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Posted by Dain, Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:56 PM (Eastern)
Lately, I've been subsisting on a diet of high-end hair care: PHYTO, Terax, Kerastase, Philip B, Frederic Fekkai. But times have gotten a little tough, and when you have long, thick hair, you go through product like it's water. What is a girl to do?
The answer is olive oil. It is so cheap, and it works better than any deep conditioner I have ever, ever had the grace to use. Just saturate your dry hair, concentrating on ends, leave on for thirty minutes, blow dry on LOW (you don't want to fry your hair) until it warms up, then shampoo and condition as usual. I don't really worry about residue, because I don't put much oil near the scalp, and conditioner, believe it or not, cleanses as it moisturizes, though you have to watch the ends so that you don't have too much oil left over. Olive oil also works brilliantly as a hair serum, when your hair is drying, but not quite dry. Applied to completely dry hair, the oil will repel moisture and dry your hair out more, but to slightly damp hair, it keeps the moisture in and gives you a little bit of style.
Cheap shampoos and conditioners, that I really like
Nature's Gate Herbal Hair Shampoo & Conditioner: I love the smell, though it's not to everyone's taste. But these are very natural, clean formulations that are very reasonably priced, given that a little goes a long way. The conditioner, especially, requires a lot less than you might think. It works better if you use less and leave it on longer.
L'Oreal Vive Pro Smooth Intense Shampoo & Conditioner for Thick Hair: I haven't heard very much about these, but they're really good and easy to find. My hair doesn't require extra conditioning from using this duo, and that's fairly miraculous. I don't know if build-up is an issue.
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