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Best hair purchase I've ever made!
I have hair down past my bra clasp, a majority 3B curls with some 2A randomly mixed in and I hate it because my curls are really disorganized. I have straightened it basically every day since I was young, which is about an hour of blow drying followed up with a straightener. Huge pain in the butt time-waster. Due to a sharp increase in workload this semester, I decided I needed a more permanent solution because still I need to look professional at work. I can't look like I've just given up, people!
Anyway, I researched keratin treatments (all summer ya'll, all summer) and purchased the 120 ml bottle after reading all the reviews. After doing the treatment, I shampooed with sulfate free shampoo and conditioner and decided to test it out by just letting it air dry (I've always dreamed of doing this). I AM AMAZED! My hair is silky smooth and completely straight! Zero effort required! I literally wanted to cry tears of joy. It's been a couple of weeks and it is still perfect so I have hopes that this will last for the 3 months.
For anyone interested, I did not have the patience to follow all of the directions and instead did what was recommended by another reviewer (slightly modified for laziness/impatience):
1. Shampooed (X2) with my dish soap to get all the oil and product out. I didn't feel like ordering a clarifying shampoo, ain't nobody got time for that. No conditioner or products after clarifying.
2. Comb (carefully!) with wide-tooth comb. Let hair air dry. Yeah it looked crazy.
3. A few hours later I applied the treatment all over with a dye brush and combed out the excess. I've been dyeing my hair at home for years but if you don't have practice with that you may want a friend to help that you don't mind seeing you topless. Or wear a towel. Whatever.
4. Blow dry completely. Your hair is gonna feel really bad at this point. Power through.
5. Make sure it is COMPLETELY dry and then flat iron it like you've never flat-ironed before. Go to town, get the roots, make several passes, use a comb, be serious. Torture your hair because it is the LAST time you're going to have to for a very long time (yay!).
6. I think I sat around for like an hour before I finally said forget it, there's no reason to wait, I've heat sealed this stuff and my head has cooled off. Look, I have really nice sheets and I couldn't fathom sleeping with a towel on my head to protect them, ok? Stop judging me.
7. Shampooed and conditioned with sulfate free and Voila! You already read the amazing results.
This product is a godsend and I will be ordering it for the rest of my life.
One drawback (not the product's fault) that I hadn't thought about it that if I let it air dry, it's pretty flat. I'm not complaining because straight is what I wanted and I can still put any kind of curl in it with a curling iron. However, I have started hitting my roots with a blow dryer for some volume and it works perfectly and takes maybe 5 minutes. Then let the rest air dry. BOOM, this stuff is gold.
I just threw out tons and tons of hair products and cleared off my bathroom sink. There's so much room for activities now! Glorious.
**UPDATE: I did this treatment in late Aug 2017. It is now the middle of January 2018 and I am about to do another treatment because my roots have grown out quite a bit and are starting to get wavy. It lasted over 4.5 months perfectly. Highly recommend this product.
September 2017 · Beauty and Personal Care · verified purchase