But I deep condition with olive oil once a month. 30 mins under a heater thing.

And this is what you get from it, it not only is super shiny and bright, but it also makes your hair so freaking soft:


So yeah, girls go bust out your evoo. (it's my secret, and you should feel lucky I shared)

Keri ~ beautiful hair! What type of heater do you use? I only have a hair dryer at home!

Looking great, Keri!
My secret is the "curly girl" book, and the naturallycurly.com site. I never knew I had real curls before, just thought I had stubborn hair, hehehe!
Now I have a curly mane.

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Gorgeous Keri! I might just have to try that myself.

Hmm. I might try that too. My hair could use some extra oomph.

I should try that too, my hair is blah. I've also heard it's good to put evoo on your skin as moisturizer...never tried it though.

olive oil is awesome. lots of sweet antioxidants. it's great.

I certainly hope it's not your green and peppery extra virgin you are wasting!? It's too good to be sacrificing even for a good cause.

lol, for a second i thought evoo was a brand. does it have to be extra virgin or can it be just regular olive oil? i only have a hair dryer too.

I think regular will work just as well.

regular works just as well, but we just so happen to buy large jugs of extra virgin, and it's there so I use it.

I'd definately have to try the olive oil. My hair isn't really dry, but i'd like to have the shiny and soft hair. My hair tangles too much

I'm gonna have to try that, my hair is dry as hell from the flat iron.

Keri, how do you do it? You shampoo your hair first and use olive oil instead of conditioner and rinse? Or just apply some oil to your dry hair and wash hair afterwards? I definitely need deep conditioning!

I oil first, skip the wash before, cause i'm lazy, if you want some sort of energizer, you can rub your scalp with lemon juice before you put in the oil, really cool feeling. But just saturate your hair, put it in one of those caps, and then sit under a dryer for 30 mins. After that just wash your hair like normal, it might take up to 3 washes to get it all out, or it might rinse right out, it is finicky.

I found out about this through a bout with headlice in the 8th grade, we couldn't get rid of it, and a neighbor suggest olive oil, and it worked, and made my hair like silk, I've been doing it ever since.

Thanks keri. I'm gonna buy a cap tomorrow and try. It's kinda exciting to try something new!!

I have always heard about it but never actually tried it. I think I will give it a try sometime soon seeing as I've been coloring my hair like crazy.

Thanks for posting this!

I want to add, I have no idea how this might affect haircolor. I dont color my hair, so I have only done it on natural hair.

Anyone done this before with colored hair?

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I think it won't affect haircolor since it's just olive oil?

Hmm, I don't think I've heard anything about it affecting hair color. I'm gonna go with Pii and say that since it's just olive oil, it shouldn't affect hair color.

I will let you know after I try it.

A hot oil treatment that you buy at the store like V05 would probably work the same. I use those and they are awesome and really cheap. Sometimes I sleep with it in with a showercap on and wash it out in the morning. It is a great deep conditioner.

Also Jenn what is the curly girl book. I need that I have curly hair and would love new tips on how to tame the mane.

It's this one:
(Argh, can't make link work: Check amazon, it's Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey!)

Get it! You'll love me for having rec'd it to you! I had never hair that beautiful before. And on top of that it's a fun read,too.
Lots of girls on naturallycurly.com love it too.

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I use to do that but my hair was so greasy for like a week & I couldn't get the olive oli out.

Thanks Jenn! I am on it!

Keep me posted and let me know how you like it, if you get it- or read on naturallycurly.com.

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