Discover the trasnformative power of hair oils for noursihed, shiny hair, ensuring perfect results by mastering the right application for your hair type.
Hair oils are an incredible addition to any haircare routine, nourishing the hair and ramping up shine, fast.
But how to use hair oil is the key to fearlessly applying hair oils to all hair types. You see, finding the right hair oil for your hair type and ensuring you use a proper application technique, measurement and timing can make the difference between fail and holy grail.
Here, our experts answer your top 10 hair oil questions and offer up tips and advice that guarantee a perfect result from your chosen hair oil, every single time
Question 1: What is the best Kérastase hair oil that I can choose?
Question 2: How do I apply a nourishing hair oil and how much hair oil should I apply?
Question 3: Is it best to use hair oil on damp or dry hair?
Question 4: What styling tools work best with hair oil?
Question 5: Can I use a hair oil when I air-dry my hair?
Question 6: What is the secret to long-lasting shine and fragrance using hair oil?
Question 7: When is the best time I should apply a nourishing hair oil?
Question 8: Which are the most popular hair oils?
Question 9: What is the best hair oil for my hair type?
Question 10: Can I add Hair Oil to my Hair Mask?
If you don’t have time to search for the holy grail, then look to our iconic bestselling hair oil, Kérastase Elixir Ultime. With a new and improved formula this lightweight, golden oil deeply nourishes, strengthens and protects your hair fiber. This hair oil suits all hair types.
Our iconic Elixir Ultime is a Kérastase bestseller for a reason, as it leaves even the most dull, dry or frizzy hair looking radiant and luminous. It’s enriched with amazing ingredients like nourishing Marula, Argan and Camellia oils, You can expect instant smoothness, double the hair’s shine and frizz control for 96 hours*.
What’s key is that this oil coats the hair to tame frizz and boost shine but it is ultra-lightweight for faster absorption and to ensure you hair never feels weighed down. It’s a multi-tasking wonder too.
The one formula acts as a hair thermal protector during styling, as a pre-cleanse treatment, a pre-blow dry indulgence, or a finishing touch. This versatile golden elixir is a fragranced hair oil that promises hair that is not just manageable and wonderfully scented, but beautiful too.
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This is a very common question, and one that only your hair knows the answer to.
The amount of hair oil needed ranges from 1-5 pumps depending on the length of hair, hair texture, hair thickness and hair condition.
Start small, you can always apply more hair oil; and avoid the roots - hair oil is best applied to the mid-lengths and ends unless otherwise stated.
The trick is to apply one to two pumps of hair oil at a time and distribute the hair oil evenly until you get your desired result.
After a few applications of hair oil, you’ll know your own magic number of pumps for a perfect healthy, shiny, soft look.
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The best time to apply a nourishing hair oil is after shampooing and conditioning your hair when it is clean and dry. This can be done whenever you take your shower. Applying the oil to towel-dried or air-dried hair allows it to penetrate the hair shaft and lock in moisture.
Applying hair oil on wet or damp hair means less shiny hair, but there are other benefits such as detangling. Some Kérastase hair oils even offer heat protection before blow drying the hair like Discipline Oleo Relax.
Additionally, you can also use hair oil during the day as a touch-up. For this purpose, we recommend the Elixir Ultime Travel Size, which conveniently fits in a purse or bag. It can be used to add a boost of nourishment and shine to your hair throughout the day.
Another option is to apply hair oil before going out at night. This can help add extra shine and luster to your hair, giving it a healthy and glamorous look.
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Applying a hair oil while the hair is damp will nourish and protect the fiber from unwanted frizz. The best leave in hair oil for frizzy hair is our Elixir Ultime.
As it dries you’ll notice your hair transforming into a subtle, shiny version of its natural texture - it’s your hair but better!
Once the hair is dry, you can use another pump of hair oil applying it to your palms and warming it between your fingertips. Use the oil to accent the lengths and ends of the shape for added shine, protection, and lasting fragrance.
For clients with curly hair and coily hair, we suggest the multi-use Huile Sublime Repair.
Hair oils are the perfect complement to styles using heat tools such as blow dryers, curling irons or flat irons, as they nourish the hair fibre adding a little extra protection against the heat. If your chosen hair oil doesn’t have true thermal protection qualities, then apply it after a heat protector like Kérastase Thermique but before applying the heat.
As a post-styling finisher, hair oils can tame unwanted frizz caused by heat styling, define hair shape, and leave hair with more shine and subtle fragrance.
For anyone who lightens their hair such as balayage, foils or double process (platinum) blonde, Blond Absolu Huile Cicaextreme is specially formulated to the needs of blonde hair such as weightless hydration and damaged fiber recovery.
Hair oils can be applied to damp hair after the hair is shampooed and conditioned and towel or air dried.
If your hair is wavy or curly, try twisting your hair into place according to the wave pattern that you prefer.
If you are styling your hair with a blow dryer and brush, you can use a heat protecting oil like Discipline Oleo Relax or apply a thermal protector like Kérastase Thermique first then layer your hair oil of choice on top.
Once dry, finish with one or two pump of your selected hair oil to finish the look.
• Multiple uses – before, during and/or post blow dry
• Fast absorption, ultimate shine, nourishment
• Refillable bottle
• Ultimate shine-enhancing oil for all blonde hair types
• Immediate anti-dullness action for luminous, glossy results
• Weightless nourishment, leaves hair soft and radiant
• Shine repairing
• Radically neutralises persistent dullness
• Seals split ends
• High concentration of fragrance
• Provides nourishment and lasting shine
• Leaves hair smoother
• Reduces breakage, hydrates & defines shape while reducing frizz
• Oil combination: Coconut Oil, Jojoba Oil, Olive Oil, Sunflower Oil
Any hair type can use a hair oil, it’s just a matter of knowing which one to choose to best suit your hair’s needs.
Many people with fine hair don’t use hair oil for fear of greasiness and extra weight.
The key is to tread lightly with your hair oil application because the benefits for your hair can be incredible.
Our bestselling Elixir Ultime works wonders on all hair types. For fine hair, start with one pump between your palms, working it gently through mid-lengths and ends.
Hair oils were made for curls. Since curls tend to look dry and frizz easily, oils really tame and define the locks, leaving you hair looking both shiny and healthy.
To define curls, apply one pump of oil into the hands and apply to small sections of hair at a time. We recommend Curl Manifesto Huile Sublime Repair, with its multi-oil formula it was designed specially for curly and oily hair fibers to define the shape, tame frizz, boost shine and hydrate. Goodbye, dryness.
Première Huile Gloss Réparatrice is a leave-in concentrated oil that repairs and restores shine to all types of damaged hair.
This luxurious, enveloping oil has a double action: with its high concentration of repairing and caring agents it seals split ends, boosts hair strength, and radically neutralizes the persistent dullness of damaged hair.
Blonde hair often lacks the deep shine of darker tones, especially when it's the result of an in-salon process. Our Blond Absolu Huile Cicagloss is your best friend when it comes to giving your blonde hair a radiant, glossy glow. In one hit, the oil revives dull tones, smooths the cuticle and leaves hair looking luminous and incredibly soft.
Your hair mask is already deeply nourishing, but there’s a way to make it even more potent.
Add 2 to 3 pumps of Elixir Ultime into a a teaspoon-sized amount of Masque Elixir Ultime Hair Mask and mix until you achieve a smooth silky texture. Take a small section of hair and apply a bit of the mixture to ends and lengths working your way up from the tips. Then twist the strand into a curl. Let it sit and repeat on the rest of hair. After 5 minutes, rinse out.
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