The 14 best conditioners for every hair type, according to a trichologist

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• Conditioners keep hair healthy, shiny, and strong.
• A conditioner helps by moisturizing with oils and butters, and by strengthening with proteins.
• We found 16 of the best conditioners, based on hair type and hair needs.

Whether your hair is wavy, coily, curly, straight, or somewhere in between, it's all made of one thing: dead protein cells.