Coconut oil's ability to penetrate the hair shaft, scientifically proven beyond any shadow of doubt or wishful thinking, stems chiefly from its high lauric acid content. Just the right size and shape molecule. It's unfortunately frozen at room temperature and the virgin oil smells rather like coconuts.
Fractionated coconut oil, liquid at room temperature, is what remains when the lauric acids are removed
Refined coconut oil is the real thing, just without the odor.
Compromise. Can't have everything in life
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