Woman says we've been using hair conditioner wrong by leaving it on for too long
We all have our routines when we get into the shower, and for most of us who need to spend time washing our hair, our routine will often involve using shampoo first before moving on to conditioning.
But are you the type of person who leaves your conditioner to sit on your hair before rinsing it out? Many of us are, and it means we get to work washing our bodies before returning to our hair 5-10 minutes later to rinse out our conditioner.
According to one hair and beauty guru on TikTok though, we shouldn't be leaving our conditioner to sit on our hair for as long as many of us do - as it could be ruining our tresses.
Kelsey Griffin, who posts under the username @kelseygriffin, explained that most conditioners don't require you to leave the product to sit at all, and should actually just be washed out straight away - regardless of what we might have been told.
The beauty fan said that conditioner is designed to adjust the pH balance of your hair after you've used shampoo, and so by leaving it to sit on your locks for too long, you could end up altering the pH by too much.
Viral sausage roll debate leaves Brits confused about how to order at Greggs
In a viral video, she shared: "Basically, shampoo and conditioner affect the pH levels of your hair. So, like, a shampoo can have a pH of maybe like seven or eight, and then a conditioner can have a pH level of like four or five.
"But they're formulated like that so that they balance each other out, so that your hair isn't too basic or too acidic. I'm not an expert but this is how I understand it.
"So when you're in the shower and think 'Oh, I'm just going to leave my conditioner on for like 5 or 10 minutes', you could be f***ing up the pH of your hair by leaving the conditioner on for too long."
Kelsey, from the US, insisted this wasn't the case for hair masks which are designed to sit on your locks for longer periods of time, as they are formulated differently.
It also doesn't apply to conditioners that specifically tell you to leave the product to sit in the instructions on the back of the bottle, however the beauty fan said that many bottles don't tell you to leave it - so you shouldn't.
She added: "There's a reason on conditioner bottles they just tell you to apply it, and then most of them say just rinse it out. None of them say 'leave in for 5-10 minutes' or whatever. And there's a reason! You're supposed to rinse it out immediately!
"I did not know this! So, if you have been leaving your conditioner in for 5-10 minutes, which I think a lot of people are - including myself - and you think 'Oh my god my hair is so dry but I've been conditioning it so much', maybe you just need to rinse your conditioner out faster."
Commenters on the post were baffled by Kelsey's claims, as many said they had no idea they were using conditioners incorrectly all this time.
One person wrote: "This legitimately blew my mind."
While another said: "My whole life is a lie!"
Drink-driver steals JCB digger to smash into family house in revenge attack
But others said it's actually fine to leave the conditioner on for a couple of minutes, as they insisted the pH balance won't be drastically swayed.
Someone posted: "Shampoo opens the cuticle of the hair and conditioner closes it back up because of its lower pH. But leaving conditioner on for a few extra mins is fine!"
As someone else added: "Hairstylist here! So the pH level of hair sits at 4.5 to 5.5 so if your conditioner is pH balanced to that level, it's actually healthy."
Read more similar news:
Comments:
comments powered by Disqus
