Reddit reviews Barlean's Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, 16-Ounce Jar

I've always had very fine and dry hair, so my regimen would not work for most girls.

I was horrified when I discovered that my hair was falling out an inch after the root due to straightening my hair twice a week. I was very upset because I've never failed to use heat protectant on my hair and always used the lowest heat setting. Clumps of hair were falling into the sink after every styling session.

My old method was to wash my hair every 3 days and straighten it. At the end of the day I would put my hair up in a braid to avoid having the styling fall out over night. I used a lot of hairspray, shampoo, and conditioner. In retrospect this was way too many products.

I work from Monday until Friday every week, and have weekends off. Therefore, Friday night my hair is kind of oily but it looks and smells clean. After my last client is finished I put some coconut oil in my hair for one or two hours and spend some time brushing the natural oils to the ends of my hair. It looks terrible at this point. When the time is up I wash the coconut oil out of my hair with my shampoo and conditioner. I normally never have to do this more than once. After this my hair is so soft, shiny, and beautiful.

The rest of the weekend I spend putting it up in a French Braid and washing with water twice a day. After it is dry again on Sunday night, I put it in three inch hair rollers and spray lightly with water. This sets my hair to give it Hollywood waves. Most of the time I'll have to lightly heat style the front strands of my hair. I also finish it off with two drops of coconut oil to give it some extra shine. After this my hair is ready to be put in pin curls for the night and I never spend more than 5 minutes in the morning.


For me, 5 days never gets my hair greasy because I never go to the gym to work out and rarely sweat. My apartment is always cool. I think this contributes to why I can last two days longer than most girls. My individual strands of hair are very fine, but my hair per square inch is quite thick. This is a terrible combination to control, so the above method works best for me.

My products:

Redken Extreme Shampoo

Redken Extreme Conditioner

Barlean's Coconut Oil
(I have the giant versions of all of these. I bought the salon container of Redken and haven't had to buy new shampoo or conditioner in 7 months because it's so huge. They must weight 5 pounds each!)

In all seriousness, washing your hair every day sounds nice, but it's extremely excessive. People with really thick strands and oily hair can get away with it, but I've never really heard of people actually washing their hair with shampoo every day unless they work out at the gym every morning and sweat a lot. I think most girl wash their hair with conditioner for three days, and then shampoo it. I have a friend who started balding because she washed her hair with a lot of shampoo once or twice a day since she heard that's what she should be doing. It wasn't. Please don't do this.

Please make sure you bath every night at least. I know I shouldn't have to say this, but someone may read this and think they only have to shower twice a week. I bathe once in the morning and once at night, but put my hair up so it doesn't get wet. You don't want to stink, you just want to keep yourself healthy. Plus, a nice bath really helps you relax. A lot of girls mention that 'swimming in your own sweat and grime' is disgusting. I don't really know how much dirt you can get on you within six to eight hours, but doing it twice a day should be more than enough, especially if you are using soap and washing it off.

Good luck to A whole new you! I've been working on myself since last September and only lost 17-18 pounds, but that's really close to my first goal of 20 pounds. I'd like to lose 30 more. I really think losing weight will help us conceive.

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I use coconut oil too! Just bought this stuff. It works great, and a small jar seems to last forever. Keep exfoliating!

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I actually do have really bad psoriasis on my scalp and have found coconut oil to help, at least temporarily (for 1-2 days after application), by reducing flaking, itching, shedding hair.

However, it makes my hair stronger and scalp feel more hydrated. Here is the kind I use. I would suggest going to your local organic grocery store (Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc.) and picking up the "extra virgin" type. I read somewhere (but have no current citation) that this is the least processed and most beneficial to the skin.

Hope this helps.