How To Repair Your Hair With Olive Oil

After a long winter's exposure to dry indoor heat, our hair needs some nourishing relief. Here's the simple solution. This easy hair treatment will result in healthier, more manageable hair and a really clean, invigorated scalp. Olive oil nourished, condition, and improves the strength and elasticity of your hair, while the couldn't be easier process is both stress reducing and health promoting.

Ingredients (enough for 1 or 2 treatments, depending on the length and thickness of your hair)

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 5 drops frankincense essential oil (others may be substituted, if you wish)
• 1 plastic bag that can fit over your hair

1. Pour olive oil into a jar with a lid, then add essential oil. Put lid or jar and shake well to disperse teh essential oil. Let sit for 24 hours in a cool, dark place. Shake again before use.
2.Rinse hair with warm water. Warm 1 tablespoon of oil treatment in the palms of your hands. Using your fingertips (not nails), gently massage the oil into the scalp in a circular motion. Repeat until the entire scalp has been massaged. Rub the ends of your hair with the remaining oil.
3. Place a plastic bag over your hair, secure by tying or with a hair clip or clothespin, and allow the oil to remain for at least a half-hour.
4. Rinse well, then shampoo as usual.