Agadir Argan Oil

[losgan]

Has anyone used this? My sister-in-law told me about it this weekend. Her hair is suddenly very shiney and healthy looking, and she says it is due to this oil she started buying from her stylist. It certainly sounds promising!

I just ordered some from Amazon - so in a few weeks I should have something to say about it. I need to update my avatar - my hair is longer now, but starting to get a little frizzy at the ends. I'm sure I need a trim - but I'm just so afraid they'll go too far.

Here is the manufacturer's description of where it is from and its benefits:
http://www.agadirint.com/about_argan.html

Like I said - her hair looked amazing, and was very humidity resistant (which seems to be when mine starts acting weird).

[wahmof9]

Never heard of it but I am curious!

[ademtce]

sounds interesting.
i wish they had put the full list of ingredients on their though/

[Henna Sooq]

Argan oil is from Morocco and is really good for the hair. Here is some information on it from my blog.


Argan oil is exceptionally rich in natural vitamin E, Omega 9, Omega 6, rich in phenols, phenolic acid, carotenes, squalene, and essential fatty acids.

The unroasted oil is traditionally used as a treatment for skin diseases, and is widely used in cosmetics.

Using the oil for hair: Omega 9 that is found in argan oil has shown to help with strengthening, and to achieve overall healthy hair. Argan oil is non-greasy and non-oily and has become popular as a hair treatment to repair and heal damaged hair. It has the ability to naturally hydrate and to help stop frizziness, fly-away and hard to control, unmanageable hair.
It is excellent for locking in moisture and improving shine and luster. Argan oil has been shown to penetrate the hair shaft and almost instantly improve follicle elasticity, and increase nourishment. It is known to able to help treat psoriasis.

[Angharad]

I use arganoil as a leave-in and for my thick, dry hair it works wonders:) ; my hair gets more moisturised than using jojoba-oil for example.

The brand I use is called Naturelle d'Orient and this is their (French) site:

http://www.naturelledorient.fr/accueil.php

(I buy this from a Dutch website: http://www.yemna.nl/N_frame.html?http://www.yemna.nl/?gclid=CMzppN-p4pwCFZeD3godJ3kTIg )

I also have bought a little bottle from a brand called "Bio Argan" (smells more nuttlike than the other brand) in a Moroccan shop here in the Netherlands so I think if you searched in a Moroccan or Oriental shop in a city they must have heard of the stuff.

[wahmof9]

Argan oil is from Morocco and is really good for the hair. Here is some information on it from my blog.


Argan oil is exceptionally rich in natural vitamin E, Omega 9, Omega 6, rich in phenols, phenolic acid, carotenes, squalene, and essential fatty acids.

The unroasted oil is traditionally used as a treatment for skin diseases, and is widely used in cosmetics.

Using the oil for hair: Omega 9 that is found in argan oil has shown to help with strengthening, and to achieve overall healthy hair. Argan oil is non-greasy and non-oily and has become popular as a hair treatment to repair and heal damaged hair. It has the ability to naturally hydrate and to help stop frizziness, fly-away and hard to control, unmanageable hair.
It is excellent for locking in moisture and improving shine and luster. Argan oil has been shown to penetrate the hair shaft and almost instantly improve follicle elasticity, and increase nourishment. It is known to able to help treat psoriasis.

Thank you this is geat information Henna Sooq!

[cakebaker]

Well, I just bought a bottle from Amazon too. I want to avoid a trim too, so we shall see!

[Henna Sooq]

welcome! :)

[ktani]

There is an argan oil thread, http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=4796l.

[Fractalsofhair]

Argan oil is well known to be used on skin, but I've never heard of it on hair...

It does have the full list of ingredients on the website(Or possibly might) it says 100% certified pure argan oil. Which can mean the argan oil they use in it is pure, or that the whole product is 100% argan oil... Why'd they package it for hair, IDK... But 100% pure Argan oil has been sold at Sephora for faces... I always thought products should have more than one ingredient though!

[Henna Sooq]

Actually, naturally and traditional women have always used 100% pure products. In Morocco they extract this argan oil from the nuts themselves. My blog has some pictures of that as well.

There are two qualitites of argan oil, one for food, and the other for cosmetic use. It can be used on the face but it is also used traditionally for hair as well. Ask someone who is from Morocco :)

[Fractalsofhair]

Actually, naturally and traditional women have always used 100% pure products. In Morocco they extract this argan oil from the nuts themselves. My blog has some pictures of that as well.

There are two qualitites of argan oil, one for food, and the other for cosmetic use. It can be used on the face but it is also used traditionally for hair as well. Ask someone who is from Morocco :)

Yeah, I know about many home products(Or traditional) being 100% pure, it's just generally in stores it's a combo of ingredients and at least a scent added... Because buying the straight plain ingredient in a sorta boring package is silly when you can buy a larger amount for a lower cost and put it into your own package! And I'm not Moroccan at all, so I have no idea about old beauty traditions there! As it is, I have a hard enough time figuring out the Scottish side! XD I was questioning more if it is "pure" as in the American store sense of the word(As in, Herbal Essences has Pure herbal extracts, meaning they don't taint their herbal extract with chemicals and then only list it as herbal extract) or pure in the hippie/true sense of the word(All natural etc) or pure in the bio sense of the word(Well said oil has X% of this type of oil, and Y% of this other type, so it is pure according to our chart and free of random bits of shell).

[ktani]

This is from the peroxide thread on pure argan oil use, http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showpost.php?p=411884&postcount=156.

From the link in the first post of this thread, it says on the about us page, http://www.agadirint.com/about_us.html that their treatment is made with pure argan oil, so it appears that there are other ingredients in it. It is the print on the box on the right.

[chickpea]

Argan oil is one of my favorites, it is not too heavy and makes my hair feel soft & silky. It's expensive, so I usually combine it with a few drops of other oils.

I've also made my own serum with argan oil, camellia oil, seamollient, and a small amount of dimethicone (unlike most serums, which are mostly -cones).

[Canarygirl]

I just read the reviews (Amazon) on the Agadir brand oil and people said that it contains several cones in it; they are listed on the ingredient list.

I would like to find an American supplier (or Canadian?) of an Argan oil that does not contain any cones. Suggestions? Henna Sooq? :)

Update: I just bought some from Henna Sooq. Yippee!

[ChloeDharma]

Yeah, I know about many home products(Or traditional) being 100% pure, it's just generally in stores it's a combo of ingredients and at least a scent added... Because buying the straight plain ingredient in a sorta boring package is silly when you can buy a larger amount for a lower cost and put it into your own package! And I'm not Moroccan at all, so I have no idea about old beauty traditions there! As it is, I have a hard enough time figuring out the Scottish side! XD I was questioning more if it is "pure" as in the American store sense of the word(As in, Herbal Essences has Pure herbal extracts, meaning they don't taint their herbal extract with chemicals and then only list it as herbal extract) or pure in the hippie/true sense of the word(All natural etc) or pure in the bio sense of the word(Well said oil has X% of this type of oil, and Y% of this other type, so it is pure according to our chart and free of random bits of shell).

You make an important point, many times a product can promote themselves in a misleading way.....saying that a product has "pure" whatever in it but has other ingredients you may not wish to use.
The best solution i think is to buy just the pure oil. In most of my local supermarkets they have food grade argan oil in the gourmet section, i think this is the safest way to go personally if you want to ensure you are just buying the one ingredient.
There is a product i saw mentioned on here quite a while ago, i think it was something like "moroccan oil" and boasts of it's argan oil content, but when i searched the ingredients it had cones in it. To be fair though, the reviews were good, it's just i feel people should be properly informed of what something is so they can make informed choices about what they decide to buy.

Pure argan oil though does sound fantastic, i might buy some soon to test out.....not for my benefit of course, but to help you guys out with a review (that's my excuse anyway! ;))

[Henna Sooq]

I feel by getting it directly from the source and being really picky you can make sure to get the right stuff. Yes pure has all sorts of interpretations. The same goes for pure henna powder. Everyone has their own understanding and market it to their own benefit. Finding honest people is best.

I have actually been using the argan oil a lot on my daughter's hair. I love the oils, but I don't personally like feeling greasy, and I don't like greasing up my daughter's hair too much as it could look heavy and oily. I hate the oily look. It makes me think that someone hasn't washed their hair.

Anyhow so the argan oil has made her curls soft, and so much easier to work with. I usually use a lot of hair creams, but I think I am going to stop completely. I didn't realize the argan oil was really this amazing. Not oily looking and made her hair soft and shiny. She has really curly, Shirley Temple type hair and also gets really frizzy outdoors, do you can imagine the kinds of things I've tried to tame it.

It's too bad it's a tough oil to come by and so expensive. They are very strict about exporting it out of Morocco. I even used the oil in a shampoo bar.

[Lucky]

I bought some last year when I was in Agadir and I love it! My hair and skin just drink it up, but it doesn't leave me greasy at all. You have to choose it with care, though, there are a lot of con artists out there who claim to sell argan oil when it's in fact just plain vegetable oil. True argan oil has a sort of nutty scent and can *almost* smell a wee bit fecal if it's really "artesianal".