10 best cheap deep conditioners

Who says you can't multi-task while you sleep? While you dream of Clive Owen, this overnight treatment, applied evenly to dry hair before bedtime, softens and conditions with shea butter and panthenol (vitamin B5) without making a mess of your pillow. Shampoo and condition before styling as usual in the morning.

$8.99 at avon.ca

Don't get hitched on the "What? Before shampoo?" bit -- this isn't much different from the overnight treatment, except you comb it in five to 20 minutes before you hit the shower. The 99.33 per cent natural formula nourishes dry hair with avocado, olive, almond and oat oils, and turns up the shine with nettle and rosemary extracts.

$12.99 at burtsbees.ca

Surely you know about this little blue tube? Nice'n'Easy ColorSeal is included in boxes of Nice'n'Easy hair colour, but became available for sale separately a few years back because buyers liked the hue-preserving and conditioning results so much that they wanted it all the time. If your hair is super dry or you're dealing with damage, apply to damp locks, wrap in plastic, warm with your blow dryer and leave it in for 15 or 20 minutes before rinsing.

$4.99 at drugstores, mass retailers and well.ca

Garnier Fructis cites avocado and olive oils as well as shea butter in their new Triple Nutrition Dryness Reversal Treatment, which promises stronger, shinier, healthier looking hair, and that always-delicious Garnier Fructis scent.

$5.49 at drugstores and mass retailers

Aloe vera and hydrolyzed silk are two of the ingredients in this daily conditioning treatment that promises to moisturize dry, brittle hair and smooth away frizz. Did you catch the daily part? Just use instead of your usual conditioner after squeezing excess moisture from hair post-shampoo, and leave on for about a minute before rinsing.

$10.49 at drugstores and mass retailers

Designed to treat and protect regularly heat-assaulted hair (you know who you are), Overnight Repair Miracle Masque restores moisture and suppleness with silicone, hydrolyzed wheat protein, and a blend of shea butter and oils such as avocado, soyabean and jojoba. (Psst! More critically dry and damaged hair might need LaCoupe's Replenish Hydrating Mask, a more intense brew of similar ingredients.)

$7.99 at drugstores and mass retailers

Argan oil is touted as the newest near-miracle for restoring manageability, softness and strength to dry and damaged hair. Live Clean's Exotic Nectar Argan Oil Treatment is a 97-per-cent plant-based, silicone-free blend of argan extract and argan oil plus organic grapeseed oil and olive oil.

$11.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart

Designed to help retain colour vibrancy and re-hydrate parched, colour-processed hair, EverPure Moisture Deep Restorative Masque helps alleviate hot-tools styling damage. UVA and UVB filters in the formula help reduce colour fade as a result of sun exposure, too.

$12.99 at drugstores and mass retailers

Particularly good for medium to coarse hair, this one promises big pay-off for using just a small amount -- hello, happy wallet! As well as happy hair. Olive oil, Meadowfoam seed and sweet almond extracts are part of the ultra-moisturizing mix.

$10.55 at well.ca

This beauty-from-botanicals company looks to Turkish bath cleanse-and-relax tradition to offer an unusual-to-us weekly treatment: argan oil (organic) and rose water in Moroccan clay to smooth over skin and hair in a thick layer and massage in gently. The fragrant enriched clay draws impurities from the skin and hair, yet leaves it soft after rinsing.

$22 at Yves Rocher boutiques and yvesrocher.ca