How to Use Conditioner for Dry Hair

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Conditioner for dry hair

When you use conditioner for dry hair you need to first assess what type of hair you have. Otherwise hair may end up looking worse than it did to start with. Then you're left with yet another bad hair day! Aren't you tired of running to the bathroom and trying to fluff, toss and spray it? Only to find that in 30 minutes or less it's flat again.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Step 1

Using conditioner for dry hair can be difficult depending on the texture and length of the hair. First you need to buy the right conditioner then you have to know how to use it. You may even need two different types of conditioner on one head of hair, especially with very long hair. This is because long hair has at least 3 different textures of hair. The hair at the scalp, middle and ends are all different and have different levels of porosity.

This means that the hair at the scalp is the healthy hair, so it isn't as porous as the hair in the middle and the hair in the middle aren't as porous as the hair at the end. In other words, the oldest hair is the most damaged or dry, therefore, soaks up anything you put on it.
Step 2

This is basic information that many people don't know and is why they continue to waste money and time using wrong products, the wrong way. Since the hair closest to the scalp is very healthy it needs very little or no conditioner and what do people do? The very first thing they do is put it there!

What needs to be done is to rub the conditioner in palm of hands, then run it through the hair from middle to ends combing the hair with fingers. Once this is done press conditioner into ends of the hair gently with fingertips. Using conditioner for dry hair correctly takes time and care.
Step 3

If the hair is very damaged and dry then you need to first detangle it then comb conditioner through with a fine tooth comb. Rinse and spray a leave in conditioner, especially if you use a blow dryer and curling iron. You should also use either mouse or gel as a styling aid as well as thermal protection.

All mousses have conditioners, so if you have fine hair you can use mousse as your conditioner, which can serve as thermal protection as well. This also saves money by using one product for two purposes. I never use conditioner I use mouse. However, I have very short hair, when my hair was longer I used a conditioner from middle to ends, rinsed and applied mousse for the style and blow dry.
Step 4

When it comes to conditioner for dry hair quality really does matter. This is true for shampoo as well, however, the styling aids don't matter as much. I use Biolage shampoo with Vavoom mousse and the mousse makes an excellent conditioner, as well as a styling aid.

As mentioned above, long hair needs more care than shorter hair. Short hair doesn't get the chance to get old, it gets cut off, therefore, it's usually healthy, unless you do a lot of chemical damage, such as bleaching or double chemical services like perm and color.
Step 5

The main reason I recommend professional shampoo and conditioner is because the cheap ones use wax to add shine to hair. Over time the wax build up makes hair heavy and lifeless. In addition, when you apply color or perm it's difficult to penetrate the wax and makes them less effective.

Even if you don't do chemical services who wants dull lifeless hair? It's also a good idea to alternate shampoos and conditioners as the hair gets used to them and doesn't respond anymore. That's why when people first use a new product their hair responds so well.

If you use conditioner for dry hair every day then it's important that you know how to do it or else you pay by having bad hair days!