It can be easy to overlook a good hair oil, but it's advisable not to. Why? This extra step in your hair routine will inject a high-gloss, stepped-out-of-the-salon shine you won't be able to achieve without it.
The best hair oils will add a serious glow boost to your finished look, but can also be tailored towards other specific needs.
Often packed with argan sources and rich, lock-loving blends of various vitamins, you can add luminosity to lacklustre locks, quench parched, thirsty manes, inject volume to fine or thin tresses, and smooth flyaways for a sleek, chic finish.
What's more, many hair oils also work to protect from damage that heat styling tools can cause.
We've rounded up the best hair oils below for all hair types so you can defrizz, detangle, add shine and create a super-soft, smooth look. Say hello to the glow...
Best hair oils
1. MoroccanOil - Oil Treatment For All Hair Types
If you're looking for one multitasking do-gooder in your hair kit, this is it. Infused with antioxidant-rich argan oil, it will leave your hair silky-soft and shiny, and works well as a conditioning, styling and finishing tool.
Locks are left smooth, manageable and gorgeously glossy. And the good thing? As a little goes a long way, you can start with the 25ml to see if you like it before moving onto the 100ml. We can almost guarantee you'll size up...
Price: £11.67, Amazon - buy here now
2. Ouai Hair Oil
If it's mirror-like shine you're after, you can't go wrong with this hair oil, developed by hairstylist-to-the-stars Jen Atkin.
Packed with a cocktail of African Galanga, Ama and Asian Borage oils, it softens, tames frizz, protects against heat from styling tools, and preserves colour vibrancy for a salon-worthy mane.
Price: £24, Look Fantastic - buy here now
3. Forest & Shore Hallelujah Hair Oil
This gorgeous 100% organic (soil association-certified) and natural hair oil is handmade in England.
It works to improve moisture and repair damaged, stressed strands with a coconut, sesame and olive oil blend. It will banish frizz, add shine, and stimulate hair growth all at the same time. A lovely little product and an Amazon bestseller.
Price: £16.99, Amazon - buy here now
4. Percy & Reed Smooth Sealed and Sensational Volumising No Oil for Fine Hair
Fine, limp locks? Add some volume as well as shine with this plumping hair oil.
Bouncing body is just a pump away; violet extracts and pro-vitamin B5 strengthen, nourish and moisturise whilel being non-greasy at the same time. With added heat-protecting properties too, it's a bit of a lock lifesaver.
Price: £15, Look Fantastic - buy here now
5. The Ordinary 100% Cold-Pressed Virgin Marula Oil
A multitasking miracle that works on hair and skin for under a tenner? Oh, go on then.
This organic formula taps into the power of nature to make the most of virgin Marula oil, which is rich in fatty acids, pitmans and antioxidants to restore vitality, hydration and shine, for silky-soft, glossy locks.
Price: £8.10, Cult Beauty - buy here now
6. Superdrug Hair Therapy with Argan Oil
This drugstore hair oil is a cut above the rest, and rave reviews from hundreds of users.
Infused with nourishing argan oil, it detangles and defrizzes leaving your locks sumptuously smooth, shinier, and more manageable. All for under £5? We're sold.
Price: £3.99, Superdrug - buy here now
7. Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser's Invisible Oil
Perfect for all hair types, this salon-worthy hair oil will detangle and add instant shine to your mane.
The non-greasy, fast-absorbing oil softens and works to protect against heat styling tools as well as UV damage. Say hello to healthier-looking hair in a jiffy.
Price: £35, Look Fantastic - buy here now
8. Olaplex No.7 Bonding Oil
This highly-concentrated formula is ideal for stressed-out tresses looking for a little extra TLC.
Repair dry and damaged or treated hair, minimise pesky flyaways, protect against heat styling, and add a healthy dose of shine to your crowning glory.
