Olive oil for hair

The rich chemical composition of olive oil brings to hair invaluable benefit: using olive oil for hair, you will be able to make your hair dense and magnificent, to strengthen them and to prevent loss, to get rid of dandruff and split ends. It gives to hair force, silkiness and natural gloss, accelerates growth of hair and moistens head skin.

But if you want to experience fully miracle effect of olive oil, it needs to be used correctly. Usually olive oil for hair is used in the warmed-up look: so it is better absorbed and more effectively restores and feeds hair bulbs.

Before drawing it is necessary to warm up within 2-3 minutes olive oil on a water bath. That it was more convenient to be put, divide hair into locks and evenly distribute warm oil on all their length by means of a wadded tampon or a hairbrush with rare teeths. The special attention needs to be paid to roots of hair, having well rubbed oil in a head cake layer.

After that it is necessary to wrap up hair a cellophane film and to wind with a towel — it will help hair to get warm and absorb oil well. In an hour cellophane and a towel can be removed. In principle, oil has to be absorbed completely in hair and skin therefore hair should not seem fat. But if you went too far a little, it is possible to wash away surplus of oil warm water without shampoo use. It is worth carrying out such procedure at least once a week.

It is possible to add olive oil for hair to ready masks, balms and shampoos (a ratio — 2 tablespoons of olive oil on 500 ml of a basis). And still it is possible to do of it house masks for hair, combining its useful properties with properties of other vegetable and essential oils. How exactly it is possible to use olive oil for hair in preparation of cosmetic masks?

Masks for hair with olive oil

Hot masks for hair with olive oil are very effective. It is necessary to use these masks as well as pure olive oil for hair: mix is warmed up on a water bath or in a microwave and applied on dry hair on all length from roots to a tip. After that it is necessary to make a light massage of the head, to wrap up hair and to leave a mask for 15-30 minutes (you will just manage to take a shower). After that wash away a mask shampoo and apply balm on hair.

Which masks for hair with olive oil can be prepared? Here some examples:

• Oil mix "Luxury": olive oil (2/3 cups), honey (1 tablespoon), vitamin E oil (1 h. l.), essential oil of a lavender (10 drops), essential oil of a sandal-wood tree (10 drops), essential oil of a geranium (10 drops).


• Lavandovy oil: olive oil (3-4 tablespoons), essential oil of a lavender (3 drops).


• Honey oil: olive oil (2 tablespoons), honey (1 tablespoon).


• Mask with oil jojoba: olive oil (1 tablespoon), oil jojoba (2 h. l.), it is also possible to mix oils in a proportion 1:1.

The amount of ingredients can be reduced or increased in proportion depending on density and length of your hair.

It is possible to use olive oil for hair and in the masks which are not demanding heating. One of the most effective masks — is a mask from olive oil and an egg yolk. 30 ml of olive oil (6 h will be necessary for you for its preparation. l.) and two egg yolks. Shake up ingredients and apply on hair for 30 minutes, and then wash away shampoo. This mask will make hair stronger and will add them gloss.

From a hair loss the mask from olive oil with alcohol helps. 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of medical alcohol or good (!) vodka will be necessary for you for its preparation. Mix all ingredients, rub a mask in head skin and leave for an hour. And the mask with red pepper from 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of tincture of red pepper will help to reduce fat content of hair. But long you should not hold it — pepper can be burning.

If you regularly use olive oil for hair, your hair will be beautiful, healthy and brilliant. If you already tried masks from olive oil and felt on yourself its effect, do not forget to share the impressions and recipes of favourite masks with our readers.