Avocado oil for hair: unique properties, application, mask recipes and reviews

One of the most valuable oils in beauticians, which is used in the care of the skin of the face, body, hair and nails, the oil that provides the most beneficial care, this is all about avocado oil.

Avocado oil is cold pressed from the pulp of the ripe fruit of the avocado tree that grows in tropical climates.

Avocado oil is suitable for dry, porous, depleted and damaged hair. The oil should be used with caution if you have a normal hair type and not applied at all if your hair is prone to oily.

Properties of avocado oil for hair

Avocado oil is a unique oil that has nourishing and moisturizing properties due to its composition. It contains a balanced amount of proteins, carbohydrates, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. We will not list and describe the entire composition of the oil, but simply write about its most important properties for hair:

1. Avocado oil penetrates the cells of the hair follicles and restores their structure and natural strength.
2. The oil has a beneficial effect on strengthening the hair cuticle, activates their growth, thanks to its composition.
3. The oil nourishes and moisturizes the hair well, eliminates dryness, splitting and brittleness, gives a beautiful and natural shine.
4. The oil protects hair from ultraviolet rays and other aggressive environmental influences.
5. Oil in combination therapy helps to get rid of dry dandruff.
6. Hair with regular use of oil is less tangled and electrified.
7. Oil protects hair with frequent use of a hair dryer, iron, curling iron.

You can buy avocado oil at a pharmacy, a specialty beauty store, or order it online. Only when buying, see that the oil is cold pressed and unrefined.

Avocado oil should be greenish due to its high chlorophyll content.

Applying avocado oil to hair

The use of avocado oil for hair will improve its condition, it has moisturizing and nourishing properties, eliminates dryness and porosity, making hair healthy and shiny.

Enriching shampoo

Shampoo enrichment can be done if you have dry, damaged hair to give it shine, dryness and brittleness. To do this, add 8-10 drops of avocado oil to 100 ml of shampoo.

If desired, you can also add 3-5 drops of essential oil of ylang-ylang, orange, lavender, rose. With this shampoo, you can wash your hair regularly, but do not forget to use it once every two weeks. deep cleansing shampoobecause even dry damaged hair needs deep cleansing. After washing your head with this shampoo for about a month, you need to take a break.

Or you can skip the oil in the shampoo bottle, and add one drop of avocado oil to the shampoo every time you wash your hair.

Hot wrap

The procedure is done before shampooing. Hot wrapping is done as a course if you want to see the result.

Avocado oil should be heated in a water bath and applied warm (the oil should be directly warm) to the hair, paying special attention to the ends of the hair. Then you can put on a shower cap (cling film, plastic bag) and be sure to wrap it in a warm towel. The towel can be heated by holding it on the battery or under the iron, or you can periodically warm it up with a hairdryer. Keep it on your hair for about an hour, and then wash your hair with shampoo (2-3 times).

This procedure can be done once a week.

Hair masks

Homemade hair masks must be done in a course of 10-15 procedures, at intervals - 1-2 times a week, not more often.

Dry hair mask

• 1 teaspoon avocado oil
• 1 teaspoon argan oil
• 1 teaspoon jojoba oil
• 8 drops of orange essential oil.

Mix oils, heat in a water bath, then add essential oil. The mask should be applied to the length of the hair, stepping back from the roots by 10-15 cm, and then insulate. The mask needs to be kept for 1-2 hours, and then wash your hair well with shampoo.

Mask for damaged hair

• 2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream;
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of avocado oil;
• 1 yolk.

Beat the yolk well and add until sour cream and butter, apply the mixture to the hair before shampooing and leave for 30-40 minutes. Then wash your hair as usual.

Moisturizing mask

• 1/2 part avocado
• 1-2 tablespoons of avocado oil.

You need to thoroughly knead half of the avocado (it is better to take overripe) and add oil to it, the consistency should turn out like a cream. The mask is applied to the length of the hair. After shampooing your hair, blot it with a towel and apply the mask, leave it on for 30-40 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water. The mask is suitable for dry, porous hair.

Vitamin mask

• 1 teaspoon of avocado oil;
• 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil;
• 1 tsp honey;
• 2 teaspoons of aloe juice;
• 5 drops of vitamin A in oil;
• 5 drops of vitamin E in oil;
• 1 yolk.

Mix all the ingredients and you can warm up to a comfortable temperature. Apply the mask to the roots (make a light massage) and spread over the entire length. Hold the mask for about an hour and wash off with shampoo.

Reviews

Yuliya

I found on the Internet such a recipe for a mask with avocado oil (although I think that you can use other natural oils, instead of avocados, for example, olive, jojoba, hemp): Pour boiling water over the kelp (you can buy it at any pharmacy, but take fine grinding), let it brew a little, add avocado oil and apply the mask on the scalp and hair for 30-40 minutes, and then rinse with shampoo. I also add sandalwood essential oil, although this was not in the recipe. With the help of this mask (I am already doing it for the third month once a week), the structure of the hair has improved, volume has appeared, the hair has become more hydrated, nourished, dryness and porosity have significantly decreased. Therefore, I can safely recommend this mask.

Ksyusha

Recently I discovered this oil for myself, now I use it constantly, I order ayherb from the American website, because what I bought from our pharmacy is significantly different, it is like water. I use body oil, massage, use instead of hand and nail cream, as well as for hair. Avocado oil is ideal for colored hair, make oil-based length masks, or just apply one oil without adding anything else. And in the summer I generally pour out a little shampoo of 50-100 ml and add 4-8 drops of oil and my head as usual, this shampoo moisturizes the hair well in the summer.

Olga

I massage a child with avocado oil, it is great for this, and even the manufacturer writes that it is suitable for caring for baby skin. Then I began to apply a little oil on the ends of my hair (about 10-15 cm from the ends of the hair) at night and braid, and in the morning I wash my hair as usual. Hair began to look much better, hair to hair, thickened and nourished. And the most important thing is that you don't need to do it like a mask, apply for two hours, warm it, walk around the house with a cap and scare your family.