Thoughts on Leave-In Conditioner?

[BroadwayBeauty]

So I'm pretty much a leave-in conditioner fanatic, although to be honest I don't have a lot of variety in my products. While I was browsing around on LHC, I saw something about diluting your regular conditioner in a spray bottle of water. Has anyone tried this? Is this supposed to be any better than spray leave-in conditioners that you can buy at the store?

Thanks for the help!

[BroadwayBeauty]

Bump! Hoping for some insight :)

[Dr. Girlfriend]

I love leave-ins as well. TBH I will use regular conditioner as a leave in sometimes, but I don't put it in a spray bottle, I just rub a little bit on damp hair.

[caiti42]

I dilute one of my hair treatments with water in a spray bottle. I don't know if it's better than regular leave ins but it's cheaper and cone-free.

Works for me!

[Roseate]

For a homemade spray conditioner, I love Kimberlily's recipe. (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=277)

[Renbirde]

I haven't tried the dilute-and-spray thing, but when I'm washing my hair, I leave a lot of the conditioner in the length. What type of conditioner is matters a LOT, I've found-- I get awesome results with the mildly coney Herbal Essences Totally Twisted, but when I left in various VO5 and Suave cone-free conditioners, my hair tangled really badly and I kept getting this sticky, greyish buildup (I could see it on the bristles of my brush).

[BroadwayBeauty]

Thanks for all the insight!!! I think I'll have to play around and find what's best for my hair :)

[Scarlet_Heart]

Have tried to leave-in with just plain oils? I find that my hair really likes this, particularly camellia.

[McFearless]

I don't own enough mister bottles to put all of my experiments in them, but I use old conditioner tubs and mix water and a rich, deep conditioner in them to use as a leave-in. For me, expensive deep conditioners can't be wasted and I use a lot of product while doing DT's so I want to make the product last instead. By adding water and diluting it slightly, it is less thick and heavy and can be used as a leave-in. I think the difference between that and a store bought leave-in spray is that you can determine how heavy or diluted you want it depending on what your hair needs at the time.

[wvgemini]

I haven't tried diluting anything, but I have used oils before and I like this vanilla silk blow dry cream from Organics (about the only thing I like from them, lol). I don't really use it for heat protectant, but it works well as a leave-in and smells yummy.