The Good Oils and Why We Love Them!
Let’s talk oils. Essential oils are a time-honored method for self-care that have multiple uses. Cleopatra herself, known for her beauty and elegance, bathed in milk and honey before applying oil over her body in order to keep her skin soft and supple. And I’m okay with being a modern-day Cleopatra! In India, Ayurvedic practitioners believed that applying oil to the skin helped to balance the body’s doshas (energies). Whether you’re looking for beauty or balance, oils serve many purposes. If you don’t believe me, believe your body; Aromatherapy, using essential oils as a form of therapy through smell, is known to reduce stress, ease pain, improve sleep, and enhance cognitive focus. The ive senses don’t lie! Johnson’s Baby Oil may have been your introduction to the wellness bene its of oils as a kid but why should it stop there? Putting these proven bene its to use is what we’re here to help you with; Hair oiling is a simple beauty hack you can do at home…and I know you have questions- What is it? What oil? And how do I do it? The practice of pouring oil onto the hair and massaging it into the scalp can provide you with improvements depending on what you’re looking for. Different kinds of oils consist of varying vitamins that affect your hair in different ways. The irst step is identifying what kind of hair you have and the kind of hair you’re looking to get;
The texture and the health of your hair can range from being thin to thick, frizzy to lat, or dry to oily. Sesame oil is known to reduce izziness and can help prevent split ends. Argan oil, illed with vitamin E, is commonly used as a way to strengthen hair, reducing hair loss and breakage. For ine and thin hair, Jojoba oil works as a non-greasy ix that moisturizes the hair without leaving a heavy coating.
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