Rinse-out oil (ROO) / Oil Rinse

**Sterlyn** · February 14th, 2015, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by lapushka

That's odd Sterlyn. I used 6 drops of MO for a first try and 11 for a second try, and didn't notice it dried slower.

I do double condition, though, so maybe that gets rid of some of the oil... could be it!

Could have than and the addition of a product with dimethicone, which I understand is a really heavy, easy to build up cone. Also I was busy doing things and I left the conditioner on for more than an hour and I used a lot more of it than I usually do. Any one of those could have helped it hold on to the water, or maybe they had nothing to do with it. I am ok with the longer drying time, if the trade off is the result. I only do a full head wash twice a week at most so it isn't a huge deal. Didn't someone up thread say that their hair took longer to dry? hmm will have to go look.

ETA: It was dreamsheep, maybe this is one of those quirky things that some of us will deal with but not others, but then my hair has always been a little odd

**Sterlyn** · February 14th, 2015, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by lapushka

That's odd Sterlyn. I used 6 drops of MO for a first try and 11 for a second try, and didn't notice it dried slower.

I do double condition, though, so maybe that gets rid of some of the oil... could be it!

I didn't think about the conditioner helping to lift the oil, could very well be. I only conditioned once. Also if you think about the difference in the length and amount of hair between yours and mine, my hair might be nearly on MO/cone overload, whereas your hair might be able to take a lot before it gets to be too much.

**lapushka** · February 14th, 2015, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Sterlyn

I didn't think about the conditioner helping to lift the oil, could very well be. I only conditioned once. Also if you think about the difference in the length and amount of hair between yours and mine, my hair might be nearly on MO/cone overload, whereas your hair might be able to take a lot before it gets to be too much.

Yeah, the length probably also figures into it...

**Kina** · February 14th, 2015, 04:03 PM

new growth is awesome, just couldn't figure out what was going on aND WHY all of a sudden I had hair standing at right angles to my head and this was the most recent thing I had tried.

I put the oil on the lengths, only. I used almond oil. Are y'all applying from the ears down or scalp as well?

My hair took longer to dry. Maybe it's climate? I'm in the US northeast, very very dry indoors right now and outside is reminiscent of Demeter mourning her daughter... (we'very taken up a petition asking hades to let persephone visit already)

**lapushka** · February 14th, 2015, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Kina

I put the oil on the lengths, only. I used almond oil. Are y'all applying from the ears down or scalp as well?

Lengths only. The first try (6 drops), only got applied to the very tippy tips. Then the next try (11 drops), we tried half the length. I have yet to go ears down fully, but I'm hesitant on that. I think half the length is good enough for me. The rest of the hair doesn't really need the added moisture (I have greasy hair).

**meteor** · February 14th, 2015, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Kina

sooooooo,

first day, I did wash with shampoo, conditioner, oil, conditioner again. very nice results, about 4 days, then co, oil, co. ok results, very frizzy. then 3 days to try to get the frizzys under control, yesterday co, oil, co.

I have a halo. I'm not sure if it's new growth or breakage. Only thing I've done differently is try this.

Positive result, sheds come out way easier, easier to detangle.
Possible negative, I have a halo. If it's new growth, then it's not a negative, but I just dunno. I'm gonna go pluck a few and see if it's new or breakage (checking the ends for taper)

Kina, my immediate thought was that maybe you are experiencing a bit of build-up? I'd consider doing oil rinses only every few washes in this case... in order to replicate great results from your first try.

Originally Posted by Sterlyn

I didn't think about the conditioner helping to lift the oil, could very well be. I only conditioned once. Also if you think about the difference in the length and amount of hair between yours and mine, my hair might be nearly on MO/cone overload, whereas your hair might be able to take a lot before it gets to be too much.

Sterlyn, I really think the slow drying time is likely due to the fact that your hair is well oiled and covered with a decent amount of other occlusives (dimethicone, in this case). Occlusives can definitely slow down evaporation of water, and some of us have drier, curlier or simply more hair than others so can take more oil than others. Whenever my hair takes forever to dry, I know it's coming to saturation point with oils and I condition/oil less. If I ignore the signs, my hair over time gets lank and coated, so I have to clarify.

Originally Posted by wilderwein

we should somehow list the oils and wich one works better etc through the members experiences and the way they used it

I liked coconut oil, mineral oil, grapeseed oil, safflower oil and sesame oil... I use about a palmful (not sure how many drops that would be

). And I'm sure there are lots of other oils that would work well.

Olive oil was over the top heavy for me: it took a while to wash out and made my hair greasy. I have to use olive oil in smaller amounts than lighter oils. It's more of a "treatment" oil for me, when my hair is super-parched.

**wilderwein** · February 14th, 2015, 04:21 PM

Thanks meteor for your input, I'm intresting to try the sesame oil! I never tried it on anything so now i'm gonna search for it and buy some hahahaha

**Sarahlabyrinth** · February 14th, 2015, 04:24 PM

I used it mainly from ears down, with a small swipe over my scalp hair right at the end. I used MO. I didn't rinse it out, but applied undiluted conditioner over the top, allowed it to sit for a minute, then rinsed it out and followed it by my usual diluted vinegar rinse.

**Nadine <3** · February 14th, 2015, 10:43 PM

I think I have this worked into my routine, and so far I am very happy with it! I'm going to do an oil rinse every other wash when I use my Nizoral shampoo since that tends to leave my hair feeling a tad dry. I think if i did it at every wash my hair would get build up, but we'll see. I'm loving what it's doing for my hair, though my scalp seems to get greasier faster when I do it.

**wilderwein** · February 15th, 2015, 04:16 AM

Oh thank you guys you've been very helpfull with your experiences, I tried it too but I dont used a proper oil so it didnt showed any difference, any way I have one more question! For the last two months I tried to not see my lenght by having my hair always up and when washing it washing it with my hair upside down so it wont show the real length. But last time I washed my hair I washed it normaly like all people do and also oiled-conditioned normaly, and I feel that there was a change on how my hair feels afterwards. So what i'm trying to say is that probably washing and oil-conditioning in different position it will probably condition different parts of hair too mostly. But which one is the best? I'm not sure yet wich position benefits most of the length or at least the dryer parts =/