So when I was little, around 7/8 years old. Every Saturday my family and I used to go around to my Nanni's house. It was a weekly gathering where I would get to spend time with family and play with my cousins. Usually towards the end of the evening my Nanni would call each of her grandchildren to have their hair oiled and their head massaged. It was heavenly! I continue that tradition to this day and I am now 27 years old.
Oiling the hair and massaging the scalp is healthy and I believe essential if you want silky, smooth and glossy locks. You can use a range of oils. My Nanni used to use olive oil or almond oil. Below is a photograph of the oils I currently own. I like to mix oils as they work well and also help to dilute much thicker oils like castor. So I tend to oil my hair once a month.
At the moment I use The Body Shop Polynesia Monoi Oil. I love the scent and consistency of this oil and you can use it all over your body too. I mix this with a little castor oil (shown in the Vatika Almond Oil bottle). Castor oil is a thick oil which I recently got into using thanks to Farah Dhukai. It has amazing benefits to luscious hair and also improving the growth of you eyelashes and eyebrows (I am trialling this at the moment so will let you know how it goes in about a month). I apply the Monoi and Castor on my scalp and massage it down. Then I use Argan Oil which I bought from Morocco (at a dirt cheap price might I add) to the length of my hair and ends. I prefer to leave it in for the duration of the day but today I left it in for just over an hour and it still gave me great results! Please bear in mind that you will have to wash your hair out at least twice to ensure all the oil is removed from your hair. You can let it naturally dry or blow dry and honestly the results are amazing! Also please note that it takes time to get great results so applying infrequently may not result in the same outcome I got.
Next up and lastly is Superdrug Vitamin E Skin Oil. I think I mentioned this on my blog a few years ago when I blogged about my skincare. I LOVE this OIL. I used to work at The Body Shop when I was at university and they sold a Vitamin E oil but now it is way too pricey and I feel it doesn't deliver half as well as this one. I was gutted when I ran out here in Kuwait so once I was back in the UK I stocked up on 2.
So I use this oil for my face and I apply it at night as this oil works best then. I do apply it daily unless I have a mother of a zit and then I don't as I apply spot gel. But yes on a daily basis I massage this into my skin and neck. You only need like 2 drops. It helps reduce the appearance of scars and marks too. When you awake in the morning your skin will feel as soft as a baby's. No kidding. I swear by this product and have used this for well over 3 years. I even got my mom and sister into using it that's how good it is. So we'll done Superdrug and please, please don't discontinue it!
I hope you enjoyed this post.
Love & blessings,
Sara xx
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