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Essential Oils for Hair Care
Adapted from Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal, by Rosemary Gladstar.
Have you ever noticed how few people over 50 have shiny, healthy hair hair you’d die for? There aren’t very many of them.
Though it may be part of the natural aging process to lose some of your crowning glory, it’s not a natural process for it to lose its gleam and glow. This lack of life is almost always due not to aging but to the unhealthy practices of overwashing, blow drying, and using chemical products such as sprays, perms and gels.
Health, natural hair care is basically a very simple undertaking. Here are some tips of how essential oils can help!
Basil: Oily hair. Promotes growth
Chamomile: Fine to normal hair. Gives golden highlights
Clary sage: All types of hair. Dandruff treatment
Lavender: Normal hair. Scalp treatment for itchiness, dandruff, and even lice!
Lemon: Oily hair. Gives golden highlights; treatment for dry scalp, dandruff, lice, and underactive sebaceous glands
Myrrh: Dry hair. Treatment for dry scalp, dandruff, lice, and underactive sebaceous glands
Patchouli: Oily hair. Dandruff treatment
Peppermint: Dry hair. Promotes hair growth
Rose: Fine hair. Soothes scalp
Rosemary: Oily hair. Dandruff treatment; promotes hair growth
Tea tree: Oily hair. Treatment for dry scalp, dandruff, lice, and underactive sebaceous glands
Ylang-ylang: Oily hair. Dandruff treatment
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add your comment »does anyone know where I can find a true herbal shampoo? or how can I make one at home? is it economical - meaning is it cheaper to buy all the ingredients or to just buy store brand? I have recently had my hair ruined by a 'natural' product. It has sls in it, among other things. It ruined my skin & hair, not to mention I was unwittingly polluting the environment & poisoning myself w/ it. I am trying to get away from commercial products, but am on a tight budget. Can afford s&h - especially when s&h costs twice the price of what I ordered! Am looking for SLS/chemical free dental care, too. yep - finally got away from triclosan & ran right into it's evil cousins. Help!
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my hair is just a mess.its ma first time am loking at this website for help.i no longer comb it because it falls out from the scalp and has split ends too,with a very dry and scaly scalp.peaole help please.asiamuslima2yahoo.com
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i had very long and stright hait BUT after pumming i start lossing my hair and now they are very dry andlife less. pls anyone with solution.. for re-groth and shine??????
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I have the combination kind of hair, oily & dry, so I'm trying the Clary/Lavender combo with a dash of Rosemary for shine. I'm putting drops into jojoba oil, warming and treating each week for an hour then washing out twice with organic shampoo from the healthfood store. Can't say it's done much for my oily scalp but it (and the ends) looks healthier.
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Goodness gracious!!! All these wonderful people have left wonderful questions but nobody is answering!! Is anybody out there in oil land? I have similar questions too but it looks like you guys are alone on this one!
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hi there
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please tell me which oil should i use for rebonded and hi-lighed hair, and I have split ends too.
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please tell me which oil should i use for rebonded and hi-lighed hair, and I have split ends too.
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My hair is so fine, it splits. My relatives also have fine heair, but how do I strengthen it and liven it up so it doesn't appear pasted to my head? Also I get this itch on the sides of my forehead and top of my head. No dandruff, wonder if it is a yeast type thing?
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Thanks Stephanie!
I know what you mean about the oily/dry combo hair...It's wonderful isn't it??? :)
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