Coconut oil for hair

Coconut oil is one of the most useful and effective hair care products. This unique product is used in cosmetology for a long time - even ancient Egyptians actively used it to care for their luxurious curls. In this article we will tell you about the beneficial properties of coconut oil and about the recipes of the best masks that can be prepared at home.

Coconut oil for hair: use and composition

Oil from the fruits of coconut is a product that is extracted by grinding the pulp of the nut and then extracting the oil from it. The main value of this product in the antiviral, emollient, moisturizing and nourishing effects on the human body. Outwardly, the oil is a solid consistency, white in color, with a pleasant aromatic odor.

Coconut oil is a real storehouse of vitamins and trace elements. It also includes the following useful acids: lauric, myristic, capric, caprylic, oleic, stearic. All of them are essential components for the health and beauty of hair and skin. In addition, the product is rich in vitamin E, calcium and phosphorus, in the absence of which the curls fade, become dry and brittle.

As a means of escape for the hair, coconut oil:

• regenerates damaged ringlets
• Maintains scalp nutrition, eliminates split ends
• moisturizes hair and makes it shiny and smooth
• prevents hair loss and strengthens hair follicles
• has a protective effect
• has antiseptic properties and helps to eliminate dandruff

Recipes for the best coconut masks for hair at home

We suggest you by your own example to make sure of the high efficiency of coconut oil for the treatment and care of hair and to prepare simple masks based on our recipes.

Moisturizing coconut mask with oatmeal

Required components:

• coconut oil - 2 tsp.
• milk - 1/4 cup
• oat flakes - 2 tbsp. l.

Stages of preparation:

1. Melt the coconut oil to a liquid consistency on a water bath.
   
   
2. Milk warm to room temperature.

3. Oat flakes are ground into a powder in a blender. You can also use whole flakes, but the consistency of the mask will be more rough.

4. Pour flakes with milk and let them brew for 10 minutes.
   
   
5. Add coconut oil and stir the mask until smooth.

6. Apply the finished product to wet curls. Cover your head with polyethylene and a towel.

7. Leave the remedy for half an hour. Then rinse with shampoo.

Express Mask for nutrition and restoration of damaged hair

Necessary ingredients:

• honey - 2 tbsp. l.
• coconut oil - 2 tbsp. l.
• essential oil (lavender, rosemary or other) - 3-5 drops

Stages of preparation:

1. Take liquid natural honey or melt solid in a bath.
2. Coconut oil is heated in a microwave and mixed with honey.
3. Add the essential oil to the mixture and apply a ready mask to the dry curls. Wrap your head with a towel.
4. Wash off the product after 15-20 minutes with shampoo.

Firming coconut mask with yolk

Necessary ingredients:

• chicken egg - 1 pc.
• fresh lemon - 1/4 part
• coconut oil - 2 tsp.

Stages of preparation:

1. Separate the yolk from the protein and whisk until foam.
2. From the lemon squeeze the juice directly into a container with yolk.
3. Stir the components until smooth.
4. Melt the coconut oil and mix it into the mixture.
5. Apply mass to the scalp and spread over wet curls, leaving for 20 minutes under a towel.
6. Rinse the mask with warm water and shampoo.