Gisele Bündchen, Jennifer Lopez, and Beyoncé don’t have naturally long hair, so it takes work. Their individual hair types are targeted by each product and hair tool, resulting in bouncy, gorgeous waves that are on everyone’s glam mood boards. While several products are necessary to achieve star-quality tresses, there is one hidden weapon that always triumphs in the hydration stakes: hair oil
Here, we’ve compiled a list of the top hair oils for each type of tresses, including products from top beauty brands like Tracy Ellis Ross’ Pattern Beauty, Jen Atkin’s Ouai, and more. Tracy Ellis Ross is an award-winning actor and activist.
The hair oil treatment from Moroccanoil has long been a popular among customers. It is a multipurpose hair treatment with argan oil that improves shine, softness, and hydration while taming frizz and flyaways. Excellent for all hair types, although medium to thick hair is preferable.
Ama oil, which penetrates and treats damaged hair fibers while shielding the hair from humidity, is a component of Ouai’s hair oil, which was founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin. Other ingredients include borage oil, which smoothes and minimizes the appearance of frizz, baobab seed oil for moisturizing and smoothing dry hair, and African galanga root extract for defending color-treated hair against fading and color degradation.
Ceremonia is a Latinx haircare brand that makes products for all. The brand’s Aceite de Moska nourishing pre-shampoo oil is inspired by a ritual from the Dominican Republic, to support a balanced scalp. Ingredients include passion fruit oil to deliver antioxidant benefits for hair wellness, castor oil to support healthy hair growth and aloe vera to soothe and support a balanced scalp.
For the fancy folks, Austinus Bader’s hair oil aims to take care of locks just as thoughtfully as the biomedical beauty brand tends to the face. (Melanie Griffith is an investor, while Gwyneth Paltrow, Victoria Beckham and countless others have sung praises for AB.) The product was developed with the company’s signature TFC8 complex, which blends natural amino acids and high-grade vitamins for a burst of nourishment. Ingredients include baobab, argan and pomegranate oils to detangle and smooth hair, and Vitamin E to hydrate hair while protecting from free radical damage.
