A Mermade and Her Hair Conditioner

When it comes to hair products, we feel like we've tried them all. Of course, that's impossible, but that's how we feel, anyway. Many of the best products are expensive, but some of the best products aren't expensive at all. That's our criteria around here: it has to work. Mermade by Loreal is one of our favorite hair conditioners.

We originally scored some from our hair colorist who swore us to secrecy. Now her salon exclusively sells Kerastase products (Loreal owns Kerastase, but you knew that already, right?).

Loreal Mermade Conditioner comes in a 16 oz. jar or in a tube (which is harder to track down but it much better for travel.) You can use it as a conditioner every day, or once every two weeks, put it onto freshly washed, damp hair, put on a shower cap and leave it on as a treatment for 20 minutes, then wash out. It's absolutely fabulous for colored hair. It is sold in a 16 ounce jar. It's carried at really obscure drugstores and beauty supply stores because it's made for the salon, not the retail market. Or you can just buy it at Amazon.com like we do.