Hot Oil Treatments

Hot oil treatments are used mostly for moisturizing dry damaged hair. It it used to help with the everyday stress your hair goes through from blow drying to combing and brushing. When you are doing a hot oil treatment it is a added bonus for you and your client. You can charge more for a hot oil treatment and your client hair is getting an extra conditioning treatment. If your client has very dry hair you would want to do this treatment twice a month. For average hair you would do this treatment at least once a month.

When you are starting a hot oil treatment you want to heat your oil in hot water never in a microwave you could cause severe burns to your clients scalp. Start with shampooing your clients hair to remove any products and dirt buildup, making sure the hair is getting thoroughly cleaned. This is another way of conditioning the hair so you will not need to use conditioner after you shampoo. Apply the oil in a downward motion coating the hair and scalp but not over saturating the hair. Give a deep scalp massage to the head and hair for at least a minimum of ten minutes. when you finish massaging your clients head place a plastic cap on their head and place them under the dryer for 10-15 minutes. Going under the dryer helps the oil get into the cortex of the hair and scalp. When their time is up take them from under the dryer and rinse the excess oil out of their hair.

You wont need to use any additional conditioner since you have done this it will coat the cortex of the hair strand and nourishes your scalp as well. You may style your clients hair as they desire but this is not recommended to do on someone who wants bouncy curls the same day. The oil can be a little heavy and weigh the hair down for a day or two.