A silicone-free conditioner with lemon leaf and white tea extracts, made to pair with ATTITUDE's clarifying shampoo. EWG VERIFIED, vegan, 240 ml.
Why conditioner exists at all
Shampoo is a detergent. It removes oil, and it removes some of the hair's own protective lipid layer along with it, leaving the cuticle scales slightly raised and the shaft negatively charged — which is why unconditioned hair tangles, frizzes and generates static.
Conditioner works by the opposite charge. Its main ingredients are cationic — positively charged — so they are drawn to the negatively charged hair surface and lie down along it, flattening the cuticle, restoring slip and neutralising the static. That is a genuine, physical, well-understood mechanism, and it is why conditioner works within seconds rather than needing to soak in.
Silicone-free conditioner is the harder ask
Silicones matter more in conditioner than in shampoo, because slip is exactly what a conditioner is judged on and silicones deliver it instantly and unmistakably. A silicone-free conditioner has to achieve the same effect with cationic ingredients and plant oils, and the result is real but less dramatic on first use.
What you gain is that nothing accumulates. Silicone build-up is what gradually turns hair heavy and dull and eventually requires a sulphate shampoo to strip. Break that cycle and hair behaves more consistently over months, at the cost of the immediate slippery feel. Expect two to four weeks of adjustment. Almost nobody is told this, and it is why so many people conclude natural conditioners do not work after five days.
The 240 ml bottle next to a 473 ml shampoo
Not an oversight. Conditioner goes only on the mid-lengths and ends, never the scalp, so you use roughly half as much. Matching bottle sizes would leave you with a cupboard of half-used conditioner.
What is in it and what is not
No parabens, no silicones, no PEGs, no formaldehyde releasers, no synthetic fragrance. Vegan, cruelty-free, dermatologist-tested, made in Canada. EWG VERIFIED, which requires full disclosure of everything in the fragrance — genuinely useful if you know which scent materials irritate you.