I LOVE getting my hair highlighted/lowlighted.....just done, period. But it IS tough on it, especially since I have it lightened often, I wear it up, I swim a lot & I have an ALL NATURAL honest to goodness lions mane...so I straight iron it A LOT.
Coconut oil. It's a LOT less expensive than the usual high end hair treatments you can get from a salon, and you can do it in the comfort of your own home! I got mine for $6 from a health food store. I am pretty sure you can find it at Publix, but it's probably pricier. Mine is in a jar just like this & mostly in a solid form. But just shake it for a few minutes, or do what I did....and SET IT OUTSIDE for all of 2 minutes. It becomes a liquid VERY quickly! Thanks FL! :D
Now comes the fun part. I usually put it in about 25 minutes before I am going to shower. I do is put on a dress or old shirt that can get dirty/stained & then I take the coconut oil and (I) concentrate mainly on my ends. But I DO put it all over...I just do a lighter "coat" on my roots & hair, and then I gently massage it into my ends because they are my PROBLEM area. It's messy- I'm not going to lie. And my coconut oil didn't smell like the beach & a pina colada like I wanted it to so I dropped 1-2 drops of tea tree oil(also found at a natural health food store) into the coconut mixture to make it smell YUM & tingle big time. A LITTLE bit goes a LONG way with that stuff though. So be careful :). Anyhoo- I let it sit on my hair & then I shampoo & rinse it out in the shower and it literally makes my hair feel AHHHH-mazing. I do it once a week!
Now- You can also use coconut oil for cooking. But I am just now getting into that- so I don't have too many tips to share about it. But I do know it's a lot better for you & a lot tastier from what we HAVE tried. Google it & try it out. I'm working with it more & will post more when I know about it.
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