Renew Porosity Balancing Oil

Balances porosity. Jojoba oil — molecularly close to your hair's natural sebum — fills the lipid layer that porous hair has lost.

Seals what moisture sets. The seal step in the Moisturize & Seal (M&S) method: applied over a water-mist, leave-in, or mask, Renew traps the moisture inside the fiber so it doesn't evaporate.

Smooths the cuticle. A weightless emollient and conditioning silicone system flattens raised cuticle scales for shine, slip, and frizz control on dry hair.

Locks in the work. Apply over Atomic, over a fresh blowout, over a salon service — Renew seals the cuticle on whatever's already on the strand.

Doesn't feel like oil. Dry-finish formula. No heaviness. No greasy hands. No transfer to clothes. Just shine.

CNN Underscored · July 21, 2025

Hairstylist Flower Avila highlighted Renew in CNN Underscored's summer hair-up styling guide as a beach-day essential — the finishing oil that keeps hair from drying out after sun and saltwater exposure. Renew is built for exactly that job: the post-beach, post-pool, post-sun cuticle reset that closes the routine before damage compounds.

Porosity is how readily your hair absorbs and releases moisture. It's set by the cuticle — the outermost layer, made of overlapping scales that lay flat (low porosity) or stand raised (high porosity).

Color, heat, chemistry, and time raise the cuticle. Coily hair is high-porosity by structural default — the cuticle scales sit slightly raised along the spiral, which is how the fiber gets its bend. Chemically-straightened hair is high-porosity by permanent chemical fact. Either way, the lipid layer that should sit on the surface — protecting the strand, sealing moisture in — gets stripped or starts that way. Hair becomes thirsty. It drinks water and lets it back out just as fast. Frizz appears. Shine disappears. Color fades. Ends split.

The fix isn't more moisture. It's replacing the lipid layer. Renew's jojoba oil sits at the heart of the formula because jojoba's molecular structure mirrors human sebum — the natural oil your scalp produces to protect strands. When you apply Renew, you're not coating hair from the outside. You're replacing what porous hair has chemically or structurally lost.

That's why Renew works on every porosity level. Low porosity hair gets a light cuticle seal. High porosity hair gets a meaningful lipid restoration. Same product, calibrated by the hair it lands on.

Renew is Step 03 — Nourish in the Oli G system. Where the pH cycle handles cuticle opening and closing, Renew handles lipid replacement. The two layers work in concert: pH chemistry repairs and seals the cuticle structure; jojoba and the lipid system give back the protective film high-porosity hair has lost.

This is why Oli G is the brand that pairs both repairs in the same system — bonds AND lipids, not bonds OR lipids. Most peptide brands repair bonds and stop there. Renew is the answer to the other half of the damage equation.

The system in full:

• Step 01 (pH 7.0–7.9): Pure Detox — opens the cuticle to clarify.
• Step 02 (pH 3.5–4.6): Chemical Addiction — pre-event peptide bonding.
• Step 03 (lipid replacement): Renew — jojoba + Vitamin E + Vitamin A + Biotinoyl Tripeptide-1.
• Step 04 (pH 5.0–5.5 → 3.5–4.5): Total Refresh Shampoo + Conditioner — daily cleanse and seal.
• Step 05 (pH 7.0–8.0): Atomic Leave-In — dual peptide repair.

Read the pH cycle → · Why Oli G →

The actives we built around:

Never: sulfates, parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, drying alcohols, or anything we wouldn't put on our own hair.

1. Style first. Renew is a finisher. Apply after the blowout, the air-dry, the salon service — never as a styling primer.
2. Dose by density. Two drops for fine or short hair. Up to four drops for long or medium-density. Eight to ten drops for high-density coily hair, ends-only — coily hair has more surface area per inch and porous ends drink more sealing oil. Less than you think for fine; more than you think for coily.
3. Warm between palms. Rub palms together to distribute and warm the oil.
4. Smooth onto mid-lengths and ends. For most hair types, skip the roots — natural sebum already handles the scalp end. For high-density coily hair, where sebum doesn't naturally travel down the spiraled strand, a few drops worked through the scalp can support retention; it's not the general rule, it's the type 4 caveat. Either way, the main Renew action lives mid-lengths to ends, where damage and porosity show first.
5. Walk out. No comb-through needed. No re-styling. The cuticle is sealed, the system is closed.

Pro move — Stylists use Renew as the final pass after a blow-dry or a chemical service to lock in shine. For at-home use, pair with the Moisturize & Seal method (next section) for compounded retention — especially during a protective install.

The Moisturize & Seal (M&S) method is a Type 3 and 4 staple: apply moisture first, then seal it in with an oil. Renew is built for the seal step.

The daily M&S sequence:

1. Moisturize. Mist hair with water, apply a small amount of Atomic Hair Repair Leave-In on damp hair, or apply a small amount of AquaLush diluted with water.
2. Seal. Renew, dose calibrated by density (see HOW TO USE), smoothed mid-lengths to ends. The oil traps the moisture inside the fiber.

Inside a protective install (braids, twists, locs, two-strand twists): The daily M&S is what keeps ends from drying out during the multi-week install. Apply Renew nightly to exposed ends, especially around the perimeter where friction wears protection down fastest. For the full installed-hair routine, see our protective-style routine guide.

For wigs and sew-ins: The M&S routine applies to the natural hair underneath during cleanse sessions, not to the wig or sew-in itself.

The porosity chemistry is the same; the dosing and ritual shift by hair type.

Type 1 and 2 (straight to wavy): Two drops mid-lengths to ends after styling. Low-porosity cuticles take less seal; the lipid layer is mostly intact.

Type 3 (curly): Three to four drops, distributed through the curl pattern with finger-rake or wet brush. Porosity varies across the curl — focus heavier on the ends.

Type 4 (coily) and high-porosity: Eight to ten drops, focused on ends and lengths where structural damage shows. Apply with the M&S method (above) for compounded retention. A few drops at the scalp acceptable where scalp dryness compounds.

Color, balayage, keratin, relaxer — all safe. Renew was formulated alongside stylists working across every hair type and every chemical service.

If your hair tangles by noon, frizzes by 3 PM, or your ends look thirsty even right after wash day — porosity is the answer.

We don't believe wellness stops at the body. The way you train, eat, hydrate, recover — your hair deserves the same intentionality. Renew is the dry-hair finisher — the seal move that happens after the wash, the style, the appointment, the day. The small step that signals the routine is complete.

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Renew is Step 03 Nourish in the Oli G system. Pair it with the rest of the system:

• Step 01 · Cleanse: Pure Detox Clarifying Shampoo weekly.
• Step 02 · Protect: Chemical Addiction Peptide Bonding Spray before heat, color, or chemical service.
• Step 04 · Balance: Total Refresh Shampoo + Conditioner daily.
• Step 05 · Restore: Atomic Hair Repair Leave-In Treatment daily on damp hair.
• Weekly intensive / wash-day conditioning: AquaLush Peptide Fiber Mask — weekly intensive for daily-wash routines; the wash-day conditioning step for weekly-wash routines.

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Every Oli G formula is documented from the formulation lab. Verified pH ranges, named actives, MSDS-grade ingredient transparency.

• The Science — ingredient-by-ingredient breakdown across all 7 products.
• The pH Cycle — how the system opens and closes the cuticle in five stages plus weekly AquaLush flood.
• Why Oli G — the dual-peptide-plus-lipid framework, and how it compares to single-peptide systems.

When do I use it?
On dry hair, as a finisher. After styling, after the beach, after a salon service. Not as a styling primer — Atomic Hair Repair Leave-In handles damp-hair application; Renew is the dry-finish step. For Type 3 and 4 hair, also as the seal step in the daily M&S method (see THE M&S METHOD AND PROTECTIVE STYLES section above).

How much should I use for high-density coily hair?
Eight to ten drops for ends-sealing on type 4 — coily hair has more surface area per inch and porous ends drink more sealing oil. Less than you think for fine; more than you think for coily. The dosing ladder spans the full density range.

Should I really skip the scalp?
General rule, with a caveat. For most hair types, scalp oils cause greasiness without retention benefit — natural sebum already covers that job. For high-density coily hair, where sebum doesn't migrate down the spiraled strand, a few drops at the scalp can support retention. Skip the scalp on Type 1, 2, and most Type 3; consider a few drops on Type 4 where dryness compounds.

Can I use Renew during a protective install?
Yes — Renew is the daily ends-sealing step inside a 4–6 week install. Apply nightly to exposed ends, especially around the perimeter where friction wears protection down fastest. Pair with the M&S method (mist or AquaLush first, then Renew) for compounded retention. See the THE M&S METHOD AND PROTECTIVE STYLES section above for the full sequence.

Will it make my hair greasy?
Not in stylist testing. Renew is a dry-finish oil — C13-15 Alkane is a lightweight emollient specifically chosen for non-greasy application. Dose calibrated to density: two drops for fine, eight to ten for high-density coily.

Color, keratin, relaxed — safe?
Yes. Anhydrous formulation, no surfactants, no actives that interfere with color or chemical service. Many stylists apply it directly after a fresh service.

It contains silicones — what about buildup?
The silicones in Renew are part of why it delivers the slip and shine it does. Pair Renew with weekly Pure Detox Clarifying Shampoo to reset the cuticle — the system handles buildup together, no single product carries that job alone.

Made where?
Formulated and bottled in Miami.