The Benefits of Coconut Milk for Hair


Coconut milk is a nourishing, plant-based fatty acid that can help quench thirsty strands while leaving behind a sweet, tropical smell. Polynesian women attribute their hair’s incredible shine, strength and health to the power of coconut milk combined with the tiaré flower. Read on to learn what this wonderful, natural-origin ingredient can do for your hair.

What is Coconut Milk?

Coconut Milk is extracted from the flesh of the coconut. A coconut is the fruit of the palm tree, or, as some call it, the “Tree of Life”. Throughout history, certain cultures would rely heavily on the husked fruit, using the flesh, water, oil and shell in their day-to-day lives. Indonesian cultures even claimed that coconuts have as many uses as there are days per year!

All Herbal Essences nature-inspired coconut shampoos, conditioners, masks and oils include real, naturally sourced coconut, as certified by plant experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

What Does Coconut Milk Do for Hair?

Restores dry hair

Coconut milk is a natural fatty acid, which means it richly moisturises your strands. Adding coconut milk to your haircare routine doesn’t just restore your hair and scalp; it can also nourish and protect damaged strands from breakage.

Rich in vitamins and protein

The nutrients found in coconut milk are thought to keep strands healthy and strong. Coconut milk is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin B. Nourishing your strands with these naturally derived vitamins may help restore your hair.

Herbal Essences with Coconut Milk

The nature-inspired Herbal Essences bio:renew Coconut Milk collection is formulated to hydrate and nourish your hair. This collection is infused with naturally sourced coconut milk and other botanicals certified by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This collection includes a shampoo, conditioner and botanical hair mask. Go ahead and try our Coconut Milk shampoo and conditioner crafted to deeply hydrate and give you smooth hair. Our nature-inspired Coconut Milk hair mask was designed to deep-condition dry, damaged hair in as little as 1 minute.

The Perks of Coconut Milk Shampoo

Coconut milk is known to have a lot of perks for your hair. Polynesian women attribute their hair’s incredible shine, strength and health to the power of coconut milk combined with the tiaré flower. Our bio:renew collection features a 90% natural origin coconut milk shampoo and conditioner to help your hair shine.

Coconut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner

Looking for some serious hair hydration? Our coconut milk shampoo and coconut milk conditioner infuse hair with much-needed moisture to make it more manageable and less prone to damage and split ends.

Our 90% natural-origin ingredients include water and any ingredient unchanged from its natural state or which has undergone processing but still keeps more than 50% of its original structure.

Our coconut milk has been certified by Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. You can trust Kew Garden's 250 years of plant expertise and research to verify our genuine, naturally sourced botanical ingredients.

All About bio:renew

Our bio:renew collections were created with the power of both nature and science to help fend off free radicals that damage hair. Free radicals are everywhere in nature – including your hair – and destroy hair from the inside out. Antioxidants are nature's little miracle that protect hair from free radicals. Our bio:renew blend contains these active antioxidants to keep your hair healthy and protected. Our 90% natural-origin ingredients include water and any ingredient unchanged from its natural state or which has undergone processing but still keeps more than 50% of its original structure.

Certified by Royal Botanic Gardens

Our coconut milk has been certified by Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. You can trust Kew Garden's 250 years of plant expertise and research to verify our genuine botanical ingredients. Coconut milk isn’t the only wonderful naturally sourced ingredient we put in our haircare products. Explore our nature-inspired Herbal Essences collections to discover ingredients from nature that your hair will love.