My Perfect Winter Rinse Out

I like to think of my shower as my own little steamy think tank. I use my shower time to unwind, to think through what's coming up in the next couple of days, and to sort through deep and thought provoking questions. One of the latter popped into my mind in a shower about a week ago: If I love the slip and little bit of protein of L'oreal Vive Pro Nutri Gloss and I love the rich moisture of Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose, what would happen if I combined the two?

The result of this process is my dream winter rinse out.

I started a thread on curltalk asking if anyone ever mixed rinse outs. To my surprise, people apparently do this all the time, but I got more responses that indicated that people would layer rinse out rather than what I meant: literal mixing.

So I thought I'd just answer my own question and experiment.

I took half my normal amount of LVPNG in my hand, then I put the same amount of AOHR, and I used my finger to swirl them together (real scientific, huh?). At first, it looks a little lumpy/cottage cheesy. But with some more blending, something magical happened. The smells joined together so that I could detect both but they were somehow intermingled, and the faint pink cottage cheese blended to a smooth, sparkly white that reminds me of cupcake icing. It feels very rich and little heavy, but I know that if my fine 2c/3a hair didn't get weighed down, it wasn't that heavy.

Ladies, if you have these two conditioners, you have to try mixing them! My hair has never felt so soft and well moisturized post-rinse out. When it's rinsing out, it feels like silk. It's really incredible. It looks like I actually get the best of both worlds: amazing slip courtesy of LVPNG and an injection of moisture from AOHR. Really great stuff. If I had a big enough bottle, I would make a batch of it.