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I play volleyball and sometimes before the game, we all do our hair the same way. This girl on my team know how to make really tight french braids and they looked pretty so I asked her if she could do them on me. She used some sort of oil/grease to keep my hair matted down. I think it's only supposed to be used on hispanic or african american people because when I got home and showered, my hair was still greasy. I thought that it would come out in a couple of washes but before I knew it I had washed my hair ten times and nothing seemed to be happening. Later that night before I went to bed my mom helped me use detergent to get rid of it. I also used white vinegar and some acne face wash because I thought it would absorb the grease. I'm running out of ideas and was wondering if anyone knew any tricks to getting it out of my hair. If you could please respond to this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time!
Hi Anna,
I'm not to sure myself, but, have you tried asking the girl who used the oil/grease on you weather she uses a paticular thing to wash the oil/graese out of her hair? (if she does?)
I'm sure it will go after a few more washes.
I went through this once when my students wanted to braid my hair. By braid, I mean what many refer to as corn rows. They did the same thing, using grease. If you don't use grease, you have a ton of flyaway hairs.
Well, like you, when I took the braids out, my hair looked as if it had marinated on Valvoline 10W-40 overnight. And like you, it didn't come out very easy.
I'd recommend a clarifying shampoo and conditioner. Heck, I used 88 cents a bottle Suave clarifying shampoo and conditioner with pretty good results. My hair took about 2 - 3 days to really clear up though.
It seriously is like having motor oil poured on your hair. It doesn't come out easy and will take a few days.
Next time, skip the oil unless it's a style you plan to wear for awhile. African Americans, at least the kids at my school, would braid their hair and keep the style for weeks. Therefore, the oil wasn't an issue. However, if you plan to change the style, skip the oil.
I would say: ask the girl on this team just what it is that was put in your hair and how to wash it out.
It is not Grease it is a wax. You need to go to a place that sells hair products for women of color... try a beauty supply house... anyway use the wax/preparation remover.
(I have black nieces and it is the only way.) Sometimes though they use Palmolive dish washing liquid and that can remove alot of it.
Esme
Just remember that if you get a product to remove this grease/oil, that African-American peoples' hairs are nigh-indestructable compared with their European counterparts. Something that sits well with them could obliterate your hair. Use caution.
If the product used was oil/wax based you may need to emulsify it in another oil to remove it, or use a strong clarifying shampoo. Similarly to removing henna from your hair you can massage a generous amount of mineral oil or I used olive/jojoba oil into your hair, then blast it with a blowdryer then shampoo using a clarifyer and rinse. Or as said below ask the girl what she uses to get rid of hers.
Hello Anna I was looking through stuff about braids and this african american lady would use beeswax or dreading wax to make her hair do what she wanted. And she said that she uses a little dilluted dish soap dawn is what she used i think. But the bad thing is it will make your hair alittle on the dry/dull side. But you could always use shampoo after and condition your hair.
Good luck with getting that nasty stuff out of your hair
Mark
I suggest you don't put, or let anyone put strange stuff like that in your hair! (that goes for the grease, AND ESPECIALLY the detergent and acne stuff.... uck uck)
i'd just wait until it's gone, maybe you have to learn your lesson :)
And don't wash too frequently, you don't want to overstimulate your hair's natural grease production!
-vincent
