Coconut Oil Wash

Hello hair beauties,

Today, I want you to take a step inside my shower with me. That sounds a bit odd, but I want you to know how I have been washing my hair recently and how awesomely it has been working. I talked a few posts back about wanting to try coconut oil because of a girl that I work with. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and I am in love with the results.

In my shower I have a huge jar of coconut oil. (if your house is really hot this may not work) Coconut oil melts at like 75 degrees F. I got my jar from Walmart for about $6 and it's going to last me quite some time. When I get into the shower I completely saturate my hair with water. I open up my jar of coconut oil and scoop out maybe a tablespoon or two with my finger. I put it between my hair and let it start to soften and melt a bit so that it can be distributed through my hair evenly. I start about halfway down my hair shaft, and massage it all the way down to the ends. With the excess oil still left on my hands, I massage that into my roots. I let this sit in my hair for probably 2-3 minutes. I rinse it out of my hair, and then I wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner as usual. If you have oily hair already, I wouldn't recommend conditioning your hair afterwards because it is already conditioned from the coconut oil. My hair being as dry as it is, can use the extra moisture.

My hair is so easy to comb through after I do this to my hair. It actually feels good.

What I want to do is a coconut oil mask, but I have actually attempted it yet. If you are feeling frisky and what to try it, here is what you do. On dry hair, take some coconut oil in your hands and let it melt. You are going to saturate your entire head until your hair looks wet with coconut oil. Put your hair in a shower cap and let it sit for 30 minutes. If you want, you can always put your hair under a blow dryer so that the heat with open up your cuticles and let more of the moisture in. Once you are finished with your 30 minutes rinse out the coconut oil, and wash your hair as usual. Again, if you have more oily hair I would recommend conditioning it as usual, but you may have to wash your hair a couple times to get all the oil out of your hair.

This is supposed to make your hair ridiculously soft, and also helps it grow. I'm thinking I might try this sometime tonight if I get the chance.

XO-Stacey