Healthy Hair: Using Coconut Oil on Hair

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Our lovely friends at ThisThatBeauty have a great article on coconut oil, the benefits and how to do use it effectively at home. In honor of Healthy Hair Month here on LoveBrownSugar, we had to give you the tea. In case you didn’t know already, here’s what the hooplah is about using coconut oil on hair:

How many ‘miracle’ hair products have you seen in magazines or on television in the last year?  With each of these miracle products there is always one or two ingredients on which all the claims are based. While some of these ingredients have scientific proof and live up to their claims to miraculously transform hair, many more do not. Coconut oil has stood the test of time and has much scientific evidence to support claims to help one achieve healthy hair. Coconut oil is currently experiencing a bit of a revival, thanks in part to the natural hair movement among women of color.

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How To Use Virgin Coconut Oil on Hair

Studies have shown coconut oil has an affinity for protein (hair is protein) and reduces protein lost for healthy and damaged hair. One study found that coconut oil penetrated the hair fiber when it was applied and left on the hair over night.
The experiment did not detect the amount of oil that penetrated the hair only that the oil was present in the hair fiber after a pre-shampoo over night treatment.

Click HERE for the full story and tips on “How To Use Coconut Oil on Hair” at home! 

Christina Brown

Lifestyle influencer and digital mompreneur Christina S. Brown is a New York native, LA resident, and the founder of LoveBrownSugar.com and BrownGirlsLove. She's an award-winning storyteller, a motivational speaker and an advocate for confident millennial black women.