Oils coat the hair and are often used as a pre-shampoo treatment to help protect the strands from excessive cleansing or to seal moisture into the hair strand while wet. It’s worth mentioning at this point that a hot oil treatment doesn’t add moisture, but can add a lot of shine, softness, and manageability while helping to smooth and protect against split ends. Hydrating conditioners boost the moisture level in the hair and seal it in with oils or silicone. To avoid this, protein conditioners should be alternated with a hydrating conditioner.

While this sounds ideal for everyone as a preventative measure, it’s been found that too much extra protein in the hair will result in brittle hair, prone to breakage. Repairing conditioners tend to have more protein in their formula to bond with the hair to fill in damaged spots and strengthen it. In either case, this should ideally be more penetrating than the detangling effect that we get from simply applying and rinsing right away.Ī deep conditioner is for hydrating, repairing, and/or strengthening. A deep conditioning treatment may simply be leaving your daily conditioner on for longer, or using a separate product all together. The longer we have it, the more wear our hair gets, and the more damage we see. Your hair may be fragile, dry, or both and a deep conditioning treatment can, over time, help fix and prevent further damage. Deep conditioning treatments offer a solution to a problem that goes beyond what your typical conditioner may provide.

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