If your hair needs a quick “pick me up”, try using this Olive Oil Hair Treatment for combating dry hair. Don’t waste money on expensive vials of hot oil treatments when you can use something that’s actually in your kitchen cabinet that has the same benefits.
What you need: 1/4 to 1/2 cup of olive oil, 1 plastic cap.
Directions: Heat oil in the microwave until warm. Be careful not to get the oil too hot. Next, apply the oil to your hair and focus on the driest part, which is usually your ends. For easier application… you can use a spray bottle to apply the hair treatment.
After you have applied your oil, cover your hair with the plastic cap… And if you don’t have one of those, a plastic grocery bag is a great substitute. I usually leave the mixture on for about 10-15 minutes. If you need a deeper treatment, wrap a hot towel around the plastic bag and let it sit for an hour. Rinse well when finished.
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i tried this and lawvd the effect it had on ma hair..
I’m glad it worked for you Jasmine! I love it… so much that I started adding olive oil to my weekly deep conditioner too.
Hi
Is it okay to mix coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil, soybean oil, and rosemary leaves as a hot oil treatment?
Shelley, I think it’s perfectly fine to mix the above ingredients as a hot oil treatment. I just did one with olive oil, jojoba, castor oil, and almond oil last week and it came out great. I’ll try your above mixture next time I do one
Thanks for stopping by!
The Olive Oil Treatment sound like it will be great for my grandson’s hair.
I don’t know how to say what I am need to know. I am a white grandmother and I have never had to work with African American hair. My grandson has beautiful hair it is long down below his ears and has rows of curls. I need to know what I need to get to keep his hair looking like this I want let them cut it off he had that done once and when his hair started to grow out it would just stick straight up and I just didn’t like that. What kind of Shampoo and Conditioner do I need to use and is there anything else that I need to do to his hair. Any information would be helpful.
Rhonda Rankhorn
Rhonda, I think it’s great that you want to learn how to care for your grandson’s curls. I was set to write a long post with my recommendations but I found someone else who explains it better and with pictures
The link is:
http://www.biracialhair.org
Teri does a great job of explaining how to take care of all curly hair types and I’m sure her suggestions will help you out with your grandson’s hair.
Another site you may want to check out is
http://www.treasuredlocks.com/biracial-hair-care-guide.html
I can’t vouch for or recommend the products they suggest, but there is tons of information on this page that will help you too.
I hope that helps you out and if you need anything else you can contact me from the link at the top of the page or via my comment section. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.
my 7 year old has very very dry scalp. i can wash it two days later you will see so much dandruff. i use vitamin E on her scalp. I don’t know what else to do. what would you recommend
My hair is damaged in the fron on the side and i wanted to know if this olive oil treatment would help repair my hair and make it grow.
@ Tammie – I believe I placed a dry scalp recipe up a few months ago. Check it out, or you may want to take your daughter to a trichologist (hair doctor) if the problem persists. Good luck!
@ Fanta – No, this recipe will not repair damage that has already occurred within your hair or grow your hair… But it will help to combat dry ends and help with your hair retention.
i want to try this but my microwave died on my last week and was wondering if i could do this on the stove on like low?
hi…m south african and i have never in my life had hair till my shoulder(and please i m not dramatic…m dead serious)..it hurts considering its short and i am still a teenager..m 17 n it hurts not to have long beautiful hair!(about to cry) please help.i have googled till i go crazy!thanx
i am a black woman and i am relaxing and trying to grow my hair but i was wondering if this treatment will grow my hair quickly. also what else will help grow my hair!
hey shannon i remember my relaxed days. the most important things to do most of all. is deep conditioning. remember that our hair needs a balance of moisture. when i was relaxed i didn’t shampoo so heavily to strip the hair of its natural moisture. everytime you wet your hair in the shower preferably dont feel as though you have to lather so much. but always deep condition. i don’t think that olive oil is going to make your hair grow faster. it will help aid your locks to be lubricated and strong and that is important. you should really practice protective styling to protect your ends. i saw alot more in lenghth that way. now that i am natural its so much easier my hair is so stronger than ever. i only shampoo every other week using only a dime size amount diluted then a conditioner wash. shannon wow but good luck on your journey sister many blessings.
im 19 and my hair is fine but i hve hair loss at the side really need it to grow back but dnt kno what to use is olive oil good for that, its short and i also need it to grow back wasnt like this all the time, HELP ME
im 15 and my hair used to be almost to my butt i am black and white and in going to go nuts because of the fact that my mom made me put a relaxer in my hair. what can i do to it that it will make it to start growing better… im not all they way chicken head but im getting there
thanks !!
Wow! I must say that everything I read here is EXACTLY what I have been feeling for years! I am about to do this treatment AS SOON as I wake up! My hair is dry and breaking on the sides and in the front! I can hear my hair screaming for some moisture! “Brittany I am so thirst!” I have product after product stored in my bathroom. But now… I am desperate! HOPEFULLY pray to the lord this works. I am a black 19 year old but have very different hair. It’s like black and mixed hair… MIXED TOGETHER! ugh! So frustrating.
For a colored lady, my hair is usually dry and damaged. I do not enjoy using gels, hairsprays and/or other chemicals in my hair, so tonight was the very first time I tried Extra Olive Oil and honey, to heat treat my hair.
Now, the only problem or issue I have with this remedy, is I hate the sticky feeling that the honey leaves the hair, even after washing it out several time, it still feels sort of sticky.
Anyways, my other major problem or issue, is that after I shampoo and condition my hair, it becomes so tangled, that large amounts of hair is left in the brush and comb.
Any solutions for these two problems, I would be much apprecative if someone could help me with these matters.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
my hair have bcum dry, frizzy.. Lost der natural colour… I jus wanna knw dat whether dis olive oil treatment will be helpful for me to get long, smooth, shiny, black hair…
Waiting for ur reply…!!
hi myself nisha i want to know that is it possible to grow hair groth again my hairs are very long and shinny and very heavy til college age but some years before my hairs are become so thin that its too short kindly suggest me
Hi! I am going to be trying this treatment tonight and have been doing some research. So far yours seems to be the best and receive the most positive reviews. I have seen some treatments add honey along with the olive oil for the treatment. What do you think about that?
To the coloured lady that ends up with bunches of hair on her comb and brush after shampooing and conditioning, try using “dark and lovely” cholesterol (with avec, a detangler) as a conditioner, leave it in your hair for about 15 minutes the wash it out. Also try to comb your hair GENTLY when its damp with a wide toothed comb (not a brush) and not while its still wet because that causes your hair to stretch and snap which is why you getting bunches of it on your comb and brush. I swear by that cholesterol by dark and lovely and its the only thing I use as a conditioner for my hair, in South Africa it costs about r55 -r60 for the 500ml tub and is available almost every where.
Hi, I tried the olive oil treatment. Except it wasn’t heated up, I just put it in my hair and then placed a shower cap over it. I left that on for about 10 min, and then washed it out with shampoo. Once my hair dried it looked way worse then before. Did I just possibly do it wrong? I have super curly hair.