Hair oil that's not greasy

Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil has the best record on greasiness: 25 of 26 reviewers said it doesn't leave hair greasy or weighed down, and 76% also mention shine. OUAI Hair Oil follows at 28 of 30, and more reviewers weighed in on it than on any other oil here. Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum is next at 24 of 27, and the records sit close together, so shine, scent and price are a better guide than the shares.

  • 154 store reviews counted
  • Ulta shoppers
  • Nov 2021 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Is it greasy? What buyers said
  1. Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil 26 said either way
  2. OUAI Hair Oil 30 said either way
  3. Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum 27 said either way
  4. Verb Ghost Weightless Hair Oil 28 said either way
  5. Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum 24 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for greasiness. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil Best record Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil 25 of 26 say it isn't greasy See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Shine comes up alongside the non-greasy praise: 76% of Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil reviews, 63% of Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum reviews and 33% of OUAI Hair Oil reviews mention it.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil

Olaplex

No.7 Bonding Hair Oil

Best for light shine

25/26 say it isn't greasy

Just 1 of 26 reviewers who mentioned greasiness said it left their hair greasy or weighed down. 76% mention shine, 59% say it tames frizz and 34% say a little goes far. Counted reviews are all from Ulta.

What buyers praise

  • Adds shine 76%
  • Tames frizz 59%
  • Soft hair 41%
  • A little goes far 34%
  • Nice scent 17%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 25 of 26
2 OUAI Hair Oil

OUAI

Hair Oil

Best for a pleasant scent

28/30 say it isn't greasy

Scent is part of the appeal, with 60% liking it, and 43% say it tames frizz. Greasiness was a problem for 2 of 30 reviewers who mentioned it, and 17% say a little goes far.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 60%
  • Tames frizz 43%
  • Adds shine 33%
  • Soft hair 30%
  • A little goes far 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Bad or strong scent 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 28 of 30
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

3 Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum

Matrix

Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum

Best for soft, shiny hair

24/27 say it isn't greasy

Reviewers praise softness (67%) and shine (63%). Greasiness is the main complaint, with 17% of its reviews saying it left hair greasy.

What buyers praise

  • Soft hair 67%
  • Adds shine 63%
  • Nice scent 37%
  • A little goes far 27%
  • Tames frizz 23%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 24 of 27
4 Verb Ghost Weightless Hair Oil

Verb

Ghost Weightless Hair Oil

24/28 say it isn't greasy

17% of its reviews say it left hair greasy and 10% say hair stayed frizzy, though 38% mention shine and 31% softness.

What buyers praise

  • Adds shine 38%
  • Soft hair 31%
  • Tames frizz 21%
  • Nice scent 14%

What buyers complain about

  • Still frizzy 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 24 of 28
5 Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum

Paul Mitchell

Super Skinny Serum

20/24 say it isn't greasy

Weakest record here, at 83%. 16% of its reviews say it left hair greasy. A little goes far for 28%, and 12% call it good value.

What buyers praise

  • A little goes far 28%
  • Adds shine 28%
  • Nice scent 24%
  • Tames frizz 20%
  • Soft hair 20%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 20 of 24
  • Brand site 1 of 2 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 5 products ranked here carry 8,813 reviews at Ulta. We searched them for greasiness and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Nov 2021 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil Ulta (29 reviews counted)
  2. OUAI Hair Oil Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  3. Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  4. Verb Ghost Weightless Hair Oil Ulta (29 reviews counted)
  5. Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum Ulta (25 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which hair oil won't make my hair greasy?

In these reviews, Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil comes first at 25 of 26, followed by OUAI Hair Oil at 28 of 30 and Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum at 24 of 27. Every oil on this page has 83% or more saying it wasn't greasy.

Does Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil make hair greasy?

Rarely. 1 of 26 reviewers who mentioned greasiness said it did. 76% mention shine and 34% say a little goes far.

Is Verb Ghost Weightless Hair Oil really weightless?

24 of 28 reviewers said it doesn't leave hair greasy or weighed down. 17% say it left their hair greasy and 7% say it weighs hair down.

Is there a non-greasy hair oil on Amazon?

Yes. The best pick sold on Amazon is Olaplex No.7 Bonding Hair Oil, at 25 of 26. OUAI Hair Oil, Matrix Food For Soft Hair Oil Serum, Verb Ghost Weightless Hair Oil and Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum are also sold there through the brand.

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