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13 Best Hair Oils for All Hair Types (Tested & Reviewed 2024)

In general, Yates says the best way to apply hair oil is by gradually adding it to your hair to prevent yourself from accidentally overdoing it. Here's the general idea:

How to apply hair oil:

  • Massage a few drops of oil between your hands.
  • Lightly sweep your hands over your hair, starting at the mid-lengths and sweeping them down to your ends.
  • With the rest of the oil residue left on your hands, smooth them over the top half of your hair, avoiding the roots (unless you have coarse, dry, curly hair).
  • If you're using hair oil with the hopes of growing new hair, you'll want to focus on your scalp, and you'll also want to scroll to the next slide for more details on that. To get more specific, here are some pointers for applying hair oil to different hair types and hair textures:

    For fine, thin hair:

    If you have naturally oily hair, Valles recommends using a dry hair oil (like the Kenra Dry Oil Control Spray 14) and applying it when your hair is damp. “Use the oil to moisturize before the heat comes into play," she says, "but don't apply it after, because it can sometimes leave your hair looking heavy and dirty."

    And if you're looking for a moisturizing scalp or hair treatment, you can also apply oils as a pre-poo treatment and wash it out to get the good stuff without the extra grease.

    For coarse, thick, or curly hair:

    Try a hot oil treatment, an overnight hair treatment, or even as a leave-in treatment to intensify the moisturizing benefits. Yates also suggests adding hair oil to your other products. “Mixing hair oils with gels and/or styling cream will help dilute the hold factor and add shine to the result,” she says.

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