Ingredients: Coconut (Cocos nucifera) oil, Tiare (Gardenia Tahitensis) flower, parfum, Vanilla tahitensis Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin E).
Results: This oil blend works to seal moisture in skin and hair; plus, I love the strong scent of vanilla. It works well for me on its own and, sometimes, I cut this oil with castor oil to make it last longer and to create a favorable protein/humectant balance.
Extra: Monoi Tiare Tahiti Coconut Oil Pitate | The pitate (jasmine) scent reminds me of strongly scented soaps in my grannie's powder room.
Ingredients: Corn Germ Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil (Tournesol), Squalane (Derive D'Huile D'Olive), Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil (Huile De Baobab), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) (Karite), Pongamia Glabra Seed Oil (Karanja), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Lipids (Soja) Bixa Orellana Seed Extract (Huile De Roucou), Fragrance/Parfum, Tocopherol, Citric Acid
Results: This oil blend is a bit pricey; so, I don't purchase it often. When I do use it, it works well to seal moisture into my skin and hair. I love the scent. It reminds me of the old SheaMoisture Yucca & Baobab scent. This blend is not as thick as castor oil, but it's a heavier weight than most oils I've used. This oil blend leaves a nice sheen on my hair when used as a sealant and I've also used it as an overnight treatment.
Ingredients: Zea Mays (Corn) Germ Oil, Coco-Caprylate, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Squalane, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, Fragrance/Parfum, Perilla Ocymoides Seed Oil, Egg Yolk Extract (Ovum Oil), Mauritia Flexuosa Fruit Oil, Calodendrum Capense Nut Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Bixa Orellana Seed Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Tocopherol, Botanical & Natural Origin
Results: This oil blend is essentially overpriced corn oil. I only purchased one bottle and I don't remember anything spectacular about it. It's mid-weight. The scent and performance were not remarkable.
Ingredients: Fair Trade Certified™ Organic Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Organic Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Organic Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Seed Oil, Organic Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Organic Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Organic Fragrance, Rose Clay, Tocopherol (Vitamin E).
Results: Once upon a time, I tried pumpkin seed oil to thicken my hair; however, I noticed that one of my three grey hairs had developed a brown root. My hair is naturally brown and about six months later, I saw a strand of hair about seven inches long with three inches brown starting at the root. Seemed pretty amazing to me.
Black seed oil has a reputation for preventing premature grey, so the combination of black seed and pumpkin seed oils seemed like it might work to maintain my natural color and turn those other strands brown again. Full disclosure, most of my hair is fine. The strand that did turn brown with pure pumpkin seed oil was fine, but the resistant strands are thicker in texture. I used this oil blend with heat as part of a deep treatment when conditioning my hair. This blend does not smell good, at all. Nor did I see any of my other grey hairs develop a brown root. If I try grey reversal again, it will be with pure pumpkin seed oil and overnight oil treatments as I did before.
