Personally, I use a leavein conditioner as well as my usual rinse-away for a couple of reasons. Firstly, no matter what products I use at shower time, my hair still comes out of the bathroom like a matted bird's nest . . . and much as I would love to spend an hour getting the knots out, I can do it in two minutes with the help of a leave-in conditioner.

Another reason to use leave-ins is that any hairdresser will tell you that it's pointless overloading your hair with products as they will start to counteract each other and will make your hair far too heavy.

I know several women who use no less than four or five products at a time . . .

think about it, you wouldn't use more than one or two products on your skin so why do it to your hair.

So find a leave-in that will do everything you need it to . . . here are just two of my favourites.