what's the difference?

[bellaiceberg]

Between leave-in conditioner and just regular conditioner?
Is there a set of different ingredients, like normal conditioner would be too sticky to leave in?
Or is it another case of 'here woman buy a million different products to make us rich'!??

thought I'd bump this in case anyone has any info this afternoon !

I would assume it's a lighter product and not so sticky .

Ds used to have very curly hair as a toddler and I just used to leave a bit of conditioner in his hair and let it dry naturally, he had such lovely curls...sigh... he's a big grown up man now!

Thank you, I was interested in whether I could use a bit of regular as a leave-in.
Might have to experiment.
My fave conditioner doesn't have a leave-in alternative.

Never tried it myself but if it’s of any use I do this with my show dogs.
They don’t have “fur” but long silky hair that reaches the ground, practically identical to fine human hair. I use a heavy conditioner, rinse it out, then use some of the same conditioner diluted with just a little water, pour it through their coat then blow dry using a blaster dryer & brush. It makes the coat really smooth, like silk.

@Darklane

Never tried it myself but if it’s of any use I do this with my show dogs. They don’t have “fur” but long silky hair that reaches the ground, practically identical to fine human hair. I use a heavy conditioner, rinse it out, then use some of the same conditioner diluted with just a little water, pour it through their coat then blow dry using a blaster dryer & brush. It makes the coat really smooth, like silk.

That's fascinating! I bet they look stunning

struts like show dog

I have very curly hair and mix a blob of ordinary conditioner into whatever product I’m using; or I run dilute ordinary conditioner through my hair. It works a treat. I’m a proper grown up, I could afford leave in conditioner, but I prefer this.