NO more faffing about!!!

Stop using petroleum jelly

 
"Hydrophobic ointments can only absorb small amounts of water. The most commonly used excipients for the formulation of such ointments are solid or liquid paraffin, vegetable oils, animal fats, glycerides, waxes, and liquid polyalkylsiloxanes."

 

(Source Wikipedia)

 

A closer look at petroleum jelly

 

Petroleum jelly is an ointment based on hydrocarbons and other liquid or solid petrochemical derivatives. Used in hair products as a base or pure, due to its ridiculously low price, it is often "recommended" and used for type 4 curly hair. A type 4 curl is so tight that the folded hair only measures 1/5 of its actual length.

 

The effects of using petroleum jelly on hair

 

 

Petroleum jelly makes hair shiny, certainly, and sticky without a doubt, but when it comes to moisturizing it, that's another debate... Indeed, its "hydrophobic" structure allows very little water to pass through. This suffocates our scalp, and the hair shaft is "trapped."

The fatty substances present in petroleum jelly (including paraffin) promote dust accumulation and prevent our hair from breathing and thus from growing. But without air, there is no life...

While petroleum jelly is cheap, BUT if you want to moisturize your hair and keep it healthy and strong: banish petroleum jelly from your vocabulary... and your cupboards!

 

What to use instead?

 
 

Prefer vegetable oils like monoi or jojoba, in addition to natural homemade masks, to be applied regularly (ideally once a week). It may be less inexpensive, but it will be much more beneficial and nourishing for the care of your textured hair.

 

 

If you're a DIY enthusiast, opt for banana and marshmallow powders for their sheathing and detangling properties. Their richness in mucilage and natural sugars makes them a natural alternative to naturally coat the hair fiber.

 

Orange powder is also interesting because it softens and gives textured hair a silky feel.

Here, we are particularly fond of banana because, thanks to its content of natural sugars, mucilages, proteins, fibers, phosphorus, iron, minerals, and vitamins, it is known as an excellent fruit for health. But not only that!

 

It is also known for its effectiveness on dry hair. It nourishes, softens, revitalizes, smoothes, and moisturizes dry, curly, coily to kinky hair.

 

To deeply nourish your curls, opt for deep treatments like our organic sublimating care mask. Ultra-nourishing, it is ideal for dry, even very dry hair.

 

Your hair breathes, it's soft, silky, and it smells good too, isn't that better?

 

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