February 25, 2014

Operation Healthy Hair: The Beginning

BACKGROUND
I normally have fairly dry hair, but lately it has become even drier, the split ends more noticeable and more prone to frizz. And if you read my Beauty Confessions post then you might remember that I don't treat my hair very kindly either. I wash it every day, heat style it every day, but worst of all I play with it all the time, twisting and twirling it till sometimes the ends break off. So really, I have no one to blame for the condition of my hair but me. And perhaps my mum, because I inherited my hair twisting habit from her. Nice one mum!
Look how dry my ends are! And so dull :(

A RAY OF HOPE
Anyway, I was doing my research on hair treatments when just by coincidence Tine posted about how coconut oil had saved her hair! Of course, coconut oil! I used to use it all the time! In fact I probably still had a half-full jar in the bathroom somewhere. I used to apply it on my hair a couple of hours before showering, sometimes even overnight, then wash it off in the shower. But I stopped using it when my son was born because the first 3 months of having a baby it was like, shower? what shower? you take it when you can. And I promptly forgot about my coconut oil treatments. That is until Tine posted about hers! Helloooo coconut oil!


A NEW BEGINNING
Last week I went and got a trim to get rid of the scraggly ends of my hair, and now I will make a conscious effort to not only use a coconut oil treatment frequently but also stop playing with my hair constantly. Or at least reduce it considerably. The hairdresser also recommended the L'Oreal Mythic Oil Shampoo, Conditioner & Leave-in oil to help soften my dry hair so I'll also be using this. The coconut oil I have is by Spiral Organics which from memory I picked  up from the health food isle of my supermarket for less than $10 but that was a couple of years ago so I don't know if the brand is still available. Also, I'm not going to recommend this brand over any others because I don't think it matters, as long as you get pure coconut oil (preferably extra virgin) then you're good to go. By the way, did you know coconut oil is solid in room temperature but turns to liquid when temperatures go above 24C? You can see it in the pic below how it's starting to melt in the palm of my hand.


OPERATION HEALTHY HAIR
My plan is to wash my hair only every second day (I may need to get a good quality dry shampoo), use coconut oil as a deep treatment once a week, and NOT play with my hair so much! I'll check back in again after a month to let you know how Operation Healthy Hair is going. Now that it's on the blog I have to stick with it, right?

Have you ever used coconut oil for your hair? Have you had success with it?

9 comments :

  1. I am a big supporter of washing the hair every day - and with that, conditioning it every day, as well. I've tried not washing my hair on a Saturday or Sunday and it utterly repulses me. I don't feel clean and am self conscious that I'm going to smell like 'head.' Dry shampoo grosses me out as well, as it leaves a film and the oil will eventually begin to peek out again within a few hours. I've also read up on this since SO many people take gasps at the thought of daily hair washing, and I have found that washing it daily helps cleanse the scalp of dead skin and oils that may clog the pores. I have also noticed that if I don't wash it, say on Saturday, when I wash it on Sunday, I have even more hair in the drain than I usually do with my every day wash. Coconut oil is great - try it over night with plastic wrap or a plastic bag wrapped around our head to lock in heat. Looking forward to your review of the L'oreal Mythic Oil.

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    1. I generally love washing my hair every day too, so I don't know how I'll manage going a day between washes. But I just feel that my hair is too dry and over-shampooing might be one of the reasons. I'm so glad you've tried coconut oil as well and are happy with it. The overnight wrapped in plastic idea sounds fabulous, but I have a little toddler son that co-sleeps with us and he always plays with my hair in his sleep, so I wouldn't want him to mess up the place by rubbing the coconut oil everywhere. As for the Mythic Oil range, so far it's ok, I'm not overly impressed with it but I've only used it 3 times so I'll give it a few more chances first before making a judgment call.

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    2. I need to clarify that I have fine hair, so the next day it WILL be oily. Over-processed hair, coarse hair - that doesn't get oily like fine hair, so I can understand someone with that texture not washing every day. Others, we gots to wash the funk out!

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  2. Coconut Oil is just amazing on hair, I swear by it!

    Belle ♥
    Mascara & Maltesers

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    1. Yay! I hope it works amazingly on my hair too! :)

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  3. Like regular, supermarket coconut oil that I am probably cooking with?! Gosh, I can't walk five feet without seeing it sold here! I'm definitely onto it now. Hopefully it will help fix the horror damage that the hairdresser did to my poor hair {I am considering cutting it into a bob just to get rid of half of it!}. Good luck with your hair mission, can't wait to see how it works for you! Xx

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    1. Yep, regular coconut oil babe! Try, might be just what your hair needs after that horror damage. xx

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  4. I might try this, my ends could do with it too!

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  5. Why don't you continue washing your hair daily and use natural shampoo and conditioner instead? Ever since using natural shampoo I feel cleaner but my hair doesn't feel stripped. I use Rocky Mountain soap company. Their stuff is awesome!

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