Hairstyle World Article for Women

Good conditioning

June 13th, 2006

One of the best tools to help get more out of your conditioner (and who doesn’t, when you go through as much as we do!) is a cheapie plastic

shower cap (I usually pay about a dollar for mine, and one will last several months).

This is my daily ritual for wonderful conditioning:
1 Wash hair and squeeze out excess water.
2 Flip your head over so the hair hangs down in front of you.
3 Apply conditioner generously, beginning at the top and working your way down. I’ve found that conditioning “upside-down” like this gets the conditioner to more of the hair.
4 Work the conditioner in gently with your fingers.
5 Carefully finger-comb through the hair, to separate tangles and further distribute the conditioner.
6 Here’s where the shower cap comes in: hold your hair near the scalp with one hand. With the other hand, wrap the length of the hair up around your head, kind of piling it up like you are making a bun. Get your fabulous shower cap and put it on over your hair. Now your long hair has a place to go while you wash those other parts
7 While I’m washing my other parts, my hair is conditioning and not getting in the way or being rinsed off prematurely. While washing & rinsing my body I try to stand under the warm water so that it hits the shower cap… this is the key…the water will obviously not rinse the conditioner out but will help it penetrate much better.
8 When you are ready to rinse out the conditioner, remove the cap. Rinse it out and hang it somewhere out of the way to dry.
9 Get yourself a sturdy wide-toothed comb. Again, flip your head upside-down and get under the water to rinse. While you are rinsing, gently pull the comb through. This not only saves time by helping the rinsing go faster, it helps with detangling.

The tip was contributed by Joelle.

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