CONDITIONER for dry and damaged hair

Colouring, straightening, sun — or simply time. The conditioner for dry and damaged hair is meant for lengths that have been through it all: it deeply hydrates, regenerates and gives the strands back strength and shine. A scent of bergamot, cedarwood and rosemary gives it a calm, slightly woody character, and the 185-gram amber bottle with a strand of hair drawn on the label reveals who it belongs to.

What is inside and why

Behind every ingredient is a job we can name:

• Rice extract with yeast ferment and oat bran extract strengthen and smooth damaged strands — giving frizz and breaking ends a rival to contend with.
• Hydrolysed plant protein and amino acids — from arginine to glycine — replenish the hair fibre's building blocks and bind water.
• Biotin and panthenol restore strength and shine.
• Castor oil strengthens the scalp.

None of the ingredients is there to make up the numbers. If an ingredient has no job we can name, it simply is not in the recipe.

Give it time

Conditioner is not an extra step — it is the second half of washing. Shampoo cleans; conditioner gives back to the lengths what colouring and heat took from them. After washing, apply a small amount to damp hair, leave it on for a few minutes and rinse thoroughly. With very dry lengths, do not rush — by all means give it a full ten minutes; its calm, slightly woody scent is made for exactly such moments. Store the bottle at room temperature and out of direct sunlight so that the natural formula keeps its effectiveness.

It is best partnered by one of our shampoo bars — a shampoo bar and conditioner duo handles your whole hair routine. The scent comes from essential oils, so the ingredients include natural allergens too; why that is not a flaw is explained in our article on allergens in cosmetics. And if you are curious what role each ingredient plays in our recipes, take a look at the ingredient encyclopaedia.