If you have been following my blog you already know that I love, love love hair grease. Hair greases is a product that I incorporate into my natural hair routine. In the natural hair community hair greases have been shunned and frowned upon, I was one of those that followed every natural hair rule such as no sulfates, no silicones, no mineral oils, and petrolatums etc. But let me tell you, when I started to incorporated those products back into my hair care routine, my hair began to thrive.
Hair grease works well for many, and it just might work wonders for your hair. Keep reading post to see why I love/ use hair grease. Hopefully these reasons may be ones for you start incorporating them in your hair care routine.
1. Eliminate Frizz/ Flyaways
Hair grease can smooth and tame fly-aways and frizz. Fly-away hair is hair that is dry, frizzy, and full of static cling. It often sticks straight out from the sides of the head, and is a common occurrence in the winter when the air is especially dry. A ways to manage the problem is using hair grease.
2. Seals In Moisture
Applying hair grease after using a great conditioner can help seal the moisture of the hair. This creates softness, strength and manageability. Grease is not a moisturizer, it is a sealer. I think a lot of natural hair GLAMs get it all confused. A lot of GLAMs give grease a bad a name due to hair grease being used improperly.
3. Brings Backs Memories/Nostalgia
Everyone remembers hair grease, s a child I would remember my grandmother, (who raised me), oil and grease my scalp. It felt so soothing and comfortable as she would part my hair and grease my scalp. I will cherish those memories forever. Back then my hair was long an thick and the key ingredient was hair grease.
4. Don’t Have to Reapply Products Often
This lead back to reason 2 on why I love / use hair grease. Applying grease over the product help the product to last longer which can help eliminate product build up. Product build up can lead to flaking and can weight the hair down. Apply hair grease to help eliminate the product build up.
5. Grease Aides In Length Retention
Hair can grease can aide the length retention of hair by eliminating dryness and brittleness which leads to breakage. All hair grows, It’s just the ability to see the it. You accomplish that through length retention. Hair grease is perfect sealants that help to prevent split ends and retain length by protecting your ends.
6. Better Than Hair Oil
Hair grease to me is better that hair oils, Yes, I said it. When I was a child for starters it did my hair good. My hair was long, thick and manageable. I spent money on oils/ serums that did not do my hair any better. I went back to the basics and saw my hair transform. Now I’m not completely against oils, I use them a hot oil treatments and pre-pooing. Hair grease has been life changing.
7. Ingredients
The main ingredients in hair grease are petrolatum, lanolin, mineral oil and glycerin. They highly aide in sealing in moisture, which aides in the overall healthy hair growth of hair and prevention of breakage. These ingredients also help in itchy scalp, minimizing dandruff and breakage. Check out this link blog post: Common Ingredients Found In Hair Grease – theglamlife3117.com
8. Helps Eliminate Fairy Knots
Fairy knots are tiny, stubborn knots that form in single strands of hair. They occur most often in natural, curly, kinky, and coily hair types .Hair grease lubricate the strands which helps reduce friction tangling and knotting. Check out this blog post on fairy knots: How to Eliminate Fairy Knots aka Single Strand Knots – theglamlife3117.com
9. Calms Dry Itchy Scalp
Hair grease can soothe and protect a dry, irritated scalp. Hair grease lubricates the scalp and and calm any irritability that may exist. To achieve this part hair in sections and line the scalp with hair grease and massage in. This brings back those precious memories.
