I have very long thick hair that I wear in a ponytail, *impossible* to comb unless I use a conditioner. I ran out on my last trip and couldn't find it in a local grocery store that had a rack of shampoos. I ended up buying shampoo twice thinking I had found it, I know it was there, I just didn't know the proper spelling. Regards, Walter

It appears to be "condizionatore." Good luck!

Thanks Jahoulih: I probably would have noticed that word, although you could be right. But if you run "condizionatore" thru a language translator into English you get "air conditioner"). Regards, Walter

Walter--my Harper-Collins Italian dictionary says "condizionatore" is an air conditioner. Try "balsamo" or "balsamo per capelli"

Well, the air conditioner meaning is the only one in my dictionary too. But I ran "condizionatore" through Google along with "shampoo" (which is the same in Italian as in English) and got a lot of stuff like this:<BR><BR>http://www.3wad.net/hairstyle/prod_it.htm<BR><BR>So it appears to mean hair conditioner as well.

Just tried the same Google trick with "shampoo" and "balsamo" and it gets a lot more hits than I did with "condizionatore." So I think Barbara's word must be the more usual one.

Walter<BR>If you have this problem again try giving yourself an acid rinse. Mix lemon juice with water and rinse. Or lime juice, even orange juice. They are all citric acid. You could even use Acetic acid which is present in vinegar. Fatty acids in soap combine with minerals in water and form soap scum that cannot be removed with plain water, therefore the hair becomes coated, dull and difficult to comb. By removing the soap scum and restoring the proper pH to the hair you make the hair easier to comb.

Maybe try aceto balsamico!

I'd be cautious about using orange juice. If you leave any of that pulp in your hair, it might look as if someone used your mane as a kleenex.

This is pretty funny. I teach English to Italians and the one thing they get hung up on "hair" vs "air" Or "hungry" vs "angry." They just don't hear any difference! So maybe if you ask for air conditioner you will get exactly what you want LOL

My hair and myself thank-you all. I *believe* one of the bottles I bought had a word like balsamo on it but it seemed to be just shampoo. My guess now is that it was one of those 2-in-1 (shampoo & conditioner) in the same bottle. So *any* bottle I saw after that with the word Balsamo on it I just didn't pay attention to it, assuming it was just shampoo. But I'll find Balsamo this time. Regards, Walter

ciao walter<BR><BR>i just turned back from shopping at coop firenze. and while walking through the scaffals with shampoo i rememberd your question. what i found was "balsamo" for hair conditioner. but i had another idea, if you are not sure what to buy, why don't you go in a hairdresser shop, if you see that they have products you know? and then ask for balsamo or conditioner. common here is: l'oreal, tigi, sometimes wella, testa nera (blackhead), or not very often: paul mitchel, redken. i think this way you find exactly what you need.<BR><BR>good luck! e buon viaggio!<BR><BR>christina