I’m quite satisfied with the haircare products I’ve been using, but I decided to take a chance and try out a new hair conditioner from Maple Holistics, a natural haircare brand. Silk 18 Conditioner contains “18 different silk amino acids to improve moisture retention”.
I’ve used the hair conditioner a few times since I received it, and I like it. In fact, I used it when I washed my hair before going to a family dinner on Sunday night. I was chatting with my cousin’s wife, and my aunt came over to join our conversation. While I was talking to my aunt’s daughter-in-law, she started patting my hair. I’ve known my aunt since I was born, I was her first niece, and to the best of my memory, she has never done that before. I wish I could remember exactly what I said to her, but it was something like, “Aunt Sheila, what are you doing?”. She answered that my hair looked so shiny and it felt so silky. Since the only thing different in my haircare routine was the conditioner, well, I guess the Maple Holistics Silk 18 Conditioner worked!
Silk 18 Conditioner is lighter weight than the conditioner I use most often, and I was a bit concerned that it might not be hydrating enough, but it definitely made my hair silky smooth and not dry at all. In addition, my hair didn’t feel greasy at all and didn’t need to be shampooed again for 3 days. Impressive.
The scent of the conditioner is a soft, natural vanilla. I really love it!
The key ingredients are:
- silk amino acids
- shea butter
- aloe vera
- green tea
- pomegranate
- hibiscus
- sea buckthorn
- argan
- jojoba
- botanical keratin (natural fibrous proteins)
- natural vanilla.
Silk 18 Conditioner comes in two sizes: 8 and 16 oz. in an amber, BPA-free plastic bottle. It’s priced at about $12.97 and $23.35. It’s hypoallergenic, safe for color-treated hair and cruelty-free. It’s made in the U.S. Silk 18 Conditioner is sold on the Maple Holistics website along with other haircare products from the brand as well as on Amazon. And I recommend it!
Love the list of ingredients .. all natural, not harmful. Plus, the price point is really good .. adding this to my list of things to try 🙂
Monica.
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The vanilla scent is lovely too. The best thing is that it hydrates without weighing my already thick and heavy hair down 🙂
I’m always looking for a good conditioner! I forgot where I’ve heard about Maple Holistics before, but I’ll have to check this out! Thanks!
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I think a few of us have been reviewing various Maple Holistics haircare products lately. This conditioner smells heavenly (if you like vanilla like I do), and it works very well without weighing my hair down.
This sounds like an awesome conditioner. It’s always great when our relatives notice positive changes about us and compliment us!
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True. It was such a funny moment, Renu. It surprised me!
I recently got this an am excited to give it a try soon!
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I hope you like it too, Tess. I love the scent, and I was so surprised by the lightweightness of it
I absolutely love the visual of your Aunt Sheila patting your hair during the family dinner! This sounds like something that could have easily happened in my family! Your hair looks gorgeous! I use their Argan Shampoo and conditioner, and am VERY impressed! Excellent review, and clearly Aunt Sheila saw a difference!
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LOL, Helen! I’m glad to hear that you like the argan shampoo and conditioner. It was a little tough to try out a conditioner without its partner shampoo, but I do like it on its own with my other favorites 🙂
I like the ingredient list with this, although I tend to prefer a pretty heavy conditioner.
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Me too, Carleen. Though I also use heavy conditioner, this relatively lightweight conditioner was definitely hydrating without weighing my thick, heavy hair down. Totally satisfied with it!
It certainly has good ingredients!
Yes, so many great natural ingredients including natural vanilla scent!
Your hair always looks amazing!
You’re kind, Lisa! Thank you. Actually, I just got 2 inches cut off the bottom today, and now it looks really healthy 😉
This sounds fabulous and I think I need it!
It smells fabulous (I love vanilla!), and it is lightweight so it doesn’t weigh my hair down but it is still hydrating. And the ingredients are so wonderful. I think it’s a really good conditioner. I’d like to try the shampoo next 🙂
Your hair looks soft enough for me to touch through the screen. It really looks great. I’ve heard good things about the brand so I’m happy to hear it’s working for you.
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Oh, thank you so much, Marcia! Today, I just had 2 inches cut off the bottom, and now my hair is really in good shape. But I do like this conditioner. I’d like to try the shampoo next
It’s got a lot of nice ingredients!!
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Yes, it does! It’s a wonderful natural conditioner, and it smells heavenly!
This sounds so great (plus, vanilla scented!) The ingredients are impressive too, perfect for coloured hair.
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You hit the nail on the head!!
Your hair looks extremely gorgeous, soft and shiny! I know that, as much as I chemically treat my hair and use styling tools on it, I’m always on the hunt for products to make my hair appear healthy, even if I am killing it by coloring and styling it, ha! I have a crazy sensitive scalp, so I’m always hesitant to try new hair products, but this one sounds like it might be something that I could use!
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Thank you, Christine! I think because of all the natural oils in Maple Holistics Silk 18 Conditioner, you probably could. It seems so gentle to me.
Your hair DOES look silky soft! I’m kind of wishing I took the sample now haha!
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You should have, Kristina, lol It really is a wonderful conditioner! The vanilla scent and the lightweight but hydrating formula are the best
I usually use thick conditioners, too, but I’m looking forward to trying this after your glowing review. I’m guessing it’s just as hard to get my curly hair to be shiny as it is your color-treated hair.
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Actually, shininess isn’t the problem for me – the color-conditioner at the salon builds that in, but my hair can be exceedingly dry especially during the summer when I jog outside in the sun, swim in the ocean and use my flat-iron a couple of times a week. This conditioner helped hydrate my “crispy” ends!
I love Vanilla scented products, and I really like scented conditioners. It’s like perfume for the hair 🙂
I agree! I don’t know that this scent lasts that long but it smells great while using it!
Your hair is gorgeous 🙂
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Thank you so much, Courtney!
I was just picked to try this brand shampoo/conditioner!! You hair looks very nice!
Ursula aka Blueridge Beauty
That’s great, Ursula! I’ll be eager to find out which products you select and what you think of them!
Great ingredients. Love hearing about stuff like this.
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It was a lovely surprise that it worked so well!
Glad it worked for you, Allison!
I tried the Silk-18 conditioner along with the Argan shampoo from Maple Holistic, and I loved both. What I liked most about the conditioner is that it does not make my scalp oily! Opposite to what most hair experts say; I apply this conditioner to my hair and to the roots, it helps moisturize my scalp, but never weighed down my thin hair, maybe because of its light creamy consistency.
It is absolutely one of the best conditioner I have ever tried!
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That’s great, Dima! I will have to try the argan shampoo one of these days 🙂
This brand is very new to me, thank you for the information. And the price isn’t bad, either, which is awesome! I don’t know why, but I hate spending too much on hair products…..I’d rather spend it on makeup, haha!
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I feel the same way, Katie, but then I don’t really use drugstore haircare either. Usually, I look for something affordable that’s better for my hair and with fewer chemicals.