Hot Oil Hair Treatment

Submitted by Sassy Syrah

"I have only used this once, but am very happy with the result. I would often use V05 hot oil tubes but this is much cheaper. I used eucalyptus as the essential oil, but I think lavender would be good too."

 

• Ready In: 21mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Yields: 1 treatment

ingredients

• 59.16 ml olive oil
• 29.58 ml honey
• 0.13-0.19 ml essential oils

directions

1. Put honey, oil and essential oil in a plastic bag.
2. Twist but don't tie.
3. Pour boiling water in a mug.
4. Add plastic bag to mug until it warms up.
5. Apply gently to wet hair.
6. Don't pour it on your head, put the mixture on your hands and apply to all of your hair.
7. Wrap up your hair with a showercap, a towel or cling wrap.
8. Jump in the bath or shower.
9. Wait twenty minutes, then rinse and wash hair normally.

Reviews

[sugaree]

My hair felt very silky, but it had a real greasy look to it and I washed it twice. I have very fine hair so perhaps if you have thick hair it will work better.

 

[SAHS7930]

I left out the essential oil and halved the recipe for my medium-length hair -- still had an awful lot! I have fine, oily hair that nevertheless has dry and frizzy ends. I shampooed twice to get the honey out, then had to seriously condition because the excessive shampooing made my hair feel like straw. So, my hair is soft and sorta shiny, but I feel like I owe that more to the conditioner. :/ I'd try this again without the honey, and use another oil like Jojoba or vitamin E.

 

[joanna_giselle]

I came back from our summer beach holidays with my hair feeling like straw. This was the perfect antidote to soften and nourish my brittle, fine hair. The amount given was a lot and I only used half with quite a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil as I like the smell. I wrapped my hair in a towel and sat in the sun for 20 minutes. I only needed to shampoo twice to clean my hair. I happily recommend it to anyone who wants some pampering in the comfort of their own home!

 

[jas kaur]

this recipe has been a life saver for me and i cant thank u much for this i didn use any essential oils but the result was great. Hair felt kinda stiff with the oil n honey mixture but it definitely has improved the texture of my hair smoothing the split ends n taming the frizziness which by all means is a mystery to me bcoz even the best of anti frizz serums cudn do it that well but sumhow i used the recipe as it is twice, i didn use a zip lock just warmed the oil in microwave for afew seconds and added the honey in hot oil until mixed well i then added abt 1/4 cup of yogurt to this n it did even better to the texture of my hair.it was easy to apply n all hair strands seemed to be soaked in the mix it even helped starighten my hair with just minimal blow drying MY hair feels lovely ,soft ,shiny and very well behaved ... :D Thank you so much !!!

 

[SueB-SueB]

This was a very nice treat...the original Vo5 is pricey! i have shoulder length hair and i cut the recipe in half and it worked great.i didnt use any scent as i had none. The honey scent was good anyway. I will definetly use again! Thanks