Keratin Treatment Support Thread

[addaboutmyhair]

Hey everyone. I'm so ftustrated. I have texlaxed 4b hair. I did my first BKT in a salon and the next 2 myself at home. My roots are simply not taking that well! It's so annoying. I follow all the steps so carefully and my hair just doesn't get as straight. Any ideas where I could be going wrong?

 

[*fabulosity*]

Hey everyone. I'm so ftustrated. I have texlaxed 4b hair. I did my first BKT in a salon and the next 2 myself at home. My roots are simply not taking that well! It's so annoying. I follow all the steps so carefully and my hair just doesn't get as straight. Any ideas where I could be going wrong?

My roots still wave up a bit; but I figure that's okay. I wash frequently so I'm probably washing it off..

I think that concentrating at the roots with the quick tapping motion. Like opening and closing really quick helps to seal the treatment in at the roots better. I also think that the next time I do it... I will use the sedu shortie to concentrate at the roots and the edges and see what results I get.

 

[*fabulosity*]

you can try it again in about a month. As a note for everyone, i dont think u can judge the BKT results UNTIL you've had it done AT LEAST ONCE at a salon. After that, try it at home all you want, but i would recommend splurging for your first time... just mho

I think this is probably important for naturals with really thick or really resistant hair. And probably they are nervous to use the amount of heat that it requires to really sink the product in. I say use the heat as directed at the time of service to avoid using it later.

And then there's people who are probably circumventing the directions. I.e.... not washing all of the recommended times with the clarifying poo, or not blow drying for both steps, or not doing the recommended amount of passes with the flat iron.. etc. Great if some people get the results they are looking for not doing it; but if the person does not.. perhaps they need to go and follow the directions.

Just my two cents.

 

[Ladybelle]

Welcome to bit land.
To answer your question, you can repeat in a week. A few of us naturals did our first two treatments back to back with a positive result.

Good luck.

Then a week it is. Can you elaborate on back to back or is that the week you mentioned?

 

[sheba1]

Welcome to bit land.
To answer your question, you can repeat in a week. A few of us naturals did our first two treatments back to back with a positive result.

Good luck.

Agreed There was a dramatic difference in my hair from the 1st to 2nd application. I waited 5 days and the pics of each of those treatments are in my fotki.

 

[Scorpimini14720]

Hi Ladies!!!! I have finally finished reading this thread and boy I am exhausted!!!! Thank you for all the information. (Brain Hurts) Ok, I am almost ready to take the plunge and order a BKT Tx but I am still unsure what is best for me as far as price, getting my hair straight and convenience. I am relaxed/texlaxed with 11 weeks post ng. I've narrowed my search down to Softliss for the 1 day Tx. OK Treatment for the price and next day Tx and a BKT Tx called BKS I saw on Ebay but I haven't read any reviews about it except for the sellers reviews. It supposedly has 55x more keratin than other brands, is $49.95 with 8 oz shampoo, 8 oz conditioner and 8 oz tx and it is a 2 day tx. I did research the ingredients in it, and if someone would be so kind as to give me their input, I would greatly appreciate it:

The ingredients in BKS original BKT Treatment:
INGRIDIENTS:AQUA/,AL GRAIN,AMINO ACIDS, , AMODIMETHICONE, APPLE FRUIT EXTRACT , FRAGRANCE, CETYL ESTERS, METHYLPARABEN, HYDROXYETHYlCEllULOS, lAURYl PEGIPPG-18118 METHICONE, LANOUN,HIDROLIZED KERATIN,HIDROLIZED SILK, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HCI, ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE, TRIDECETH-12, CITRIC ACID, SUGAR CANE EXTRACT, CHLORHEXIDINE OIHYOROCHLO RIDE, DOOECENE, CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE , lINALOOl, LEMON PEELEXTRACT,, CAMELLIA,ALDEHYDES.COCO OIL.AMINO ACIDS, ------


Adelhyde: Carbonyl Group/organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group of formaldehyde

Niacinmide: B Complex, H2O soluble

Methyl Paraben: Anti-irritant + H2O soluble anti-microbial. Anitfungal used as perservative

Lauryl PEG 18118 Methicone: Silicone/Cosmetic Healthcare

Cetyl Esters: Synthetic Wax that is moderatley translucent. Found in cosmetics + personal product. Mixture of esters, saturated fatty acids, fatty alcohols w/ 14-18 carbon chains
Used in emulsions and lubricous feel and soft gloss. Increases viscosity and improves stability.......(sold at Lotioncrafters)

Hydroxyethyicellulos: Gelling & thickening agent derived from cellulose. Used in cosmetics, cleaning solutions and other household products

Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate: Clear liquid, insoluble in H2O. Makes sunscreen & make up products. Absorbs, reflects, scatters UV rays and protects cosmetics from deteriotaing from UV rays.

Chlorhexidine OI HCL: Couldn’t find a definition

Dodecene: Clear odorless liquid, mild pleasant odor, insoluble in H2O. Inhalation of vapors may irritate lungs and high concentrations may have a narcotic effect. Used in insect repellant.

Cetrimonium CHL: Powerful catonic conditon that imports excellent conditioning and softening effects for hair. It also confers outstandingly lubrication. Primarily in conditioning products rather in shampoos. Most outstanding feature is excellent static control and wet combing.....(sold @ Personal Formulator)

Ok.... sorry so long winded. There is no formaldehyde but a chemical that is used as insect repellant as well as the aldehyde??? Ladies.... what say you???

 

[Ladybelle]

Agreed There was a dramatic difference in my hair from the 1st to 2nd application. I waited 5 days and the pics of each of those treatments are in my fotki.

I looked at your fotki and was like . Very nice! Something to look forward to, I do have one question for you. When you waited the 5 days, was it five days after the first wash or five days after the initial application?

 

[sheba1]

I looked at your fotki and was like . Very nice! Something to look forward to, I do have one question for you. When you waited the 5 days, was it five days after the first wash or five days after the initial application?

Thanks Asuperwoman. I did the second treatment 5 days from the initial application. I'm one of those home BKTers that's guilty of playing loose with the rules. I apply BKT to towel dried hair. No way I'm blow drying my hair nakey . Then I blow dry only once and flat iron at the appropriate heat with a few strokes until silky. Even though my Global directions say to leave in for 3 days, I wash after 24 hours. I tell you, I don't follow a single rule, almost! All the same, I just love my BKT'd hair. My hair and growth has taken off since.

 

[Desarae]

I'm back ladies. I've been feeling kinda down in the dumps about my hair.
It was probably the naked blowdry, or the ironing, but...

I think my ends are damaged. They are not smooth and even anymore, they go every which way when dried. I don't like the way my hair feels. My scalp was feeling weird like it had a coating over it. I've been trying to strip whatever amount of the treatment that actually took off of my hair. I've been babying my hair and ends and have not used heat since, I've been alternating with protien and moisturizing treatments. My ends are not split...they just look thinner and frizzy.

One piece of advice: Do not use more heat than you normally use on your hair to do with this treatment, your hair may not be able to handle it. Call me crazy, but I want to try again, without the naked blowdry, and I'm going to airdry the treatment into my hair until mostly dry, then blowdry it lightly and flatiron it myself. This time use one with formaldehyde (I'm thinking OK or QOD sample off ebay), because Softliss just didn't do it for me.

 

[*fabulosity*]

I'm back ladies. I've been feeling kinda down in the dumps about my hair.
It was probably the naked blowdry, or the ironing, but...

I think my ends are damaged. They are not smooth and even anymore, they go every which way when dried. I don't like the way my hair feels. My scalp was feeling weird like it had a coating over it. I've been trying to strip whatever amount of the treatment that actually took off of my hair. I've been babying my hair and ends and have not used heat since, I've been alternating with protien and moisturizing treatments. My ends are not split...they just look thinner and frizzy.

One piece of advice: Do not use more heat than you normally use on your hair to do with this treatment, your hair may not be able to handle it. Call me crazy, but I want to try again, without the naked blowdry, and I'm going to airdry the treatment into my hair until mostly dry, then blowdry it lightly and flatiron it myself. This time use one with formaldehyde (I'm thinking OK or QOD sample off ebay), because Softliss just didn't do it for me.

Awww hun! I just want to come and do your BKT for you!! :hugs:

I LLLLOVE my BKT hair and so does everyone else!! We went to see J. Foxx last night and I came home after work; cowashed with Yes to Cucumbers.. dried in 15 minutes under the bonnet dryer and flat ironed (curled).. I'll post pics in my fotki later... and it was absolutely beautiful.. (If I can say so myself) It's just so easy to manipulate it now.. because the bottom (relaxed hair) dries straight and the top is only slightly wavy. It's so soft. My rinse does not BLEED at all! I mean at all! Like I cowash like 2 or 3 times a week and there is no "red" on the shower walls like it used to be before I BKT'ed.

I went back and reread your thread and there's no way your hair should not be looking and feeling beautiful. I don't know what happened. We are going to figure this out!!!

What products are you using for washing/cowashing, rollersetting, flat ironing, moisture... etc? I'm sure you already posted but I will try to reread.

And the naked blow dry... didn't damage my hair.. but I understand that my hair can take more heat than a lot of people I see here and not break off...now that I'm not highlighting it.

ETA: and if you don't want your softliss.. I will take it off your hands in A MINUTE. literally.

Like the picture below in my siggie is just from rollersetting with the big gray rollers... It's "fuller" puffier/wavier at the roots (makes it look shorter to me) than I would like but I've notice after wrapping a couple times..that goes away.

 

[sheba1]

You know, Desirea, I don't think your crazy, at all. I think you absolutely should try it again. My hair, ends and all, looked a mess after my first treatment and looked gorgeous after my second one, only 5 days later. My ends were not damaged from the treatment but I had not gotten my hair smooth during the blow dry that occurs with the product in. I think this hindered my results when I went to flat iron.

I encourage you to take a gander at my fotki to see my hair as it has progressed from my first treatment to just after my 4th over the course of 3 months. I think your second treatment will be really amazing even if you decide to give the Softliss another go.

 

[Mizani_Mrs]

UPDATE: Sorry for the late update. I did the 3day wash for my niece's hair last week. I am very happy with the results! Her hair looks very healthy, shiny and bouncy. But the back (where her hair is short and sometimes she'd sleep on it and matt it) this part of the hair seems to look healthy, but it still doesn't have any body...which is what i expected, since it's so short. But it still a great improvement. I will defintely keep doing her hair to whip it back into shape and retain some length.

so even for the ones with damaged lifeless hair...BKT can still work for you!

Hey ladies, I BKT'd my niece's earlength hair yesterday. I didn't really get good results. erplexed But to be fair, her hair is damaged, very porous, stiff and mushy and i'm trying to whip it back into health. It doesnt hold moisture AT ALL and it's in need of some serious protein. So i've been treating it for the past few weeks and I thought BKT would be a good option. So I used Global 4% that I purchased from a member here (thanks lwilliams1922!). And I used about 1.7ozs. And her hair came out feeling coated and stiff. (But i did notice a lil bit of shine and a tiny bit of swing) And LWilliams had told me that she got better results using less, so i think that my issue was i used waaaaay too much for her hair. I am doing the 1st wash on tuesday so i hope it feels better, silkier and more body after the wash. Next time i'll probably use .8oz for her earlength hair. And next weekend i'm planning to BKT my layered BSL length hair, so i'm guessing maybe 1.5ozs?

Oh and let me tell yall about the experience. Well I applied the product in my foyer, without using a fan (because I have heard ladies say that it's not irritating when applying it, but gets irritating when it's blowdried and flat-ironed). But let me tell you...we started off ok, and the chocolate smell was ok, but like after 10mins my niece got teary eyed and i started feeling a tad bit dizzy. So after i applied it, we went outside to the patio for blowdrying. On the patio, i sat her in front of a fan, and we also wore painters masks (got from walmart fo $4). But we didnt notice any irritation so she removed her mask and she was just fine... i left mines on just to be safe.

But anywhoo....just wanted to share my experience... In hopes that it helps someone.... and also to see if anyone has any good results with applying it to damaged hair, or can we only get good results on healthy hair?

 

[Mizani_Mrs]

Ok now another update on my 1st BKT experience on my hair! I did it last saturday, i was going to sit on the porch but it started to rain. so i applied it in my foyer, I had a fan blowing and the window open. And since i applied it myself, i couldnt help but to get it on my scalp. let me tell yall that it did not feel good! It tingled like a perm.... like when ur scalp is tingling and juuuust beginning to slightly burn. then it'd stop after maybe 5mins, so it never got too bad. but it did scare me cause i didn't know what to expect. I have layered full BSL hair and I ended up using 3ozs because it was hard for me to know if i fully coated each section, so i tried to be sure. while applying, my eyes stung, and my stomache felt a little queasy and my head felt dizzy. then i went to the bathroom for the blowdry/flat-iron. I was trying to blow the fan in the direction away from my face, but when working with a blowdrier i'm all over the place, so i wasn't too successful with blowing fumes out of my face. So once again, i felt teary eyed and my throat felt a little irritated and slightly dizzy. at this point i'm trying to convince myself "no pain, no gain and thinking, ok this better be the BOMB or i iant doing this crap anymore. erplexed So i flat iron, and my hair feels coated but it's nice and bouncy and it feels like a great perm. then on wesnesday i finally did my 1st wash. Let me tell you.... I am in LOVE. I was able to easily run my fingers thru my hair when my hair is wet (both naked wet, or with conditioner). I've NEVER done that in my life! it was soo easy to handle. and i blowdried it and it is bouncy, shiny and it looks like it's flat-ironed. so i haven't even flat-ironed it yet. But i am very pleased with the results and will continue using this forever! but a few notes:

• I'm getting a better gas mask
• i'm ONLY doing this outside
• I'm going to use Softliss, instead of global cause folx say it doesnt smell
• I will have my sis apply it to my hair for me, so it doesnt touch my scalp. It kinda felt like how my scalp tingles when hairdye gets on my scalp. (I'm allergic to the PPD ingredient in hairdye and it causes a tingly sensation that could lead to scalp blisters. so i'm just guessing ppd is an ingredient and i have to be extra careful when applying.)

 

[brownbean96]

OMG, there are sooo many posts - that' I'm super dizzy from reading through most of them But I've narrowed down how I will 'pattern' doing my BKT and that's b/w folks who use QOD Gold and Global like Sheba and Cuteness - you guys seemed to have great results and haved made a lot of posts Hope you don't mind mentoring me. Having said that, I want to try this at home but am a little apperhensive and would like as much info as possible. I'm narrowing down between the QOD Gold and Global - I have 4a/4b thick hair - can anyone suggest which you think I would have the best results with?

Another questions are both Global and QOD Gold - the multiple day treatments? Do you have any links to where you purchased them from. Thank you!

You know, Desirea, I don't think your crazy, at all. I think you absolutely should try it again. My hair, ends and all, looked a mess after my first treatment and looked gorgeous after my second one, only 5 days later. My ends were not damaged from the treatment but I had not gotten my hair smooth during the blow dry that occurs with the product in. I think this hindered my results when I went to flat iron.

I encourage you to take a gander at my fotki to see my hair as it has progressed from my first treatment to just after my 4th over the course of 3 months. I think your second treatment will be really amazing even if you decide to give the Softliss another go.

 

[Ladybelle]

Thanks Asuperwoman. I did the second treatment 5 days from the initial application. I'm one of those home BKTers that's guilty of playing loose with the rules. I apply BKT to towel dried hair. No way I'm blow drying my hair nakey . Then I blow dry only once and flat iron at the appropriate heat with a few strokes until silky. Even though my Global directions say to leave in for 3 days, I wash after 24 hours. I tell you, I don't follow a single rule, almost! All the same, I just love my BKT'd hair. My hair and growth has taken off since.

Thanks again! I think my hair can handle another application this weekend, I'm not going to wait any longer than that. I'm glad you love BKT, i think I'm going to love it too- we're just in the courting/dating phase right now and getting to know each other.

 

[Reinventing21]

Hi ladies! I just wanted to share my second SOFTLISS BKT results:

First, thank you to whoever recommended using a comb instead of the tint brush. I used so much less than the first time.

Second, thank you to whoever suggested putting the window box fan backward. Between using less and the the fan in reverse, I had practically no fumes to bother with even during the blowdry and flatiron.

Third, for the first superficial blowdry, I let my hair airdry to 70% and then I blowdried with a diffuser.

Fourth, When it came to time to activate the product with the comb thru, I made sure to gather different sections at a time to concentrate on the ends. In other words I combed thru all the hair, smoothing and stuff, and then I spent a few minutes extra sectioning the hair to gently comb the ends. In fact in all the steps I made sure to include those ends more.

After the first BKT I struggled with very rough ends and hair that felt dry. My hair had also lost its natural shine

After the second BKT my ends are silky and my hair feels so moisturized and soft and is shiny again. It's been a week now!

HOWEVER, my nape area which has been my trouble spot is not as silky and moisturized as the rest. SO, I plan to do a third BKT in the next day or so on my nape hair only.

On a side note: I found out that my daily intake of protein is awful and causing me breaking hair. There have been times when I got more which is why I probably have hair, but the majority of the time in the past five years I hardly eat enough protein on a daily basis. I will let you girls know the results in three months of BKT,chlorella, and protein.

 

[lwilliams1922]

I just started working out heavily (after a 3 year baby break).

My hair is unrelaxed now and since BKT I was alternating between one week straight and one week W&G. Now that I'm working out 2-3 times a week I'm co washing after work outs and applying just a bit of shea butter.

I LOVE my waves! They are soft and shiny and I dont need to detangle with a comb or brush. I just use my fingers to work the shea butter in.

I tried QOD, and I have global now. I was planning to try softliss but I don't think I will. This global is getting better with each application. I think I'm getting better at the process too.

 

[Desarae]

Awww hun! I just want to come and do your BKT for you!! :hugs:

Thanks Fab, I wish you could

I LLLLOVE my BKT hair and so does everyone else!! We went to see J. Foxx last night and I came home after work; cowashed with Yes to Cucumbers.. dried in 15 minutes under the bonnet dryer and flat ironed (curled).. I'll post pics in my fotki later... and it was absolutely beautiful.. (If I can say so myself) It's just so easy to manipulate it now..
(Mine isn't it's really stiff and tangly when wet)

because the bottom (relaxed hair) dries straight and the top is only slightly wavy. It's so soft. My rinse does not BLEED at all! I mean at all! Like I cowash like 2 or 3 times a week and there is no "red" on the shower walls like it used to be before I BKT'ed.

I went back and reread your thread and there's no way your hair should not be looking and feeling beautiful. I don't know what happened. We are going to figure this out!!!

What products are you using for washing/cowashing, rollersetting, flat ironing, moisture... etc? I'm sure you already posted but I will try to reread.

I'm using Creme of Nature or Mizani Botanify to wash
Yes to Carrots or Vo5 to Co-Wash
Moisturefuse or Aphogee 2 min to DC
I haven't flat ironed since the treatment
I rollerset using water and Lacio Lacio (I've only done a flexirod set since) My hair does have a lot of body, it's my ends that look a mess and the shine is non-exixtent.

And the naked blow dry... didn't damage my hair.. but I understand that my hair can take more heat than a lot of people I see here and not break off...now that I'm not highlighting it.

See my hair is very, very sensitive to heat, highlighted or not. I can't do it more than once a month and from one source only. I think the heat was too much, because I have had more breakage than usual, but it's slowing up now since I've been co washing and DC'ing DAILY. I really think the heat was too much for my hair, It would have done this with or without the treatment on my hair, if I would have blowdried twice and flatironed thououghly like I did. My ends look so frazzled.


ETA: and if you don't want your softliss.. I will take it off your hands in A MINUTE. literally.

LOL, my BFF paid for it and BTW loves her BKT. So i can't give it away.

Like the picture below in my siggie is just from rollersetting with the big gray rollers... It's "fuller" puffier/wavier at the roots (makes it look shorter to me) than I would like but I've notice after wrapping a couple times..that goes away.

Your hair looks great.


So you think I should try it again with the Softliss?

 

[Desarae]

You know, Desirea, I don't think your crazy, at all. I think you absolutely should try it again. My hair, ends and all, looked a mess after my first treatment and looked gorgeous after my second one, only 5 days later. My ends were not damaged from the treatment but I had not gotten my hair smooth during the blow dry that occurs with the product in. I think this hindered my results when I went to flat iron.

I encourage you to take a gander at my fotki to see my hair as it has progressed from my first treatment to just after my 4th over the course of 3 months. I think your second treatment will be really amazing even if you decide to give the Softliss another go.

I really want to try it again, mainly to try to make my ends smooth out. My ends were in good shape before this. I am going to try it again

 

[sheba1]

I really want to try it again, mainly to try to make my ends smooth out. My ends were in good shape before this. I am going to try it again

I say go for it. I believe Reyna (below) had a similar experience to you the first time. The second time was the charm for her. You can check out her tips for the second time around below.

Hi ladies! I just wanted to share my second SOFTLISS BKT results:

First, thank you to whoever recommended using a comb instead of the tint brush. I used so much less than the first time.

Second, thank you to whoever suggested putting the window box fan backward. Between using less and the the fan in reverse, I had practically no fumes to bother with even during the blowdry and flatiron.

Third, for the first superficial blowdry, I let my hair airdry to 70% and then I blowdried with a diffuser.

Fourth, When it came to time to activate the product with the comb thru, I made sure to gather different sections at a time to concentrate on the ends. In other words I combed thru all the hair, smoothing and stuff, and then I spent a few minutes extra sectioning the hair to gently comb the ends. In fact in all the steps I made sure to include those ends more.

After the first BKT I struggled with very rough ends and hair that felt dry. My hair had also lost its natural shine

After the second BKT my ends are silky and my hair feels so moisturized and soft and is shiny again. It's been a week now!

HOWEVER, my nape area which has been my trouble spot is not as silky and moisturized as the rest. SO, I plan to do a third BKT in the next day or so on my nape hair only.

On a side note: I found out that my daily intake of protein is awful and causing me breaking hair. There have been times when I got more which is why I probably have hair, but the majority of the time in the past five years I hardly eat enough protein on a daily basis. I will let you girls know the results in three months of BKT,chlorella, and protein.

 

[Ladybelle]

Can anybody tell me why you cannot put ANYTHING on the hair after a bkt?? (at least not until after wash day)

Sorry if this has been answered before. I just did my second one tonight and it was better than the first one- softer, not as dull and the ends are not as course, but I think it would look sooooo pretty if I could just put some shining mist in it or something.

Anyone??

Thanks a bunch.

 

[sheba1]

Can anybody tell me why you cannot put ANYTHING on the hair after a bkt?? (at least not until after wash day)

Sorry if this has been answered before. I just did my second one tonight and it was better than the first one- softer, not as dull and the ends are not as course, but I think it would look sooooo pretty if I could just put some shining mist in it or something.

Anyone??

Thanks a bunch.

My guess would be so no other product can interfere with the bonding of the keratin to the strand. I don't follow the instructions as I add Sabino Moisture Block the day following and flat iron on low heat. I find this allows my hair to stay smoother and weighed down a bit. My BKT'd hair is so light weight and fluffy that it flies all around. There are pics in my fotki of how my hair looks after the second flat iron. You can see my hair before I discovered the SMB in BKT#1 also.

 

[Ladybelle]

My guess would be so no other product can interfere with the bonding of the keratin to the strand. I don't follow the instructions as I add Sabino Moisture Block the day following and flat iron on low heat. I find this allows my hair to stay smoother and weighed down a bit. My BKT'd hair is so light weight and fluffy that it flies all around. There are pics in my fotki of how my hair looks after the second flat iron. You can see my hair before I discovered the SMB in BKT#1 also.

Sheba, if anyone knows about BKT - it's you!! Thank you so much. I may be overthinking, but it seems the purpose of the 400+ degree heat helps the keratin bond to the strand, I don't see how a little shine or SMB as you mentioned would hurt. My hair is not the same type as yours, but I'm having the same problem- my hair is very light weight and I've got fly aways everywhere. It won't sit still- which is a big deal considering how thick/dense my hair is without BKT.

Looking at how beautiful your hair is, I don't think it'll be a problem to add something to mine tomorrow. I don't have SMB but i do have a heat protectant that will give it some weight. I'm actually excited because this will be the first time in a year and a half that i've worn my real hair out in public. I know once I add some weight to it, it's going to be beautiful.

I'm falling in love with BKT.

 

[grnidmonster]

these are my BKT results. My hair is still very thin (getting thicker but, still thin) the cellophane and the BKT made it appear and feel significantly thicker. I plan to do another on the 15th. I really hope it helps my hair, it has gotten longer(thanks OCT/MT) but, the thicker is coming along really slowly.

 

[AtlantaJJ]

these are my BKT results. My hair is still very thin (getting thicker but, still thin) the cellophane and the BKT made it appear and feel significantly thicker. I plan to do another on the 15th. I really hope it helps my hair, it has gotten longer(thanks OCT/MT) but, the thicker is coming along really slowly.

Cellophane and BKT are a match made in heaven in my opinion. I was all upset about giving up my henna but I haven't skipped a beat since I started my BKT / Cellophane combo.

I just ordered the 1/2 Babyliss flat iron so I can get at them roots the way I need to when I do my BKT!

 

[AtlantaJJ]

I'm looking for a touch-up / BKT buddy in Atlanta. I think this can be even better if we can pair up and do each other's hair!! I have all the right supplies, I would like help doing the back of my head.

PM me if you are in Atlanta and want to talk about this, I like the DIY w/ a friend potential. I'm good at doing the BKTs myself, I'm not so confident with self relaxing the back of my head.

 

[Keen]

Cellophane and BKT are a match made in heaven in my opinion. I was all upset about giving up my henna but I haven't skipped a beat since I started my BKT / Cellophane combo.

I just ordered the 1/2 Babyliss flat iron so I can get at them roots the way I need to when I do my BKT!

Do yo do the cellophane before the BKT or after?

 

[sheba1]

Do yo do the cellophane before the BKT or after?

AtlantaJJ hasn't been getting to the boards as much these days, so I'll jump in, ok? It'll be great if she can get back to elaborate, but she does the cellophane before the BKT as it has salt in it. She then does the BKT and says it's like it seals the cellophane in for long lasting color.

I'm loving the results I've seen with the cellophanes. Aside from the color and shine, I had no idea it also helps to make the hair appear fuller, too. I'm all over that. Fullness, shine and a variety of colors to choose from? I'm all over that.

 

[MarieB]

It's probably been posted already, but I'm wondering how many people have waited more than one hour to rinse out the Softliss...I just did my 3rd Softliss application yesterday morning and let it sit all day and overnight (I had some social commitments), finally rinsing about 26 hour after I finished flat-ironing. Then I let the mask sit for a couple of hours with a plastic cap. Afterwards I air-dried for about 20 minutes, then blow-dried for about 5. My hair feels like butter with no product. Sooo loving the BKT!

Also, I ordered OK Keratin to try on my next go-round. Any suggestions?

 

[Tafa01]

Ok I did it...I have tons of pics but I am leaving for vacations tomorrow morning. I don't have time to upload and post the pics. I will do so next weekend.

I am texlaxed, 3 weeks post relaxer. I used sofliss. The clarifying shampoo was pleasantly tingly on my scalp and smell like mint. I washed and rinced 3 times. My hair felt stripped and super tangled after and I was affraid to comb it lol.
I let it air dry a little, then blow dried to 90%. I then combed gently and there was a few hairs on the comb. But I ALWAYS have hairs on the com when I detangle anyway. So it was not surprising.
Then I separated my hair in 4 parts and applied about 2oz. It felt like I was applying conditioner. Then I combed each section and made sure I had product everywhere. The hair was easy to comb at that point.
Then I waited 20mn, and blow dried with the comb attachment. My hair felt coated at that point, but it had movement.
After that I flat Ironed with my sedu at 410, with 8 passes (yes lol). I tried a few strands with less passes but they did not feel sliky at all with less passes. So 8 it was.
After I was done my hair was super soft, silky but dull. Lots of "swang", and really nice.
I waited an hour, applied the mask for 5 mn and rinced with cold water. It felt a little hard so I applied my favorite Joico Kpack intense moisture for 5mn and rinsed.
Then it was magical!!!!
It took almost nothing to detangle. I did not see any hair on the comb at all. I applied my leave in, heat protection and blow dried with the comb attachment.
It took less than 5 mn to dry super straight. I don't even need to used the flat iron!!
My hair is soft, shiny and straight right now. I love it love it!! I can't stop touching my hair, and my husband says that I should throw my wig away because my hair look so much nicer

Next time I will use heat protective gloves because the hair gets really really hot!
I have not been bothered by the fumes at all, except when I started to apply the product. I forgot to turn the fan on an my eyes started burning a little. It stopped as soon as I had the fan.
Also I will probably leave the mask longer next time. I just wanted to follow the directions to the T this time.

Thanks so much to all the ladies who tried it first and encouraged the rest of us. You are the best