Why it's great: "[This is] probably the most powerful drugstore deep conditioner in ages," says one user. "[It] mends split ends and damaged hair, making it smooth and shiny." Readers are infatuated with their "shiny and soft hair" after "only having used it once!"
"If you are looking for a drugstore hair mask, this is THE one you have to get it," raves another reader. "Not only does it really make you feel like you have someone else's hair (someone more fabulous), but it also smells great, and the price is amazing." If you want an inexpensive, damage-repairing product, readers say this is your new go-to.
Why it's great: Readers give this "rich" deep conditioner a glowing recommendation because the results "don't just shampoo out" — "the benefits last for about a week after use." They say that it's a "great investment for your hair" because it "makes hair superstrong," "calms the frizzies" and "returns [damaged] hair back to health." One reader, who says her hair is so dry it "crunches" to the touch, found that her hair was softer than ever after using this product. "I have soft, shiny, bouncy hair for ... the first time in my life. I can actually run my fingers through my hair," she says.
Why it's great: While the price of this product is enough to make some readers shy away, many claim it's worth every penny. "My hair feels instantly smoother, shinier and I can finally run a comb through it without getting stuck," one user says. "It never weighs your hair down or leaves a greasy look like some hair masks do," she adds. Reviewers claim the "thick and creamy texture" makes the product easy to apply and say they love the "divine smell."
Why it's great: Reach for Biolage when you need a deep conditioner that works quickly, according to reviewers. After a single use of this deep conditioner, one reader was left "with the best results any conditioner had ever given." "[It] literally transformed my dull and dry damaged hair into hair that did not even feel like it was my own," she adds. Another swears by this product because it makes her hair look "so alive" and conceals and prevents "ugly split ends."
Why it's great: Infatuated with its affordable price and hydrating properties, more than 300 readers chimed in on this product's review. Readers claim the product not only "smells amazing, but it makes hair shiny, healthy looking and really soft."
One reader explains that the "Australian sea kelp, aloe leaf juice and jojoba oil are just some of the ingredients that make hair stronger." Collectively, users say this product is perfect for a quick dry-hair fix and a prudent choice if you're trying to save a penny or two.
Let's be honest, ladies — every single time we flip it mid-conversation, shyly tuck it behind our ears or peek through it when it falls before our faces like a curtain, we know exactly what we're doing: making the stone cold heart of every onlooker melt like butter on the sidewalk in the middle of July. Whether you're rocking a face-framing pixie or waist-length layers, gorgeous, healthy hair is a gal's greatest accessory. But ironically, we often damage it in the process of getting it to that gorgeous state.
After deciding to go red for the eighth time, our hair just can't take the abuse. For all the ladies with dry, over-heated hair; for all those who've gone six months too long without a hair cut; for all the strawberry blondes that were God-intended brunettes — let us introduce you to your new hair savior. Damaged hair, meet deep conditioner. We think you two will be very happy together.
Our readers dished on the best deep conditioners (and hair masks — aka, one step up from deep conditioners) to help your hair finally reach its full potential.
Use one of these after your regular conditioner once or twice a week: apply enough product to cover all of your hair, and put on a shower cap for the last 10 minutes of your shower. Let the stuff work its deep conditioning magic, and voila — healthy, beautiful, heart-melting hair.
