Heat Protectant For Hair : Benefits Of Natural Oils

Heat Protectant For Hair

If you enjoy the frequent use of heat styling tools, whether it's for a bouncy blowout or to achieve pin straight hair, we understand that using heat on our hair can help us to achieve the hairstyle we desire. However, as a result you may be looking for the perfect heat protectant to keep your hair shielded from damage, and to help replenish and maintain moisture and hydration.

Using Oils As A Natural Heat Protectant

Alongside your favourite heat protectant spray, you can consider using natural oils to give your hair an extra boost of heat protecting benefits. The purpose of a heat protectant is to nourish the hair so that any damage from the use of heat styling tools can be minimised. Natural oils, such as avocado oil, castor oil, and black seed oil can provide the hair with a variety of benefits that keep the hair as healthy as possible alongside the use of heat styling tools.

Most heat protectants can be used before styling and help to protect the hair during the styling process, where as natural oils work to generally maintain and enhance the hydration and health of the hair with consistent use, so that the hair is healthy enough to withstand external factors such as heat styling or even other environmental factors. Using oils as a natural heat protectant makes the hair more flexible and resistant to factors that can otherwise potentially damage the hair.

How Do Oils Protect The Hair From Heat Damage?

Hair oils also work to protect the hair against heat when the hair has already been damaged by heat or other factors, or it can also help to maintain and protect healthy hair. . Different oils containt different properties and provide the hair with unique benefits that help the hair to stay as healthy as possible while using heat styling tools as a part of your haircare routine. Here are some of the ways that oils can be a natural heat protectant:

1. Control Moisture Loss From The Hair

Both healthy hair and damaged hair will benefit from using a hair oil to protect it from damage that can be caused by heat styling tools.

When hair is damaged, the cuticles are already raised and open, which causes a lot of moisture loss in the hair, and as a result, the hair already has limited ability to hold on to moisture and repair itself as quickly as more healthy hair. Heat styling can damage the cuticles even further due to the high temperatures, making the hair lose even more moisture. When hair is damaged it needs time to repair itself; hair oil can help to gradually smooth and close the cuticle over time which will gradually reduce moisture loss. This will protect the hair from further hair damage caused by heat styling, as consistent use of a hair oil treatment once a week can repair the hair more as time goes on, minimising the damage that can be caused by heat styling over time.

When the hair is healthy the cuticles are smooth and closed, and the hair generally has good control over its moisture loss. The use of oils on healthy hair will help to maintain this health and not damage the cuticles or make the hair more susceptible to damage from heat styling. But if your hair is damaged it is particularly important to use a hair oil as it needs extra nourishment to repair itself so that it can be less vulnerable to damage from external factors, which will only cause more damage that becomes more difficult to repair as time goes on.

2. Reduce Friction Of Styling Tools On The Hair

If you frequently oil your hair, your hair will be more healthy and therefore the cuticles will be smooth and the strands will be more lubricated. This means that the process of heat styling will be safer for healthy hair as when the hair is smoother is decreases the friction of the styling tools, minimising chances of pulling and breakage during styling. If you don't use hair oils to hydrate and nourish the strands, your hair may be more prone to damage and dryness which can increase the risk of breakage while using heat styling tools as there is generally more friction when using tools on dry or damaged hair.

Also when there is less friction on the hair when using heat, it allows the heat to glide across the hair more easily which enables the heat to distribute evenly across the hair, and reduces the chances that heat will on certain parts of the hair for too long which would increase the risk of damage to those areas.

3. Replenish And Hydrate The Hair

By regularly doing a hair oil treatment you will be adding a boost of hydration which will either help to replenish any moisture you may have lost from any damage to the hair from heat styling, or it will simply keep the hair hydrated and protected from the damage that can be caused by heat styling tools. Hydrated hair helps to prevent excessive heat from penetrating the hair shaft and causing any damage to the protein structure of the hair, therefore regular boosts of hydration are essential for maintaining and protecting healthy hair.

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