You leave home with a sleek blow-dry and arrive somewhere humid wearing a halo of fly-aways. De Lorenzo Instant Initiate Smooth & Control Conditioner is the desert-inspired antidote: hydration that smooths the cuticle flat and convinces it to stay there.
TL;DR: A smoothing, hydrating conditioner for normal to dry hair that frizzes, puffs and refuses to sit still. Baobab peptides, Kakadu plum, cactus flower and bioactive citrus ferment hydrate, strengthen and control frizz without the heaviness that kills a blow-dry. 375ml.
Product Details and Benefits
- Smooth and control, decoded: A smoothing conditioner that delivers the hydration dry hair is missing, calms frizz and makes the whole head easier to manage. Hair is left silky, touchable and behaving itself.
- Inspired by the desert: The Initiate story is built around plants that thrive where moisture is scarce, and the formula is designed to do the same job on dry, unruly hair.
- The key four: Upcycled baobab seed peptides, Kakadu plum, cactus flower and bioactive citrus ferment are the ingredients De Lorenzo builds this formula around, working to hydrate, strengthen and control frizz without heaviness.
- The supporting cast: Avocado fruit oil, rice amino acids, hydrolysed soy protein, vitamin E, cucumber fruit extract, aloe vera leaf juice and hydroxyethyl urea also appear on the ingredient list.
- Slip without the sink: Fly-aways get flattened and knots let go, while the formula stays light enough that hair keeps its movement instead of hanging there like a curtain.
- Best for: Normal to dry hair, frizz, fly-aways and unruly texture. If humidity is your nemesis, this is your bottle.
- Part of the Instant series: De Lorenzo's everyday shampoo, conditioner and treatment range, naturally based with fast-acting protein derivatives, covering normal, coloured, frizzy and fine hair types.
- Australian made: Formulated and manufactured in Australia by De Lorenzo Hair and Cosmetic Research.
- Size: 375ml, the shower-shelf bottle rather than the weekend-away one.
How to Use
- Shampoo first. The Initiate Smooth & Control Shampoo 375ml is the obvious partner, but any cleanse sets it up fine.
- Squeeze the excess water out of your hair. Soaking wet strands dilute conditioner, and diluted conditioner means you reach for more of it.
- Apply through the mid-lengths and ends and massage in. Frizz lives at the lengths, not the roots.
- Comb it through with a wide-tooth comb so every strand gets an even coat, not just the lucky ones.
- Rinse thoroughly.
Pro tip: Most frizz is created after the shower, not in it. Once you have rinsed, skip the vigorous terry-towel scrub that roughs the cuticle straight back up, and instead squeeze the water out with a microfibre towel or an old cotton tee. You keep the smoothness you just conditioned in.
Why You'll Love It
Frizz is not a personality trait. This is the conditioner that hydrates dry hair, flattens the fly-aways and still lets your hair move, so your blow-dry outlasts the weather. Add the 375ml bottle to your cart and stop negotiating with the humidity.
