5 Ways To Deal With A Rubbish Conditioner

You know what I hate? Getting sucked in by fancy packaging! This is the oldest marketing trick in the book and it is still being used by major corporations to this day because it works.

Product not selling? Change the packaging, re-market the same junk and voila, profits are soaring again and another sucker is born.

Since conditioners are the most common things in our product arsenal we are bound to run into one or two that are a little lack luster to say the least.

So what do you do when faced with a jumbo bottle of conditioner that didn’t float your boat the first time you used it? Throw it away? No way girl, even the most dire of conditioners can be saved.

Keep reading we will give you a few options for turning your drab conditioner into fab!

1. No slip?

Slip is the number one priority for us girls especially for those with natural hair because we want to feel the conditioner literally melt the tangles away so we can comb less and preserve more length.

If your conditioner is a slip free zone add oil to it to get it going and watch your hair detangle on command. You can use any oil but we would suggest something simple, like olive oil* or grape seed oil that is usually purchased in larger quantities.

Add 2-3 tablespoons per portion of conditioner but you can adjust this depending on the length and thickness of your hair.

2. Too thin?

Not only can slip be a problem but some of us like our conditioner to have a little weight to it. Thin conditioners are so 1988 so if you want to add a little fluff to your thin stuff, (corny right? smh) just melt some Shea butter and mix well into the conditioner.

The Shea butter* will thicken the conditioner as the mixture cools giving you a little more substance to work with. If your conditioner lacks umph and slip, then shea butter* might do the trick by itself or you can add a little oil as discussed earlier.

3. No backbone?

If your conditioner is all moisture but no backbone it will need a little strength in the form of protein. Just buy some pure hydrolyzed protein or collagen and add 1 teaspoon into your conditioner for the ultimate protein treatment.

There are products that are solely dedicated to ingredients, including just plain protein if that is what you need.

Do not be afraid to become the ultimate mixologist when it comes to hair care, sometimes we can save a perfectly good conditioner that might be missing just one thing.

4. Not moisturizing?

We have talked about glycerin on BHI before and some of us absolutely love it, and others don’t know enough about it to decide if we like it or not.

If products that contain glycerin usually work for you in conditioners and leave in conditioners then by all means get hold of some glycerin and add it to the rogue conditioner.

Glycerin works by pulling moisture to it because it has an attraction to water. This means that it will literally pull the water you use along with the product into your hair thereby making the product more moisturizing. A tablespoon or two per portion of conditioner should be plenty.

5. Not worth saving? Make a hair rinse!

Let’s face it, sometimes we can’t save a product that is just all the way bad.

Still if you meddle in a little Ayurveda you will know that the powders can be very difficult to rinse out. So if you have a conditioner that you just cannot save, hey you can chuck it or you can add plenty of water to it and call it a hair rinse!

The conditioner will add a little bit of slip allowing for your henna, cassia or whichever powders you have used to rinse out with ease.

We try not to waste anything when it comes to hair care but its clear that not every product will work the same way for everyone so it stands to reason that in our quest to find our staple products you may discover a few duds along the way. Hopefully these tips will help you get your money’s worth even out the truly awful conditioners.

How do you deal with garbage conditioners?