If you have heard or are interested in hair care, then probably you have heard about the Korean hair care routine, since it is the most complete and gentle way to maintain a healthy and vibrant hair complexion. The main secret of K-beauty hair care is to focus on the scalp, treating it with essential oils and natural ingredients that can provide moisture while helping to balance the overall condition, recovering your scalp strength and hair luminosity. 

 

What are essential oils? 

Essential oils are concentrated extracts from plants such as flowers, leaves, bark, roots, etc., that capture the essence of their components with unique aromatic properties that give them special characteristics to support alternative medicine treatments like aromatherapy. Due to their highly concentrated ingredients, they are commonly used for aroma-related functions to calm, energize, or heal, while when used topically can help to treat minor wounds and skin conditions like acne, or have antimicrobial properties, and in hair or scalp cosmetic products can stimulate hair growth, reduce dandruff, or help to maintain a healthy scalp. 

What are essential oils good for? 

Essential oils can have a range of beneficial effects on the hair and scalp when used properly, and the type of essential oil required for the scalp will depend on the characteristics of each consumer’s scalp needs. We resumed the main benefits of the most commonly used essential oils to present a general idea: 

How do I know my scalp type? 

Our greatest pride is to provide authentic and real skin results with our natural and gentle formulations, which is why we clinically tested our exclusive V11 complex to prove its efficiency and make sure that our customers feel safe and confident when using our products. 

To build a good hair care routine, it is crucial to identify your hair and scalp conditions and needs, in order to choose the correct products and ingredients that allow you to achieve a healthy and balanced scalp and shiny and good-looking hair. 

To easily identify your scalp type, you can follow these easy steps: 

  1. Wash your hair with a gentle shampoo, let it dry naturally, and do not apply any leave-in or styling products for an accurate result. 
  2. After 24 hours, observe the condition of your scalp and roots: 
  • a)    Oily Scalp types: if your scalp and roots become greasy, there is an excess of oil and shine, and your hair looks flat due to the excess of sebum you are likely to have an oily scalp type. Other signs of an oily scalp can be the presence of acne or clogged pores on the scalp, the presence of dandruff, and sometimes odor produced by the excess of sebum, so if you have any of those signs, you are likely to have an oily scalp. 
  • b)    Dry Scalp types: if your scalp feels tight or itchy, there are white dry flakes visible on your shoulders or the hair roots (do not confuse them with dandruff), the roots of hair look dry and dull due to the lack of moisture you are likely to have a dry scalp. Also, dry scalps tend to be more sensitive, to producing irritation or redness due to the lack of natural oils to protect the scalp, so keep these factors in mind as well. 
  • c)    Combination Scalp types: the characteristics of these types of scalp are oiliness on the scalp with dry to normal conditions towards the ends of the hair. People with combination scalp types can experience changes in hair conditions due to weather, stress, or sometimes the diet. 
  • d)    Normal Scalp types: if your hair feels quite normal, not too oily or not too dry, you don’t have any significant problems like flaking, itching, or oiliness, and your hair tends to look shiny and strong, you are likely to have a normal scalp type. 

Building a skincare routine with essential oils

We hope that you could learn more about your essential oils so you can start including them in your hair care routine!

Village 11 Factory® will help you to take care of your hair with natural ingredients while guiding you to use the ones that are the best match for you!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@pfdbrand.com

References:

[1] Lee S-H, Do H-S, Min K-J. Effects of Essential Oil from Hinoki Cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa, on Physiology and Behavior of Flies.

[2] Yang Jiang, Nan Wu, et.al. Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Rosemary

[3] Oh, J.Y., Park, M.A. & Kim, Y.C., Peppermint Oil Promotes Hair Growth without Toxic Signs

[4] Satchell A., Saurajen A., et.al Treatment of dandruff with 5% tea tree oil shampoo

[5] Sanches U., Costa de Oliveira A. et al. Potential use of essential oils in cosmetic and dermatological hair products: A review