How to choose shampoo for oily hair

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Oily Hair Shampoo must be a delicate cleanser with a preferably neutral pH that carries out a sebum-regulating and purifying action on the hair.

Oily Hair is hair that tends to get dirty, become greasy and sticky the next day.

It is a hair that can hardly keep the hairstyle and that looks dull and darker than the original color.

The cause is due to an excess of sebum, produced by the sebaceous glands, which covers the hair, making it greasy and sometimes making it unpleasant to smell.

It is important to prefer a delicate shampoo that does not degrease or attack the hair and scalp, which is fine and fragile due to frequent washing, but has a purifying and sebum-normalizing action on the lipid layer of the scalp with a preferably neutral pH.

How to Choose Shampoo for Oily Hair: Functional Actives

A good Shampoo for Oily Hair must be formulated with some of the following active ingredients:

Nettle (Urtica Dioica Root Extract): is an extract with an astringent, anti-sebum and purifying action.

Chamomile (Chamomilla Recutita Matricaria Flower Extract or Flower Water): has regenerating and calming properties in case of oily skin and dandruff.

Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice): has anti-inflammatory, refreshing, soothing properties and to combat dandruff and hair loss.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis Rosemary Leaf Extract): has dermo-purifying and regulating properties of sebum production.

Peppermint (Mentha Piperita Peppermint Oil or Mentha Piperita Peppermint Leaf Extract): it is a plant rich in vitamins and minerals that has purifying, disinfectant and refreshing properties.

Clay (Clay): it is a mineral with an exfoliating, smoothing and exfoliating action.

Neem Oil (Azadirachta Indica Seed Oil): it is a vegetable oil rich in Vitamins and Fatty Acids with antibacterial, antiseptic, antifungal and anti-inflammatory action.

Tea Tree Essential Oil (Melaleuca Alternifolia Tea Tree Leaf Oil): it is an essential oil with antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties.

Clary Sage Essential Oil (Salvia Sclarea Oil): it is an essential oil with antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and astringent properties that fights hair loss and dandruff.

Cypress Essential Oil (Cupressus Sempervirens Oil): it is an essential oil with an antiseptic, astringent and sebum-balancing action.

Essential Oil of Lemon (Citrus Medica Limonum Peel Oil): it is an essential oil with a rebalancing and revitalizing action.

How to Choose Shampoo for Oily Hair: Functional Hair Care Routine

After choosing the right Shampoo for oily hair, let's proceed with a correct Hair Care Routine.

First of all it is important to dilute the Shampoo (1 part of shampoo and 3 or 4 parts of water = e.g. 10 ml of shampoo and 30 or 40 ml of water) for a more delicate and compatible cleansing with the hair and to reduce quantity of product to be used ensuring a longer life.

Wet the hair completely with warm water and proceed to use a Scalp Scrub once every 7 - 15 days to stimulate blood circulation, strengthen hair bulbs, perform a balancing action and remove impurities and dead cells.

Then proceed with cleansing, distributing the shampoo on the skin and gently massaging until it forms a pleasant and generous foam. If necessary, repeat the operation.

In the case of greasy lengths it is advisable to avoid the conditioner or to use a very light and delicate one.

To complete a correct Hair Care Routine it is good to combine the use of a Lotion for Oily Skin and Dandruff to be applied on the scalp periodically, following the instructions on the label.

Yumi Tips for Oily Hair

Don't wash your hair every day! Doing so can greatly increase the problem of greasiness, the scalp will be attacked and the production of sebum will increase.

Use lukewarm water and a hair dryer at medium temperature. Water and a hair dryer at very high temperatures dissolve the sebum, making the problem worse.

Do not brush your hair a lot, if you do it will stimulate the sebaceous glands to produce more sebum!

Likewise, don't touch your hair, the more you do it the sooner it gets dirty!

The unmissable Hair Shampoos

Lamazuna's Solid Herbal Shampoo for Oily Hair reduces excess sebum, gives hair shine and softness.

The Burdock and Mint Shampoo for oily hair Setarè has a sebum-regulating, purifying and refreshing action.

Maternatura Cistus Shampoo for Oily Hair is an astringent and normalizing cleanser ideal for oily hair.

Bisou Bio Nettle Shampoo for Oily Hair is a rebalancing and purifying cleanser for oily hair and impure skin.

The Dermo-purifying Shampoo for Oily Hair by Eterea Cosmesi is a sebum-normalizing cleanser perfect for the care of oily and impure hair.