REJUVENIQE Oil by MONAT: Uses, Drop Chart and Who It Suits

MONAT's REJUVENIQE® oil has two main uses in hair: a pre-wash treatment with three to ten drops depending on length, or a finish with one to five drops on the ends only. It does most for dry, thick, curly or bleached hair; fine hair takes the smallest amount, and only below the jawline. You can tell whether the amount was right once your hair is dry. The ends feel soft and shine without looking darker than the rest or clumping into strands.

REJUVENIQE® is MONAT's care oil for hair and skin, a blend of Abyssinian oil and more than a dozen other plant and essential oils. It wraps the hair fibre in a thin film, smooths the surface and holds in the moisture that conditioner and leave-in have put there. It does not mend broken or split ends. Nor does it protect your hair from the hairdryer or straighteners.

What's in REJUVENIQE® oil

The base is Abyssinian oil, pressed from the seeds of Abyssinian kale (Crambe abyssinica), a member of the cabbage family. It counts among the light plant oils and spreads easily through the lengths without sitting sticky on the surface for long. On top of that come more than a dozen other plant oils and essential oils. The full list, in order of quantity, is printed as the INCI on the packaging; if you react to a particular fragrance ingredient, check there before the oil goes on your hair or skin.

Some markets also sell REJUVENIQE® Light for fine hair that goes heavy from a single drop. Whether the original or the lighter REJUVENIQE® Light suits you comes down to how thick your hair is and which use you reach for most.

What REJUVENIQE® by MONAT is used for, by hair type

The oil earns its place wherever the lengths are dry, stick out roughly and reflect little light: thick, curly, bleached or frequently blow-dried hair. With fine hair it all hinges on the amount. One drop on the ends cares for it; three drops over the top layer flatten it.

Two rows fit you, say curls and oily roots? In the free hair analysis you enter hair thickness, length and scalp separately, and afterwards you get a suggestion for how your care fits together.

How much REJUVENIQE® to use: drops by hair length and use

The table covers every use in the hair. The finishing amounts refer to dry hair. Towel-dried hair can take one drop more in each case, because there you work the oil through the whole length instead of just the ends.

For the scalp, add two to three drops during the treatment if it is dry and calm. Mix one to two drops into each portion of mask or conditioner.

Start at the bottom of the range and add one drop at a time. The original is the richer of the two REJUVENIQE® versions, so one drop too many shows quickly: the ends dry darker than the lengths above them and clump into thin strands. If they stay rough and stick out, use one more next time. Adding takes seconds; too much only fully washes out with your next shampoo.

How to use REJUVENIQE® oil as a pre-wash treatment

This is the use the richer original is made for. You can be more generous with the oil here because it gets washed out afterwards. For dry or thick hair, do the treatment once a week; for medium hair, every two weeks.

Step 1 — Work it into dry hair in four sections. Divide unwashed hair into four sections, two at the front and two at the back. Rub the drops from the table between your palms a portion at a time and work them in from the ends up to about ear level. Sectioning means the underneath gets some too.

Step 2 — The scalp only if it is calm. If your scalp is dry and otherwise unremarkable, massage in two to three extra drops with your fingertips. With oily roots, dandruff or redness, keep the scalp free of oil.

Step 3 — Leave on for 15 or 30 minutes. Medium hair needs 15 minutes. Very dry lengths get 30 minutes under a warm towel, because warmth makes the oil more fluid and it spreads further.

Step 4 — Shampoo first, then water. Put shampoo straight onto the oiled, still-dry hair and massage it in at the roots. Only then add water, so the shampoo binds the oil instead of being diluted in the water first. If your lengths still feel heavy once dry, wash twice next time. Conditioner goes on the lengths only, as usual.

REJUVENIQE® as an everyday finish

In dry hair, smooth the oil onto the ends after blow-drying or straightening. On day two one drop is enough, and only where the ends are sticking out again; topped up over the full length, the oil builds up day after day. Towel-dried hair gets it if you have curls or thick hair that air-dries.

Each time, rub the drops until both palms shine evenly, then press them into the lengths from underneath. Whatever is left on your hands, smooth flat over the top layer to settle flyaway hairs. The same moves let you use any other hair oil properly; with REJUVENIQE® only the drop count from the table above changes.

What to combine REJUVENIQE® with

Water-based goes on before oil-based. After conditioner comes the leave-in first, meaning a product that stays in the hair and isn't rinsed out, and only then the oil. A water-based product spreads badly over a film of oil and barely reaches the fibre.

If you blow-dry or straighten regularly, heat protectant goes in first every single time. The temperature at which you need a heat protectant depends on the tool: a hairdryer on a medium setting held 15 cm away puts less strain on hair than straighteners at 200 °C. If styling products or a scalp serum come into play too, follow the order of hair products from shampoo to oil; in dry hair, oil always comes last.

REJUVENIQE® on face, body and cuticles

On skin, use one to two drops for dry patches on elbows, knees and shins, ideally straight after a shower while the skin is still damp. Massage one drop per hand into your cuticles in the evening. On the face one drop is plenty, as the last step after serum and cream or mixed into your day cream in your palm.

Oil adds no water to the skin itself. It only slows the water in your skin from evaporating, which is why it goes on damp skin or over a cream. Whether your face needs that drop at all depends on how you build your skin hydration routine. If your skin feels tight by evening despite cream, it is worth a try. Before using it on your face for the first time, test one drop in the crook of your elbow and wait 48 hours.

What to look for after the first use and after four weeks

After your first finish in dry hair, check whether the ends sit more smoothly and whether a comb glides more easily through the bottom few centimetres. After your first treatment, notice how the lengths feel as they dry. If they feel waxy or dry more slowly than usual, there was too much oil or too little shampoo.

After four weeks of a weekly treatment and a sparing finish, compare your ends in daylight with a photo from the start. Look at whether fewer ends stick out roughly and whether the lengths snag less as you comb. Individual ends with white dots or a split are broken. Only scissors can remove those.

Skip REJUVENIQE® or keep it to the lengths if…

• you are allergic to fragrance or essential oils. Look for your known triggers in the INCI first and, if in doubt, ask your dermatologist.
• your scalp is red, tight or mildly irritated. The oil then stays in the lengths, and what helps a sensitive scalp depends on the cause.
• you have greasy, yellowish flakes. The yeasts involved in this kind of dandruff feed on oil on the skin, and oil at the roots gives them more of it.
• even one drop on the ends weighs your fine hair down to the roots. Then use the oil only as a pre-wash treatment or switch to the Light version.
• your hair feels soft, shines and lies flat. Then it lacks nothing an oil would have to add.

If your skin burns or reddens after applying it, wash the oil off with water and a mild cleanser. If the redness lasts longer than a day or wheals appear, see a dermatologist, because a contact allergy to a fragrance ingredient may be behind it.

Right away

Right after applying, dry ends look suppler and shinier and skin feels softer.

With continued use

With regular, sparing use, the lengths can look better cared for and less straw-like over a few weeks.

What it can't do

Oil is not heat protection and doesn't repair broken or split ends; in too large an amount it weighs fine hair down in particular.

Quick questions

Can REJUVENIQE® stay in my hair overnight?

Yes, now and then. Braid your hair loosely, put an old towel over your pillow and wash twice in the morning. The overnight version isn't a must; for most lengths the 30-minute treatment under a warm towel is enough.

Is the REJUVENIQE® in shampoo the same as the oil?

No. MONAT also uses the name REJUVENIQE® for the plant oil complex found in many of its shampoos and conditioners. Those products are rinsed out, so they don't replace the oil on your ends.

Does REJUVENIQE® clog the scalp?

No, the treatment followed by shampoo won't do that. What can happen is a film of oil and sebum if oil regularly stays at the roots and you rarely wash. A wash where the shampoo goes onto the dry roots first sorts that out.

Does REJUVENIQE® help with hair loss?

No. The oil cares for lengths, ends and skin and has no effect on the hair root. If you suddenly lose far more hair than usual, or thin or round bald patches appear, see a dermatologist, because iron deficiency, the thyroid or an autoimmune reaction can be behind it.

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Whether REJUVENIQE® belongs in your routine as a treatment, a finish or not at all is something the free hair analysis sorts out from your hair thickness, length and scalp.