conditioner is no joke

3 days ago by DaPorkchop_ [they/she/it] to c/mtf

i'm on vacation rn and don't have my regular conditioner (got thrown away by security smh), so i grabbed a bottle at a supermarket only to notice in the shower that this conditioner contains silicone. "surely it can't make that much of a difference!", i thought, and sure enough my hair looked pretty normal... until it dried:

how it started (mild nsfw: bra)

how it's going

i look like a fuckin bomb went off on my head, this is what i get for deviating from the Curly Girl bible for one day smh


that said, my hair has finally reached the length where it properly catches the wind and gets pulled back and let me just say it feels absolutely glorious

scutiger 11 points 3 days ago

Most conditioners are basically just a means to coat your hair in silicone. If your conditioner shows dimethicone as an ingredient, that is silicone.

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DaPorkchop_ 8 points 3 days ago

yeah i know (that's what i saw in the shower), i just spent so long in the store trying to figure out all the other stuff i needed that i forgot to check the ingredients on the conditioner until it was too late ಠ_ಠ

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NerdyNeko90 7 points 3 days ago

Started bringing my own conditioner when visiting parents or in-laws for this very reason!

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DaPorkchop_ 5 points 2 days ago

yeah but if airport security says no you're shit out of luck ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Staden_ 4 points 3 days ago

My hair would always do this before I started straightening it and I never checked if it was the conditioner causing it. Hmm

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DaPorkchop_ 10 points 3 days ago

i recommend looking into the Curly Girl Method if you haven't already - it's truly the only thing keeping the frizz down

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azalea_flower 3 points 3 days ago

Damn, I pretty much always use strong hair mousse for similar reasons, though I've been using better conditioner since so maybe I should see how it looks naturally again.

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IntroSkeptic 2 points 2 days ago

Curls are hell 😭

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DmMacniel 2 points 3 days ago

Damn... I gotta get conditioner with silicone!

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DaPorkchop_ 1 point 3 days ago

it's certainly an eye-catching look

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DmMacniel 2 points 3 days ago

It does, and it looks fire on you!

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DaPorkchop_ 2 points 3 days ago

the shirt is completely unrelated btw i'm not in spain rn

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Berengaria_of_Navarre 2 points 3 days ago

Once, when I couldn't find my leave in conditioner I decided to use the kids detangler spray and just comb that through instead. Epic fro.

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thestrike 2 points 2 days ago

I can relate to the curly hair struggles 😅

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DaPorkchop_ 2 points a day ago

your hair always looks so goooood omg

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thestrike 2 points 16 hours ago

Thanks 👉👈

didn’t use enough gel today but it’s alright

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