If your conditioner is all moisture but no backbone it will need a little strength in the form of protein. Just buy some pure hydrolyzed protein or collagen and add 1 teaspoon into your conditioner for the ultimate protein treatment.
There are products that are solely dedicated to ingredients, including just plain protein if that is what you need.
Do not be afraid to become the ultimate mixologist when it comes to hair care, sometimes we can save a perfectly good conditioner that might be missing just one thing.
4. Not moisturizing?
We have talked about glycerin on BHI before and some of us absolutely love it, and others don’t know enough about it to decide if we like it or not.
If products that contain glycerin usually work for you in conditioners and leave in conditioners then by all means get hold of some glycerin and add it to the rogue conditioner.
Glycerin works by pulling moisture to it because it has an attraction to water. This means that it will literally pull the water you use along with the product into your hair thereby making the product more moisturizing. A tablespoon or two per portion of conditioner should be plenty.
5. Not worth saving? Make a hair rinse!
Let’s face it, sometimes we can’t save a product that is just all the way bad.
Still if you meddle in a little Ayurveda you will know that the powders can be very difficult to rinse out. So if you have a conditioner that you just cannot save, hey you can chuck it or you can add plenty of water to it and call it a hair rinse!
The conditioner will add a little bit of slip allowing for your henna, cassia or whichever powders you have used to rinse out with ease.
We try not to waste anything when it comes to hair care but its clear that not every product will work the same way for everyone so it stands to reason that in our quest to find our staple products you may discover a few duds along the way. Hopefully these tips will help you get your money’s worth even out the truly awful conditioners.
How do you deal with garbage conditioners?
Lozette Clemons says
I added olive oil to a cheap brand of hair mayonnaise and it worked wonders in one use.
Collette Lynch says
I really struggle with looking after my hair, i need something very light and not too greasy. Im of mixed parentage! Any suggestions?
Diva says
I use mine to rinse henna. I always have a cheapo bottle to use. But if I try a new conditioner that doesn’t work, I throw it into my henna bin & it gets used then.