How much conditioner should you use for your hair texture? Back on my mission to spread the life changing message.
“Conditioner is not for your roots”
Every decent hair stylist ever
Conditioner is designed to nourish, moisturise and even repair the stressed parts of your hair. The hair that’s been on your head a while and been battered by your ageing, never cleaned straighteners and trusty hair brush, that you have had since the Spice Girls were a thing. Conditioner is not, I repeat, NOT for the healthy self nourishing roots that get looked after by the natural oils in your scalp and will have seen very little chemical and heat damage!
When you slap that conditioner on your roots first and then try to slather it down, you’re actually over moisturising your roots, causing heavy, flat and prematurely greasy locks (all whilst you are still finding your ends feel dry and fluffy because all that goodness is clogging up your scalp!)
You may even find that your scalp is flaky and itchy as your pores in your scalp get clogged up, especially so if you’re using non professional products (another soap box for another day…)
The best way to use a conditioner? After shampooing squeeze excess water out of the mids and ends before spreading your conditioner through. Ideally, work it through with a wide tooth comb, or at the very least rake your fingers through. Let it soak in for 3-5 minutes. Be sure to rinse really well.
Fine
Go for lightweight or body building & use sparingly – rinse well. The key is to not have product build up weighing your hair down
•Redken Volume Injection
•Sebastian Volupt
Oily? try Redken Scalp Relief
Short hair (or longer with no damage or complaints) in good condition may find conditioner is just too much, heavy/greasy.
Swap for a lightweight heat defense before drying or a lightweight leave in conditioner on ends only (most spray applications will be lighter in formula Than cream based tube ones)
I love •Olaplex no7
•It’s a 10 lite
•Moroccanoil light
Medium
You have the freedom to choose – where is your problem area? Frizz? Coloured? Oily?
•Redken Colour Magnetics – add moisture & help prevent colour fade
•Frizz Dismiss will tame
•Eleven Australia Hydrate
Heavily lightened or dry needs moisture
•Redken Extreme conditioner or
• Acidic Bonding Concentrate
•Olaplex
•Eleven Australia Repair
Thick
You’ll need something creamier & heavier to help moisturise & calm down frizz or dryness
make sure you allow a good few minutes for it to soak in & rake your fingers through so it’s as effective as it can be
•Moroccan Oil
•Olaplex
•Redken All Soft Mega
If you only wash your hair once every 5-8 days it may be wise to swap out your conditioner for a mask – Extra rich & will give you the weight to keep the frizz at bay for a few days longer
•Mask recommended
Rebecca Day Hair 