How to Avoid Dry Hair at Home with an Olive Oil Treatment

Olive oil can add moisture and shine to your hair.

Olive oil can inexpensively add moisture and shine to your hair. If you hair is over processed or damaged from overuse of heating products, the answer to your problem is in your kitchen. A deep-conditioning olive oil treatment before you shampoo your hair will leave your hair silky and manageable. There's no need to purchase expensive conditioners. Olive oil is a natural, budget-friendly alternative to a salon treatment that you can do in your home.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Olive oil
• Plastic shower cap
• Hair dryer
• Shampoo

1. Part your hair in the middle of your head.

2. Pour about 1 tsp. olive oil into the palm of one hand and rub your hands together to spread it on the other hand. Smooth the oil into the hair on one side of your head from halfway down the hair shaft to the ends. Repeat on the hair on the other side of your head.

3. Put a plastic shower cap over your hair. Sit under a hair dyer, or blow dry your hair with a hand-held blow dryer for 10 minutes.

4. Shampoo your hair, and style it as normal. You can follow the shampoo with a conditioner, if your hair is extra dry or damaged.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to get the olive oil on the ends of your hair.

References

• Care 2: How to Repair Your Hair With Olive Oil
• Health Benefits of Olive Oil: Olive Oil Hair Treatment