Please ask, if I hadn't asked this forum wouldn't have saved me from madness
I mean extra moisture, yes. If your hair gets stiff when you add product and you feel sort of afraid to add more, then you are not using the right product for you.
The right one should be one that immediately makes your hair feel loosened and quenched, no matter how many times you keep adding it. Something that you can use whenever you feel like it, so that you can just use it before bed everyday and then forget about everything. I think the main difference is in ingredients (definitely humectants or not) and consistency. Butters, oils, liquid sprays or aloe work for some, but I still have to find someone who tells me that creamy stuff, aka conditioner, doesn't moisturize their hair enough. Since my hair laughs at all the other stuff, I use conditioner as a leave in and to moisturize as well and my hair always feels elastic and non thirsty, it keeps its body because it is its natural shape, if I had straight hair it would probably feel limp.
As for Giovanni... if want to give it a try, Giovanni 50:50 is the most moisturizing of the line. I can imagine someone not liking their leave in, the popular one, as it has a little bit of protein, but the 50:50 is pure moisture. Other creamy humectant free conditioners are Aussie Moist, Lustrasilk...
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lovegymnasts , a member here, has the most amazing long, full of body, 4a hair and she uses Lustrasilk mixed with wheat germ oil and olive oil daily. I have tried many oils and those 2 are still my favourites, so I basically do the same she does and it works for me.
I lightly wet my hands or hair before, so that the conditioner glides, and I twist or braid my hair afterwards and go to sleep with a satin cap. sometimes I am at home, I moisturize that way, wear a shower cap for half an hour and take it off.
I hope it gives you some ideas!