daPrettyman said:

Actually...they were.
And as for olive oil being an "old school" product, it's sure being used a whole lot nowadays and is being added to alot of hair products.

You know after reading this thread some folks are gonna go put alot of Olive Oil in their hair

JayJai said:

I was meaning that Prince probably was not using straight olive oil on his hair. I know people use real olive oil on their hair. Especially on babies with kinky hair. My grandmother used to use it on kids hair to comb it.

Shawnt26 said:

True. Olive, Coconut and Castor oil has been used in hair (black hair types, ethnic, i.e., kinky or coarse, half-straight, thick-curly)) as a moisturizer for the scalp for years;promotes hair growth. It's been used in the Caribbean for ages. It's amazing that many of the people born in the Caribbean had a gold-mine in their backyard and didn't know it. Now you have all these companies taking these natural products and making money off of it.
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What happend to good ol' Vaseline?

Jakeasaurus said:

I don't know about those products up above, but olive oil is prescribed as a natural remedy for stuff like dandruff--even for us granola eating tree hugging white folks!

xlr8r said:

Vaseline?? That would clog the pores for sure.

2elijah said:

I meant for the hair and the hotcomb, not for the skin.

Still not good for hair though?

nurseV said:

Good for the olive economy! Let's save the world, people!
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realm said:

LMAO!!

This product is more common for afro-american people but can in fact be used by anyone

NDRU said:

Hey...I'm black and LOVE granola!

URTHE1 said:

At the Target by my house, the cd department is diagonal from the hair care aisle.

daPrettyman said:

Impossible!

xlr8r said:

I doubt it, much too thick, there's better products out there now. Dixie Peach, Royal Crown are outdated. Times have changed and much better hair products out there now for all types of hair. Although, many hair products contain petroleum.

I'm glad they have been making Olive oil in the spray form, and also the daily conditioning lotion for moisture, as well as the pomade for the scalp, which is not as thick as the pomades they made years ago. Although you will find some petroleum in many of the hair products.

There is a hair pomade called "Kocatah" made of Coconut oil and Tar Oil. Made by a company called "Imperial "DAX" Company, (made in the USA and in the UK), which has been putting out hair pomades with many of these oils, long before all these other hair companies discovered they could copy these products and include these oils in them. Some of their pomades have a mixture of coconut/vegetable and castor oils with lanolin, and also sell each of them separately. They also have a shampoo as well.

"Kocatah" is mainly for those who have bad dandruff and extremely dry scalp issues. Yes you can say "yuck" because it has a very strong tar oil smell (which is obvious as soon as you open the jar). It should only be used for hair (different variations of black type hair, i.e. very, tightly-curled hair, coarse/kinky, etc.) that has been extremely damaged, to the point where it broke down to the scalp or like mentioned above for dandruff problems. It should be put on the scalp lightly, not in thick portions. It will promote hair growth. I would not recommend using this during the summer months though, because of the heat and it would not smell very good. It's one of those old-fashioned remedies that's been outnumbered by all the new hair products today, but still around.



Many hair companies have been making money off of it and put tar oil in shampoos, conditioners now for all types of hair.

I also remember this product below, that was very popular in the 80s and it can be used on "all" types hair no matter what race/ethnicity. It gives thin hair volume, and promotes growth. Their products used to fly off the shelves, but since then, so many hair companies have put out so many other hair products, that this one got lost in the dust. It's weird because horse owners used this to make horse's mane thick and discovered it could be used on human hair. You can google this if you want to. You'd be surprised what's in most beauty products that make the hair grow.



Ingredients:
WATER, SODIUM LAURYL SULPHATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, COCAMIDE DEA, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, FRAGRANCE, HYDROLYZED PROTEIN, SODIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, DMDM HYDANTOIN.
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Jakeasaurus said:

Anyone can use the products. I don't have oil hair so it helps to put missing ingredients back into my scalp. Being of mixed heritage....Black, White, Hispanic,and American Indian; all the nations fighting for control. I have used White Clariol produces for years and was glad to see this product on the market.

daPrettyman said:

right - cause you would know

Brofie said:

I didn't say he DID use it. I said I THINK. It is a popular black hair care product.

2elijah said:

daPrettyman said:

When did he mentioned that?

nurseV said:

gyro34 said:

In "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me".


SLIPPED IN THE BATHROOM
PUT SOME OLIVE OIL IN MY HAIR
WALKED IN THE CLOSET
TRYIN' 2 FIND SOMETHING 2 WEAR

JayJai said:

Aloe Vera too. My mom used to tell us how they would just take an Aloe Vera leaf. slice it open and use it on their skin. Good for scars, although it takes a while to heal scars, but definitely good for the skin. She laughs when she sees the leaves in the store for sale, when all she had to do was go in the yard or anyone could walk down a road and seem them growing wild in the Caribbean. She also said, back in her day, elderly people (women) would use coconut water/oil to wash their hair, straight from the coconut, because they were afraid of catching colds by using running water straight from the faucet to wash their hair. My grandmother used to do that. Sounds kind of strange, but that's how it was back in the days in the Caribbean for some. Something the elders used to do.
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2elijah said:

What about Aloe Vera juice?

I put olive oil in my hair, but it is the regular olive oil.

Also he sings about putting it in his hair before a shower or after?

pplrain said:

He didn't mention a shower. Maybe he went COD (Cologne ON DIRT) that day.

Interesting product. I should check and see if it's any benefit for dry hair.

daPrettyman said:

The juice/gel is what comes out of the Aloe Vera leaf itself. It's good for healing scars. That is what they used on their skin. They use it in hair products now.
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2elijah said:

No, I meant the Aloe juice they sell now for you to drink.