I put it on to straight dry hair and forgot to mention even after i wash my hair when its a little wet oil is easier to put on, then i plate my hair in tiny little dread locks and go to bed. I dont use that much oil. I use as much to cover the ends and leave my scalp a little drier. Ill only dab bits hear and there for the scalp as i have this problem with getting oil off my scalp. So concentrate on the ends more as the oil fuses itself to your scalp through your hair shaft. Put some on your scalp as you would hair straightening cream. Rub it in your hads and rub your fingers through scalp(play with it like gelling). Your whole scalp does not need all the scalp oiled. You will still see the same end results.

Then i wash it out twice the next day and blow dry and my hair is soft and silky, not to mention shiny as the blow dryer heat fuses the shine. Not many people like to use blow dryers as it can damage the hair but eh i dont mind.

Thank you.

From reading both your posts, I think I must be using too much.

I have been using a teaspoon full but I will try just getting a thin coating on both palms.

Will also only do the ends and avoid the scalp.

Will give the hairdryer a go, as normal air dry naturally.

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This works well - thank you very much for the tip. It felt very weird doing it though, just so odd. However, my hair has had a really soft feel and shine since doing it. So I may do it everytime, not just when I am using coconut oil.

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According to Ayurveda, coconut oil is a drying oil, it feels rich, but it mainly sits on the skin rather than nourish it. It work a bit like mineral oil in that it puts a protective coating over the skin, which is great if your skin is well hydrated and has a good lipid balance, it keeps it like that; but if your skin is dehydrated or lipid dry, it can aggrevate it.
People think it is hydrating in hot climates because it helps to keep you skin super hydrated by keeping the sweat under the coconut oil layer, reabsorbs into the skin = super hydrated; in cooler weather, without the sweat, it really isn't the best oil to be using.

I use and recommend jojoba. This is about the cheapest place you can get it www.jojocare.com.au  jojoba is almost the same composition as the skin's own sebum, it's the best sebum regulator out there, great eye makeup remover, great cleanser (put on dry skin rub in, rub a bit of water in, it will looosen up all the grime, rinse off), great as a moisturiser,  great for exzema, great for cradle cap, great for fur balls for cats, great for dry itchy skin, great for oily skin, great in hair as a conditioner. Easily washes out, because everything thinks it is the skin's own sebum. You don't need to use much, a little goes a long way.  You just get a sheen on you from jojoba, not that slimey oil slick you can get with other oils (mainly because it is a plant wax rather than an oil) It doesn't got rancid, so MUCH longer shelf life than oils.


Using shampoo before adding water you HAVE to do after a lot of Ayurvedic treatments - trying to get the oil out after a shirodhara treatment is serious work if you put water in first. (that usually uses sesame oil, but can be buttermilk etc, depends on what it is treating, but generally most people need an oil shirodhara)

Thanks Melb - that certainly nails down the tropics vs home experience! Thanks also for advice on jojoba - really interesting!

Cheers, 

Maybe it is the brand you are using?

I am currently using coconut oil as a cleanser and evening moisturiser.

I have tried four or five different brands, with varying degrees of success.

The brand I am currently using is the very best I have ever used -  and it tastes really yummy too - I got it from this website:

http://www.raw-pleasure.com.au/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,620/category_id,29/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,49/

It is far superior to any brand I have used in the past.

I am using it as a cleaner, moisturiser, as a hair conditioner, as massage oil, spread on date scones, in green smoothies. Even my cats like the taste.

for fur balls, just get a syringe (without the needle) and squirt it in, they don't appreciate it.  Seems to work better than any any of the mineral oil based ones the vets have available, the paraffinum ones tend to loosen things up for longer than required, jojoba seems to just loosen up the hairbball then back to normal.