Do you have oily hair and have already tried everything? Actually, it's not because of your hair, but it's due to your scalp, which needs care and pampering. In this article, we will recommend you some remedies for oily hair with dandruff and explain the right (and wrong!) steps to follow to finally have light and healthy hair!

Just like facial skin, which can be oily or combination, the scalp too can have this problem, often due to increased sebum production. But what is sebum? Sebum is a natural oily substance produced at the hair follicles' level, and it serves to keep the skin soft and hydrated, and it protects it from dust, pollutants, wind, and sunlight.

It's when sebum production becomes excessive that the skin becomes oily, and hair is significantly affected by this condition. 

Sebum accumulates at the hair's base, making it perpetually greasy, itchy, and unattractive.

An oily scalp can also have greasy dandruff, a discomfort that appears as whitish flaking on the scalp caused by increased cell turnover of the skin. Greasy dandruff is characterized by large and thick flakes that are difficult to remove with hair movement and shampoo, causing more or less bothersome itching and a significant aesthetic issue. But let's proceed step by step. Here's what you'll find in this article:

• What are the causes of oily hair?
• What to do and what not to do if you have oily hair and dandruff
• The beauty routine for oily hair with dandruff
  • Pre-treatment for an oily scalp with dandruff
  • Specific cleansing for oily hair with dandruff
  • Specific treatments for oily hair with dandruff
  • Styling for oily hair with dandruff
• The complete package for oily hair with dandruff

What are the causes of oily hair?

The first step to take care of oily hair that tends to produce dandruff is to understand what the casues are. Here there are the mainly ones:

• Excessive sebum production: due to hormonal imbalances, it may happen that the scalps produces excessive sebum. This condition is often temporary and may appear during puberty and end spontaneously; however, there are cases in which a specialist intervention.
• Oily skin may cause oily dandruff: if you have oily skin with imperfections, it is more likely that your scalp suffers from the very same condition thus producing oily dandruff.
• Unhealthy diet: what we eat has an impact both on our skin and our hair. To eat healthy is to help our skin and scalp to be so.
• Stress: going through a stressful period can lead to the release of cortisol and other hormones that can worsen inflammatory conditions and oily, impure skin.
• Washing your hair too frequently with aggressive products: if you don't use specific products, dandruff may get worse thus causing an even more excessive sebum production.
• Using irritating and oily products for styling such as gel, hairspray, or mousse and so on that are often hel respnsible for causing irritations and increasing sebum production.
• Dysbiosis of the scalp microbiota, whose irritation can also lead to dermatitis and intense inflammatory conditions.

What to do and what not to do if you have oily hair and dandruff

Hair health is closely related to the skin health and to the balance of the microorganisms that inhabit it. Just like the skin that covers all of our body, the scalp too has its own microflora, which is composed of beneficial bacteria that, when in balance, keep our skin healthy and beautiful. However, when external or internal factors change their composition or disrupt their state, our skin begins to develop issues such as the excessive sebum production we have just dealth with.

Therefore, it is essential to adopt solutions that do not either alterate or irritate the skin, but, on the contrary, that provide it with everything that it needs! 

When dealing with oily hair with dandruff, it is often simple and natural remedies, together with good habits, that help the most to significantly improve the issue!

• Do not use shampoos that are not specifically formulated for your needs, in particular if you suffer from dandruff! Try gentle products instead of aggressive ones!
• Dedicate daily some time to take care of your hair and skin. Use pre-treatments with purifying and soothing lotions, and gentle scrubs that clean your skin from dead cells without removing its natural oiliness.
• Do not neglect psoriasis, dermatitis, or other issues.
• Gently massage the scalp during shampoo (but don't overdo it!). You will stimulate the microcirculation, providing more nourishment to your hair follicles, which will thank you by giving you shiny hair!
• Do not use irritating or oily products for your styling.
• Follow a balanced and healthy diet. 
• Try to avoid stress and worries that can massively impact the hair health.
• Do not approach the hair dryer to the scalp while drying your hair. Try to keep it at distance so that you do not irritate the scalp and  to ensure that the excess heat does not further liquefy the sebum, making the hair even greasier.

The beauty routine for oily hair with dandruff

To deal with oliy hair is not that easy, but to follow a specific beauty routine is the right answer to rebalance the scalp and to take care of the hair from roots to tips!

If you have oily hair it is essential to use specific products that can provide your hair with proper nutrients, without making it heavier. Here there are a few tips you can follow to take care of oily hair with dandruff:

• it is better to always use specific shampoos and conditioners to achieve light and longer clean hair!
• Do a hair mask at least once a week to purify the scalp.
• Use specific treatments that do not make hair heavier, like Vegetable Keratin that gives structure or Fruits Acid AHA to avoid frizzy hair.

A complete beauty routine for oily hair, either with dandruff or not, not only focuses on hair care, but it also has an impact on the health of yhe scalp, which is essential to have healthy and brautiful hair.

The first step to follow is to do pre-treatment for the scalp that cleanses and soothes it; then, pre-treatment for the hair, specific cleansing, hair treatment and specific styling will follow. All these steps are aimed at improving both the strenght and tthe integrity of your hair, which will eventually be ready to glow!

Pre-treatment for the scalp for oily hair with dandruff

Detox and anti-dandruff scalp lotion

Skin health is closely related to the balance of the microorganisms that inhabit it. Our Detox and anti-dandruff scalp lotion contains achicory prebiotics that strenghtens the natural microbiota of our skin and that plays a major role in regulating sebum production. It restores the balance of the scalp, which when is compromised, can lead to itching and dandruff. The natural hydrosaccharides contribute to moisturize, strengthen, and restore the integrity of the skin and hair. The lotion's effect is enhanced by zinc lactate, which helps reduce sebum production, and by the extracts of sage and rosemary, with their intense purifying action.

Put the whole bottle directly onto the scalp, massage it with your fingertips, and let it rest for at least 20 minutes. If needed, wash your hair. Do the treatment twice a week for at least one month.

Specific cleansing for oily hair with dandruff

Purezza Solid Shampoo - purifying and anti-dandruff

Dealing with remedies for oily hair with dandruff, choosing the right shampoo is crucial! Our Purezza Solid Shampoo - purifying and anti-dandruff is good to us and to the environment. It deeply moisturizes and strenghtens the hair thanks to the beet and linseed aminoacids, whereas burdock and chicory prebiotics stregnthen the skin's natural microbiota thus restoring its balance, regulating sebum production, and counteracting dandruff. Its formula also includes spirulina, rich in vitamins and minerals, as well as Tea Tree, Sage, Mint and Lavender to add freshness and deep cleansing, leaving hair clean and shiny.

Choosing a solid shampoo instead of a traditional shampoo allow you to have a small and compact but highly concentrated product that does good to you and to the environment! 50gr of Purezza Solid Shampoo are equal to 300ml of a traditional liquid prodoct, which makes it perfect to travel with you in your hand luggage! Moreover, the packaging is minimal and 100% recyclable (the paper can be recycled and the film is biodegradable).

How to apply it: out the shampoo on wet hair and scalp. You may want to massage it with your hands before applying it to make it foamy, then rinse. To take care of yourself, you can also apply a hair (wonder)mask.

Sage and Lemon shampoo for oily hair

Sage and Lemon shampoo is rich in vegetable extracts of sage, lemon, and nettle, with astringent and normalising actions. The formula contains also gentle surfactants deriving from sunflower and coconut, and it cleanses gently without drying the ends and without stimulating even more the production of sebum, as it may occur with aggressive shampoos.

Dilute a small amount of product with water or hydrolate (1 part of shampoo and 3 parts of water), massage it onto the scalp, and gently rinse. 

Powdered sebum-regulating shampoo with Tea Tree and Chicory Prebiotics

If you love liquid texture but you want to cut off disposable bottles, you can opt for our Powdered sebum-regulating shampoo to rehydrate, which is enriched with Tea Tree and Chicory Prebiotics. Thanks to the sebum-regulating action of this shampoo, your hair will be light and glowing. It is ideal for those who have hair that get dirty rapidly, and it is the right ally to counteract the presence of dandruff. Chicory prebiotics restore the scalp microbiota, whereas tea tree, peppermint, and zinc lactate purify the roots thus making the scalp cleaner. The shampoo contains also lemon and lavander to gently cleanse and make the lenghts glow.

How to apply it: pour the crystal in a bottle to get rid of plastic and to make your hair glow!

Specific treatments for oily hair with dandruff

Disciplina Solid Conditioner

Here it is the perfect conditioner for oily hair: our Disciplina Solid Conditioner is of course, a solid conditioner that helps you to take care of your hair and of the environment. It has light texture and a volumising effect, and its formula cointains spirulina, which is rich in vitamins and minerals, and lemon, which makes the hair lighter and shinier! Coconut oil strengthens even the dryest tips, while flaxseed oil, which is rich in Omega 3, regenerates even the dullest and frizziest hair. Moreover, Disciplina Solid Conditioner has a particularly acid pH that is able to close scalp flakes and to counteract frizzy effect, thus leaving your hair soft, shiny, and perfectly detangled.

How to apply it: it is no rocket science to use a solid conditioner. Just gently rub the block onto wet lenghts, or massage it with your hands before applying the foam onto the hair. Let it rest for a few minutes and then rinse. 

Organic Conditioner with moringa and lemon

Our Organic Conditioner with moringa and lemon is a moisturizing and detangling treatment. It contains extracts of moringa, flaxseed, and hemp to take care of the hair from roots to tips; aloe and lemon make it shinier, while nettle, sage, and rosemary restore the scalp balance. This conditioner has a light texture and it suits all kind of hair, even the one that gets heavy and dirty quickly. 

How to use it: apply this conditioner onto wet hair after the shampoo, let it rest for a few minutes and then rinse. Dry your hair and... be ready to shine!

Volume Wondermask Hair

We know what you are thinking about: hair masks aren't indicated if you have oily hair, but there's an exception... and it's our Volume Wondermask Hair! This mask is fresh and light and it is ideal for those who are looking for energy and volume for their hair, and wish to keep it clean longer. Its formula contains a winning mix of natural active ingredients, such as moringa peptides, argan, vitamin E, and the multi-prebiotic of ginger, grape, and frankincense that protect the hair from external agents and keep it clean and free from toxins, restoring balance and strengthening the roots for a voluminous and shiny mane.

How to use it: apply Volume Wondermask Hair after the shampoo, let it rest for 5 minutes to make the hair absorbe all the ingredients, then rinse.

Organic Sage Hyrolate

Organic Sage Hydrolate is suitable to oily and impure skin, but it is also ideal to take care of oily hair with dandruff. Add it to your favourite hair mask or to your conditioner to create a powerful purifying treatment. 

Sage hydrolate can also be used as the last step of acid rinse: just spray it after shampoo and conditioner on damp hair, without rinsing. The hydrolate will close the hair cuticles, making the mane shinier and neater.

Vegetable Keratin

Those who have oily hair often have thin hair, and in such cases hair masks or other moisturizing treatment may make thing worse and make the hair even heavier. For this reason, if you are experiecing such issue, you can find a perfect ally in the Vegetable keratin: it is a Hair Active that gives the hair more structure and volume, without makin the shafts, since it is a light spray specially formulated to avoid the "build-up" effect, which is the accumulation of product onto the hair. 

Styling for oily hair with dandruff

Plant Crystals

Plant Crystals are an actual elixir to moisturize, protect, and discipline the hair. We created it by mixing amazing ingredients, among which you will find organic oils of coconut, flasxseed, and hemp, as well as argan oil, which is produced by a women's cooperative in Morocco, that moisturizes the hair without making the mane heavy.

You can apply plant crystals after shampoo on damp hair to make it softer and easier to tangle, or you can apply it on dry hair to fix the styling, dominate frizz, and make the mane glossy.

The complete package for oily hair with dandruff

A complete hair care routine can be found in the Detox Hair Routine Kit: here you can find everything you need to take care of your hair from the scalp to the tips, perfect for those looking for shiny and clean hair for a long time!

The beauty routine can be structured following these steps:

• Step 1: Prepare with the Detox Scalp Scrub, which purifies without irritating and should be used once a month before shampooing. Also, use the Detox and Anti-Dandruff Scalp Lotion, a real prebiotic-based treatment to restore scalp balance and ensure cleaner hair for longer.
• Step 2: Purify with the Purifying and Anti-Dandruff Solid Shampoo, based on prebiotics, capable of giving shine and luster to the hair.
• Step 3: Nourish with the Organic Conditioner with Moringa and Lemon and the acidic rinse to be done with Rosemary Hydrolate, to be sprayed on the hair without further rinsing.
• Step 4: Add volume with the Volume Wondermask Hair, to be applied once a week instead of the conditioner to give the hair shaft more volume and shine. For styling, you can apply the Aloe Vera Gel, a true elixir to polish the hair tips, with which you can also make a strengthening mask to be left on for 30 minutes once a week before shampooing.

The package includes these products, all in full-size versions:

💙 Detox and anti-dandruff Scalp Lotion (10 vials of 5 ml each)
💜 Detox Scalp Scrub (100 ml)
💖 Purezza Solid Shampoo - purifying and anti-dandruff (50 g)
💚 Organic Rosemary Hydrolate (100 ml)
💛 Organic Conditioner with Moringa and Lemon (150 ml)
💜 Volume Wondermask Hair (150 ml)
💚 Aloe Vera Gel (150 ml)

👉 Find the Detox Hair Routine Kit here 👈