Leave In Conditioner for Curly / Wavy Hair | Ashba | Ashba
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A creamy, water-based product that you apply post your shower to help your curls remain hydrated, frizz-free, bouncy and defined. It’s like a moisturizer, but for hair!
It is a pity that even with a majority of Indian hair being the curly/wavy type, there are so few leave in conditioner for curly hair drugstore products that come to our aid. Even those which are around can be misleading – like serums labelled as leave-in conditioner.
Now, if you’ve seen my Pocket-Friendly curly hair tutorial, you will have noticed that I use my Loreal smooth intense conditioner (Rs.150) as a leave-in conditioner as well! (The challenge was to have a routine in just 500 bucks.)
Is that a safe step? Yes! SO many curly girls who’ve shared their routines tell me that to save money, they simply use the conditioner again outside the shower as a leave in conditioner. Some girls don’t rinse out the conditioner completely and skip the leave in part all together!
BUT, it is important that for hair health, when you use a conditioner as a leave in conditioner to save money, you use a conditioner that is SAFE and has no bad, harmful chemicals.
(Do remember that if you are following a CG Friendly routine, make sure your conditioner that you are doubling as a leave in does not have silicones.)
How well this hack works depends on your own hair texture. With time you’ll figure out the amount of product that works just right for your hair. Though it goes without saying that some leave-in conditioner is better than no leave-in at all.
Since a leave-in conditioner is usually thinner than a conditioner, it doesn’t make your hair feel leave in conditioner limp and weighed down. Ladies with lighter waves and curl pattern should make sure their leave-in is light too.