I use cholesterol to condition once a week. I have hard water and winter really dries me out. It is really cheap and you can get it in a drugstore. Look in the african american hair care section.

Biologe HYDRATING Shampoo and Condigtioner are great --- I use the "knock off" brand from Sally's Beauty Supply.

I just got on the Dr. Bronner website and found this, Oh, Oh

For shampoo, wet hair and scalp very thoroughly, squirt some soap into hands and work into a lather. Wash hair, then rinse well. Because soap can be drying for most hair types, using it as a shampoo is not one of our formal recommendations. Nevertheless, many people are fond of using it as such. People with short and/or curly hair seem to have the best luck using it for shampoo. Those of us with fine, straight hair sometimes feel it is difficult to rinse well. A dilute vinegar rinse is the best way to remove any residue.

I LOVED how it rinsed from my hair! I have straight, fine hair and like I said, a ton of it! We'll see if it continues to work for me!

You can get a HUGE tub of it from Sallys

Wash your hair like you normally do.

Take about 1/4 cup of the hair cholesterol and put it in the microwave for a few seconds (Just to warm it up really good)

Massage the cholesterol into your scalp for about 5 minutes (Make sure you press firmly, and DONT use your nails)

Then put a plastic shower cap (You can get those too at sallys for dirt cheap) on and sit around for about 30 mins or as long as you want.  Heck you can even sleep with it in your hair!!

Rinse and shampoo like you normally would

I used to do this to a bunch of my hair clients who had scalp problems.

You know what else works well??  Shampoo and towel dry your hair.  Squeeze about 4 vitamin E capsules into your hands and massage THAT into your scalp!  Its amazing!