Silk Moisturizing Wash has no frills.
(It looks like a commercial for cosmetics or bread...lol)
It does not contain any petroleum-derived surfactants, is paraben-free, and is naturally derived, so it is hypoallergenic.
Contains no synthetic fragrances, yet has a soft bergamot scent!
Even though it's so stripped down, this whole body Silk Moisturizing Wash does not require conditioner.
Not using conditioner means one more step is removed from the routine, so I was somewhat reluctant to use it, and at first I would shampoo and then carefully condition my hair.
However, after reading the product description carefully, I found out that I only needed to wash my hair! The silk component, sericin, repairs the cuticles.
Conditioner used to be called rinse, but is that term obsolete now? Both are basically used to make hair smooth.
I also thought that after washing your hair with shampoo, you should use a conditioner as well, but apparently that's a remnant of the days when you used to wash your hair with soap.
In the days before technology was developed, shampoos, which had alkaline ingredients like soap, would stick to hair and open the cuticles. To neutralize this, it was necessary to rinse the hair with an acidic (opposite of alkaline) aqueous solution, such as citric acid.
...That's rinse! (That's why it means to rinse in English.)
I've tried buying a lot of treatments and conditioners, but I think keeping it simple is best.
I still use it occasionally, and it seems like the more I use this Silk Moisturizing Wash, the more the sericin works to repair my hair every day.
Experiment every day.
Azusa