Have Any of You Ever Used Fabric Softener on Your Hair?

**ckf1963** · December 10th, 2009, 10:32 AM

Thanks so much for the info about using drier sheets for hair static!

I never would have thought of that.

My hair is dry now, and I believe the part that I "conditioned" with the fabric softener feels better than it has with other things I've tried. But you need to know that my length is fried from the overuse of a flat iron on colored hair, so it's just . . . well . . . yuck!

In any event, it definitely smells wonderful!

**jojo** · December 10th, 2009, 10:51 AM

My dad used to make it where he worked. I remember years ago way before it was the norm to use conditioner, I used to go swimming a lot and my dad suggested watering some down (he used to bring the mega concentrated fabric conditioner home) and using after swimming to stop the chlorine damaging my hair, as i remember it worked great.

**Clarisse** · December 10th, 2009, 12:01 PM

I love fabric softener in my hair too. It makes my hair soft and defines my curl pattern. Yay!

**Fairlight63** · December 10th, 2009, 12:10 PM

I have tried using drier sheets on my hair but it made my hair feel dirty sooner. But it did help with the static elec.

**heynormy** · December 10th, 2009, 01:07 PM

Sounds like I should experiment this weekend!

**missjessiecakes** · December 10th, 2009, 01:13 PM

Interesting. Interesting. Now what would be the ratio?

I have sensitive skin so if someone else with ridiculously sensitive skin would chime in and let me know I would be ever so grateful.

**Clarisse** · December 10th, 2009, 01:40 PM

missjessiecakes - I don't have extremely sensitive skin, but if I use the scented ones, and don't get them rinsed out properply, my scalp starts to itch. Don't use it on the scalp, and rinse it out - then the ratio shouldn't matter that much

At least it doesn't matter much for me...

**SHELIAANN1969** · December 10th, 2009, 02:28 PM

Ok, now I can totally see TLHC getting boxes of Bounce and using them as rag curlers!

**CaityBear** · December 10th, 2009, 05:38 PM

Hmm, never thought about using the liquid. At one point I did use dryer sheets to swipe down my length for static but I found if I wasn't very careful it would make my hair greasy.

**rusika1** · December 10th, 2009, 06:09 PM

Ingredients in seventh generation fabric softeners:
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/ing...ts-for-nid-164

Fabric Softener, Free & Clear/Blue Eucalyptus & Lavender

Aqua, methyl bis (cannola amidoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate , essential oils and botanical extracts (lavendula angustifolia, lavendula hybrida, eucalyptus dives, eucalyptus radiata, eucalyptus ploybractea, pinus sylvestris: in Blue Eucalyptus & Lavender only), calcium chloride (cleaning enhancer), methylisothiazolinone and benzisothiazolinone (preservative) *Linalool is a naturally occurring component of these ingredients.

Trace materials are commonly present in cleaning product ingredients.

We recently found trace levels of 1,4-dioxane in our fabric softener. These are a byproduct of the canola-based fabric softening agent used (Methyl bis (canola amidoethyl) -2- hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate). Our R&D team is working to replace this substance with a different material. We expect this work will be completed before the end of 2009.