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Used to skip conditioner on fine hair, now I double it up
For years I thought conditioner weighed down my fine hair clients, so I'd use barely a pea size. Then about 6 months ago a regular client with baby fine hair said her ends felt like straw after I styled them. I switched to a lightweight conditioner from the salon supply store and now I use a nickel size amount just from midshaft down. The difference was huge - her hair actually holds a curl better now and doesn't get greasy by noon. Has anyone else changed a habit they learned in beauty school?
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logan_mitchell6d agoMost Upvoted
Wait, so beauty school actually teaches you to skimp on conditioner for fine hair? That seems backwards to what actually works for people... Good you figured it out.
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cole_flores441mo ago
The protein thing with fine hair is tricky but I think people take it a little too far sometimes. My wife has really fine hair and I watched her use a protein mask once a month with no issues. The crunchiness people talk about usually comes from layering too many protein products at once, not just having any protein at all. A lot of those lightweight conditioners actually have some protein in them just in smaller amounts. That straw texture could be from heat damage or hard water buildup too, not always the conditioner itself. I'd say check the water filter before you blame everything on protein overload.
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pat_moore1mo ago
My coworker had a similar breakthrough with a client who had that same straw texture issue, she now uses a spray-in leave-in instead of doubling up on rinse-out conditioner. I think the big thing people miss is that fine hair needs way less protein in conditioners, the lightweight ones avoid that overload that makes strands feel crunchy. It's wild how one small tweak can totally change how the hair behaves, makes you question what else we learned wrong.
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