Conditioning & Moisturizing??

[FlawedBeauty]

Is conditioning the hair the same as moisturizing the hair? For example if a leave in conditioner says

"and conditions with nourishing shea butter, almond oil..."
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is that in any way the same as saying
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'and moisturizes with nourishing shea butter, almond oil...'​

 

[Lavendar]

Wow...good question! I don't have a deep insightful answer, but I do know that all conditioners do not moisturize. So I don't think you can use the two interchangably. I have had some cheapo conditioners and expensive ones that said they moisturize the hair and they dried the heck of my hair. Also, not all conditioners say they moisturize the hair. So I would actually think the two are not the same or cannot be used interchangably. Just my 2 cents, for what its worth.

 

[Priss Pot]

That is a rather good question. I mainly use Elucence as my Shampoo & Conditioner and both of them provide great moisture. So in all, I think that some conditioners actually "condition" AND moisturize. Another conditioner that also moisturizes (to me) is the Paul Mitchell Instant Moisture Daily Treatment.

To me, a conditioner that moisturizes is one that, for example, if I were to wash my hair and condition it, I could rollerset it with no additional product, and after it dries, my hair is still moisturized and feels soft.

 

[sarel]

great q! I'v always wondered that myself. *waits for more responses*

 

[FineChyna]

although i do not think they are the same thing, i am unsure how to explain it exactly

for example the humectress i used says "MOISTURIZING CONDITIONER" but when i was using joico i think it just said CONDITIONER. the shampoo that i was using said it was a moisturizing shampoo. so i am assuming that since numerous products make the distinction that they are not exactly the same thing. my assumption can be wrong though

i think conditioner is the follow up to the shampoo like lotion would be to soap but if your hair is very dry you need to keep it moisturized which means using another product geared toward that usually.

but i will stopped talking for now cause my rationalization may be flawed
but i will say for the most part i moisturize my hair regularly even after i shampoo and condition, regarldess of the conditioner. i f my hair feels alot better when i do that.

 

[goldensensation]

I do not think that conditioning is the same thing as moisturizing, and vise versa.

Let's get deep!

To put put it another way: moisturizing, while necessary for conditioning, is NOT sufficient. Just because your hair is moisturized, it is not necessarily "conditioned" (in a good state). Likewise, just because your hair has been given a protein treatment, it is not necessarily "conditioned". Conditioned hair has a balance of moisture and protein. So it should follow that a product claiming to be conditioning would provide the hair with both.

I need to go to bed.

 

[Sharpened]

Chop off the "-er" and just look at the word, meaning "to put in a fit or proper state." Some moisturize, some detangle, some control porsity, some do more than one thing, etc...that is all.

 

[shunta]

That is a rather good question. I mainly use Elucence as my Shampoo & Conditioner and both of them provide great moisture. So in all, I think that some conditioners actually "condition" AND moisturize. Another conditioner that also moisturizes (to me) is the Paul Mitchell Instant Moisture Daily Treatment.

To me, a conditioner that moisturizes is one that, for example, if I were to wash my hair and condition it, I could rollerset it with no additional product, and after it dries, my hair is still moisturized and feels soft.

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