Determining Hair Porosity

All About Your Hair Porosity and What Oils You Need!

Learning about hair porosity CHANGED my life! I have always used Extra Virgin Olive oil, which I recently learned is too heavy for my low porosity hair. Learning what porosity hair you have will tell you which essential oil to use, making a world of difference. Your hair will be shiny, not oily, if you follow these wonderful pairings.

Characteristics of..
Low Porosity Hair 

• When you wet it, the top takes forever to get wet! Conversely, your hair takes forever to dry!
• Products and oils don't absorb easily, they tend to sit on your hair

Oils needed and purposes -
Grapeseed oil, which is light and can serve in conjunction with another heat protectant!
Jojoba oil-Have a dry scalp? This is the oil to use
Argan oil- Need shine? Use argan oil



Normal Porosity Hair

• You can wash and go and we are all envious of you
• Your hair require little maintenance
• Your hair is full of life, balanced and good hair days are an every day thing

High Porosity Hair

• Hair is dry, even brittle
• Hair requires heavier oils and more product
• Hair is frizzy

Oils and butters needed

• Shea Butter- full of protein which high porosity hair is lacking
• Olive oil- a heavier oil necessary to seal in moisture
• Coconut butter/oil- can be used on skin and high porosity hair, because it has the perfect amount of heaviness!

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