My hair and some of those like me blessed with thick, many and wavy curls sometimes with futility wonder what on earth can one do this head of hair that can become so unruly and so hard to take care of. A mere dream of a day of literally having our hair down is not something surprising for many like us.
There is also the case that sometimes some people can just slather on any kind of lotion or moisturizer on their faces and body without feeling that stinging sensation that sensitive people, like me, do. Then again when we do find one that doesn’t sting it is the product’s scent that doesn’t sit well on us as, again, having sensitivity to scents dictates that we find a scent that wouldn’t trigger our migraines.
Coupled with the title of this article shouting sensitivity of all sorts finding a product that addresses dry hair and sensitivities of all sorts is such a quest that if you find out what works for you stick to it whether it is chemically prepared or not. After all if mother nature hadn’t perfected a remedy for us science tries to make it, right?
With the futile quest to adapt to this type of hair condition thick, wavy hair easily becomes a problem due to the chemicals in hair products that we endlessly, without any positive result, try, Though skin lotions’ bad effect on sensitive people like me isn’t so obvious as our bad hair days it is still disconcerting that we even gambled even a little money to try and take care of our skin the way many people do: through a product seen everywhere mass-produced without the thought that sensitive people like us do need care and do need less-priced products that many manufacturers produce.
Though many moisturizers for the skin and hair abound nowadays it would be worthwhile to note that many of those that we see packaged to address a certain drying problem is (chemically prepared, obviously) but many of them have at least one component that mother nature already has as a solution to our particular problem.
In some extreme cases when everything from diet and proper caring and even doctors’ consultation had already been done as a remedy going back to nature and what its gifts can offer is the only way to go.
These gifts from nature am referring to that can address moisturization for the likes of sensitive people like me are the vegetable oils, fruit oils, plant oils and sometimes animal-secreted-fat. It’s a definite yuck alright but the reality is many chemically-based skin and hair moisturizers and conditioners actually use one of these oils or waxes as their base or at least as one of their components. Manufacturers just add a little bit of something or two to either make storage longer and easier, they add some more chemicals so that these oils and waxes can be combined with another component that would address another problem and sometimes more chemicals are added so that the mere scent they want on their product wouldn’t spoil their targeted effects. Besides with many people being provided work by companies doing toiletries and cosmetics companies have to have their own identity in making their products unique and up to date to at least even stir interest. This is what chemicals do to basic ingredients and this is also the root cause of problems of people like me. Also, one cannot rely on one pure form of vegetable or plant oil or animal-secreted wax for the sole reason that some of these really have to be tampered with in order to be usable. Plus, though the scent of a natural essence of plants’ oil like rose, peppermint, jasmine and the likes can be added to natural plant oils, vegetable oils and even natural wax this makes storing of these concoctions a little shorter.
Much as they say all natural is okay and safe in using any pure form of vegetable oil this is not so the case for a skin that easily breaks out due to oiliness and/ or sensitivity still has to try and find which pure form of vegetable or plant oil would work for her. Fortunately, from experience, if it works for the hair it would work for the skin and vice versa.
The most important thing to consider when it comes to considering using any pure natural vegetable oil, plant oil or wax or considering a product that has these as additives is to consider their clogging probability, i.e., whether they are comedogenic (they can clog pores and produce comedones or acne) or whether they are non-comedogenic (safe to use in acne prone skin).
The following natural oils are classified in the medium clogging probability to high clogging probability so there is no need to know which belongs where or even where this type of oil or element came from. This list isn’t complete.
Corn Oil
Cocoa ButterCottonseed Oil
Cocounut Oil
Crisco
Sodium Chloride
Glyceryl Stearate SE
Wheat Germ Oil
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Mink Oil
Soybean Oil
Sulfonated Castor Oil
On the other hand the following are the natural oils that have low clogging probability and is safe to use as a sole moisturizer of sensitive people for their hair or skin or basically just be used as a basis of soaps, shampoos, lotions, lip balms…This list isn’t complete.
Almond Oil (Sweet Almond) – is a superb skin emollient and is used my massage therapists. Almond oil is mild, lightweight and a good substitute for those who rely on olive oil as their moisturizer.
Anhydrous Lanolin – is a yellow waxy substance from the sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals. Though known as ‘Wool Fat’ this is really a wax.Anhydrous Lanolin is very much used in the beauty world in products ranging from facial cosmetics and popular lip balms. Many protective products for baby’s skin are made from lanolin as those skin products that nursing mothers use.
Avocado Oil – used for lubrication and cosmetics because of its regenerative and moisturizing properties.
Beeswax – the wax that honey bees produce in their hives. This contains fatty acids and various long chain alcohols. Its purified and bleached version is used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Beeswax is considered one of the “barrier creams” that usually are known to either be mineral-oil-based-creams or petroleum jelly.
Candelilla Wax – derived from the leaves of the Candelilla shrub which is native to northern Mexico and southwestern United States. It is mixed with other waxes to raise their melting point. It is used in cosmetics as a component of lip balms and lotions. It is a good substitute for beeswax.
Glycerin – is a simple alcohol-type of compound that improves skin or hair’s smoothness. It is also used in toothpastes, mouthwashes, and water based personal lubricants.
Olive Oil – is the most available form of vegetable oil anywhere in the world and its extra virgin type is the preferred grade for moisturizing the skin especially when doing the oil cleansing method (OCM). Olive oil also is known for preventing growth of tumors related to skin cancer.
Sesame Oil – ideal for oil massage: from the scalp to the feet as this is known to penetrate the skin easily.
Sunflower Oil – like many oils is known for retaining moisture on the skin.If you already found a product: pure, chemically-prepared or not that works for you stick to it. You’d save yourself a lot of time, money and a terrible headache.
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