10 Tips for greasy hair care routine

The owner of oily hair suffers from the problem of the scalp producing large amounts of oils; Which makes the strands look like they are not clean and matted. Therefore, she must give oily hair special attention, by following these tips and steps below:

1- Apply dry shampoo to oily hair

Apply dry shampoo to your hair and notice the difference! This lotion will absorb the oils from your scalp within one minute. But be careful, applying dry shampoo in a wrong way damages your hair, so it is best to use it away from your scalp and in a small amount. But if you do not have a dry shampoo, you can use baby powder on the roots of your hair, as it limits the secretions of excess sebum in the hair and cleans it of all stuck dirt, and maintains the health of the scalp.

2- Use a shampoo for oily hair

If you have oily hair, you need a special shampoo that fights the problem of excessive secretions in the scalp. Choose a product that purifies and rids your hair of residue that makes your hair greasy, often labeled  Purifiying or Anti-residue .

3- Do not wash oily hair daily

Washing hair daily leads to the removal of natural oils, which prompts the glands to produce more oils to compensate for what was lost. This makes your hair more and more greasy. Therefore, hair experts advise you to wash your hair twice a week well, using the appropriate shampoo for your hair type.

4- Clean your hair brush before combing oily hair

Always clean the hairbrush because product residues that get stuck in the teeth of the brush speed up the process of hair fouling. The bristles that wrap around the brush transfer the oils back into your clean hair.

5- Apply hair conditioner in the right way to oily hair

The conditioner is designed to make your strands softer, so applying it at the roots increases the sebum secretions on the scalp more and more. Therefore, just apply it from the center of the strands to the ends to get the desired result.

6- Apply masks that are suitable for oily hair

You can use masks based on natural ingredients that nourish hair from the depths and roots, giving your hair strength, luster and beauty again.

• Shea Butter Hair Mask

Shea butter contains many moisturizers and anti-inflammatories and is full of vitamins A and E and essential fatty acids that nourish the hair from the roots and due to its non-greasy nature, it helps to distribute the excess oil in the scalp.

Melt a piece of shea butter. Use your fingers to massage the butter in circular and gentle motions onto your scalp. Repeat the method more than 3 times a week.

Mix 3 tablespoons of shea butter with a quarter cup of yogurt. Add 2 tablespoons of rosemary oil and olive oil with ½ teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. After mixing the ingredients well, add a tablespoon of natural honey. Apply the mixture to your hair and massage the scalp well in circular motions. Leave the mixture on the hair for half an hour and then wash the hair well.

• Mask for greasy hair, soaked in thyme

The drenched thyme is useful in reducing the percentage of fat that oily hair suffers constantly.

Put a handful of thyme herb in boiling water for at least 20 to 30 minutes. Leave the previous soak to cool, then filter it and add a little apple cider vinegar to the mixture according to your desire, so that it is ready to be used as a pure and natural rinse for rinsing your hair.

• Mask for greasy hair with apple cider vinegar

The acetic acid in apple cider vinegar helps balance the sebum production in the scalp. As for acetic acid, it helps balance the acidity level in the scalp.

 Wash your hair with shampoo, then mix two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water and use the solution to rinse the hair and leave it for a few minutes. Then use a hair conditioner to get rid of the vinegar smell from your hair and repeat the mask only once a week.

7- Do an oil bath that suits oily hair

It is very important to do an oil bath for your greasy hair, in order to maintain the health of the scalp and restore vitality to it. But you have to choose the right type of oil for you, so we advise you to choose tea tree oil, as it contains antibacterial and antifungal substances that open the pores of the scalp and thus reduce the secretion of oils, as it eliminates bacteria and promotes hair growth.

 We also advise you not to apply tea tree oil to your scalp, but rather apply it to the strands, which will not increase the level of sebum secretions, but on the contrary, it will give you healthy hair.

8- Not to pass fingers between strands of greasy hair

Passing fingers between greasy hair strands increases the secretion of excess oils in the scalp. Therefore, the best solution to not touch the hair, is to resort to the hairstyles for your hair type, which we mentioned in the previous point.9- Resorting to certain hairstyles that suit oily hair

Sometimes you do not find time to wash and dry your hair after a long day of work. Also, washing your hair is one of the things that may cause the removal of its natural nourishing oils, resulting in hair that has lost its luster and density. So, to solve this problem, you can do practical and elegant hairstyles that suit greasy hair to look neat and clean, including: ponytail hairstyle, messy high bun hairstyle, lower chinois hairstyle and other models.

10- Follow a diet containing vitamin B to take care of oily hair

Deficiency of this vitamin in general, especially B6 and B12, may increase the production of