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No.5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner vs. No.5 Leave-In: What’s the Difference?

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Key Takeaways

  • A conditioner moisturizes your hair, is applied, and is rinsed off in the shower.
  • A leave-in conditioner is applied outside the shower and moisturizes your ends.
  • You can use both a conditioner and a leave-in conditioner together as part of your haircare routine.

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OLAPLEX No.5 Bond Maintenance® Conditioner vs. No.5 Leave-In™: What's the Difference?

When it comes to conditioners and leave-in conditioners, what really sets them apart? Learn about No.5 Bond Maintenance® Conditioner versus No.5 Leave-In™.

What Is No.5 Bond Maintenance® Conditioner?

In general, conditioners work by keeping your hair soft and moisturized. A conditioner can also help strengthen the cuticle of your hair by coating strands to prevent breakage. OLAPLEX conditioners do even more thanks to OLAPLEX Bond Building Technology™.

Finding the right conditioner is the key to visibly healthier hair. No.5 Bond Maintenance® Conditioner is a reparative moisturizing and hydrating conditioner that leaves hair easy to manage, shiny, and healthier-looking and feeling. It benefits all damage-prone hair types and textures. When used with No.4 Bond Maintenance® Shampoo, it improves manageability and softness, leaves hair looking shinier and healthier, and helps maintain hair health. When you use the two together, you’ll also notice optimum conditioning and dramatically improved manageability. Using No.4 and No.5 as a system also prevents breakage, split ends, frizz, flyaways, and future damage.

Use No.5 after shampooing with No.4 and apply it to the mid-lengths and ends of your hair. Leave the conditioner in your hair for one to three minutes, then rinse. 

What Is Nº.5 Leave-In™, and What Does it Do?

Let’s take a closer look at leave-in conditioner. Leave-in conditioner has many benefits and works by adding extra moisture to the hair, which can help prevent damage, breakage, and frizz. You can use leave-in conditioner on damp hair after you get out of the shower. Leave-in conditioners can be perfect for everyday use, or you can use them as needed when you start to notice dry ends.

Look for a multi-benefit leave-in conditioner like Nº.5 Leave-In™. This moisture-rich leave-in conditioner with OLAPLEX Bond Building Technology® and a High-Adhesion Sealing Complex provides immediate and continuous repair to your hair. No.5 Leave-In™ provides up to 88% split-end sealing after just one use*, strengthens and protects your hair from breakage, and repairs cuticle surface damage. It even helps prevent damage.

To use No.5 Leave-In™, apply it to clean, damp hair. If you have fine hair, start with one pump; if you have medium to coarse hair, you can start with two pumps. Add more as needed and follow with stylers if you’d like. You can also use No.5 Leave-In™ on dry ends in between washes to help seal the ends of your hair.

Conditioner vs. Leave-In Conditioner: What’s the Difference?

A conditioner and a leave-in conditioner both add moisture and hydration to your hair, but there is still one key difference. To put it simply, a conditioner like No.5 Bond Maintenance® is applied and washed out in the shower, while a leave-in conditioner is applied outside of the shower and worn in your hair until your next wash. If your hair is extra damaged, you can use a conditioner along with a leave-in conditioner.

The right moisturizing hair products can do more than just moisturize; they can repair and protect your hair. Find more OLAPLEX products that help fight dryness today.

*As tested in a clinical facility using curly tresses

Sources

1. https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-use-hair-conditioner 

2. https://www.allure.com/story/what-does-a-conditioner-do-why-should-you-use-it 

3. https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-use-leave-in-conditioner