What is rosemary oil?
Essential oils have been used throughout history for their wide range of benefits, like helping you sleep, moisturising properties and adding shine to your hair.
Rosemary essential oil is made from the rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) shrub, an evergreen plant characterised by its needle-like leaves and woody fragrance. As with most essential oils, rosemary oil is extracted from the leaves and yellow flowers of rosemary shrubs using a process widely known as steam distillation.
benefits of rosemary oil for hair
When it comes to your hair and scalp, rosemary oil could hold a host of great benefits, from encouraging healthy hair growth to soothing properties.
Here are just 3 of the ways rosemary essential oil could help your hair and scalp:
- Supports your hair growth journey: Using rosemary essential oil to support your hair growth journey is something that’s been widely researched.
- It has soothing properties: Is your scalp feeling itchy and driving you mad? It turns out this oil may be able to help. The same study from 2015 found that those who used rosemary oil also felt an improvement in their scalp itchiness too.
- Supports circulation: It’s thought that, when massaged after being diluted with a carrier oil of your choice, rosemary essential oil can create a warm feeling that can help to support circulation. These effects on your circulation may also be the reason that it benefits your hair.
How to use rosemary oil for hair
There are so many ways you can use rosemary essential oil for your hair, from massaging it into your scalp to adding it to your shampoo, but you should always make sure that you follow the instructions on the label before using it.
Mix it with a carrier oil
One of the ways to use rosemary essential oil on your hair is to massage it into your scalp, but you should always mix it with a carrier oil first. Follow the direction on the label for dilution guidelines.
Diluting rosemary oil helps to reduce its potency and means it is less likely to irritate your skin. Carrier oils are plant oils like argan, jojoba and almond oil. They’re called carrier oils because they are used to dilute essential oils and ‘carry’ them to your skin.
Blend it with your shampoo
If you like to keep your haircare products natural, you can try adding a few drops of rosemary oil after diluting to your shampoo or conditioner before using it as normal. You only need a few drops of rosemary oil in your shampoo, and you should always wash your hair thoroughly to rinse it out well.
You’ll find a lot of rosemary oil hair products on the market, too, though. So, if mixing your own rosemary oil products isn’t for you, you could try these instead!
