How often do you deep condition your hair?

[catsandwatermelon]

How often do you deep condition your hair and for how long do you leave it on your hair? I've just had lots cut off so want too keep it looking tip top now also any recommendations on products would be fab too

Coconut oil left my hair matted,tangled and tuggy

How long?few hours wrapped in a warm towel

Never. And I’ve stopped using conditioner generally and my hair is just as nice and needs washing less. Who knew.

I use a mask once every few weeks, put it on before a bath, then rinse off in the shower. I like the Botanics ones from Boots which come in pots.

It is really dependent on your hair. I never use shampoo so me and @MyNameIsCharlesII would do well with shampoo/conditioner offers

My hair has got much drier as I’ve got older
Now I’m 55 - I use a deep conditioning hair mask once a week - leave on for 15-30 minutes - at same time I have a lovely long bath n do a face pack as well
Once a month I do an overnight oil based hair treatment as well

My hair is very fine & tends to be a bit greasy so I don’t do deep conditioning. I have to choose products carefully as some weigh my hair down & can make it even lanker 😞

Never. Actually, I used a deep conditioning masque, last week, after having my hair cut and having to wash out styling products with silicones in. It left it stringy and heavy. I use a fairly rich conditioner, every wash, anyhow, my hair is healthy and strong and in its natural state and I use minimal heat on it, so it doesn't really need the extra help.

I'm also curly girl, btw. Those of you with hair better without conditioner are probably noticing the difference that not using silicones makes.

@YesQueen

@PickAChew my hair is bouncier and holds its shape better. Plus it doesn’t get as greasy looking - would that be from the lack of silicones then?

@Annuaki Glad to help, I was worrying about you last night incase you’d tried it. .

I'd say silicones (or lack of) do make a big difference to bounciness. I had terrible hair, fine and damaged. Tried being nicer to it (no heat, no rough towel drying, no brush only a wide tooth comb ever), it went better, went to a SLS (sodium laurel sulphate)-free shampoo (but continued to use silicone stylers, leave-in conditioners and serums etc ) and after a while it started to look really bad. Very flat, lank, dirty looking and flyaway. I then switched back to normal SLS shampoo and it went better again so I concluded my hair just didn't like these trendy SLS free shampoos. Then it went really bad again and I felt a bit stuck over what to do next. Back to the drawing board. It didn't seem to like SLS or SLS free wash and conditioner!

But basically if you use silicone stylers such as mousse, leave-ins, oils etc then you need an SLS or clarifying shampoo to get the build up out. But the SLS shampoos are harsher, more drying long term and often also contain silicones. Some hair is OK with silicones, but if your hair isn't looking so great especially fine hair which shows up more damage or lankness, then it's worth experimenting.

Best (I think) is SLS, silicone etc free shampoo and conditioner, and styling products (also alcohol free as they dry your hair out) used together. I found a website that checks the ingredient list if you cut and paste an ingredients list from your product in, it will check if the silicones and alcohol content in your hair products is good or bad (not all alcohol is terrible and some silicones are water soluble meaning they will wash out and not build up).

There are silicone free shampoos, conditioners, mousses, leave-ins etc but you need to check each product individually as sometimes a shampoo will not have SLS, silicones or sulphates etc in but the matching conditioner will have. Or vice versa. You end up tailoring products individually rather than assuming a whole range will all be OK just because the shampoo is SLS free, for example.

It's recommended that if you're switching to SLS, silicone and alcohol free products (and it needs to be all of them together including leave in conditioners and styling products) then to wash once with a clarifying shampoo before you start to get rid of any build up before you embark on an SLS and silicone free regime.

I deep condoned my hair once and never bothered again as it didn't do much! I don't think my hair needs it really as I don't use a hairdryer, bleach my hair etc. Had no idea it was such a big thing.