slice of grapefruit is added.

Olive oil

This olive miracle is rightly called “liquid gold”. The ideal formula of this vegetable oil contains a unique natural complex of vitamins A, D, E, which contains a huge amount of valuable monosaturated, easily broken down fats. The presence of vitamin E allows the body to easily absorb beneficial vitamins dissolved in fats.

Olive oil strengthens and promotes hair growth, nourishes hair follicles. Suitable for both dry and oily hair. Its regular use moisturizes the scalp, makes women's hair silky, beautiful, and well-groomed.

Jojoba oil

One of the best in cosmetology is jojoba oil, thanks to its unique lipid components. In addition to natural amino acids, it contains protein, which is close in composition to collagen. Possessing high chemical stability, mixtures of essential unsaturated acids serve as an excellent preservative of natural origin for oils with similar effects and all kinds of cosmetic preparations.

Jojoba oil is a thick liquid with high penetrating ability. It protects hair and scalp and does not leave behind a characteristic oily sheen. It has excellent antioxidant, regenerating and anti-inflammatory properties.

The content of a vitamin complex, which contains vitamins E and D, contributes to the production of melanin in the scalp under the influence of sunlight. It nourishes, strengthens and at the same time perfectly restores damaged hair.

Jojoba oil is recognized as one of the best care products for any type of hair, especially dry and brittle.

Sesame oil

The natural Pancake week source, obtained by squeezing sesame seeds, represents a rich complex of various antioxidants, fats, minerals, vitamins, unsaturated acids, vitamins.

This is one of the main base oils that is excellent for color-damaged and dry hair. It perfectly tones the scalp, moisturizes, restores damaged hair structure, elasticity, giving hair a characteristic healthy shine. This natural product helps protect hair from breakage and UV rays from the sun by creating a protective sheath. Therefore, it is recommended for use during boat trips and long exposure to the sun.

Why should oil be applied to the ends?

Hair becomes dry and brittle due to a lack of sebum, which protects it from drying out, so the most damaged areas of any hair are the ends, while the upper part requires almost no nutrition. If you apply thick oil textures to it, weight and greasiness cannot be avoided. The only oil-containing product that can be applied over the entire length is an oil spray: this is a cross between a conditioning spray and a product for the ends of the hair.

Varieties

The choice of oils for hair ends is very wide. It’s quite difficult not to get lost in this diversity. The girls have access to professional and mass-market products, leave-in and rinse-off products, natural base and essential products. Each product has certain properties and has its own specific application.

Let's consider the rating of the most popular cosmetic products that will give strands hydration and nutrition.

Basic tools

Base oils are oils that are extracted from the flowers, stems, leaves and fruits of oily plants. They contain a large amount of acids necessary to protect and restore strands. Such products are rich in vitamins and minerals that nourish damaged structures.

Oils can be applied to dry or damp hair. It is permissible to combine products with each other and add esters to them.

Let's get to know them and their properties closer.

Ethers

Esters are highly concentrated products. Therefore, in their pure form, they are used only for aroma combing. A few drops are applied to a flat comb with wooden teeth and comb through the hair for 10-15 minutes.

In other cases, esters are added in small doses to base oils or included in masks. For 3 tablespoons of base, 5-7 drops of aromatic substance are enough. It is important not to heat the mixtures, as under the influence of high temperatures they lose their beneficial properties.

The following essential oils will help prevent delamination:

• made of rosewood;
• ylang-ylang;
• tangerine;
• lavender;
• rosemary;
• geranium

What is included in hair oils?

The main active ingredients are silicones and oils. The former condition, act as a protective barrier and prevent the evaporation of moisture from the hair. They also smooth out the cuticle of the hair, so after application it shines so beautifully and is easier to comb.

The latter are responsible for nutrition and health. At the same time, each oil has its own peculiarity: coconut oil, for example, is one of the few that can penetrate inside the hair and restore its structure from the inside; argan oil nourishes due to fatty acids, phenol and vitamin E.

The ideal option is if the product contains several types of oils at once: for example, the famous Mythic Oil L'Oréal Professionnel contains a whole cocktail of beneficial vitamins and antioxidants: life-giving oils of avocado, grape seed and cranberry.

Features of oils

Applying oil to the ends of your hair is beneficial even if you have no obvious problems. Natural products do not contain chemical agents that can negatively affect the scalp and curls. They are of plant origin. They contain biologically active substances that help moisturize and restore hair.

In addition, oils have the following benefits:

• wide range - you can choose a product for any hair type;
• pronounced effect - the effect is visible immediately after application;
• economical use - only 2-5 drops are needed to treat the ends;
• ease of use;
• protective properties that prevent splitting of the ends.

However, you should not expect that by using cosmetic oils on the split ends of your hair, you will be able to “seal” them, as they promise in advertising. Some products are indeed capable of temporarily gluing strands together, but this is only a visual, not a therapeutic effect.

The remedies only prevent section. Therefore, it is advisable to use them after cutting off the damaged edges of the hair.

Is it possible to replace a professional product with vegetable oils?

The most important argument in favor of professional products: their formula is thought out to the smallest detail and tested many times. It is very difficult to predict how a natural product will behave on the skin or curls. As a result, at a minimum, we have no effect, at a maximum - an allergic reaction, greasy hair and, as a result, your spoiled mood.

Remember that natural ingredients are very complex in chemical composition and should be used only after consultation with professional stylists.

The opinion of trichologists

Doctors do not speak so positively about oils. They do not recommend using them in pure form on the scalp. At a minimum, you need to take into account the comedogenicity index of each type of oil, so as not to aggravate the condition of oily skin, which is prone to dandruff and rashes. Oil masks can only be used to care for lengths of hair.

And you should absolutely not use oil masks during the period of hair loss. They increase hair loss by:

1. mechanical impact during rubbing and washing off the oil,
2. With frequent use, the mouths of the hair follicles soften, and the hair leaves them more easily - it is pulled out.

For example, Zinaida Bezmelnitsina (Cult of Hair) believes that:

1. with high comedogenicity, the oil clogs pores, sebaceous plugs form, hair grows worse,
2. moisturizing strands with oil is a myth; it only softens the stratum corneum,
3. it is better to use professional products based on oils, where they are of better quality, have undergone special processing and will not cause allergies,
4. Cosmetic oils have a low combustion temperature, and a regular hot hairdryer can slightly modify it inside the hair, which of course will not be good for them.

Fedor Tonkikh, chief trichologist of the Real Trans Hair clinic, warns against treating hair loss with oils:

Life hack for using hair oil

“To distribute the oil evenly throughout your hair, tie a low ponytail, squeeze one or two pumps of oil into the palm of your hand and distribute along the entire length of the ponytail. Then remove the elastic band, take a massage comb and comb the strands along the entire length. This way your curls will receive exactly the amount of oil they need without weighing them down.”

Irina Zhokhova Redken Art Partner

Mythic Oil

L'Oréal Professionnel

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The main thing in the formula of the product is grape seed and avocado oils in an accessible form. They add shine and nourishment to curls without weighing them down.

“The product copes well with frizz: to do this, rub a couple of drops of oil in your palms and apply along the entire length. And if you use it before styling, it perfectly protects against drying out and split ends.”

Alexey Nagorsky Stylist L'Oréal Professionnel

For split ends and tangled hair

Two-phase oil-mist Aura Botanica

Kérastase

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Contains 99% natural ingredients, including Damask rose water, which intensely nourishes and prevents split ends. The perfect oil for dry hair ends!

"Universal product! Apply it before washing for nourishment, on damp hair for hydration, and on dry curls for smoothness, shine and easy combability.”

Irina Egorova Stylist, creative partner of Kérastase

Elixir Ultime oil for all hair types

Kérastase

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The product contains imperial tea extract that nourishes, adds shine and protects color-treated hair, helping to reveal the true depth of color.

“Must have in your beach cosmetic bag! The product works as a light reflector, protecting curls from intense sun, fine sand and salt.”

Irina Egorova Stylist, creative partner of Kérastase

For hair that is subject to frequent styling

Diamond Oil Glow Dry

Redken

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The special feature of the product is its thermoactive oil structure, which protects curls from damage during styling and gives them exceptional shine.

“The main feature of the oil is thermal protection without being heavy or sticky. I recommend it to girls with long hair: with oil the drying process goes much faster.”

Irina Zhokhova Redken Art Partner

For brittle hair

All Soft Argan Oil

Redken

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The product contains argan oil and keratin, which protect against split ends, as well as essential omega-6 acid, the lack of which is the cause of fragility.

10% discount on the official Redken website using the promotional code SalonSecret.

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“The ideal oil for very damaged hair: can be added to a mask for deep nourishment or applied to damp hair before combing - you will appreciate the results after the first use!”

Cosmetic products

Most often, manufacturers offer leave-in products that are suitable for daily use and wrapping before washing your hair. The fact that the strands do not stick together or become greasy after treatment is explained by the presence of silicones in cosmetics.

There are also completely natural products. They contain no chemicals.

Having considered consumer reviews, we have created a list of professional products and more affordable alternative products from the mass market category.

"Garnier"

Quite an affordable option for home care. The composition includes one of the most valuable oils - argan. However, the product does not have a therapeutic effect, but only improves the appearance of curls.

It can be applied before styling, after washing your hair or shortly before combing. Shiny and straightened ends will delight you all day with their neat appearance.

"Pantin"

Another budget product that has proven itself among consumers. Suitable for caring for thin and weak curls, as it has a light texture. It does not weigh down the hairs, but at the same time envelops them with a protective film. Gives elasticity, shine and radiance.

You can apply the product before styling - on damp strands. And also daily – for dry ones.

"Elsev"

The company, which is owned by the famous cosmetics giant L'Oreal, also offers a high-quality product at a very reasonable price. The product contains natural oils of rose, chamomile, rosemary, flax and lotus.

The product is used before washing your hair as a mask, shortly before styling - for thermal protection, or daily - to give shine and well-groomed ends. In addition to silicone, the product contains alcohols and synthetic fragrances.

"Natura Siberika"

A completely natural and relatively inexpensive product made from the oils of Altai sea buckthorn, argan, Nanai lemongrass, white flax and pine nut. The product nourishes and moisturizes the ends, prevents them from splitting, and saturates them with strength and shine. With regular use, you will forget what split ends are.

There are no parabens or sulfates in the composition. Therefore, the product is suitable for people prone to allergic reactions.

"MoroccanOil"

A professional product suitable for regenerating hair of all types. Contains proteins, vitamins and Omega-3 fatty acids that quickly restore, moisturize and protect strands.

The oil thickens the curls, preventing damage from high temperatures. Therefore, it is suitable for application before styling with a hairdryer, straightener or curling iron. Significantly simplifies combing and gives hair a glossy shine.

The only disadvantage of the product is its high price. However, it is fully justified by its economy and efficiency.

"Capus"

Oil from the professional cosmetics segment. Helps restore even very damaged strands of any type. The main active ingredient is argan oil.

Penetrates into the deep structures of curls, saturating them with moisture and nutrients. Instantly absorbed without leaving a greasy residue.

The product is applied to damp curls (before styling) and to dry hair. You can also add a couple of drops to the paint to neutralize the effects of the chemicals. Makes hair softer, more pliable, smoother and more elastic. Stops split ends.

"Matrix"

The oil of this brand was developed specifically for the care of weakened, dull and damaged strands. It promotes the regeneration of the hair shaft, fights fragility and split ends. In addition, this product makes curls soft, smooth and silky. Has a subtle oriental aroma.

The product has protective properties. Prevents hair damage from very high and low temperatures and ultraviolet rays. Suitable for all hair types.