Olive oil, a beauty ally for your hair

Oliver oil is an ingredient present in all our homes, but perhaps not everyone is aware of how useful it is outside of the kitchen too, with characteristics that make it ideal as a part of your beauty routine: in ancient Egypt, women were already using olive oil in this way, to nourish their skin in depth and to soften even the most unruly hair.

Join us to discover 4 simple, quick DIY haircare solutions using olive oil.

Is it true that a haircut is the only way to get rid of split ends? Once they've formed, the answer is, unfortunately, yes: there's nothing else for it. What you can do however, is prevent them, by keeping the lengths perfectly hydrated. To do so, there's no need for specific, costly products: the olive oil in your kitchen will do just fine.

To nourish your hair with a hydrating mask once a week, just dampen the ends of the hair with a spray and use your hands to apply a few drops of olive oil. Leave the mask on for about twenty minutes and then wash.

To nourish hair damaged by smog, chemical treatments, dyes and the intensive use of heat during styling, you can make a nourishing pre-shampoo mask with olive oil and honey.

Mix 3 tbsps of olive oil with 2 tbsps of honey to form a smooth paste. Spread the mask evenly over the lengths of damp hair and gather the hair up into a shower cap or cover with cellophane (in winter, to keep your head warm, you can wrap a towel over the cap). Leave the mask on for about 20 minutes, rinse with plenty of warm water and then wash with a gentle shampoo.

Let's take a step back: healthy hair always starts from the scalp. Over time, the build-up of smog, dead cells and sweat can obstruct the follicles and interfere with hair growth. This is why it's useful to change your beauty routine, adding a delicate scrub for the scalp every fortnight, to restore proper oxygenation of the hair tissue and bulbs.

This scrub for the scalp is very simple to prepare at home: just place 2 tbsps. of olive oil in a bowl with 3 tbsps. of sugar (white or brown, preferably with a variety of grain sizes), to which you can add a few drops of lavender, rosemary, chamomile or lemon essential oil.

Mix the ingredients into a smooth cream and apply it to a damp scalp, before washing your hair. Spread the scrub evenly over the scalp and massage for a few minutes. The action of the sugar, massaged gently, helps remove the dead skin cells and excess sebum, without drying out the hair, thanks to the olive oil. After massaging for a few minutes, rinse with warm water and proceed with your normal haircare routine, starting with the shampoo.

Olive oil can be a useful ally to tame curly hair that tends to go frizzy.

Place a few drops of olive oil on your hands and spread it over your palms and fingertips. Apply it to clean, dry hair, scrunching individual locks of hair with palms facing upwards.