Recently, I bought a jar of virgin coconut oil from Wholefoods since it seems like that coconut oil is not such an unhealthy oil after all. In fact, it is almost as healthy as Extra virgin olive oil. While extra virgin olive oil has a low smoke point, coconut oil has a high smoke point so you can do all that frying and deep frying with coconut oil which you can't do with extra virgin olive oil.
I tested out my Virgin Coconut oil hair mask last night.
My experience
I used 1/4 teaspoon of Virgin coconut oil. Do note that virgin coconut oil is a soft solid at room temperature but becomes a liquid at temperature higher than 25 ºC (78 ºF) To melt it, I just place that coconut oil on my palm and give it a quick rub and it turns into liquid right away. Next I applied the oil first on the ends and slowly up my slightly longer than shoulder length hair. I did a little scalp massage at the end (when my hands are not so oily). After that, I just use a hair clip and clip it up in a bun for 1.5 hours while I surfed in the internet. I read on other sites than 20 mins is probably enough.
My Virgin Coconut oil hair mask experience turned out to be more pleasant than the one with Extra Virgin Olive Oil. The coconut oil dried quickly so within minutes the oil feeling on my hair was gone (though it still looked oily). The coconut smell which I was hesitant about for many years, turned out to be a non-issue even for the 1.5 hours. I think the amount is probably too little to make my hair smell like coconut so that turned out great.
It took 2 rounds of shampoo to get rid of the oily feeling in my hair so a little coconut oil is enough otherwise you will need many rounds of shampoo to get rid of the oily feeling.
The part that I really like is the shine and the silky feeling when I blow dry my hair. My hair also feels really soft. My hair still feels silky, soft and has lots of shine after 24 hours.
My verdict
I absolutely love the Virgin Coconut oil hair mask! It is AMAZING! It is definitely much better than the Extra Virgin Olive Oil hair mask. The effect is so good that I am going to use this once a week.
I am definitely ditching all commercial hair mask for the all natural virgin coconut oil. It is healthy (with no preservatives and other chemicals) and it is cheap! A 414 ml (14 Fl Oz) bottle of Dr Bronner's Whole Kernel Virgin Coconut Oil was C$10.99! It has a shelve life of 2 years without refrigeration and you only need 1/4 teaspoon a week. Imagine a weekly hair mask for 2 years for a price of only C$10.99! Give it a try and I am sure you will be spreading the word around like me. :)
