Tropic Isle Living Jamaican Black Castor Oil XX Dark with Wild Char Oil for Stronger Hair & Healthy Scalp 118ml / 3.99 oz
XX Dark means a longer roast. The beans spend more time over the heat before pressing, so the oil comes out darker, thicker and higher in ash, with a stronger burnt smell than the original. Wild char oil is blended in, which pushes it further in the same direction.
This is the heaviest oil in the Tropic Isle range, and that is a feature rather than a drawback if your hair is coarse and dry and lighter oils disappear on it within a day. It holds moisture in place on the ends and gives the scalp a proper conditioning layer.
Warm it between your palms first, since it pours slowly. Apply along the partings and press the rest through the ends of damp hair. Best on type 3b through 4c textures that need something with real weight. 118ml/3.99 oz.
We list the full INCI where the brand supplies it. For this one it is not on file yet, so the pack is the reliable source. If you need to check an ingredient before you buy, message us and we will read it off the bottle.
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Application tips
Stand the bottle in a mug of hot water for a minute before you open it, especially in winter. It pours like treacle otherwise.
Use it on damp hair rather than dry, because water helps it spread and you will get through half as much. Partings first, tips second. Two applications a week is plenty at this weight, and shifting it needs a wash rather than a rinse.
Results
This is the heaviest thing in the range and it behaves like it. The layer it leaves on the ends holds through several days and through a night on a pillow, so hair that normally dries out by morning does not.
Scalp skin gets a proper conditioning coat. The smell is smoky and strong. Fine hair will be flattened by it; coarse, thirsty hair finally has something that stays put.
Composition
- Jamaican Black Castor Oil
- Roasted longer for a thicker, darker oil that stays on the ends
- Wild Char Oil
- Adds weight and a smokier note to an already heavy blend
The full INCI is printed on the pack. We publish it here as soon as the brand supplies it, and we will read it off the bottle for you if you ask.
