Review: Patanjali Tejus Tailum

Patanjali Tejus Tailum

For healthy hair, muscular strength, beautiful and glowing skin.

Shelf life : 2 years

Net volume: 100 ml

Price: INR 60

Composition:
Composition of this oil as mentioned on the bottle:

Each 10 ml contains (in decreasing order of quantity used):
Sunflower oil - 2.5 ml
Sesame oil - 2.5 ml
Mustard oil - 1.5 ml
Soyabean oil - 1.0 ml
Olive oil - 0.6 ml
Walnut oil - 0.5 ml
Peanut oil - 0.5 ml
Castor oil - 0.5 ml
Almond oil - 0.2 ml
Frangrance

Benefits of each ingredient:

Sunflower oil - Sunflower oil is one of the most commonly used vegetable oils in the kitchen as it is very light - lighter than even olive oil. Owing to its light weight, it is also easily absorbed into the skin and hair making it a versatile oil for beauty treatments. Sunflower oil is richer in Vitamin E than almond oil. This makes it an excellent moisturizer to keep the skin soft, smooth and fight wrinkles and sun damage too. It is also believed to have skin lightening properties, so it makes it the best oil for massage prior to ubtan. Sunflower also strengthens hair follicles and promotes new hair growth, so it is very good for thin hair or hair fall. 

Sesame oil - Sesame seed oil is known as the Queen of oils. It is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory meaning that it not only protects skin and treats skin diseases like acne, dandruff, etc due to germs and also environmental pollutants. It cures serious skin conditions like psoriasis and when applied to hair, it kills lice, so it is good for children too. It is excellent as a massage oil on its own as it not only promotes flexibility of joints but also muscular strength. It tightens skin and shrinks pores helping skin looks more youthful. It is rich in zinc, meaning that it lessens hair fall.

Mustard oil - Any Bengali will vouch for the potency of mustard oil. Regular oiling with mustard oil is almost like a ritual. Not to forget, it is a must for cooking that scrumptious fish! Massaging the body with this oil, especially during winters, keeps the body nice and warm. It also imparts a lovely, warm glow to the skin. Regular use can help fade scars and pigmentation and also lighten tan. Applied to the hair, it makes it healthy and grow long and strong.

Soyabean oil - If your skin's been damaged due to excessive sun exposure, look no further than this. It can reverse the damage and heal the skin. It can remove the tan, the dryness and the wrinkles associated with sun damage. It is extremely moisturizing to the hair as well, conditioning it deeply and making it soft and manageable.

Olive oil - Olive oil has been popularized quite a lot for its skin lightening properties. And it is true. Owing to its high percentages of vitamins A and E, it makes skin glow with health and increases skin cell's turnover, so that newer, healthier cells replace, darkened, damaged skin cells. And it is so light weight that it does not clog pores and lead to breakouts. Used on hair, it can make it silky and glossy.

Walnut oil - Walnut oil is quite a thick consistency oil and it can work wonders on the skin. If soft, glowing, youthful skin is your desire, then walnut oil is your genie. It can make skin soft and supple, transforming dry and rough skin to velvety smoothness. It can also help with lightening dark circles around the eyes. Applied to hair, it enhances the natural brown highlights/ pigments in the hair, so it is great for brownish hair. It is the ultimate when it comes to pampering the skin and hair.

Peanut oil - Peanut oil is one of the lesser known wonder oils in the skin care department. Nowadays, it is slowly and steadily garnering popularity due to its versatility in skin care regimen. It is the best face cleanser you could have ever dreamed of. You will notice all the dirt, oil, and make up just melting off as you massage with this oil. So, not only will it moisturize the skin like all other oils, but its rich iron content will help to keep the skin healthy and remove any pigmentation and skin darkening due to anemia. 

Castor oil - Castor is famous to make hair thicker and promote hair growth. It is a lesser known oil for skin care. Nonetheless, its presence in this oil concoction helps boost its use for hair care. 

Almond oil - Poor little almond oil is the least quantity used in this product. Almond oil is popular as rich in vitamin E, however like I mentioned previously, sunflower oil is richer in vitamin E than almond oil. So, it peanut oil. So, this guy sits in the concoction boosting the concentration of vitamin E in whichever way that he can help. It also helps lighten skin tone. However, it tends to settle in the skin pores and lead to breakouts if not washed off properly. It can also lead to skin puffiness by penetrating into the skin layers. Therefore, sparing use is actually good.

Review:

Let's leave the packaging aside for a while. It is not worth raving about anyway. Let's just rave about the product. After all, we paid money for the product right?

So, the golden oil comes in a flip top bottle with a tiny opening to ensure you don't spill out more than you need. The first thing you will notice after pouring some oil onto your palms is the fragrance. Some people are very sensitive to even the tiniest bit of fragrance; like babies and some grown ups. Those kinds will find it too over powering, else it is a not that strong actually. Quite frankly, it is much milder than your shampoo. Bet?

For use as a massage oil, it is not that oily or greasy, and actually absorbs into the skin very fast, so it is not awesome as a body massage or baby massage oil. No matter how much oil you use for massage, it all sinks in to the skin so fast, that you will have more friction than massage.

The same absorbency power is this oil's forte. Because it disappears into the skin, without leaving any greasiness, it works great as a moisturizer for normal to oily skin types. It is best to apply a layer of oil on the skin - face, neck, hands, elbows, legs, toes, anywhere that you have problematic skin and allow 5 minutes for it to soak in. You don't need to worry about staining your clothes with the oil. It won't. Best time to use this oil is at night before retiring to bed, on clean skin. Wake up in the morning and amaze yourself with the glow on your face and skin. If you have acne, it will help control it. As it does not clog the pores being so light, you don't have to worry about new breakouts. Also, it helps fade away acne scars and pigmentation. If you are upset about the tan on your skin, let this oil gently erase it. You will be surprised to see it faster than any fairness/ anti-tan/ anti-marks product ever! If you have rough, dry skin, this oil will make it softer with each use. Therefore, it is especially useful for softening and lightening dark elbows, knees, and neck easily, and without scrubbing. I do not recommend oil or oil based creams as such for under eye dark circles as the oil tends to get into the hair follicles and puff them up as eyelash hair is very thin and so is its follicles, so even an oil drop is heavy enough to clog it. Therefore, water based products like aloe vera, cucumber, potato and tomato, etc do not puff them up and work better for dark circles  than oils, even this oil. This oil is soothing on the skin, and feels light and cool, and will soothe inflammations and skin irritations. Skin flare ups like eczema and psoriasis will find some relief with use if this product. However, do not use it as the only treatment. Better use it as a follow up along with your current routine and you will definitely see good improvement.

Indirect uses of this oil can be together with ubtan mixture for body scrub, mixed with regular hair oil or body oil or baby oil for massage.

Some FAQs.
Is it safe to use for baby?
Some of the most popular foreign brands of baby oil available in the market are made of mineral oil which is nothing but liquid paraffin which is nothing but a petroleum by-product. If most mothers or care givers see no harm in applying such toxic chemicals on a baby, how would an all natural product such as this one do any harm? Use your intuition and mother's instinct while choosing a product for your baby. Always do a patch test before committing to use any kind of product on the little one. Benefits of massaging with this oil will be smoother, softer skin, along with stronger muscles and bones as some of its ingredients are good for muscular strength. Some areas of a baby tend to get darker, such as the bum and knees due to crawling and sitting/sleeping for long time. This oil will help moisturize and lighten the skin. As mentioned earlier, it is not the right oil for massage as it quickly gets absorbed, so better use in together with some coconut oil or mustard oil which are good for baby massages.

Will regularly using this oil promote thicker hair growth on the body?
Some believe that if oiling helps hair on the head grow longer and thicker, it will also make hair on the face and body grow similarly. Contrary to the hair on the head, facial and body hair is much finer and much much much shorter. Their follicles do not need food to grow like the head hair follicles do. The purpose of the hair on the body is to keep the body warm by preventing excessive loss of body heat. So, depending on the person's body temperature, hormones, and other health factors, the hair on the body is thick or scanty, and this is controlled by the body'd internal mechanism. Outer factors like oiling, face masks etc. won't send the body any more signals to grow it longer or thicker than it already is.