At the grocery store, you’re obsessed with almond milk, kombucha and kefir. So when presented with the option of using natural-origin ingredients on your hair, you’re in! The pros at Matrix define natural origin as ingredients unchanged from their natural state. Or if it has undergone processing, it retains more than 50 percent of its molecular structure from its original plant or mineral source. That’s science-talk for ingredients that are good for you.Many natural origin ingredients are highly effective for many types of hair and styling goals. Here’s a rundown of the natural origin hair care and styling ingredients that are best for you.
HAIR CARE
Your Hair: Dry and dull
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Dry Hair:
- Quinoa Husk: Loaded with a high concentration of Vitamins A, B2 and E, helps prevent dehydration and nourishes dry hair.
- Honey: A natural humectant, it can help hold on to the moisture that’s essential for keeping hair hydrated and supple.
- Coconut Oil: This rich source of moisture helps keep hair supple all day and prevents moisture from escaping.
- Kaolin Clay: This natural emulsifier makes powerful moisturizing ingredients super spreadable, which means every strand gets a deep drink!
Try these: Biolage R.A.W. Nourish Shampoo and Conditioner
Your Hair: Positively parched
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Very Dry Hair:
- Shea Butter: One of nature’s most effective conditioners, shea butter wraps hair in a lush cocoon of moisture, helping infusing strands with rich goodness. Dull, dry hair gets a refreshing transformation.
- Moroccan Lava Clay: Sometimes referred to as rhassoul clay, this ingredient comes from the base of the Atlas mountains in eastern Morocco. It helps soften strands of dehydrated hair and adds magnificent shine.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Re-Hydrate Mask
Your Hair: Stressed and sensitive
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Stressed Hair:
- Yucca: This natural anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial ingredient helps hair heal.
- Goji Berry: Rich in minerals, Vitamin A and Vitamin C, Goji berries help restore depleted nutrients, reverse damage and aging and add moisture.
- Coriander Oil: This oil offers intense restorative and anti-aging properties. It helps to strengthen and revitalize hair.
Try these: Biolage R.A.W. Recover Shampoo and Conditioner
Your Hair: Highly stressed and sensitized
The Best Natural Origin Ingredient for Your Sensitized Hair:
- Honeycomb: A natural healing agent and moisturizer, honeycomb helps repair and revive ultra-damaged hair.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Re-Hab Mask
Your Hair: Flat, fine
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Fine Hair:
- Black sesame: This ingredient actually expands the diameter of the hair, helping fine strands to look fuller and bouncier.
- Grapefruit: Grapefruit does double duty. First it helps whisk away dirt and debris that can weigh down hair and scalp. It also helps slough off dead surface cells that can cause hair to look dull and lifeless, leaving it intensely shiny.
- Kiwi: Known as a natural astringent, kiwi helps absorb the oil that can cause hair to droop. It also helps boost hair’s growth and strength and protects fine strands from thermal, chemical and environmental damage.
Try these: Biolage R.A.W. Uplift Shampoo and Conditioner
Your Hair: Limp and lifeless
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Limp Hair:
- Ginger: This energizing ingredient offers gentle repair for frayed, damaged, fine hair without adding unwanted weight that can drag strands down.
- Kaolin Clay: This mineral detoxifies hair and adds massive amounts of lightweight shine.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Re-Bodify Clay Mask
Your Hair: Color-treated
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Colored Hair:
- Coconut Milk: Gentle and nourishing, this ingredient helps to cleanse and condition delicately without disturbing the dye molecules in the hair. It leaves colored strands feeling soft and touchable.
- Meadowfoam: A natural anti-oxidant, meadowfoam helps prevent hair color degradation caused by exposure to UV light. It provides softness, shine and long-lasting color vibrancy.
Try these: Biolage R.A.W. Color Care Shampoo and Conditioner
Your Hair: In need of a shine and moisture boost
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Your Dull Hair:
- Olive, sunflower and borage oils: A carefully curated blend of natural oils that provide anti-oxidants, repair and shine will produce instantly softer, smoother and glossier hair.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Replenish Oil Mist
Your Hair: Exhibiting symptoms of dandruff
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for Anti-dandruff:
- Willow Bark and Rosemary: Healthy hair starts with a healthy scalp, and these ingredients naturally resist bacteria, dissolve scalp build-up and reduce inflammation. Together, they help create a fresh, healthy scalp environment that discourages flaking and irritation.
Try these: Biolage R.A.W. Scalp Antidandruff Shampoo and Rebalance Conditioner
Your Hair: Dry, sensitized, irritated scalp
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for You:
- Cedarwood: Enhances the health and survival rate of individual hair follicles.
- Peppermint: Offers a cooling and soothing experience for the scalp.
- Lemongrass and fennel: Two natural antioxidants that prevent the condition of sebum oxidation that is known to worsen scalp discomfort.
Try these: Biolage R.A.W. Rebalance Scalp Oil
HAIRSTYLING
Style goal: Natural looking body and lift
The Best Natural Origin Ingredient for You:
- Lemon: Lemon is a natural astringent, so it helps control the oil production that can weigh down finer hair.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Bodifying Styling Jelly
Style goal: Smooth, polished hair
The Best Natural Origin Ingredients for You:
- Honey: This natural ingredient helps infuse hair with supple control.
- Oats: The subtle texture of oat gives the brush the ability to better grip the hair, providing more control while blow-drying.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Smoothing Styling Milk
Style goal: Defined, touchable curls
The Best Natural Origin Ingredient for You:
- Cacao butter: A perfect storm of moisturizing richness and anti-oxidant healing power make this ingredient ideal for hydrating and coddling delicate curls.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Curl Defining Styling Butter
Style goal: Frizz control
The Best Natural Origin Ingredient for You:
- Lavender oil: This gentle essential oil helps control flyaways, adds delicate shine and imparts a wonderful fragrance to the hair!
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Frizz Control Styling Spray
Style goal: Separation, definition and touchable texture
The Best Natural Origin Ingredient for You:
- Matcha green tea: This powdered green tea is packed with nutritional benefits for the hair, like repairing damage and preventing dryness. It also helps provide just enough “grip” to form modern, beachy textures.
Try this: Biolage R.A.W. Texturizing Styling Spray