the cone debate, which hair type suits which better

[AJoifulNoise]

I am mostly 1c, with a hint of 2a. My hair adores cones. It freaks out when I go coneless for more than a day.

[Accolady]

As long as I have been using cone products on my hair, and will continue to
do so, if it is one thing I've learned, it is not a matter of whether to use, but
how to use cones with my hair type. I repeat. With MY hair type.

Cones. Not too many, not too little, not too harsh of a clarifying shampoo.
For my hair, it is finding the right combination of products. Using both
products in a shampoo and conditioner line do not work well for me.
Instead, I have to experiment until I find the 'just right' bowl of porridge.

At present, believe it or not, my hair is soft, silky and tangle free. I've
been using Dove Daily Moisture Therapy shampoo and Suave Daily
Clarifying Conditioner. I wash every other day.

Karen Marie

[marajade]

Alas. . I have a shampoo that has cones in the last of the ingredients list. . and it seems to be okay with that. .but after about three weeks my hair hates it and I have to clarify with BS once or twice a month and then a cone free conditioner SMT. Also, daily I can't have heavy cones or any cones at all in my conditioner-- it make my hair frizzy and crunchy at the ends. LOL-- I guess my hair has multiple personalities.

[rhubarbarin]

My hair is average thickness, medium strands (though with finer and coarser spots) and 2c/3a.. leaning more towards 3a I think. Cone free forever!

I buzzed my hair about 5 years ago, then went CO with dimethicone conditioner, and Frizz-ease serum and more cone conditioner as leave-ins as I was growing it out. Since I went cone free a fw months ago the condition and look of my hair, managability, everything has improved so much. I never thought my hair could be this nice. I have a lot of damage though, most of which I think is cone related.

[Nightshade]

ic/m/ii and my hair is much much happier without cones When I used them my hair felt plastic and like doll's hair, which only got a lot worse when I started to henna.

I think that (from what I've read anyway) a lot of hennaheads end up giving up cones.

[Flying Betty]

1b/f/ii and loves them. Or more accurately, I insist on being able to get a comb through my hair. And even though it is insanely slippery, it also manages to be insanely tangly.

[Stagecoach]

I hair neither loves nor hates them! If I go to long without one or the other my hair has a fit.

Sometimes I wonder if going to herb washing would mean I could go without either??? But I don't have the patience or money to do so...

[HappyKarin]

I'm a hennahead and my hair cant live without cones( I have only henna ones mabye it will change). If I not use them I have deal with breakage

[lulabelle]

I went cone free for awhile, but I've found that my hair does better with cones. It's much easier to comb out so I get less damage. I also have less frizz and it just feels softer. My hairtype is 1b and very fine.

[akurah]

My hair's favorite cone appears to be bis-aminopropyl dimethicone. It also likes plain dimethicone. It dislikes a number of other cones, though.

I prefers cones to being cone free. My hair tangles badly due to damaged ends.