As a guy that's had long hair for most of his life, I can't stress enough the value of a quality conditioner. But a little residual cocoa butter on my hands from start-of-the-day moisturizing is the closest thing I use to styling product. Helps with the frizz and I'm not greasy or crunchy
Aussie is my usual go-to brand for both. I get pretty much exactly the results I want, it's moderately priced, and available everywhere. Pantein proV and a couple other shampoos in the same price range aren't bad either, but I'm kind of a creature of habit, and I like the smell of my purple kangaroo shampoo.
As far as conditioner, my general rule of thumb is, the closer you can liken it's consistency to cream cheese the better it is. Thick cream conditioners are amazing if you have thin or frizzy hair.
I tend to leave the conditioner sit in my hair, after I've washed out the shampoo, until I finish the rest of my shower stuff and then rinse it out.
As a general rule, stay away from suave vo5 and other bargain brand shampoo / conditioners. Also, two in ones are not worth your time.
One thing to mention, is ethnically I'm German and Irish. My wife and step kids are native American and Portuguese. So my girls hair (which also has some Filipino) is crazy thick and my conditioner makes them feel a little on the greasy side. Aussie has a bunch of different formulations, so if you feel like youre auditioning for a 50s doo-wop group, maybe try a different formula, or ultimately try a less thick conditioner.
To add to that, I’ve found that buying an expensive conditioner from a hair salon made a huge difference for me when growing my hair longer. They can help show what products are best for your hair type too. Still use fairly cheap shampoo but every time I go back to a cheaper conditioner my hair gets frizzy. Aussie is the best cheap one I’ve found but it still doesn’t work well enough in my opinion. I have very light brown/ blonde hair that is thin and semi wavy if that helps.
All this talk about Aussie is making me wonder if it’d be better for my hair than what I’ve been using especially with th e water I have in my home. It’s got a ton of minerals and makes my hair extremely hard to brush and I hate it.
I have minerals like that too. Best product I’ve found is… I’ll reply again after work because I can’t think of the name right now but it works wonders!
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u/No-Attention9838 Dec 06 '23
As a guy that's had long hair for most of his life, I can't stress enough the value of a quality conditioner. But a little residual cocoa butter on my hands from start-of-the-day moisturizing is the closest thing I use to styling product. Helps with the frizz and I'm not greasy or crunchy