There are few things that never go out of style and coconut oil is one of them. Its multi-tasking powers are second to none and it feels as though we’re never done discovering new ways to use it. We’ve waxed poetic about how it can be a godsend for hair of all textures, but according to Gigi Hadid, it’s particularly effective for adding that camera-ready shine we see her flaunt on and off the runway.
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In a recent interview with W Magazine, the 22-year-old model revealed that when she’s not super busy, she takes a break from washing her hair and allows coconut oil to sit in her strands for a few days. It’s not exactly hygienic, depending on how often you shampoo, but the result is next level luminosity that doesn’t weigh her head down the same way a shine spray or oil might do. Source: Instagram
“When I have time off, I do coconut oil in my hair and I just put it in a bun and don?t wash it,” she said. “You can shower, obviously. But just keep your hair in a bun for like three days, keep the coconut oil in and just keep it up, and then at the end when you wash it all out.”
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We know what you’re thinking: that’s a lot of coconut oil. Perhaps the most important step of Gigi’s hack is to apply shampoo to your coconut oil-drenched hair first, then rinse and shampoo again. This ensures you w...