It Feels Good When You Rinse, But Is It Really Benefiting Your Hair?

[Supergirl]

I was really against -cones when I first started my hair-care journey. I was on an all-natural kick. But after a while my hair felt really dry and I didn't feel as if the DC recipes I was using was helping me. So I bought a Deep conditioner. It has cones, but when I let it air dry with no product in it, my hair feels super-soft! Sometimes I think I don't even need to put a leave-in conditioner in my hair (but I do anyway). Are cones damaging to your hair in the long run? I don't want to use something that makes me feel good now but will give me dry and brittle hair later .

Cones are not bad in and of themselves in my opinion. They do build up on the hair and so clarifying them off periodically is necessary. What is bad about cones is when a haircare company touts a product as moisturizing, but cones are high on the ingredient list. Cones block moisture from getting in. Yes, they can also seal moisture in. But if you are using a moisturizing product, that means you want moisture. A conditioner with cones high on the ingredient list will keep you from getting that moisture. If they want to call it a smoothing conditioner or anti-frizz conditioner, then fine but they should not call it moisturizing.

So, you don't have to strike cones from your hair care regimen completely if you don't want to. In your serums and shine sprays, you will want cones. In your moisturizing products, you should look for no cones or cones that are listed far down on the ingredient list.