Hi,

I am on a lot of meds that toast my hair and saw this.  I know coconut is a good oil in food and cannot see why it would not be good on hair...but what is ACV?  Pls fill me in.  Always busting my a** to keep up with the affects of my meds.

lol, my eyes were about crossed trying to read that!
i used olive oil to begin with, and it really softened my hair, but it tends to be a lot heavier than coconut or jojoba oils.  i use coconut now, and just on the ends.  it's best to start with just a few drops and see how much is right for your hair and how much it can absorb.
i found coconut right at my local grocer, but i know a lot of people have to order it or go to a health food store.
another easy thing to try is really dousing your hair with your favorite conditioner, put it in a braid or bun, and sleep with it overnight.

I just find the liquid more convenient to use.  I use it for my hair,making lip balm,lotions and as an ingredient in body butters.  Just my preference,ladies!

Oh, I forgot to mention, apparently animals love coconut oil...They keep trying to lick it off me!!!  And in case people did not know...coconut milk and oil are great laxatives so I don't want my animals licking it off me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stacyp,  oils are more complicated than most people think...and I am not an expert on this but I do know that oils contain nutrients that will break down at high temperatures...subsequently, different oils are good at different temperatures.  I know that while EEVO is one of the best at room temp...it is awful for cooking if you are looking for maintaining the nutrients.

As for the coconut oil, they say it should be kept in the fridge...that said...I need a chisel to get any when I need it when it is chilled!!!  Kind of a pain.

Coconut oil is good at low temps, so I use it instead of butter on my aspargus but that is a taste thing and I happen to love cocount!!!

I have a chart from a health food store about what oils are good for which temperatures (as I said, this is not my area of expertise but I have done a little research on it).  I will ask my husband if he can scan it and I can put it on a site for people to look at it should they be interested.  I remember that peanut oil is good for deep frying or woking.  Other than that...drawing a blank.  I will see if I can find the chart and get hubby to put it up for me.  He is away right now...and I cannot think where the chart is...so it could take a while.

And remember Stacyp (and this does fall into my work area), some fat is needed in the diet...but being picky about getting good nutrients and 'good' cholesterol is important.  I see you are

Sorry this is a little vague, but I do not want to say something that is not right...and I do know what I have said at this point is correct.

Oh ya, any fat you eat in the form of an oil should in theory be cold pressed so that the nutrients are not toasted during the processing phase.  That said, I do not pretend to do that, since it is expensive....not the stuff you buy for $5 in the grocery store.  Oh ya, and light will damage good oils so you should wrap them in tin foil if they are in a clear container...even in the fridge.

Sorry, me again.  I said a couple of days ago that on the body or hair  I doubt if the oil needs to be cold compressed or to have all the nutrients that  you might want in food.  I said that because, while in food we want nutrients for our calories, if coconut, cocoa (OMG I love what this does for my hair once I rinse the greasiness from it) and jojoba oil (and probabably more that I do not know about yet) are the right molecular size to combine with our hair...since hair is dead...go for it, cold compressed or not.  We don't need to pay the extra if the molecules work since the nutrients preserved by cold compressed will not really matter.