i washed my hair today and triple conditioned it.. it felt really silky and was easy to detangle while wet.. then instead of applying a dimesize ammount of "paul mitchel the conditioner" (dad bought it for me because i complained that i needed a leave in.. thank goodness its such a tiny bottle) to just the ends i applyed a quarter size ammount to my whole head... my hair looked great all day but then i went to touch it and realized that my hair was one giant matted clump that was disguized by sleak hairs that were lying flat on the surface of it... the only other time my hair has really ever done this (after childhood) is when i did a SMT so i picked up the bottle of aloe and the bottle of PM the conditioner and realized they both have alot of glycerine in them... so now im thinking that maybe glycerine makes my hair matt itself.
has anyone else seen results like these...
my hair felt weird and it took a long time and lots of detangler spray to get the knots out.
now i guess im going to look for annother leave-in but i want the leave in to have as much cones as possible... really really heavy with cones.. my hair loves cones and i dont mind clarifying once a week or more.. does anyone know a leave in that is really really cone filled?

What about making a leave in by diluting a coney conditioner with water and using that? I used to do that actually.

Sunsilk 24/7 is has tons of cones in it and it sells for only about 3 or 4 bucks. I haven't tried it myself because my hair hates cones, but it's really popular on makeupalley.com. I figure it's so cheap, you might as well give it a shot. Good luck finding something that works. :)

Humectants can dry hair out as much as they can moisturize it. It's hard to explain, I don't have my brain with me today, but if you do a search at The Beauty Brains about it you might find more information.

Have you tried no-cones yet? I always thought my hair loved cones until I did a no-cone condish and realized" hey my ends don't turn into knot balls anymore". My hair also doesn't like glycerin very much either.mane and tail I believe is cone a luscious and i ones used it as a leave in and got the greasy BIG TIME so I know it's full of cones galore.

Hmmmm! My hair occasionally does the same if I put any conditioner on above ear level. I use no-cones conditioner so it can't be that. I had considered protein (no clue how to recognise proteins so who knows) and never thought of glycerine. Interesting thought!

Humectants can dry hair out as much as they can moisturize it. It's hard to explain, I don't have my brain with me today, but if you do a search at The Beauty Brains about it you might find more information.

^ So true. In the arid environment I live in, humectants actually work against me, sucking moisture from my hair/skin. Using humectants like honey and especially glycerin for leave-ins should be for those whose environments are humid, because it works both ways.

Have you tried Its A 10 it has alot of cones in it. I use it as a leave in when I use heat to style my hair. A little goes a long way I have had this small bottle forever and hardly any is gone.

wow such good advise..
i have no idea what Humectant is..
lora410:
yes ive tryed no cones with disasterous results.. i tryed it for almost 2 months. the damage was awful... i have no doubt in my mind that i would be past waist now if i hadnt broken off so much hair with no cones. so many split ends...

im curious about "its a 10"
expecially the long lasting part.

wow such good advise..
i have no idea what Humectant is..
lora410:
yes ive tryed no cones with disasterous results.. i tryed it for almost 2 months. the damage was awful... i have no doubt in my mind that i would be past waist now if i hadnt broken off so much hair with no cones. so many split ends...

im curious about "its a 10"
expecially the long lasting part.

glycerin is a humectant. honey is a humectant. there's other stuff too, but that should explain it well enough.

A humectant is a substance that attracts moisture-- glycerin, honey, hyaluronic acid (which is used in skin care, but is probably far too strong for hair!).
This can be good, in a humid enviroment, as akurah said, because it will attract moisture from the air to your skin and hair. Yay, hydration!
But in a really dry enviroment, it could pull moisture out of the hair shaft instead, drying out your hair further. Obviously, that's not so good.
It works differently in the skin, though; it will pull moisture from the rest of the body, even in a dry enviroment, which will keep your skin nice and moisturized. So long as you drink plenty of fluids, I believe humectants are always good for the skin.

Hope that's understandable!

so i was washing my hair yesterday and i had just finished conditioning my hair when i got the idea to take a cup of water and mix in some cone filled conditioner for a final rinse... i poured the cloudy conditioner water onto my hair from my ears down and squeezed out some of the excess.. i put my hair in a turbie for about 15 minutes then i let it dry for a bit then i damp combed it... when it dryed it was not greasylooking at all and my usually frizzy waves seem to be tamed a bit... i slept with my hair down and woke up with alot less tangles than i usually have in the morning... perhaps i have actually found something my hair likes...

Aussie Catch the Wave leave in is what I used to use before my hair begin to hate cones.I did a review on it in the review section here.I listed the ingrediants also.If you have wavy hair it does calm them down so beware.