Looking for an improvement to your hair care routine? An easy, quick but extremely necessary step is applying conditioner.
When shampoo cleans the hair, it also opens the hair cuticles. This removes hair’s natural moisture and leaves a rough touch.
Conditioner is responsible for restoring hydratation, sealing the hair cuticles and helping detangle.
That’s why it is such an important product. Picking the right conditioner will transform your hair for better and for good!
How conditioner works
Like mentioned above, after the shampoo cleanse, our hair cuticles get open and harsh. The conditioner mission is to smooth down these cuticles and seal them.
Besides sealing the cuticles, the product has moisturizing properties. These properties give back to hair the softness and natural hydratantion that shampoo substances take away.
Ingredients
As the conditioner is in charge of your daily hydratation, investing in a powerful one is the best thing you can do if you are looking for a solution to end hair dryness. And here are the gold standard ingredients for your hair care:
Argan oil conditioner
Argan oil comes from the argan fruit, found in trees from Morocco. It has fatty acids and vitamins, such as vitamin E. Besides moisturizing it prevents damage and has antioxidant properties.
[1]https://www.healthline.com/health/argan-oil-for-hair-growth#how-to-use
Panthenol conditioner
Panthenol is made of pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B5. It is a chemical substance that can be taken from both plant and animal sources and, when absorbed, panthenol becomes vitamin B5. Conditioners containing this ingredient protect the hair from damage and improve strengthness, shine and softness.
[2]https://www.healthline.com/health/panthenol#uses
Coconut oil conditioner
Coconut oil is extremely rich in fatty acids. One of them, lauric acid, composes 47% of the fatty acids found in coconut oil. It has beneficial nourishing properties for hair, reducing frizz and healing breakage.
[3]https://www.webmd.com/beauty/health-benefits-of-coconut-oil-for-hair#1
Shea Butter conditioner
Shea Butter also has fatty acids and vitamins A and E. It makes the hair shiny, softer and repairs damage and split ends, being an amazing ingredient for conditioners.
[4]https://naturalgirlwigs.com/blogs/beauty/6-ways-to-use-shea-butter-for-natural-hair
Keratin conditioner
Keratin is a protein that makes up hair and nails. It fills the gaps of hair cuticles, adding body to hair and repairing damage. As a result, the hair gets stronger and smoother.
[5]https://www.byrdie.com/keratin-for-hair-5191082
Glycerin conditioner
Glycerin, also known as glycerol is one of the most effective humectants. Because of it, it has been used in many cosmetics formulas, including conditioners. Besides being so moisturizing, glycerin helps to create a barrier around the hair, preventing hydratation from leaving the follicles.
[6]https://www.byrdie.com/glycerin-for-hair-5089999
Cetearyl Alcohol conditioner
This name might be scary. When we think of alcohol, we surely think of something that we want to keep away from our hair. But alcohol is a generic term and not all alcohols are created the same way.
There are low molecular alcohols (drying alcohols) and high molecular alcohols (fatty alcohols). Cetearyl Alcohol is part of the second group and has emulsifier action. It is derived from plants and beneficial to hair: it is smoothening and even helps detangle hair easier!
Collagen conditioner
Collagen is an amino acid that helps to rebuild the hair fiber. It hydrates and improves elasticity and strength.
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