wombat, I confess I am still using conditioner! :-(
Mine is not so long, but it's too long to be simple, and very tangly.
I would like to know too. There must be herbs that are good. hmm. Once I made a strong infusion of fresh rosemary (it turned a beautiful claret colour) and that worked really well as a rinse. It took care of dry scalp, and made the hair soft and silky. That I did not rinse out. It stayed in. I should make some more...