shaving use
This is great to shave with, not by itself but mixed with some gel-type shaving cream. Take a small amount of this conditioner and mix it with two parts shaving gel. You'll get the most luxurious, comfortable shaving cream you've ever used, and it won't clog your razor.
—Ryan H.
I've seen better
This product is NOT worth its price. And it made my scalp extremely itchy (yes, I did rinse ALL of the conditioner out). It made it so itchy that I had shampoo it out (not with Paula's shampoo because that made me itchy too). I've never had such a strong reaction to any products. Please people, try the samples first. At least for two weeks. Please. Customer Care Response: Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear of your experience with this product. While the response you have indicated is not typical, we do understand that each customer is uniquely different in how they will respond to products or ingredients. This along with everyday environmental factors can sometimes play a part in how someone will ultimately respond to a product or combination of products. We will credit you for the product. Please contact customer care with any questions.
—RE
Rare product
Why is it so hard to find an unscented conditioner? It seems like every hair product out there, from drugstore to salon, wants to make me smell like fruits, flowers, herbs or "ocean breezes". I bought this because I've become more sensitive to scented products lately, and I suspected that my old drugstore brand conditioner was giving me rashes and acne on my scalp, neck, shoulders and back. Well, I was right. The aforementioned parts of my body started clearing up as soon as I started using this. And it seems to make my rather coarse hair softer, smoother and shinier than my old conditioner, too. Thanks, Paula, for making a truly rare product.
—Susan P.
Agree with previous poster
I agree with a previous poster: I normally don't write two reviews for a product, but I just received my second bottle of this stuff and decided to write another. Though my hair is very curly, it is very fine. It cannot handle a lot of product or any heavy, buttery products. Words cannot describe how satisfied I am with this conditioner. My hair is left feeling so soft. Many other products I have tried left my hair crunchy and weighed down or dry and frizzy. This product is perfect. Best of all, it did not irritate my skin. My skin is very sensitive. I am allergic to many essential oils and some fragrance oils. I am glad that this conditioner contains no irritating ingredients. Please, never stop making this product. I will buy it forever.
—Ariell
Love it!
This is the only conditioner that works on my very fine, straight hair. Leaves no residue, hair is shiny and tangle-free. Deeper conditioning can be achieved by leaving on longer or using more product. Thank you Paula for a fragrance-free conditioner, because they're impossible to find at the drug store!
—Amanda
Beyond amazing
LOVE THIS! I used it as a leave-in for my 4a curls. It left them SOFT, bouncy, and shiny. A LOT better than many more expensive products I have tried. And TRUST ME, I have tried A LOT. Nothing makes my hair feel as soft as this conditioner does. And the comb just glides right through. And EXCELLENT DETANGLER. For me, a little goes a long way. The product also did not irritate my very sensitive skin. I will continue to purchase as long as it's available.
—Ariell
Seborrheic Dermatitis
Much like other reviewers, I wanted to try Paula's shampoo and conditioner to see if it could help with my seborrheic dermatitis. I've used it a few days now, and unfortunately the SD seems to just get flakier and flakier-especially around the hairline. I hate to think that I'd be allergic to them (I hear that you'll get acne/redness/dry patches at the hairline if you're allergic to hair products), so I'm going to try these again after completely getting rid of the flakes with Nizoral/Head&Shoulders to see if Paula's stuff works better that way. Any thoughts on this? Customer Care Response: Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that these products did not work well for you. The ingredients in our shampoo and conditioner are not known to incite this type of dermatitis, although you could be reacting to one or more of the ingredients despite their benign status. If you have introduced any styling products, they could be the culprit too due to prolonged contact with the scalp. We will certainly pass along your feedback to Paula and her Product Development Team. In the meantime we will credit you for the product and encourage you to contact customer care with any additional questions. Additionally, we will send you some free samples of our Redness Relief Treatment. This can be used as a toner along your hairline at night. It should help reduce the inflammation and itching, and may help reduce the dermatitis, too!
—A. B.
not great for thick curly hair...
that needs more moisture. ordered this and the shampoo because I love other PC products for the skin however, they immediately and extremely dried out my hair. Perhaps good for more fine and oily hair? I almost always finish my products even if I don't like them but this combo is too extremely drying for me to keep using. I'll stick to the skin care unless a more moisturizing product comes out. Customer Care Response: Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear this product was not moisturizing enough for your hair. It does not contain any drying or stripping ingredients but we do understand each customer can respond differently to the products. We will credit you for it and pass along your feedback and comments to Paula. Please contact customer care with any questions, we are happy to help.
—lh
GREAT CONDITIONER!
I am writing a second review of this product, which I never take the time to do, because it is so great. It is a little crazy to write two reviews but this conditioner is that great and there is no other like it, without fragrance. I was happy to finally find a fragrance free product that was good quality but did not expect it to improve the health of my hair. I have long, fine, layered hair. I have been using salon products for years and I cannot believe that I have finally found a conditioner better than my expensive brand. The best part is that it does NOT give me headaches from fragrance. I LOVE this product. Please do not discontinue, will use forever. Thanks again, Andi
—andi T.
BEST EVER!
After looking forever for a shampoo and conditioner that is high quality and FREE of fragrance this is the best ever. I have looked at Ulta, department stores, never to find a great shampoo and conditioner without fragrance. I have used a free and clear product, which is ok, but not great for long, fine, layered hair. Finally, a very good quality product without fragrance. Thank you sooo much, please do not discontinue, will use forever!!!!!
—andi
If you like this conditioner...
FYI, Paula's FACIAL pump works with this bottle.
—ES
My long hair feels amazing!
I love this!! I only have to use a very small amount, and my hair is so soft. I love trying lots of different types of shampoos and conditioners, even the expensive salon brands. I have been astounded, My hair is silky smooth, with no usual flyaways or my usual slight waves. My hair looks like I got it straightened, but it's not weighed down! I don't mind that it doesn't have a fragrance, now my perfume doesn't have to compete with another smell. It is pricier than grocery store brands, but not as expensive as salon brands. So I will definitely be buying again! I wish Paula would come out with a hair mask, for added shine or moisturization though.
—Anna
love it too!
this makes my hair look & feel so healthy. I have thin, poker-straight fine hair. lightweight, rinses nicely. not heavy. my hair even looked great the next day. perfect! didn't even miss that it wasn't fragranced.
—Lori
tres bon
Very luxurious! Conditioner is conditioner, to be sure, but I enjoy supporting Paula's business. Give it a try!
—Francie
LOVE
This is the best conditioner I have ever used! My hair is shoulder length, fine and oily and this product is absolutely perfect for me. It never weighs my hair down, rinses off easily, and leaves my hair silky all day. I just wish it had some fragrance. The bottle lasts forever too.
—Melissa
Interesting
As a conditioner this does not work on my coarse thick hair - it even makes it feel more dry. However, as a cleansing conditioner this works really well. I skip shampooing and just use a handful of this to wash my hair and end up with clean moisturized shiny hair. I recently watched a commercial for wen and thought hmmmmm let me see if i could do the same thing with paula's conditioner. I don't know but its been working and my scalp feels clean and not greasy at all.
—ash
Steadily Improving the Texture of My Hair
This is as great a hair conditioner as it is a shaving cream! I have very brittle hair due to a medication I am on and my hair is very damaged, dry, and steel wool feeling. I am impressed with its ability to soften my hair without leaving it greasy. Tip: if your hair is very damaged or brittle, you have to use quite a bit to see a difference. I use a half-dollar sized amount and leave it on my entire shower. I also don't rinse it out all the way. This is the only conditioner that hasn't given me bacne.
—Claire
Just what I've ALWAYS needed!
I'd been searching for a conditioner that works well with my hair for over 20 years.I have no scalp sensitivities, dandruff, etc. but I use this conditioner because it is the best for my hair. I've tried been torturing my fine, wavy/curly, dry, hair since I was 13 years old (and I'm now 45), always loving to change hair colors, even getting my naturally brown-black hair blonde a couple of times...Before I found this conditioner often my hair kind of looked like a strange steel wool hat. I don't want to wear it short, but I was beginning to think I'd have to chop it off. This conditioner greatly improves the look and feel of my hair by adding silkiness, shine, and body. The shine is unbelievable, and people always compliment its radiance. I share this conditioner with my 3 year old daughter and she has the shiniest, softest, bouncy curls I've ever seen.
—SBA
A Must!
Gotta have this too! I use it as a leave in conditioner after I color my hair...I just love how it is not greasy at all. My hair always feels like silk.
—Johnny
Good conditioner
I had a hard time finding hair products after I developed my frangrance allergy and the shampoo was a life-saver, but I'm not crazy about this conditioner. It's a little lighter than I like. I have pretty oily hair, but the ends sometimes get a little dry. This conditioner doesn't really seem heavy enough for me to feel like it's protecting my hair from split ends. On the other hand it's by far the best I've found without fragrance.
—Melissa
Very Good Shaving Cream
I really recommend this product for shaving! It makes your razor glide freely and conditions the skin at the same time. I like this much better than the gel.
—Wilson
Wonderful!
Love this product. It's a little on the expensive side (I usually use conditioners from Pantene), but I'll likely order it again because it's so effective. I use a small amount on my toddler's hair, since it gets so tangled otherwise. I've also used it as a shaving cream. Well done!
—Mary-Ellin
Lorie Borges
I really hoped that I had found a good unscented conditioner. But this made my hair feel more dry and damaged each time I used it. Should have ordered the sample size. My bad.
Customer Care Response: We are sorry to hear about your experience with this item. Please contact our Customer Service team for further return or exchange assistance.
—Lorie Borges
Does nothing for me
I usually love your products Paula, but this conditioner does nothing for my hair. I preserved thinking it would work better after a few weeks and I even had 3 inches cut off my hair in that time thinking maybe my hair just needed a good trim. But this conditioner leaves my hair feeling so porous, I can barely get a brush/comb through it. I guess I'll give it to hubby to use as shaving gel
Customer Care Response: We are sorry to hear about your experience with this product. While we do not have another conditioner option to offer Paula recommends many on beautypedia.com.
—jacqui
great conditioner!
The other day I was in the shower and realized I was completely out of my regular hair conditioner. Luckily I remembered I had an unopened sample of Paula's conditioner from a previous order I had placed. I was so pleased with the results after just one use! For some reason my hair styled much more nicer than usual (I have long thick layered hair) and when I got to school people in my class noticed the difference in my hair and I got some nice compliments. I will be ordering this conditioner on my next order. Can't wait to try more of Paula's products!
—Leeanne Mullins
Seborrheic Dermatitis is gone!
Having tried every smelly, harsh, medicine-like shampoo on the market for my seborrheic dermatitis, I was VERY skeptical about this working when I read other reviews about how it helped their SD. So I bought a few samples and was absolutely amazed at how it was simply gone after ONE time of using the shampoo and conditioner! ONCE! That's it! I ordered my full bottles the next day and have thrown away my T-Gel, H&S and Selsun Blue - which was drying my hair out SO badly! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving my hair. xoxoxox
—Lori
Outstanding Multitasking Product
WOW!!! Excellent fragrance free conditioner that leaves hair soft. It also doubles as a shave cream. Two great products for the price of one!
—Jamie H
Good conditioner
I am not sure why some reviewers found this conditioner thin. I think it's medium-thick, personally. Similar to Finesse, which is very good, but PC's is fragrance-free, which I need. I was very impressed. It left my hair silky-soft. I have thick, blonde, highlighted wavy hair. It might be too heavy for people with fine and/or thin hair. I found it took quite a bit of rinsing to get this out. But it is the best of fragrance-free conditioners on the market, IMO.
—Elizabeth
condtioner
your conditioner is superb, I have thick"ish"coarse, colour tortured hair, wavey..conditioner is amazing, I use a lot but very worth it, the shine is amazing,I leave in always after showering as a finishing product. Thank you
—donna power
Geat Conditioner for Course, Curly Hair.
I normally use Bumble and Bumble Creme De Coco. It really stands up to my hair and I love the smell but your product is a great alternative. It's actually the best I've used that wasn't a 'salon' only brand. I do agree that maybe it could be a bit thicker, but it is wonderful and doesn't have a really perfume-y smell that many drugstore brands have. I love that it is essentially half the price of my B&B and you get almost twice as much. I have noticed though that it is so smooth and sleek that I have almost slipped in the shower after conditioning my hair!
—Alison
Good but not ideal for all hair types
I am a big fan of Paula's Choice products, but I have to agree that this conditioner is not ideal for all hair types. I have thick, coarse, dry hair that needs a lot of moisture. I would love to see a thicker and richer formula added to this line. I would also love to see a leave-in product that detangles and protects against heat.
—TR
Good but not ideal for all hair types
I'll admit, I just reordered this product for the third or fourth time. I really like it. The only issue for me is that I have extremely thick, semi-coarse, curly, dryish hair, and I have to handfuls of this in order for it to work for me. I know that the instructions say to use more for my hair type, but it doesn't seem fair that I have to go through a bottle 5 times as fast just because of my hair type. I would really love to see a second formula that is thicker and richer (even a bit of oil would be welcome). It seems the current product really caters to normal to fine hair. It's not an ideal one-size-fits-all option.
—Robin H
Love Smooth Finish Conditioner
I've got to say that I love this conditoner. It really leaves my hair feeling really smooth and silky. My hair responds very well to this product. Doesn't weigh it down at all. I color my hair and both products All Over Body Shampoo and Smooth Finish Conditioner are my one and only choice for me.
—Donna P
Amy
This is the only conditioner I use. It does double duty on vacation when I also use it as a shaving cream to shave my legs.
—Amy
One of a kind conditioner
My scalp is itchy when i use other hair products in the market, except this one. I use it with Paula's Choice Body and Hair shampoo, and it's wonderful. I use it to condition the dry skin area on my body during shower too. It is lovely. Thanks.
—Cecily
This rocks!
This is the best conditioner I have ever used! It doesn't feel greasy, it rinses out easily and does not give me hair line area acne! A little goes a long way, too. I can't imagine how long this huge bottle is going to last me?! What a great product!
—Patricia
Husband loves this as shaving cream!
Since he's not interested in researching it, I'm always on the lookout for skin care products that my husband might like. Based on a review I read, I bought this conditioner for him to try as a shaving cream. He says he misses the foam of "regular" shaving cream, but that he much prefers how this conditioner makes his skin feel. It's a keeper!
—Lorene
Great leave-in too!
I have coarse, sparse, curly hair - a deadly combination that usually ends up flat and greasy looking with conditioner and frizzy and dry when I use no conditioner. With this conditioner, however, all that is avoided. Now my hair feels soft, silky, not heavy and greasy. It is also a fabulous, non-greasy leave-in conditioner which works great on hot, humid days and a fanastic shaving lotion too.
—Ilse
This is going to save me lots of money!
I just tried a sample of your shampoo and conditioner and I've added it up. These products are going to save me about $175 a year... and make my hair look and feel better too! I've been buying very expensive high-end shampoo and hair serum to smooth out the frizz in my combination curly/straight hair. These two products do a wonderful job making my hair feel soft, in less steps and for alot less money! I'm so excited! Thank you!
—Autumn
Smooth Finish Conditioner
Works as advertised and makes an excellent shaving cream for men. Recommended for men instead of the Close Comfort Shave Gel, which is not easy to splash off the face if you shave at the sink.
—Ryan
Excellent Product
I was given this product along with several other Paula's Choice products for Christmas, and loved all of them! I particularly loved this product as I have very dry color treated hair. Left it on for about 10 minutes and WOW! hair was soft, full of body and had a great shine! Very impressed with this and so glad it's fragrance free! which is a HUGE plus for me.
—Barbara
Paula Shampoo and Conditioner
These are wonderful. I have coarse but flat hair due to being Asian. These products make my hair smooth and silky but without any heavy or goopy residue. Also these are the only products I could find that could be safely used before Lasik surgery-no perfumed items allowed going into the operation!
—Nikki Tsuchiya
This conditioner is the BEST!! Thank you so much for selling your products...this conditioner makes my hair sooo easy to comb through, and is saving my hair from our dry climate and eliminates the dreaded static flyaways. The products my hairstylist sold to me never performed as well as this stuff.
—Kimberly D.
I adore your Smooth Finish Conditioner. As someone who suffers from allergies and eczema, I love that it has neither fragrance nor irritating ingredients. I also use it to shave my legs and condition my makeup brushes.
—Linda F.
This is by far the best conditioner I have ever used. I have dry, curly hair that can be difficult to tame, and have tried everything on the market from the high-end, over-priced products to those that claim to "repair" your hair. Nothing can touch this conditioner! I even recommended it to my stylist. Thank you for taking the nonsense out of shopping for hair care products!
—Jackie F.
I've suffered for years with an itchy, seborrheic-type scalp that always worsened when I was under stress and during the dry winter months. For the first time I found products that cleared it up completely when I began using Paula's Choice All Over Bath and Body Shampoo and Smooth Conditioner. Even though I have been under really bad stress (due to my husband's injuries in a bad accident in January) over the past 6 months, I still haven't had a problem. I would highly recommend these products to anyone. The facial cleansers/moisturizers are great too and cleared up my dry skin problems.
—Linda C.
What makes this product unique?
Precious few truly fragrance-free conditioners exist, so this one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art conditioner works brilliantly for any hair type but is especially helpful for those with sensitivity to fragrance. Our savvy formula puts Smooth Finish Conditioner in a league of its own. The non-irritating base works as a daily moisturizing and detangling conditioner that leaves even highly-textured, coarse hair looking soft, shiny, and manageable. The silky texture makes it easy to apply and distribute through wet hair and rinses easily so hair never feels limp or greasy. Ideal for those with sensitive, itchy scalps.
This product is 100% fragrance-and colorant-free.
Who is this product for?
Smooth Finish Conditioner is recommended for all hair types.
How should this product be used?
After shampooing, apply a small amount (dime-sized for thin or fine hair, more for longer or thicker hair) focusing on the dry parts of your hair and scalp or avoiding your scalp if it is oily. Leave on for 1–2 minutes, then rinse well. For deep conditioning, leave Smooth Finish Conditioner on hair for as long as possible. Can be used as a leave-in conditioner for those with very dry, thick or course hair or in very small amounts to tame frizzy and flyaway strands. May also be mixed with a styling product for softer, more conditioned hold.
What Makes Paula's Choice Products Unique?
Created by world renowned skin care expert and author Paula Begoun
Proven effectiveness based on hundreds of published scientific studies
Targeted systems for wrinkles, acne, rosacea, sensitive skin, oily skin, dry skin and more
Fragrance-free, color-free, free of harmful skin irritants, and never tested on animals
Sources to support the claims made for Smooth Finish Conditioner:
Journal of Cosmetic Science, Volume 55, Supplement, 2004, pages S133–S141; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, December 1999, page 1020; ; Encyclopedia of Conditioning Rinse Ingredients, Hunting, Anthony, Micelle Press, 1987, pages 147–148 and 400–401; and Conditioning Agents for Hair and Skin, Schueller, Randy and Romanowski, Perry, Volume 21, 1999, pages 281–288.
Directions: After shampooing, apply a small amount (dime-sized for thin or fine hair, more for longer or thicker hair) focusing on the dry parts of your hair and scalp. Leave on for 1–2 minutes, then rinse well. Those with dry, coarse hair that may need deeper conditioning, leave Smooth Finish Conditioner on hair for as long as possible.
How much Smooth Finish Conditioner should I use per application?
That all depends on your hair length and texture. If you have short hair that is fine or thin, use less and avoid the root areas. If you have normal hair (not fine or thin but not thick or coarse) use slightly more. Thick, coarse, or curly hair can use a generous amount. Experimentation will tell you which amount is best for your hair's texture and condition.
