Didn't work, does work, ......now? Am I alone?

**Kirin** · December 11th, 2008, 06:12 PM

What in the name of............?

A year ago, i bought a 1 lb tub of virgin coconut oil, and it was a disaster, my hair hated it, and I'd break out terribly at my hairline. Instead I used carrot oils, and in the past few weeks, Africa's best Ultimate Herbal. Past few days my ends felt like straw, i try the coconut, on dry hair......... instant soft silk. What the?

Does this happen to others or is it just me? Its not just the oil, but shampoos, conditioners, all sorts of things. It'll work for a while, then doesn't......... it didn't work months , weeks, days ago, but now it does? what gives with this? I'm stupefied!

**Speckla** · December 11th, 2008, 06:14 PM

It can depend on the season/humidity, condition of your hair, what other products you used before...
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**Celebrian** · December 11th, 2008, 06:17 PM

No, you're not alone. This is exactly the reason that I am reluctant to throw things out. There is every possibility that I might love them in the months ahead!

I think Speckla is right, as well...

**Anje** · December 11th, 2008, 08:28 PM

I've had variable results too, particularly with coconut oil. That's probably why the bathroom fills up with half-used tupperwares of past experiments.... Things work for a while, then I try something else and have better luck with it, and just keep rotating.

**HairColoredHair** · December 11th, 2008, 08:31 PM

Oils are hit and miss for me as well, even my beloved jojoba.

It also depends how much you put in, how much your hair needs it, how well you wash it out...

I put EVOO in my hair the other week and it went CRUNCH and I was terrified of what it would be like when I washed it out...

It was lovely.

**DecafJane** · December 11th, 2008, 08:38 PM

It happens to me, too. I can't work out what my hair likes, and it changes all the time. It generally feels okay, though, so I 'm not too worried.

**chrissy-b** · December 11th, 2008, 10:04 PM

Me too.

I rarely used to use EVOO because it often made my hair crunch, but in the last couple of weeks its been the oil I go to when I'm doing a heavy oiling. Don't know why, but I like it.

**Hypnotica** · December 11th, 2008, 11:13 PM

No, I need to remember to rotate my regim too. It is a pain in the behind sometime to figure out what my hair wants.

**Arctic_Mama** · December 12th, 2008, 12:19 AM

The thing I have observed about coconut oil with MY hair, at least, is that water and humidity make it crunchy and icky. If my hair is bone dry and I apply it - instant softness, shine, and moisture. Even slightly damp? Frizz, crunch, ick ick ick. I tested this out with oiling my hair post shower, then when it was barely damp, them completely dry and the results were clear - oiling, for me, is a dry-only affair unless it is as a prewash!

**Katze** · December 12th, 2008, 01:33 AM

same here, though not necessarily coconut oil. I have to be very careful with oil of any kind because my ends are so fine and thin and get crunchy very easily.

But many kinds of product or routine are like this for me. It will work for a while, then stop working, then work again once my hair/scalp have had a "break." 'Cones, WO, sulfate-free, are all like this. I just figure my hair is picky somehow...there doesn't seem to be an explanation.