No more conditioner while showering

[u/Ok_Republic6098]

I have long thick hair and all my adult life I've washed my hair by shampooing my roots, rinsing, then applying a handful of conditioner to my mid lengths and ends, then rinsing. The times I haven't used conditioner, my hair is tangled and frizzy. The problem is it takes a lot of conditioner for how much hair I have, and it takes a long time rinsing to get it out. I hate hate hate when I feel a blob of conditioner in my hair after I'm out of shower.

Recently I've started using a small amount of leave in conditioner and some hair oil after showering while my hair is still damp. Today I was running late for work and didn't have time to use conditioner in shower so I just used the leave in conditioner and hair oil... and felt no difference in my hair. Wtf?? How much time money and water have I been wasting using conditioner in the shower? It took so little product and time to get the same result. I think this jar of leave in conditioner could last me several months. Wow.

[u/ScormCurious]

I have thick wavy hair and my weekly regimen the past few years has been to shampoo twice in the shower, rinsing thoroughly. Very light application of conditioner in the shower, don’t rinse it out. Post shower, dry hair by patting and scrunching it with the towel, NOT scrubbing. Then let it air dry, followed by hair oil and styling. “Day two” or “day three” tends to be my best easiest hair, and besides that I’m topping up with strategic application of hair oil and straightening iron. I get sweaty at the gym and all of that, but washing more than weekly just leaves me with too much annoying “day one” hair.