I was given some of Dove’s new nourishing oil care conditioner to try. For those of you who have been following my hair saga, I’ll start by saying it is ongoing. I continue to lose more hair than I think I should, then it grows back, and on and on. At some point I switched to using the “no poo” method of baking soda and vinegar, and I have never looked back. Vivi has similar hair to mine, so her hair needs almost no maintenance. Now that it is short, I don’t even brush it any more. However, Charlotte still has the adorably wispy angel hair that needs a bit more maintenance.
When I first noticed she had wavy hair, I wasn’t sure what to do about it. Moose? Gel? Nothing? Nope, not nothing, I figured that out quickly. Then I read a post on a natural parenting blog that helped me out. From there, I learned the #1 secret to managing Charlie’s hair.
It might sound like a no-brainer to you to use conditioner on toddler hair. After all, if you’ve been using conditioner on your own hair for years, why not use it on your toddler’s? But we’ve always bought a natural baby soap/shampoo all-in-one product that we could use all over their bodies, and it never occurred to me to use any other product prior to reading that article.
As with all other beauty products, I’m not picky about what kind of conditioner I buy, but I just so happened to be running very low on ours when Dove sent over this one to try. And I love it! It smells divinely coconutty, is conditioning but not overly heavy-feeling, and I like the bottle design. Maybe it’s a minor point, but it’s important to me to have an upside-down shaped bottle. I can’t stand having to tilt the bottle upside down when it’s running low and have it fall over constantly.
Since I only use a pea-sized amount of conditioner in her hair, it will likely last me the rest of her co-bathing days and then some, making it a more frugal choice than a more-expensive curl enhancement product. The key to using conditioner on wavy toddler hair is to rub it through with your fingers, then wash with a cup and dry with a microfiber cloth. Don’t rub it with a regular towel, and don’t use a brush or comb (unless it has very wide teeth) on it.
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Editor’s note: This post is part of Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways