How to oil your hair
How much oil to use, how to work it into the scalp, how long to leave it on, whether overnight is necessary, and how often to repeat it.
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Hair oil, explained
Hair oiling is a pre-wash routine: oil goes on to dry hair, is massaged into the scalp, is left for an hour or more, and is then washed out. These guides cover the method in detail, what the products are made of, and how to judge one in a shop.
They are written by KESHME about our own products and about the practice itself. Nothing here claims a medical outcome — where a guide would have to make one to be interesting, we have left the claim out and said so.
Questions these guides answer
- How do I apply hair oil?
- How much hair oil should I use?
- How long should I leave hair oil in?
- Can I leave hair oil on overnight?
- How often should I oil my hair?
- Do I put hair oil on before or after shampoo?
- Should hair oil go on the scalp or the lengths?
- How do I build a hair oiling routine?
- How many times a week should I wash oiled hair?
- Which shampoo should I use after hair oil?
- Do I need a special shampoo to wash out hair oil?
- What does a sulfate-free shampoo change?
- What is Ayurvedic hair oil?
- What is the difference between herbal hair oil and mineral oil?
- What is a carrier oil in hair oil?
- Does 'Ayurvedic' on a label mean it is certified?
- What is in KESHME Ayurvedic Hair Oil?
- How do I choose a hair oil?
- What should I check on a hair oil label?
- Is MRP inclusive of taxes in India?
- What does 'free from' mean on a cosmetic label?
- How do I compare hair oil prices?
- Can I use hair oil if I have an oily scalp?
- How should I oil dry hair?
- How much hair oil should fine hair use?
- Is hair oiling suitable for curly hair?
- Can I oil colour-treated hair?
- Should I oil my hair in summer?
- How does Cash on Delivery work for hair oil?
- How long does hair oil delivery take in India?
- Can I return an opened bottle of hair oil?
- How do I know a hair oil is genuine?
- Is the price I see the price I pay?
Using hair oil
Adjusting hair oiling to your scalp and hair type
The method is the same for everyone; the amounts are not. How to adjust quantity, timing and frequency for your own scalp and hair.
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Hair-care routines
Oil first, then cleanse: building a weekly routine
Oiling and washing are one routine, not two. How to sequence them across a week, and why the shampoo you finish with matters as much as the oil you start with.
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Ingredients
What is Ayurvedic hair oil?
A plain definition of the category — what these oils are made of, how a herbal blend differs from a mineral-oil one, and what the word on the label is not a guarantee of.
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Choosing a product
How to read a hair oil label in India
Six things worth checking on any hair oil pack before you buy it, including ours — and the two that most people never look at.
Read the guideBuying hair oil online in India
How Cash on Delivery works, what delivery actually takes, what you can return, and how to tell a genuine pack from a copy.
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Looking for the ingredients?
Every herb named on both KESHME packs is listed on one page, with its Devanagari and botanical name and the products it appears in.
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