…. no matter how long or how short your hair is, you will need more conditioner than shampoo. Unless your hair is so oily you cannot use conditioner, but surely that is very rare? I would imagine that in almost all cases conditioner bottle should be larger than the shampoo bottle. Or is it just me and my mop of hair thinking that way?
I shampoo on Sundays and Thursdays (followed by conditioner), and do a conditioner-only ‘wash’ on the days in between. I use perhaps one tablespoon of shampoo each time I wash, shared over a lather – rinse – repeat cycle. But conditioner I use about four tablespoons each time. In addition I condition my hair almost every single day so I go through about ten times as much conditioner as shampoo. My hair is long, thick, and dry.
Most brands have a smaller shampoo than conditioner. Others make both bottles the same size. But I have never seen any brand that has a bigger conditioner bottle than shampoo in a series, unless you specifically buy a salon size conditioner. I generally (if I can) buy a travel size shampoo and a full size conditioner. That is the only way I finish both at the same time.
I wash my hair twice a week and only condition once. I have very thick curly hair and I much prefer using oil. It leaves my hair silky, soft and shiny until the next shampoo.
I find conditioners a waste of money as their effects don’t last long.
Another dissenter here, I’m afraid. I don’t use conditioner at all. My fine, straight hair is usually buzz-cut to about 3cm all over. The end of each hair is gone before it gets a chance to dry out. When I let it get a little longer (still short, but perhaps up to 5 or 6cm) conditioner still isn’t needed and, if applied on a rare trip to the hair salon, makes my hair feel worse instead of better.
i quit using conditioners for my dry hair years ago … dry oil and some leave-in conditioner are at least better …
It’s often because the instructions say to wash twice before conditioning, regardless of how it’s actually used.
I have wondered this so many times – why do they do that?
I have very oily, fine hair. I have to wash it daily in the summer. Occasionally I can skip a day in winter, say, at the weekend. I condition almost never. Don’t even buy the stuff more often than once a year at most. I cannot even imagine using only conditioner!! 🙂