What do you mean by oil free? I use very few oils on my hair - Red Palm Oil is the main one, but that's usually mixed in with something else. I use butters - a lot - shea/shealoe/cocoa, etc.....
If your hair is happy without oils though, I think that's what your hair wants. If its needs change, it'll let you know.
I don't use products that are oil based, if they have oil its at the bottom of the list. I don't use it in DCs, I don't use it to seal, I don't use it in my conditioner washes -I don't use butters, balms, spritzes anything with a lot of ANY kind of oil in it I don't use.
I'm worried over time I may have breakage or damage of somekind because of this.
It seems almost "Everyone" here has a favorite oil or miracle oil they use for some purpose.
Maybe you can try lighter oils like jojoba and safflower.
You can also try showering / washing your face after completing your hair regimen (moisturizing/sealing/DC-ing). That way whatever oil gets to your skin is removed during your cleansing process.
Tried them both, my face revolted. I co-wash daily and sleep with my leave-in in a shower cap a sort of light DC daily as part of my "Cap n Go" method. When I tried adding those oils to my cheape cowash, leave-in, or DC the skin around my hair line went nuts. Just being exposed to it around the edge of the showercap was enough to irritate it.
Eh, What kinds of oils are you using?
And are you using so much that it runs down onto your face?
Maybe you need to try different oils or not use so much??
I've tried them all from jojoba to coconut to olive to castor to everything in between. I don't do oil rinses -for the fear of it running down my face.
I would use oil, if my skin allowed for it, in my cowashes (which does cause contact) or my DCs (irritates skin around my hairline) or in my leave-in (overtime works its way to my forehead).
Maybe my hair IF fine without it, I was just wondering if anyone had started down this path with disasterous results or if anyone with knowledge on the subject would know if overtime I would be "starving" my hair of something vital...
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