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What's Cookin': Oil Blend Recipe for Hair

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Science-y Hair Blog Oil Blend or SHB Oil Blend Recipe This natural oil blend is a pre-shampoo treatment, a sealer, a frizz-controlling shine pomade/serum, can be added to your conditioner for a deep conditioner. This oil blend adds softness and flexibility to your hair. It helps your hairs align with each other for gloss and definition. Adds weight to control frizz or reduce the volume of "poufy" hair. ©Science-y Hair Blog 2013 This mixture is blended to be similar the fatty acid component of the oils from your scalp, but still using oils that are fairly easy to find. It works differently than any single oil alone. ©Science-y Hair Blog 2013 Recipe: (makes about 1/4 cup) Extra Virgin Olive oil               2 1/2 teaspoons (12 ml) Coconut oil                              1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons (7.5 ml to 10) (1 1/2 tsp if liquid, 2 if solidified) Shea butter or Cocoa butter ...

Update to Penetrating Oils Post

This is the original post , with the updated list. I've done a little more research and this may be more accurate. Because all these oils have not been tested side-by-side using the same technology, it's a little tricky to guess which ones actually will do what is predicted. And of course, your hair will be the best judge of which oil may work best for you.