This Makes Me Want Longer Hair: Macadamia Natural Oil Shampoo & Conditioner

I have had short hair on and off since The Legend Of Billie Jean came out. Sure, I have had bouts of hair that is long enough to put into a ponytail, but not very often. Part of the reason I have short hair is because I love and part of it is because I don't think my hair is that nice when it is long. Pieces of my hair, specifically near my temples never grow out nicely. It always gets a weird texture, I get annoyed and it gets cut off.

Last month, I mentioned that when I had been dying my hair (I'm a home-color girl) I have been adding a little Macadamia Natural Oil to my hair color. This makes my hair incredibly shiny and smooth. Because of the amazing results from the oil, I decided to try the shampoo and conditioner from the same line. During my 30-day trial, my hair has never been as smooth and healthy feeling as it is now. In fact, it makes me think that with continued use I might be able to get Tami Taylor hair.


(Connie Britton portrays Tami Taylor on Friday Night Lights)


Macadamia Natural Oil is an amazing oil for the hair because it is very rich in essential fatty acids and has the distinctive feature of resembling sebum. This replication of the natural oils our scalp produces for protection make it an ideal enriching & replenishing oil for the scalp. This shampoo and conditioner also contains the amazing argan oil, which is the oil that turned the haircare industry on its head in the last few years.

The shampoo is a gentle shampoo that is moisturizing for dry hair. And while I am terrible at describing smells (the reason I almost never review perfume), I love how this smells. It's not sweet or floral, musky or heavy, it's just nice. The conditioner is actually a leave-in conditioner, which is something I tend to avoid. Because my hair is so short, I don't leave it in as it overpowers my hair a bit. It is meant to be used on the midshaft through the ends of hair, not applied at the roots. However, when your hair is as short as mine, you don't have midshaft or ends. So I opt to do a quick rinse, leaving some in my hair, but the majority is rinsed out.

My last 3o-day hair trial was for Wen and I raved about how shiny my hair was when I used this product. While Wen did make my hair soft, Macadamia Natural Oil Shampoo and Conditioner has changed my overall hair texture. However, Wen did make my hair slightly shinier than Macadamia Natural Oil. Overall, this shampoo makes me want to have longer hair, and is actually pushing me to grow my hair. And anyone who knows me knows that while I often talk about wanting longer hair, I never actually try to grow it. My hairspiration for my ear/cheek length bob? A shorter version of this Hair Cuttery ad. Need I remind you, that while I am sure some people at the HC do a good job, Loxy had this experience.



And with hair that has a nice texture and looks great, I bet I will actually get there for the first time in seven years.

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Macadamia Natural Healing Oil Treatment

Always searching for a way to make hair coloring less damaging to my short locks, I couldn't resist playing home-science-lab and indulging in what may be the next thing in hair care.

All year long, we have heard about the amazing benefits of Argan oil. For your hair, your nails, your skin, Argan oil is the hot ingredient in hydration. Some cosmetic lines have dedicated themselves to basing their star products on this golden oil elixir. I have to say I love Argan oil and what it does for my hair and skin. It makes you hair smooth, shiny and manageable and is almost like magic eraser for my shoddy, dry cuticles. Love it.

The next ingredient to make your hair sing may very well be Macadamia Natural Oil, a blend of Argan Seed Oil and Macadamia Nut Oil. Why macadamia nut oil? It's similar composition to our own natural oils allows for unparalleled absorption and penetration into hair and skin. It also contains the highest amount of palmitoleic acid (an Omega 7 fatty acid) of any plant. Palmitoleic acid is abundant in the body at birth but decreases with age, causing dull, coarse, dehydrated hair. By replenishing hair with it, this essential component of human sebum plays an integral role in lubrication, softening and protection of hair protein structures, which ultimately leaves hair hydrated, healthy and shiny.

Macadamia Natural Oil can be found a in few recently launched products here. So far, I have only tried the Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment itself. One of the suggested uses of the oil is to mix it into your hair color before coloring your hair. Last night I colored by hair and mixed in about 2 pumps of oil into my hair color mixture (I used a Clariol Professional product) and colored my hair as usual. The result? Incredibly shiny, soft hair that I can't stop touching. And since I can't afford to go to the salon to have my hair colored right now, this was a fantastic way to amp up the luxe level of my at-home treatment. I can only imagine that using the oil in conjunction with a shampoo and conditioner also infused with the oil would be even more beneficial.




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