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Loveletters
June 6th, 2020, 04:25 PM
Hey! I just applied the argan oil my mom bought for me to my hair. After I applied it, I read "for cooking only" in small letters on the bottle. Whoops mom, you must have missed that! Anyway, it's too late in my time zone to shower so I can't wash the oil out tonight. I was wondering, could the cooking oil harm my hair?
MusicalSpoons
June 6th, 2020, 04:33 PM
If you can ingest it, I sincerely doubt it can harm your hair!

The first few oils I used were cooking oils :shrug:
Ylva
June 6th, 2020, 04:37 PM
If anything, it's probably higher quality than a non-culinary oil. Go right ahead.
leafygreens18
June 6th, 2020, 05:38 PM
Almost definitely, but be more cautious using hair oils in your cuisine :misskim:
Kat
June 7th, 2020, 02:52 PM
If you can ingest it, I sincerely doubt it can harm your hair!

The first few oils I used were cooking oils :shrug:

Exactly. In fact, I used to make sure to buy my coconut oil, almond oil, etc. from the cooking section, as it was usually cheaper than getting it from the beauty section...

If you read the ingredients and all that is in it is the oil, I'd say you're probably fine. I can't think of anything they would do to oil for cooking that would hurt hair?
Mariekeeee14
June 7th, 2020, 03:55 PM
My fav oil for prepoo is olive oil, straight from the kitchen, and it has never broken off all at once xD

In all seriousness, no problem!
jane_marie
June 7th, 2020, 04:07 PM
Heck yes you can! I've been known to use butter or ghee as a pre wash treatment and have great results. I know a number of people use coconut oil intended for cooking as well.
SleepyTangles
June 8th, 2020, 04:40 AM
You totally can! It's probably going to be a bit more aromatic than cosmetic-grade argan oil but that's not an issue for your hair
lilbee
June 8th, 2020, 07:34 AM
Hi Loveletters !

Cooking argan oil is usually made out of roasted argan nuts and has a much stronger smell. I don't think it will harm your hair in any way though, but it can make you smell like you have been eating some fried food, lol. Same for sesame seeds : if you take the Asian cooking one, it smell ultra strong because seeds are roasted. So it's always better to check if the oil is crude (and virgin) before applying. ;)