VUH-TIKA (vatika oil...love love love)

Hola!  So Vatika oil.  I love it!  I just finished giving my mom a treatment.  She is relaxed, with thin, fragile hair. She was complaining about shedding.  I instructed her to break out the bottle of Vatika oil I had gotten for her months ago, heat it up, and get to using it!  By the next day when she washed it out, she saw considerably less shedding. I had her oil her scalp with it after her wash and I just oiled her scalp with it now and mixed in a teaspoon with about 2 tablespoons of her conditioner.  I massaged the oil in, then added the conditioner/oil on her detangled hair.  With all of that, there was hardly any shedding. When I use it on my natural hair, it keeps the dandruff at bay, minimizes shedding, and helps me detangle wonderfully!  It's a great oil.

Here's a picture of the one I use:

I only use this one.  There is also one in a white bottle with a green top and one in a clear bottle with a yellow hue.  Both of these are still good oils, but they do have TBHQ tacked on to the end...which is a preservative and used in beauty products as a bleaching agent.  Do I use products where this is present? Yes.  If I can avoid using it, will I?  YES!  So because there is one available without all the extra yucks...I prefer it.

It smells, to me, kind of soapy.  It contains lemon oil and rosemary...as well as henna and other great Ayurvedic extracts.  I find the lemon to be most prominent...mixed with the herbs and flowers...it smells kind of like a generic cleaning agent, think lemon PineSol.  Most people don't like the smell.  It doesn't nauseate me, but it's in no way artificial or made to smell like something it's not.  Everything in it is with purpose and the smell is that of a naked, beneficial oil!

I've tried the HairVeda Vatika frosting before.  Smells like cake.  It smells yummy...I don't always like to smell yummy, I'm partial to clean scents.  Also, it lacks many of the herbs and flowers that Dabur Vatika oil is comprised of.  The ingredient list for the frosting is short at only 5 things...5 very important things...but still only 5 things at $11 + shipping= second thoughts.  I love HairVeda and the products have always been reasonably priced.  BJ, the owner, is so sweet BUT, I can get my green bottle on the ground at the Indian grocer for $3 and it is power packed!  I'm in turmoil to not load up on that yummy smelling, fancy frosting during the Black Friday sale...I thought maybe I could keep some around as a treat or a backup when I want a Vatika treatment but feel self-conscious about the smell.

Vatika oil is a staple for me.  I love Ayurvedic haircare!!!!  Reviews to follow on powders and how to put it into your regimen.  I have a little more experimenting to do.  Many reviews to follow.  So excited to share and please, ask me questions if you're curious about any of the products.

XoXo,
LoriLove