While it still flies relatively under the radar in the hair care space, prickly pear oil is quickly becoming hairstylists’ go-to ingredient for bringing dry, damaged and brittle hair back to life.

It was thought that the prickly pear could yield no return, but this was a mistake. During the years of the Great Famine, starting from 1868, it was thought to be a good famine food for humans and ...

While it still flies relatively under the radar in the hair care space, prickly pear oil is quickly becoming hairstylists’ go-to ingredient for bringing dry, damaged and brittle hair back to life.

Though prickly pear was sometimes used to protect farms from wild pigs and as barriers against the ravages of forest fires, the Poona municipality had prohibited its citizens from planting it ...