Date oil to restructure hair: Here’s how to use it

Desert date oil is rich in qualities that make it very precious for hair care, restructuring it, and preserving its beauty. Let’s see how to use it and how to choose it.

Desert date oil has been known since ancient times; already in ancient Egypt, it was used by the pharaohs to protect, strengthen, and restructure the hair. Numerous qualities make it precious for the health of the hair:

• It has restructuring, emollient, and moisturizing properties.
• It protects from the aggression of external agents.
• It is rich in flavonoids, substances known to be antioxidants.

How to use date oil to restructure the hair

Desert date oil is an excellent natural product to restructure the hair: to benefit from this quality fully, make a compress before shampooing. Then, distribute a small amount over the entire crown, wait 15/20 minutes and wash them with a mildly aggressive shampoo, perhaps also based on date oil.

Desert date oil is beneficial for hair beauty in all seasons, but it is precious, especially in summer, when the hair is more subjected to the aggression of external agents, such as sun, wind, and salt. It is a product to be absolutely packed before leaving for a beach holiday.

In that case, apply a small quantity distributing it well, especially on the tips, every morning, before going to the beach. Once back home, after shampooing, the hair will appear bright and healthy, despite the contact with the salt and the stay in the sun; they will also be easier to comb.

But it does not end here, and desert date oil is also useful for preserving the hair from the aggressive action of dyes. Add a few drops to the product used for the dye before using it in the usual way.

What date oil products to use to restructure hair

To benefit from the restructuring and protective effect of date oil on hair, you can resort to:

• Pure date oil: check that the word Balanites roxburghii seed oil appears on the INCI, that is, on the list of ingredients.
• Shampoos, masks, sprays, and other specific hair products that contain desert date oil among the main ingredients. Always read the INCI carefully and check that the date oil appears among the first ingredients on the list. In the INCI, the substances are indicated in descending order; the first are those contained in greater quantities. If you want a date oil-based product that is truly useful for hair beauty and rich in natural ingredients, check that the INCI does not contain silicones, paraffin, and other aggressive agents.