Your Top 6 Conditioners

[curvycurly78]

List from 1 (the favorite) down to your sixth--noting whether you use for conditioner washing (in place of shampoo), conditioning (post washing), or deep conditioner/treatment.  Also list your texture (cottony, thready, silky, wiry, spongy, combo, other) and hair strand density (fine, average, coarse, thick, thin, combo, other).

1. Favorite-Hollywood Beauty Olive Oil Cholesterol (deep conditioner)
2. Herbal Essences Hello Hydration (detangling after rinsing)
3. Paul Mitchell Supercharged Moisturizer (deep conditioner)
4. Suave Extreme Strength (conditioner washes)
5. Fructis Curl & Shine (conditioner washes)
6. LeKair Liquid Cholesterol (conditioner washes)

I have spongy/fine hair

[Ms_Toii]

1.  Nature's Gate Organics (cowash)
2.  Elucence MBC (condition, and leave-in)
3.  PM The Conditioner (leave-in)
4.  Lustrasilk Tea Tree (+ pure tea tree oil - deep condition)
5.  Lustrasilk Shea butter (deep condition)
6.  V05 Tea Therapy Calming Chamomile Tea (+ raw sugar for scalp scrub and cowash)

[mikosbelle]

1. Elucence MBC (co-wash, rinse out, deep treatment, leave-in)
2. Regis Design Olive Conditioner (co-wash, rinse out)
3. Oyin Honey Hemp Conditioner (rinse out)
4. Trader Joe's Nourish Spa (co-wash)
5. Aveda Damage Remedy Intensive Restructuring Treatment
6. Phytosesame Conditioner (deep treatment w/ heat cap or hair steamer)
7. Curls Coconut Sublime Conditioner (co-wash, rinse out)
8. Curls Ecstasy Hair Tea Conditioner (deep treatment with heat cap)
9.  Qhemet Biologics Olive Cream Detangler (leave-in, detangler)
10. Jessicurl Too Shea (deep treatment)
11. Biolage Conditioning Balm (deep treatment)
12.  My honey child, honey hair mask (deep treatment)

Yeah I know I went overboard, but I love each and every one of these. There are more, but these I re-stock on a continual basis and cannot do without. Oh and yes I do use each of them at some point in time.

[gharp001]

1. Jessicurl Too Shea (Co-wash & DC)
2. Kiehl's Leave-In
3. Biolage Condition Balm (DC)
4. Shea Moisture Leave-In
5. Knot Today Leave-In
6. Aubrey Honeysuckle Rose (Co-Wash)

I saw the bolded in the store yesterday and was SOOOOO tempted to buy it & try it, but I THINK I saw cones in the ingredients list. How does this work for you?

I'm not sure if there's a cone in it or not, I'm not good at recognizing a cone unless it has XXXcone in it.   However, here's the ingredients list:

Water, Propylene Glycol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Decyl Oleate, Rosemary Extract (Rosemarinus Officinalis), Goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis), Algae Extract, Chitosan PCA, Quaternium 79 Hydrolyzed Keratin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea, Fragrance

My hair is very protein sensitive, however, when I need a little protein (hydrolyzed keratin), I go to the Biolage.  It leaves my hair soft and moisturized, but your hair doesn't feel heavy or weighted, just soft and light.

[LadyJasz]

1. Jessicurl Too Shea (Co-wash & DC)
2. Kiehl's Leave-In
3. Biolage Condition Balm (DC)
4. Shea Moisture Leave-In
5. Knot Today Leave-In
6. Aubrey Honeysuckle Rose (Co-Wash)

I'm not sure if there's a cone in it or not, I'm not good at recognizing a cone unless it has XXXcone in it.   However, here's the ingredients list:

Water, Propylene Glycol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Decyl Oleate, Rosemary Extract (Rosemarinus Officinalis), Goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis), Algae Extract, Chitosan PCA, Quaternium 79 Hydrolyzed Keratin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea, Fragrance

My hair is very protein sensitive, however, when I need a little protein (hydrolyzed keratin), I go to the Biolage.  It leaves my hair soft and moisturized, but your hair doesn't feel heavy or weighted, just soft and light.

Ok maybe I was looking at another product made by Biolage because I know the product I was looking at had -cones.

[lisa6]

1. HE Hydralicious Reconditioning (co-rinse)
2. Pantene Time Renewal Mask (rinse-out)
3. Pantene 5-minute Strengthening Mask (rinse-out)
4. Yes to Carrots Mud Mask (DC)
5. SheaMoisture (leave-in)
6. Yes to Cucumbers (leave-in)

[nappy_crown]

1.  Elucence MBC (used to Co-wash, condition, and leave in)
2.  Tigi Moisture Manic (used to co-wash and condition)
2.  Trader Joes Nourish Spa (used to co-wash and condition)
4.  Suave Coconut Conditioner (used to co-wash)
5.  Suave Citrus Smoothie (used to co-wash and it's a DEAD ringer for the suave milk and honey)
6.  Lustrasilk Shea butter (Deep treatment)
6.  Lustrasilk Olive oil (deep treatment)

My hair is a combo of thready/wiry strands that are THICK (the size of heavy duty sewing thread)

So almost 2 years later, this list has changed quite a bit...I only use #2 and #3 Still....#1 if I find it on sale, but the price just isn't worth it anymore.  I don't use any of the others.

My new list is

1. Tigi Moisture Manic (rinse out)
2.  Aussie Moist (co-wash and rinse out)
3.  Trader Joes Nourish Spa (cowash and rinse out)
4.  Hairveda Amala Cream Rinse (Co-wash)
5.  Elasta QP DPR-11 (deep conditioner)

[caliente]

Any six labels of Aubrey Organics

[yellagrlwithcurls]

I want to add Yes to carrots.. i'm not crazy about the smell but I like what it does

[jazzi]

1. Elucence MBC (conditioner and leave in)
2. Devacurl One Condition (conditioner and DT)
3. Trader Joes Nourish Spa (conditioner and DT)
4. Elasta QP Breakage Control Serum (protein DT)
5. Suave Naturals (co-wash)
6. Nature's Gate Jojoba (co-wash, conditioner)
*notable mention: OIL!!!!

Texture: cottony/thready Density: med-fine

Wow!  I don't use ANY of those anymore...although I did break out a liter of old formula One C I had been saving forever and my goodness I love this stuff!   Today, I don't even have 6 conditioners...so I've made progress!

1. Pantene
2. Giovanni 50:50
3. TIGI
4. Aubrey Organics
5. Homemade treatments
6. Ayurveda

[Afrocurls]

I don't think I ever did this list but I'm like Jazzi:  I don't have six conditioners either!

Wow! I forgot all about Elucence! Do they still only sell it online and in random stores in random locations? It's really a shame they don't have wider distribution.

Anyhoo, I only have two conditioners I swear by:  Tressemme Flawless Curls and Trader Joe's Nourish Spa (which I don't use often cause I don't live near a Trader Joe's, but when I travel and come across one, I stock up!). And I use them both for all of the above. 

Honorable mention goes to DevaCurl.  I like their conditioner, but I only get that when I wanna treat myself. Can't justify spending the money when my favorite conditioners are both less than $5 a bottle.

[curlygem]

Hmmm....let's see....
Hair: thick cotton-spongy strands (if that makes any sense)
1. VO5 Tea Therapy (cowash)
2. Hairveda SitriNillah (DT)
3. Giovanni Direct (leave in)
4. Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer (leave in)
5. Hairveda 24/7 Moisturizer (cowash/detangler/leave in)
6. Silicon Mix w/Pearl (DT, but I might be brave one day and see how a lil' bit does as a leave in)
7. Miss Key 10 en 1 (see #6)
8. My HoneyChild Honey Hair Mask (DT)
9. shescentit.com Banana Brulee Deep Conditioner (see #6)
10. Elasta QP Olive Oil Mango Butter Moisturizer (leave in)

[lisa6]

1. HE Hydralicious Reconditioning (co-rinse)
2. Pantene Time Renewal Mask (rinse-out)
3. Pantene 5-minute Strengthening Mask (rinse-out)
4. Yes to Carrots Mud Mask (DC)
5. SheaMoisture (leave-in)
6. Yes to Cucumbers (leave-in)

1. HE Hydralicious Reconditioning (co-rinse/pre-poo detangling)
2. TRESemme Flawless Curls (co-rinse/pre-poo detangling)
3. Pantene 5-min. Strengthening Mask (rinse out). Time Renewal Mask when 5-min. Mask is unavailable- same exact ingredients just listed in a different order
4. Yes to Carrots Mud Mask (DC)
5. SheaMoisture (leave-in)
6. Yes to Cucumbers (leave-in)

Honorable Mention: HE Long-Term Relationship Leave-in.
I try to restrict cones to just rinse-out products, but this may edge out SheaMoisture.

[alaskanmama]

CG, how is that HV 24/7 working for you? I have it but I don't wash often enough to really get a good measure, maybe more in the warmer months than in the winter.

Hmmm....let's see....
Hair: thick cotton-spongy strands (if that makes any sense)
1. VO5 Tea Therapy (cowash)
2. Hairveda SitriNillah (DT)
3. Giovanni Direct (leave in)
4. Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer (leave in)
5. Hairveda 24/7 Moisturizer (cowash/detangler/leave in)
6. Silicon Mix w/Pearl (DT, but I might be brave one day and see how a lil' bit does as a leave in)
7. Miss Key 10 en 1 (see #6)
8. My HoneyChild Honey Hair Mask (DT)
9. shescentit.com Banana Brulee Deep Conditioner (see #6)
10. Elasta QP Olive Oil Mango Butter Moisturizer (leave in)

[Imla]

1.  Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner or Vit E. Moisture Rich Conditioner - Co-wash only.
2.  Yes to Cucumbers Conditioner - Co-wash and leave-in.
3.  Suave Tropical Coconut - Co-wash and leave-in.  Still a staple after almost 8 years.