How long do you leave your conditioner on for when washing?

**threadOfGold** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:18 PM

(for those who co wash, I'm referring to your second condition. The one you would 'traditionally' apply after Shampoo. (Don't worry if you don't use a a shop bought conditioner if you make your own, still share how long you keep it on for!)

Personally, I leave it on for about 5-10 minutes. If I'm using my shampoo bar I don't use conditioner. However, if I do an oil treatment (I do this around twice a week) I use a sulphate shampoo and then afterwards is when i use a siilicone conditioner. I wash my hair every two days at the moment, my shampoo bar acts as a sort of dry shampoo as I only wash my scalp with it! I tend to do my oil treatments and shampoo and condition on Sundays and Thursday's.

Curious to see the variety of different answers!

**Larki** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:23 PM

The very first thing I do in the shower is shampoo my hair, and then I put on conditioner and leave it on for the rest of the shower, rinsing it out at the very end after I've taken care of everything else. My showers are usually about 20 minutes long, so if I have to guess I'd say the conditioner is in my hair for about 17 minutes?

**threadOfGold** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:26 PM

Oooh, interesting. Do you use silicone conditioner? Your hair must feel lovely and soft.

**Larki** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by threadOfGold

Oooh, interesting. Do you use silicone conditioner? Your hair must feel lovely and soft.

I do! My hair loves cones. It tangles like once in a blue moon. And yes, it's so soft! I mentioned on here a few weeks ago after getting a new leave-in conditioner that it feels like rabbit fur, and that's still true!

**jupiterinleo** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:33 PM

I shampoo first, condition, then leave it in for the rest of the shower. The length of time differs, depending on whether I am shaving. It's usually around 5-10 minutes, though.

**Jumper** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:41 PM

I leave mine in for the rest of my shower when I use it (I flip flop around between shampoo bars, co washing, wcc with regular shampoo... usually just do whatever I feel like lol). Maybe about 5-10 minutes.

Sometimes I will "deep" condition with my regular conditioner by leaving it on 20 minutes before rinsing. If my hair is really dry I do Aussie 3 minute miracle for more than 3 minutes.

**PrincessIdril** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:43 PM

Er about 3 mins max?
After shampooing I apply, comb it through and then leave it for however long it takes to wash the rest of me.

**jeanniet** · April 2nd, 2014, 01:58 PM

Not that long. A few minutes. I don't mess around in the shower since we're in a dire water situation here.

**darklyndsea** · April 2nd, 2014, 02:11 PM

Until I get too bored to remain in the shower...probably just a few minutes, since I'm impatient.

**ExpectoPatronum** · April 2nd, 2014, 02:41 PM

I'm a shampoo bar user too, but found I still need to use conditioner at least on the very ends of my hair. I put it on after I finish shampooing and leave it as long as it takes for me to wash my body and/or shave my legs. Then I rinse it off with my citric acid rinse. The conditioner I use is the GVP Conditioning Balm from Sally's. It's pretty cheap ($5-$6 a bottle), has no cones, and it works wonderfully for my hair.