Keeping it COCONUTY...

Hello, and how's your hair today? I'm sorry I haven't able to post in a while, school has been pretty busy with university open days, a trip to the Alps (it was sweltering!!!!), and MASSES of coursework. However, unusually for England, the weather has been consistently warm for past couple of weeks and you know what that means....

SHORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I get a bit over excited. But finally the time has come to whip your legs out, get your tan on, and enjoy the sunshine.

I'm also doing a post on COCONUT OIL. From my past experiences, coconut oil and I haven't been friends. I first used it during winter to protect my hair from the harsh effects of the cold and wind. I knew it was a good natural resource for hair because of it's properties - it's light, and when used in small amounts doesn't look greasy. It's gives your hair lovely natural shine, and is good for taming frizzy, dry locks.

However, this only happens in the SUMMER.

Obviously, coconut oil is solid at room temperature but it doesn't take a lot for it to melt. So, I melted some in my hands, spread it through my hair (which looked lovely and shiny) and went outside to go meet my friends. LITERALLY TWO SECONDS after I stepped outside my hair... looked hard and STIFF. I was so shocked! (And very worried, I wanted to scream but I was on the bus and it's weird to scream on a bus in England). When I got home, I washed my hair (with Vo5 shampoo and conditioner) and put the container of oil at the back of my drawers - to be touched never again.

(This is the brand I use, it's also edible!)

However - it's summer now and I happened to notice the coconut oil had melted in the heat of my room, and since my hair was looking a little dry, I decided to dip my fingers in. I was quite astonished to find that my hair looked and felt so silky and healthy afterward (especially after my previous experiences) that even my mum asked me what I did to my hair. I was ecstatic! Then I realised that this was happening because the weather was so hot, and that the coconut oil would stay melted and liquidy (I know that's not a word) in my hair, resulting in it being so nice.

So, I've decided to keep using it for the duration of the summer, (it makes a good heat protection oil too). Although you can't use too much or hair will look greasy/wet and no one wants that!

Love y'all xxxxxxxxx
MOSAS
(make others stop and stare)