Vitamin
Shoppe Brand Pure 100% Jojoba Oil
Pure jojoba Oil from The Vitamin
Shoppe is a moisturizer, make up remover and hair conditioner derived from
natural plant extract. Massage a few drops of this rich, moisturizing oil into
your hands and feet for a luxurious treat that leaves your skin feeling softer
than ever. Jojoba's natural emollients also make it an excellent make up
remover. Use it to gently and thoroughly smooth make up away. Jojoba Oil is
also healthy for your hair. It conditions and moisturizes your hair and scalp.
Ingredients
Pure 100% Jojoba Oil.
NO Yeast, Wheat, Corn, Sugar, Salt,
Soy, Starch, Dairy, Citrus, Fish, Animal Derivatives, Preservatives, Artificial
Colors or Flavors added.
Our Review
Color: Transparent yellow/golden
Scent: Natural/hard to pin point
Texture/Consistency: Oily/liquid
Cost: $8.00-$10.00 per 4oz
For a while I have been tinkering with some Jojoba Oil because I’ve wanted to try some hair oils on Diva but wasn’t sure where to begin and oils are kind of expensive so I didn’t want to go on a joy ride with experimenting right off. So my friend gave me the remainder of her bottle to try out, since she loved it so much and since her daughters hair texture is so similar to my daughters. When I was searching for this online I found in most cases that to buy 2oz of this I would have to spend anywhere from 5.00-15.00 and this was un heard of. This is one of the handfuls of oils that cannot be bought at a grocery store, in fact whole foods, vitamin shops and such like that are the only places local to me that do and they are not exactly local.
Jojoba Oil is a lighter oil and this
is what I needed to try because my Divas hair is too fine and thin for coconut
oil and olive oil is too greasy for a thorough application. So through my
trials of trying this on her dry, damp and wet hair I have found that it works
best on her damp hair... Her hair absorbs water well and retains it very well
as it is so as with most products her hair retains them well if they are
agreeable with her texture and density. This oil doesn’t really have a noticeable
smell it just smells like oil to me with a kind of herbal sense. The texture is
oily of course and slippery. The oil is transparent in nature and has a medium
gold tone to it. They say a little goes a long way so I used this rule of thumb
while experimenting and found that with oils like this a little goes a long way
in certain circumstances. In my Divas case this oil in a pea sized amount on
her wet hair would cover nearly all of her mids/ends. When her hair is damp
just over a dime sized amount covers all her mids/ends and a quarter sized
amount would cover her whole head while her hair is damp. When her hair is dry
it takes about a half dollar sized amount to cover her whole head of hair. Her
hair is thin and fine mind you, so that makes an impact on how much oil to use
because the thicker the hair the more oil needed and depending on how porous
the hair is depends on how much oil to use as well.
Here is a picture before I added the
oil to her hair...
I find the best method for us is by finger combing it in. I will just drop the desired amount in my closed fingers and comb it in accordingly. This oil is very slippery and spreads amazingly, though this is a natural oil one may think that it leaves her hair oily but it does the exact opposite. It acts as a great sealer, hydrator and curl maintainer. This oil is a great finishing product and perfect after applying a thicker moisturizer as it helps to lock in the moisturizer and stay put through any extreme weather's crazy conditions. I was surprised at how well this turned out working for us because I’ve not had much luck with oil products in the past and I realized my back luck was due to impure oils such as the Pink oil, Baby Oil, Africa’s Best Oil and various aerosol oils and mineral oils. Here is a picture of her hair after I dampened her hair with our distilled water spritz and added the oil, via finger combing.
The defining difference is
remarkable and her curls popped right before my eyes. I had taken other various
pictures using this oil but have since misplaced them. I love how her little curlees
just sprung into their sharpie size all over. Of course I can feel that the oil
is in her hair which means that it could probably rub off onto the couch or
something but it hasn’t damaged anything and we have been using this solid for
months now.
Here is a close up...
I can say that this is recommendable
natural hair oil and when dealing with hair oils it is best to use them in
their pure form... This would be as equally wondrous on any hair type. I did
not see the need to mix or dilute this oil as with lots of oils it is best to
dilute them into carrier oils and such. I would always use my distilled water
spritz prior to using this oil so I have the water element present at all times
as I feel it does help with the smoothing in and spreading of the oil. I did
not feel that I had to make a mixture bottle of this as it works great by
itself or with a little water spritzing. I send a huge thank you out to my bestie
for giving me this Jojoba Oil to try :) I have a positive outlook on oils now
for my Divas hair and I will be looking into other natural oils in the
future...
Diva R's Mommy-Kim
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