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Nature has an amazing way of giving you what you need. If you need energy, eat a banana for B vitamins. If you're feeling sick, grab an orange for vitamin C. And when your hair is feeling frizzy, dry and damaged, know that olive oil can help restore luster and health. It's another gift from nature that can help you have beautiful skin, a healthy heart and shining hair. Olive oil shampoo is especially beneficial to African-American hair, which can be dry and brittle.
From Ancient Secret to Modern Day Treasure
For thousands of years, the people of the Mediterranean have benefited from the olive. They used it as a food source. They used it for religious ceremonies. They used it as a beauty secret. Today, olive oil can be found in a great deal of beauty products. Olive oil shampoo is ideal for African-American hair because of the key ingredients found in the olive that help nourish, condition and strengthen.
The Wonder Fruit
Olive oil is rich in fatty acids (also known as omega-3 and omega-6). Fatty acids help repair damage to your hair. Olive oil also contains polyphenols (antioxidants). Polyphenols help stimulate hair growth. They also strengthen hair. Olive oil is rich in vitamins A and E. These vitamins also repair and strengthen. Vitamin E helps dull hair transform into shining hair.
Get to the Root of the Problem
African-American hair is naturally dry. Once you add chemical straighteners, texturizers or color to the mix, African-American hair can become brittle and unmanageable. Add heat to that mix and you get breakage. African-American hair is also more prone to dry scalp. To protect hair from the elements and nature, you want shampoos that contain the ingredients that will target the problem and help repair the damage. The restorative and repairing ingredients in olive oil are ideal for neutralizing, moisturizing and strengthening.
The Experts Love It
Ahsha Murphy, a stylist at San Francisco's premier African-American salon, Winfred's, recommends olive oil shampoo to her clients who have severely dry hair and scalp. According to Murphy: "Olive oil shampoo and conditioner are great for keeping African-American hair clean and conditioned. It is very healthy for the scalp. Clients with a dry flaky scalp can benefit from olive oil."
