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Nature’s Gift to Your Hair

written by Parita 29 Comments

On Saturday morning, I decided to act on a little idea floating around in my head.  An at home hair experiment if you will.  I was a little wary, since my last home remedy was a major fail.

Growing up, my mom would apply baby oil to our hair all the time. So when I read that coconut oil can be used as a skin moisturizer, I figured it would work well in my hair as well.

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Jar on the left – Swanson Vitamins & jar on the right – Costco

So after breakfast, I opened up my jar of coconut oil and scooped out a couple of spoonfuls into a small bowl.  I then microwaved the oil for 20 seconds. I took the mixture into the bathroom and got to work.  Using my hands, I applied the oil to my roots, eventually moving to my ends.  When every last strand was coated, I tied my hair into a bun and continued on with my Saturday morning routine (clean, vacuum, blah, blah, blah).

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A few things to note:

  • I have semi-thick, naturally wavy, coarse hair. 
  • I washed my hair the night before and let it air-dry, so it was nice and clean.
  • Coconut oil hair will make you smell like one big Samoa cookie!

Ok, so 1.5 hours later, I showered and washed my hair.  I had to lather, rinse, and repeat before I felt comfortable that all of the oil was completely gone.  I also applied a small amount of conditioner to my ends for extra protection. 

Y’all, after drying and straightening per usual, I was so impressed with how soft, smooth, and shiny my hair was.  Not only that, but it felt fuller too. I couldn’t stop running my hands through it!  The true test came when I stepped outside to run errands.  AND…my hair was frizz free after being exposed to two hours of Miami humidity.  Trust me, that is something!  Even the next day, as I was styling my hair, it just felt so soft and smooth. 

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This picture does my experiment no justice, but you get the picture. 

Finally – a natural, cheap and successful at home beauty experiment!  And because it worked way better than I expected, I plan to coconut’ify’ my hair once a week from now on.  I’m growing out my hair (a few more inches at the very least), and I think this will help keep it manageable…hopefully!

Have you ever applied coconut oil to your hair?  If you know of any other simple home beauty remedies, please share!

Written on March 20, 2013 Related:Beauty Products, Health, review

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