The difference between hair cream and conditioner

Some people will take care of their hair by applying hair oil, while others will apply conditioner to their hair. In fact, no matter it is hair oil or conditioner, the main function of hair care is to make the hair look smoother, the hair quality will become better, and the hair will look healthier, so everyone can choose hair care according to personal needs.

Seasonal changes, air pollution, chemical damage such as perming and dyeing, physical damage such as excessive hair blowing, and malnutrition caused by picky eating can all cause hair to become dry, split, and easy to break. At this time, simple shampooing and conditioning will not be able to deeply repair and change the hair quality.

Regular use of hair treatment products can make up for the lack of nutrition in the hair. Its rich nutrients can penetrate into the inner layer of the hair, providing strong moisturizing and nutrition to the hair, making the hair active and elastic. Therefore, the key to deep hair care is hair oil.

Selection method: The method of selecting hair treatment cream is very simple. It can be summarized into three steps: smell, look and shake.

1 Smell it first. Don’t buy products with strong fragrance or pungent aroma, as they can easily irritate your scalp and cause dandruff.

The principle is generally believed that hair carries a negative charge. After washing your hair with shampoo (mainly anionic detergents, soap also belongs to this category), the hair will have more negative charges, thereby generating static electricity, making it inconvenient to comb your hair. When using conditioner, the main ingredient of which, cationic quaternary ammonium salt, can neutralize the anionic molecules remaining on the surface of the hair and leave a uniform monomolecular film. This wonderful thing will bring a series of benefits to the hair: softness, glossiness, easy combing, anti-static, and can repair the mechanical damage of the hair and the damage caused by chemical perm, electric perm, and hair dye to a certain extent.

Effect of use: The surface of healthy hair is composed of a complete set of hair scales and naturally secreted oil to form a protective film of the hair. Excessive washing, perming, dyeing, and sun exposure will destroy this natural protective film, causing the loss of moisture in the cortex, making the hair dry and losing elasticity and softness. Only by using conditioner regularly can a lasting protective film be formed on the hair to protect it from damage.

Ingredients Conditioners are mainly composed of surfactants, auxiliary surfactants, cationic conditioning agents, fat increasing agents, oils, chelating agents, preservatives, pigments, flavors and other active ingredients. Among them, surfactants mainly play the role of emulsification, antistatic and antibacterial; auxiliary surfactants can assist emulsification; cationic conditioners can soften, antistatic, moisturize and condition the hair; fat-increasing agents such as lanolin, olive oil, silicone oil, etc. in conditioners can improve the nutritional status of hair, making hair shiny and easy to comb; other active ingredients such as anti-dandruff, moisturizing, sun protection, vitamins, hydrolyzed protein, plant extracts, etc. give conditioners various functions. Common ones on the market include anti-dandruff conditioners, conditioners containing aloe vera or ginseng, etc.