Am I the only one AOHR didn't work for?

[Gemini13]

Originally Posted by rudeechick

Not Me. To me they are all gloppy and leave me a dry frizzy mess. And I HATE the scents.

Oh man, they smell terrible. WAY too strong and cloyingly sweet.

I tried the AO White Camellia as well, which was great at first... but after a few days, the oils just got to be too much for my hair.

sarina, the only two condishes that have been consistently moisturizing enough for me are Devacurl OneC and Giovanni 50/50.

[MysticSpiral]

Originally Posted by Tomorrow Never Knows

AOHR is a very oil heavy conditioner, and technically oils do not moisturize your hair. Also, oil heavy conditioners are more likely to cause problems for those with low porosity hair. There's also some debate about whether or not the wheat germ oil in AOHR is processed to remove the protein or not. Furthermore, AOHR contains jojoba oil, which is not a true oil and thus does contain protein. Coconut oil can also cause hair to retain protein, so if you are sensitive to protein, this conditioner might cause problems. Look for ones with fatty alcohols like cetearyl alcohol/stearyl alcohol/cetyl alcohol and behentrimonium methosulfate. I would recommend Jessicurl WDT and Curl Junkie Curl Rehab. They work great for me...I tried AOHR and AOWC for months hoping they would work haha, but no success for me.

now that i'm thinking, my hair does have the feeling it did when I tried the Lustrasilk with the mineral oil in it (the carrot one). I hope i'm not oil senstive, I just bought a bottle of jojoba oil to try out.

[Alexjoujou]

We did not like it over here. AOHR actually left build up on my daughter's hair. It was awful and required a sulfate shampoo to remove completely. It was too much for my hair. I actually liked the smell. Hated the Island Natural's smell. Don't like the GPB one either but I kept it to use very occasionally as a DT. Haven't touched it in a month.

My hair is fine and thin. I like Shescentit conditioners (all that I've tried), Curls conditioners (Asian and Sublime one), Tigi Oatmeal and Honey, Donna Marie detangler and conditioner. The most moisturizing condish I have is Yes to Tomatoes--no idea why. Protein free as well (tho my hair likes protein). My other conditioners that aren't favorites but I will use are HSH Pumpkin, Oyin HH, Inecto coconut, and the Giovanni's. I use Giovanni Tea Tree to co-wash when I co-wash.

My hair did not respond well to the Kenra (energizing or moisturizing) or the Tigi MM.

My daughter's super thick fine to coarse hair that is mixed curl type loves the Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition and the Taliah Waajid Enhancing Herbal conditioner as well as the Mop C Mixed Greens.The GF and MopC are her favorites. We use all of these as leave in as well.

The best thing for moisture for her very dry and frizzy hair is to leave a ton of leave in AND use the Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Butter Cream, the Taliah Waajid Protective Mist Bodifier, or the Shescentit Gillian Hair butter. We use the latter as pick me up's on 2nd or greater hair days or for the ends. We've had great success with this (we just added the Taliah Waajid and the Gillian Hair Butter).

For her hair most everything else has not worked well--especially the AO conditioners. She also could not use EO, Tigi Oatmeal and Honey, Curls conditioners, and her hair positively hates conditioners with too much protein or certain types of protein.