Help me find a conditioner!

Hi everyone. I am looking for a conditioner that contains either panthenol, collagen, keratin or protein (preferably panthenol) as one of the first 2-3 ingredients. These ingredients work the best for me, I like thick conditioners, like paste! Anyone want to help? Thanks :-)

lyris, uzma has a great idea! ive toyed around with this plan myself, unfortunately since im so broke it had to be put on hold...

if i could suggest one thing though - if you are going to be adding straight panthenol, the girl i talked to that did this said that it might make your hair a bit stiff/crunchy, (i assume this is protein crunch) you might want to consider adding some silk amino acids, just for fun. (and some slip!) that was my plan, anyway.

you can get silk amino acids and panthenol at voyagersoapandcandle.com
and i think as well at thebuyinggroup.com and fromnaturewithlove.com

i think one of those even sold dimethicone... (if you use the stuff! ) but by all means, shop around, im canadian and those places were simply the cheapest shipping for me!

*smacks forehead* i knew that, but for some reason i always associate panthenol with protein... (i must be the only one!! ) blame it on the thread i was reading elsewhere while replying here. so much for multitasking.
anyway - i just remembered that i was shopping a month ago and found a conditioner by Freeman, it was only $1.99, and the ingredients were ok for so cheap, see what you think:
water, cetearyl alcohol, stearalkonium chloride, panthenol, hydrolyzed wheat protein, wheat amino acids, (list of fruit extracts,) behentrimonium methosulfate, propylene glycol, glycerine, tetrasodium edta, citric acid, dmdm hydantoin, (token list of parabens, fragrance,and color.)

so, not the high quality proteins you were looking for... but its called Glisten Up Crystal Sheer Conditioner, and there should be about 2 or 3 other conditioners in the line with very similar (if not identical) ingredient lists. yeah, its cheap, simple stuff. but it has panthenol pretty high up, thats why i bought it, but unfortunately since my (superfine) hair tangles if you so much as look at it, this stuff didnt do such a great detangling job, and i use it as a pre-conditioner for CWC. smells great though, and has that thick, pastey consistency.
by the way, i have *never* seen any hair products that contain collagen (and ive kept my eyes open!) - have you used any that are worth mentioning?

I heard/read that B5 is the only vitamin that is able to penetrate the hair shaft, not just coat it. Anyone else heard this or know whether or not it's got truth to it?

Thanks.
Becky

Mitzy I reread your post and you mentioned your hair's tendency to tangle. When you're shopping for conditioners (both rinse-off and leave-in) look for products that list the following detanglers high up in the list (perferably 2nd-4th):

Behentrimonium methosulfate
Benzalkonium chloride
Benhenalkonium chloride/betaine
Cetrimonium bromide/chloride
Quaternium 15

Most of these are called quarternary conditioning agents, which means they make hair easier to glide a comb through. I hope this helps you if you're still having issues with detangling :-)