What is the conditioner only washing?

[Bernadine]

Just regular old conditioner? How often? Do you let it sit in your hair for a few minutes?

[imoan]

Yes, you can use regular conditioner. You make sure you massage your scalp really well. I put it in at the beginning of the shower, massage my scalp really good. Then I leave it in until the end of the shower. Then I rinse ALL the conditioner out and then scrunch a little bit of conditioner in as a leave-in.

[mypunkinpie]

It's not just using regular old conditioner. CO-washing uses conditioner that is free of silicones or free of silicones and parabens. You "wash" your scalp with a silicone-free conditioner like Suave Tropical Coconut, rinse, then condition the ends of your hair with another silicone-free conditioner like Giovanni Smooth as Silk Conditioner.

If you want a basic primer about CO-washing, I suggest reading the book Curly Girl or visiting naturallycurly.com.