POTIONS CLASS: A Fall Repairing Hair Oil

As the weather cools down, we see the leaves on the trees change to brilliant fiery tones before they fall leaving the tree branches bare. Much like yourself- your hair will shift with the seasons! Restoring your hair back to its natural state before you use hair dye and heating tools seems impossible with the constant pressure to keep up to date on hair trends. If you feel like your hair needs a break and perhaps want to speed up the healing time it takes to get healthy looking hair, there are many natural methods you can work into your routine. Thankfully, an oil hair mask is easy to create and can be done on a weekly basis. This mask can rejuvenate your hair, help repair damage, strengthen (and lengthen!) your locks but also bring a radiant shine back in to your tresses. It can also be completey customizable for your hair needs, but this basic recipe outlines the oils that are great for all hair types!

Supplies Needed 1 Sterile glass dropper bottle (A plastic squeeze bottle works as well)

Use the following Organic Oils:

1 tbsp Grape seed oil

1 tbsp Vitamin E oil

1/2 c Coconut oil (Melted)

1 tbsp Castor oil

You can also add some fragrance to your oil mixture with various essential oils that not only smells pleasant but also aid your hair. Rosemary, lavender, peppermint, tea tree, ylang ylang, chamomile, sage, geranium, and lemon are just a few of my favorite for giving your hair some extra attention and work extremely well for hair growth and conditioning your scalp! Just add two drops of the essential oil of your choice or use a combination in your oil mixture.

This recipe is best used on a day you intend to shower, but you can also leave it on overnight as long as you have no hair styling products in your hair. Start by melting your coconut oil either in the microwave for a few seconds or in a double boiler until it's just melted. Please make sure it's not scalding hot, you do not want to burn your scalp. Now measure out your oils one by one and add them to your bottle. Give the bottle a vigorous shake to blend the oils. I like storing this concoction in a dropper bottle better because you won't waste product as you may with a squeeze bottle. Using to much of this mask will make your hair incredibly oily if you don't wash it out properly; a dropper bottle lets you apply small portions to your scalp.

When applying this mixture to your hair, focus on the scalp and ends. Start in small doses, drop by drop until you feel those areas are well covered. Stimulate your scalp by lightly massaging with your hands or by using one of those creepy, scalp massagers. This gives the oils a boost to penetrate the follicles and increases circulation. Do this for at least 5-10 minutes. Then put a shower cap, towel, or cling wrap on your head. This allows your body heat to warm the oils. Let it sit for an hour, then wash it out in the shower. You may need to rinse twice if it still feels oily. Alternatively, you can also use this after you've showered with no other products, applied to your damp hair. Using the same instructions: massage, wrap! Then do your second wash (but I feel like this isn't necessary and could be wasteful). I had great results using this method. My hair was soft, bouncy, and looked like I had gotten a color touchup because of the beautiful shine. This also really helped grow my bangs.

You can make this oil every week and there are tons of different combinations to try. Other oils to consider are olive, jojoba, argan, carrot, sweet almond, and hemp. All do wonders for your hair. Using this recipe with other natural approaches and certainly giving your hair a break from heat, elastics, etc. will improve your mane back to its original luminosity! Store this oil out of sunlight. It may solidify if you use coconut oil- just let the bottle sit in a bowl of warm water to melt the oils together.

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