50 ml$59.00
Herbal Hair Oil · 50 ml
Thirty minutes,
minimum.
Up to all day, if you can spare it.
A herbal hair oil for the scalp, not the ends. Plant oils in jojoba and squalane, blended in Sydney and made to sit on the scalp.
How the oil is made
Botanical Essentials
Hair oil built for the oldest ritual there is
What this is
One herbal hair oil, made in Sydney. It goes on the scalp rather than the ends, and it stays there — the whole blend is designed around the wait.
What is in it
Plant oils in a jojoba and olive-squalane base. Rosemary, peppermint and black seed for the scalp; argan, avocado and castor for the lengths. No added fragrance. The scent comes from the essential oils.
What it does
Soothes the feeling of a tight, dry scalp and leaves hair softer, smoother and shinier than it went in. Twice a week is the rhythm most people settle into.
How you use it
On the scalp, then left alone
Most oils on a shelf are finishing oils. You smooth a drop through dry ends, and it sits on the outside of the hair looking like shine. That is a different job to this one.
Aliora is built for the older practice: fifteen to twenty drops straight onto the parting, fingertips flat, small circles, section by section. Then you braid it back and get on with your day. The longer it sits, the softer your hair feels after washing.
1 · Dry, tired ends
Where most of us start.
2 · Fifteen to twenty drops
Straight onto the parting.
3 · Massage it in
Flat fingertips, small circles, section by section.
4 · Leave it, then wash out
Thirty minutes minimum, up to all day.
5 · Softer, smoother hair
Twice a week, kept up.
While it sits
What happens to your hair
One line on the label decides everything about the blend: minimum thirty minutes, up to all day. Here is what that time is actually doing.
Elapsed
- 00:00
It warms in the palms
Fifteen to twenty drops, rubbed between the hands until the chill leaves them. Warm oil thins and travels; cold oil sits on the surface and never gets past the hair.
- 00:05
It reaches the skin
Parted in sections and worked in with flat fingertips, the oil stops being on your hair and starts being on your scalp. The peppermint arrives about now — a clear cool across the skin. That is how you know it landed.
- 00:30
The floor
Half an hour in, the oil has stopped sitting on top and settled in. This is the minimum. Anything less and it’s a quick oiling, not a soak.
- 04:00
The slow part
Hours in, the richer oils (castor, avocado, argan) are coating the lengths, and the rosemary and mint are still there on the scalp. Nothing has gone tacky or turned. The blend was built to wait this long.
- ALL DAY
It comes out
When you’re ready, shampoo it out, twice if you were generous. Hair comes out softer and smoother, and the scalp feels comfortable rather than stripped.
The bottle
One formula, one bottle
50 mlPlant oils in a jojoba and olive-squalane base, light enough to sink in rather than sit on top. Rosemary, peppermint and black seed for the scalp; argan, avocado and castor for the lengths. Hair looks and feels its best with regular care, so make it a twice-weekly ritual.
Full detailsSet aside an afternoon. That is the whole method.