question about AO Swimmers conditioner

Hi, Roberta!You definitely have not been leaving the conditioners on your hair long enough. My hair is in excellent condition and I leave any Aubrey conditioner on for at least 15 minutes. For you, I would recommend 20-30. In my mind, with a conditioner, the longer the better:)I do believe that you should be doing weekly hot oil treatments at this point. I also think you should be doing the overnight thing, if at all possible. In other words, leaving in your hair the night before you shampoo. I don't want to insult you in any way, but some folks have been routinely using the hot oil treatment with wet hair, much like a deep conditioner after shampooing. Please do your hot oil treatments as pre-shampoo treatments:)With the oils, my best advice says go with olive, it is a heavier oil but will help fast. In a month, you should notice a substantial difference in your hair. As an alternative, you could also do a jojoba/shea mix. Several folks have had great luck with this. My recipe is 1/4 shea butter to 3/4 jojoba oil. This is percentages, not cups, as someone recently asked me. Shea butter can be quite expensive. Before I knew better, I paid $16.00 for 4oz, La Natura brand from the Vitamin Shoppe. A great source of the shea butter and the oils in larger sizes is a place called Victorian Greenhouse. I will leave the link for you. They sell primarily to small business people, so prices are lower, but the quality is quite good. There, you can get 1 pound of shea butter for $9.Basically, what I think might help is to do weekly hot oil treatments as described and to definitely leave the conditioners in much longer. You sort of framed your question as an either/or one. Do both to see some relief:)The other thing is that your hair can be fine and also be thick and heavy:)Hope this helps...Bye for now,JadeRelated Link:Victorian Greenhouse

Dear Roberta,Glad to see you hear, but I am so sorry about the experience with the Swimmers' Conditioner. You have got to be the first person with whom I have spoken who has had such an experience. My hair can get tangled badly and it works extremely well on me.Let me ask you this. What AO conditioners have you tried? How long did you leave any of them on your hair?Please refresh my memory on your hair.Bye for now,JadeI tried Aubrey Organics Swimmers conditioner and it> left my hair a tangled mess when wet. When I tried a> detangler it was too much and weighed my hair down.> Since AO doesn't have silicones do any of the> conditioners leave your hair tangle free?