8 hair serums for every hair type to repair and smooth your natural mane

From strengthening serums to honey-infused oils to enhance your hair

JUNE 12, 2020 2:12 PM EDTJUN 12, 2020, 2:12 PM EDT

Many people have a misconception that hair oils can turn your scalp more oily. In reality, oils help boost your scalp health and are a great lubricant to detangle hair. There are many benefits to using hair serums from restoring split ends to hydrating your hair strands while keeping it nourished and shiny. Whether you have frizz or psoriasis, each of these oily formulas are going to help moisturize your mane. It might sound counterintuitive since we produce a natural oil called sebum which keeps the skin moist. However, due to environmental agents and other health issues, many people need hair oils as a nourishing treatment. Here are the best oils for every hair type to keep it shiny and moisturized.

For all hair types

Gisou’s honey infused hair oil, $87 can be used daily as a pre-styler or leave-in as an overnight treatment. For dry hair, apply two full droppers and wrap it with a towel. Gisou’s bee-based formula helps rebuild and repair your hair to the core.

For color-treated hair

Bosley’s Rejuvenating Scalp Scrub, $19.99 features Bamboo charcoal to help exfoliate and purify the scalp. It also includes sunflower seed oil and shea butter to moisturize the hair. Its tea tree leaf oil soothes dry and itchy scalp while balancing scalp health.

For oily scalp

If you struggle with an oily scalp, apply JMO’s scalp purifying serum, $20.49 which features detox, purifying and nourishing properties. This hair oil offers natural properties of cooling spearmint and peppermint, natural-astringent meadowsweet extract and strengthening vitamin B complex to nourish your scalp.

All hair types

NUELE’s hair serum, $24 is a lightweight residue-free blend of five concentrated oils that detangle, repair, enrich, and protect hair throughout your day. Its formula includes jojoba, moringa, argan, rosemary oil and clary sage that serve as a heat protectant and moisturizer.

For hair and body

This head-to-toe rose hair and body oil, $32 works as a moisturizer and perfume. OUAI’s oil not only serves as a hydrating oil for your strands but it also imparts a radiant glow on your skin. You will feel nourished and smell amazing at the same time.

For dry hair

Try a hair elixir that nourishes, moisturizes and handles frizz. Az’s Elixir Nourishing Oil, $47 restores strength by preventing damage and healing cuticle layers that have been stressed by the environment. Its coconut-based formula helps prevent breakage and serves as a humidity shield.

For frizzy hair

This oil helps with psoriasis and eczema thanks to its argan oil formula. The Saharan Liquid Gold Argan Oil, $22 is infused with keratin protein and vitamin B to help eliminate frizz and hydrate damaged hair. Even Alicia Keys uses this hair oil combined with a mask to repair her curls. You can wrap your mane with a cotton scarf to help the oil penetrate your hair.

For aging and colored hair

The CAVIAR Anti-Aging dual-use serum, $34 has amazing properties and caviar extract to increase shine on chemically treated and environmental aging hair. It can be used as a leave-in treatment or as a color-preserving mask to help the level of conditioning in the hair. Your hair won’t look the same after a few drops.