How to use oil?

[ashamanjababu]

How often do you oil? I'm thinking I want to start doing an overnight heavy oil treatment before each wash for a while to see what happens. I wash about every 5-6 days; is that too much oil?

I'll probably be experimenting with olive, coconut, sunflower, and/or avocado oils, with a few drops of one or the others as a leave-in after washing. But which oils help with which effects? Or is oil just oil?

[Joribear]

Every scalp is different, so which oil you use depends largely on you! I tend to do a heavy oiling once a week. Slather my hair with oil the night before wash day, braid it and go to sleep. Since I shower at night, I just go to work with my hair oiled & braided - it just looks like I have gel in my hair!

I usually do my heavy oiling with coconut oil and use a bit of EVOO on my ends after a wash. Last night, however, I found a mix oil called "Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil" and tried that after my WO shower last night. I woke up this morning and my hair was like silk! I think I'm hooked! LOL

I've tried grapeseed oil, but I really can't get past the smell and how oily/stringy it makes my hair feel. I know others who have great success with grapeseed oil, I'm just not one of them! :)

[Scarlet_Heart]

This article is helpful. MeganE pointed it out in a recent oiling thread.
Oiling Tutorials (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=71)

Also, this thread is really helpful as well.
Good oil, bad oil (http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=56288)

I'm experimenting with oils myself as coconut oil doesn't seem to be for me. So far, camellia is my front-runner. Henna Sooq often has oil samples which helps if you want to try new things without spending a lot of money on big bottles.