The best mask for oily hair

The mask is an ambulance for hair after the pool, hot sun and frosty wind, after frequent styling and coloring. A whole ritual that improves the appearance and quality of the strands. Moisturizing, nourishing or firming? Looking for the perfect mask for oily hair.

What are the benefits of masks for oily hair?

Every day, our skin produces sebum, which is also necessary for hair to grow and protect. Sometimes, for some reason (we wrote about them in detail here), the sebum becomes more than necessary, and the strands quickly become greasy, shiny, and look untidy. I have to wash my hair almost every day! And the more you wash it, the faster your hair gets dirty. What to do?

Remedies for oily hair will come to the rescue, including masks that:

  • absorb excess fat

  • improve the appearance of hair;

  • give them a feeling of cleanliness and freshness;

  • have protective properties.

Mask for oily hair nourishes, protects and prolongs the feeling of freshness.

Review of the best masks for oily hair

There are really a lot of good masks for oily hair, according to the editors of Healthy-Food – dozens of brands produce them. How not to get lost in this diversity? We have compiled a detailed guide to masks for oily hair.

Strengthening, for hair growth

For some reason, it is believed that dry hair is most prone to falling out. But it’s not. Owners of oily hair also often face this problem. If you are just one of these “lucky ones”, your choice is strengthening masks for oily hair. For example, here are these.

Mask Elseve, “Ultra strength” Power Mask against hair loss, L’Oréal Paris

Enriched with biotin, arginine and vitamin B5, this mask perfectly strengthens hair, regardless of their type. It nourishes and protects curls well, without weighing them down. It can be used both as a mask and as a leave-in treatment.

Strengthening hair mask Fructis “Growth in full force”, Garnier

The purpose of this mask is to strengthen and nourish. It is great for thin and oily hair. The composition includes saving ceramide and apple extract, which help to restore the structure of the hair, have nourishing and moisturizing properties.

Mask against hair loss Botanic Therapy “Castor oil and almonds”, Garnier

This mask is suitable for all types of hair, including oily at the roots. Castor oil nourishes and improves the hair structure, strengthens hair follicles, and almonds make curls more elastic and shiny.

Means against hair loss in ampoules Dercos Aminexil, Vichy

It’s not a mask, strictly speaking, but Healthy-Food likes it so much that we’d recommend it to anyone with hair loss problems. In ampoules – an incredibly effective concentrate with aminexil. This molecule strengthens the hair roots and slows down their loss. From the point of view of effectiveness, the product will definitely not yield to the mask for growth.

Nourishing, moisturizing, regenerating

There is a myth that oily hair does not need nourishing and moisturizing masks – they say that excess sebum protects and moisturizes them enough. But if you want your curls to shine, look alive and healthy, such products are a must.

Rescue mask for long damaged hair with keratin Elseve “Dream Length”, L’Oréal Paris

This mask can be used for any type of hair – not just against oiliness. Thanks to vitamin B5, keratin and castor oil in the composition, it restores curls along the entire length, making them soft and smooth, giving them strength and shine.

Revitalizing mask for very damaged and split ends Botanic Therapy “Royal Jelly and Propolis”, Garnier

The active components of the mask (and in addition to milk and propolis, it is also honey extract and glycerin) give the hair softness, smoothness and shine, reduce the number of damaged areas and give the strands a natural shine.

Fructis Superfood Papaya 3-in-1 mask for damaged hair, Garnier

Are you in the dream of finding a shine mask that helps with oily hair at the same time? We think it’s just her. Thanks to useful ingredients (papaya and amla extracts, sunflower, soy and coconut oil, as well as glycerin and salicylic acid), this product perfectly nourishes and moisturizes, makes hair soft and elastic.

Express mask with prokeratin complex Dercos Kera-Solutions, Vichy

Fills hair microdamages, contributing to their restoration along the entire length. The prokeratin complex (a duo of keratin and coconut oil) and vitamin B5 are soloed in the mask. Curls become moisturized, less brittle, elastic and shiny.

From fat content

Most often, owners of oily hair are faced with the rapid appearance of greasy shine at the roots and dry ends. To give hair a well-groomed appearance and restore balance, hair masks that reduce the oiliness of the scalp will help. And also – shampoos and balms for hair, oily at the roots and dry at the tips. If you do not find a suitable mask, you can use these tools. In any case, if there is such a problem, you will have to reconsider the basic care.

Balancing Shampoo Elseve 3 precious clays for hair that is oily at the roots and dry at the ends, L’Oréal Paris

The formula with three types of clay (white, blue and green) is great if the hair has become oily at the roots, but at the same time it is prone to dryness along the entire length. Shampoo gently cleanses the strands and restores the balance of the scalp. Hydrates hair without weighing it down. The effect of freshness lasts up to 72 hours.

Balancing balm Elseve 3 precious clays for oily roots and dry ends, L’Oréal Paris

Clay is an excellent absorbent component and works great as part of masks for oily skin, not only on the face, but also on the head. In this balm, three types of clay perfectly cleanse the hair and scalp, restore the optimal fat balance. Complementing the shampoo from the same line, the balm moisturizes the hair and makes combing easier.

Choose care based on the needs of the hair: nourishing masks are suitable for thinned ones, strengthening masks for rare ones.

How to choose an effective mask for oily hair?

There are not so many ready-made masks marked “for oily hair”. Therefore, more often additional care is selected based on the needs of the hair. If the curls are thinned, damaged, use light nourishing, moisturizing, restoring masks. If the strands are sparse or the hair is prone to falling out, firming masks and masks for hair growth are suitable.

Rules for the use of hair masks at home

To begin with, we note that the care of oily hair, in principle, is slightly different from the usual. Shares his advice expert-creator Garnier Evgeny Sedoy.

  • You need to wash your hair with warm, in no case cold or hot water, so as not to expose the skin to additional stress (to which it will respond with increased production of sebum).

  • Since sebum is actively produced at night, it is better to wash your hair in the morning or at least in the first half of the day so that your hair stays clean and fresh longer.

  • Shampoo should be applied in two approaches – so the hair is better cleaned.

  • Use light balms and conditioners, in no case creamy or oily – they will negate all efforts to combat oily hair and scalp.

A mask for oily hair at home is applied to cleansed, slightly damp (wrung out) hair, stepping back 1,5-2 cm from the scalp. Some masks (for example, for growth) are also applied directly to the skin – carefully read the instructions or directions on the label. Then it is left for 2-5 minutes (the time is again indicated in the instructions). Finally, rinse thoroughly with warm water.

Recipes for homemade masks against oily hair

We do not really like recipes for homemade masks for oily hair – these products do not seem to us as effective as ready-made factory formulas. In addition, they are not very convenient to use and do not always smell pleasant. But in a situation where there is no favorite mask at hand, they can help out.

With clay

Ingredients:

  • 1 st. l. green clay;

  • 1 st. l. mustard powder;

  • 1 st. l. honey;

  • 2–3 tbsp. l. water.

How to prepare and use

  1. Mix clay with mustard in a ceramic bowl.

  2. Add slightly melted honey and water, mix thoroughly.

  3. Apply the mask to the roots, dividing the hair into partings.

  4. Wrap your hair with a film and a towel.

  5. After 30 minutes, wash off the composition with warm water.

With nettles

Ingredients:

  • 50 ml of nettle infusion;

  • 1 egg;

  • 50 g of green clay.

How to prepare and use

  1. Whisk the egg into foam.

  2. Mix with nettle infusion and clay.

  3. Apply the mask to the roots, dividing the hair into partings.

  4. Wrap your hair with a film and a towel.

  5. Wash off with cool water after an hour.

With kefir

Ingredients:

  • 50 ml of kefir;

  • 1 st. l. honey;

  • 2 drops of mint essential oil;

  • 3 drops of bergamot essential oil.

How to prepare and use

  1. Kefir warm up to room temperature.

  2. Whisk in a blender with honey.

  3. Add essential oils to the mixture and stir.

  4. Apply a liquid mask to the roots, dividing the hair into partings.

  5. Wrap your hair with a film and a towel.

  6. Wash off with cool water after an hour.

Summary results

Briefly about the main thing.

Why do you need a mask for oily hair? 

  • Helps to reduce their fat content.

  • Corrects the work of the sebaceous glands.

  • Prolongs the feeling of cleanliness and freshness.

  • Nourishes and protects hair.

  • Makes them beautiful and shiny.

How do you know which oily hair mask is right for you? 

Focus on the needs of the hair. If they need hydration and nutrition, choose light nourishing and moisturizing masks. If there is a problem of falling out, look for means for strengthening and volume. Look at the label to see if the mask is suitable for oily hair.

How to apply a mask for oily hair? 

Apply it to clean, slightly damp hair. Keep for as long as indicated on the package, and then rinse thoroughly with warm water (not hot and not cold, so as not to create additional stress on the scalp, provoking increased sebum production).

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