posted on: 07/24/2025
Our mothers and grandmothers knew the power of natural ingredients long before beauty brands put them in bottles. Here are a few oils that can be used to promote hair growth, reduce breakage, and improve the scalp's overall health. Look for these oils in your hair products to find the right mixture for the conditions you are looking to address.
Coconut Oil
This oil deeply moisturizes hair and scalp, reduces protein loss in damaged hair, prevents breakage and split ends, adds shine and softness, and helps protect hair from heat and environmental damage.
Best for: Dry, damaged, or frizzy hair
Castor Oil
This longtime home remedy promotes faster hair growth (especially for thinning areas), strengthens hair strands and prevents breakage, moisturizes the scalp, and reduces dandruff.
Best for: Hair thinning, hair loss, dry scalp
Rosemary Oil
This essential oil stimulates hair growth by increasing scalp circulation. It helps prevent premature graying and dandruff, strengthens follicles, and reduces hair shedding. It may also help with conditions like alopecia.
Best for: Hair growth, thinning hair, itchy scalp
Peppermint Oil
This powerful oil boosts blood flow to hair follicles, promotes hair growth and thickness, offers a cooling, soothing effect on an itchy scalp, and can help control excess oil production.
Best for: Stimulating growth, oily scalp, itch relief
About the Author
Josephine Granato has over 24 years of experience in the beauty industry and has cultivated a deep love for both practicing and teaching the art of cosmetology. In practice, she specializes in makeup, hairstyling, and cutting, and her work as a cosmetology educator, trainer, and administrator has included roles for Empire Beauty Schools and Tricoci University. Whether in the salon or classroom, Granato says she is “dedicated to empowering individuals to discover and express their unique beauty through the art of cosmetology.”