For a long time I was interested in the Curly girl method; Washing your hair with a low-poo conditioner. I saw many beautiful pictures of beautiful curly hair on the Curly girl facebookpage and I always wondered: Should I try this too? Would I also get more curls if I would wash my hair with a conditioner? I took the decision to give it a try and looked into the method. I searched for a conditioner that would agree to all my standards and found the Less is more brand. Puurmieke.nl sells Less is More and I was very happy that I could try out 2 conditioners from them. The two conditioners that I have tried out are the Less is More intensive hydration Conditioner & Less is More Volume Conditioner.
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Less is More Volume Conditioner
The volume conditioner was THE conditioner from the line Less is More which I really wanted to try out. Because my hair has been growing so much faster since I don’t use regular shampoo and hair products anymore, my hair is also more weight down. The longer your hair becomes, the heavier it will be and the faster your hair will weigh down. This last year I noticed that how much volume you will have, really depends of which product you use. The Less is More Volume Conditioner is a thick conditioner that cleanse your hair and scalp, strengthens the hair from the roots and nourishes the hair. After I had washed my hair with this conditioner my hair felt wonderfully soft, clean and nourished. My hair was full and airy! Totally not weighted down or greasy by too much nutrition. The conditioner has a delicious fresh peppermint scent that also keeps around in your hair during the day. And my curls? They also found this conditioner delicious and were very present!
Ingredients:
Aqua, * Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Kaolin, Cetearyl Alcohol, * Mel (Forest Honey), Glycerin, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Xanthan Gum, * Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, * Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, * Lavandula Angustfolia Oil, * Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil, * Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Extract, * (Soy-) Lecithin, * Cocos Nucifera Oil, * Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum, * perfume (* essential oils incl. Benzyl Benzoate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool), * Alcohol, Arginine, Levulinic Acid, P-Anisic Acid, Tocopherol
This Conditioner contains the mild cleansing ingredients: Kaolin and Coco-Glucoside and is therefore very suitable for the conditioner only method.
Kaolin
You can see on the packaging of the conditioner: Bolus Alba (kaolin clay). Kaolin is a type of white clay known as Bolus Alba. The white clay is a natural product and naturally cleanse your hair from sebum and dirt.
Coco-Glucoside
Coco-Glucoside removes sebum, can loosen soluble dirt and remove very mild build-up. But no heavy build-up or build-up of silicones. This ingredient is a very good option if you have an oily scalp but the lengths of your hair are very dry. This ingredient is NOT suitable for low porosity hair, if you use heavy products for your hair or if your hair builds up easily.
In addition, this conditioner contains a lot of aloe vera and many nice natural oils (like Peppermint oil) that will nourish your hair intensively and has a nice fragrance. To ensure that the conditioner will clean your hair properly, you should let it settle in your hair for 10 minutes. You should also massage your scalp really good to loosen up all the oil.
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| Result of washing with the Volume conditioner |
Less is More intensive hydration Conditioner
Ingredients:
Aqua, * Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol, Distearoylethyl Dimonium Chloride, * Glycerin, * + Cocos Nucifera Oil, * Cananga Odorata (Ylang Ylang) Flower Oil, * Cymbopogon Martini (Palmarosa) Herb Oil, * Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, * Citrus Nobilis ( Tangerine) Peel Oil Expressed, * Althaea Officinalis (Mallow) Root Extract, * Rosa Rubiginosa (Rose Hip) Seed Oil, * (Soy-) Lecithin, * Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (Guar) Gum, * perfume (* essential oils incl. Benzyl Benzoate, Citral, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool), * Alcohol, Arginine, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Levulinic Acid, P-Anisic Acid, Tocopherol* Certified Organic + Fair Trade
This conditioner contains the mild cleansing ingredients: Distearoylethyl Dimonium Chloride and Coco-Glucoside and is therefore very suitable for the conditioner only method.
Distearoylethyl Dimonium Chlorid
e: This ingredient can remove sebum and loosen soluble dirt. Is your hair very fat and you want to clean it properly: wash twice with the conditioner. If you have very thick/full hair, then I recommend a shampoo brush or scrub/massage your scalp very well with your fingers.
Coco-Glucoside
Coco-Glucoside removes sebum, can loosen soluble dirt and remove very mild build-up. But no heavy build-up or build-up of silicones. This ingredient is a very good option if you have an oily scalp but the lengths of your hair are very dry. This ingredient is NOT suitable for low porosity hair, if you use heavy products for your hair or if your hair builds up easily.
In addition, this conditioner contains a lot of aloe vera and many nice natural oils (like Ylang Ylang oil) that will nourish your hair intensively and has a nice fragrance. To ensure that the conditioner will clean your hair properly, you should let it settle in your hair for 10 minutes. You should also massage your scalp really good to loosen up all the oil.
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| Result after washing with intensive hydration conditioner |
I found both conditioners of the brand Less is More very pleasant. Both conditioners made my hair and scalp really clean, but not to clean or lifeless as with shampoo. I got very nice nourished curls of both conditioners. AND What I also found amazing; After rinsing out both conditioners I had way less hair loss compared to another low-poo conditioner I had tested.
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