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Updated July, 2018 Coconut oil is great for hair - some people simply cannot have a good hair day without it. It makes hair less porous so it doesn't get all dehydrated during washing, it makes hair soft, blah, blah, blah. I know, coconut oil is great, I wrote about it here and here . There are those of us who use coconut oil, and find our hair gets crunchy or stiff or rigid or rough, brittle, even breaking or shedding and we just don't see what the fuss was all about. Or worse yet, we think there is something wrong with our hair - or maybe we did it wrong. Maybe our coconut oil is the wrong kind.  Yet another Miracle Product that works for "everybody else" doesn't work for you. Well, that makes a person feel pretty mopey. Cheer up! There's nothing wrong with your hair. It's the coconut oil. Coconut oil's "miracle ingredient" is medium-chain triglycerides , a variety of fat or oil. Human sebum (skin oils) only contains around 35% triglyceri...

If you start researching how to best care for your hair, it may start to seem like confusing chore. So many treatments and possibilities and when to do them and how to do them and why… There are people who like complexity in their everyday projects and there are those of us who find our complexity elsewhere. I like simple for hair.  Starting from the very basics, what do you need? 1) To clean your hair 2) To lubricate your hair 3) To provide softness 4) Protect/provide hydration (moisturize) - hydration does everything from reduce breakage to define curls to add shine and weight. Hydration is good for all hair from straight to coily and from thin to thick. Hydration keeps your hair from being flyaway and unkempt-looking. We get hydration from using conditioners to prevent water loss, from hydrolyzed proteins in products (fine, medium and less often for coarse hair), from humectants (list on this page ) and from oil pre-wash treatments in normal porosity to porous hair to prevent s...