jojoba oil- wet or dry

[monica sanders]

i finally got some pure jojoba oil. ever other night i damben my hair and put a little in. in makes my hair really easy to comb my hair in the morning no tangles at all. one problem. it makes my hair look a little greasy. i maybe putting to much. i'm wondering if wetting it is causing my hair to look a little greasy. should i not wet it? i have medium texure hair.

[Honey Mane]

Hi Monica,

Maybe you don't need to oil your hair every other day? You could try oiling it less often and see how that works.

[monica sanders]

Originally Posted by Honey Mane

Hi Monica,

Maybe you don't need to oil your hair every other day? You could try oiling it less often and see how that works.

how often do you think? i'm new with using oil so any information would be greatly appreciated should i wet my hair before putting it on?

[Tomb Raider]

Hello Monica! When I first started oiling I was using WAY too much. The good folks here set me straight-- the best advice I got was to take your open bottle, put your palm over it, turn the bottle upside down and back. This will leave you with a small circle of oil in your palm. Rub your palms together and then distribute it through your hair from the ends up. I find this works really well for me, and I can oil as often as I like (sometimes a couple of times a day) with no greasies. This method is a great starting point-- if you find you need more, you always can add more, a little at a time.

I oil this way at least every night before bed, and during the day once in a while too.

HTH!

[monica sanders]

what i forgot to mention is i use a leave in conditioner after w&c my hair to make sure i get out any tangles i may have. am i using to much stuff? i'm not using it all at once. i put the oil more at my ends like i said every other day at night. i use other jojoba oil but it wasn't pure jojoba oil and it did fine even though i have a leave in conditioner in my hair. i think i just need t=o use less oil since i have the pure jojoba oil now.

[Tomb Raider]

Hi again! Yes, it may just be that any amount of jojoba w/the leave-in is just too much for your particular hair. Still, I might try the jojoba one more time, after you've washed any current greasiness thoroughly out. Then, what I would do is, since you have the leave in conditioner, wait until your hair is dry (maybe before bed?) to try the very small amount of oil in the way I described in my other post. If this is still too much, you might want to avoid using it straight and just try a few drops of the jojoba in your mister.

HTH-- let us know how you make out!

[monica sanders]

thank you tomb radiar for helping me out i usally wash my hair in the morning when i take my shower. so by bedtime most of my hair is dry as in not wet.