BRAZILIAN BLOWOUT: before and after

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#527
:nuts: oh man i can't wait!!!


WingNut said:
I'm going to jump on this fast-moving train!!!

I just read through this whole thread....coincidentally enough since I just had the treatment done 1 week ago!

I've been struggling with my shoulder-blade-length hair and it's crazy frizziness forever. I've always had weird hair....smooth and straight on top and in the front, crazy bushy/wavy with some curls in the back. If I let it air-dry I look like a poodle, but only from the back. So it would take 1/2 to 1 hour to dry it and smooth it just so I could put a loose curl here and there.Just before I had the treatment, I was running around with wet hair and DH proclaimed that I had "Cocker-Spaniel hair":laugh:

Anyway, I was at a racetrack, suffering through multiple bouts of helmet-head, when I picked up an email on my iPhone introducing the Brazilian Blowout (tm) brand treatment (no Formaldehyde). I was on the phone that day getting my consult appt at my usual salon with a different stylist than the one I normally go to. After the consult, he wasn't available to get me in until after the end of October, and due to my travels, that meant it would be mid-October before I could get it done. Luckily my usual stylist came in at that moment, and while she hadn't been on the list of stylists who was ready, she told me she had been to the training and would do mine. Oh, and could I come back at 3:15pm that same day?:yahoo: You have no idea how quickly I said YES!!!

So we did it...I have complete faith in her btw....and I could NOT be happier. My hair still has wave, even better than before because prior to the treatment I had really kinky waves that were rather un-glamorous. Now it's looser and does exactly what I want. In the rain, it gets curly, but all I do is comb it out and I don't look like a twisted string-mop...just loose waves. Sweating in a helmet for 1 hour in 100+ degrees = same thing. Just comb it out and I am actually presentable! After the race, going to dinner, I didn't even bother washing my hair (too tired!), but blasted it a bit with the dryer and was out the door with a smile on my face.

Finally:yahoo::yahoo:. This is the hair I've always wanted! Mine, just MUCH better behaved! It looks pretty much the same as before when I'd spend an hour styling, only now it takes 10 minutes, tops.

And yes, I've already booked my next appointment:graucho:
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#528
natalie_palm said:
Can anyone receommend a place in San Antonio, TX?
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I had great results from Tina T. at Life Spa-NW in San Antonio!

Their number is 210-424-1984.

My hair is lightened but it came out wonderfully straight and in better condition!

I especially liked it that Tina had the Brazilian Blowout process done to her hair so I felt she really understood how to do the procedure.

As someone who has always wanted relief from my naturally curly/wavy/frizzy hair, I was understandably delighted with the end result.
 
#529
I'd love to get this done, but I don't want my hair to change too much. I have naturally curly hair, but I would like to keep it that way. I don't want it to straighten out.
 
#530
Regarding hair fall out - I have got a BKT 6 times in the last couple of years, and I have never experienced this problem. The curl and frizz does come back after a few months, but I just get it done again. My hair is still wavy, it's just not AS curly, and I can make it straight very very easily. I have even done a BKT one month right after I did one with no bad effects.
 
#533
I got my first BB at Frederic Fekkai in May. It lasted until the beginning of September, when I had it done for a second time. Towards the end, my hair was still easier to blow out than before I had the BB - but the frizz was coming back in the nyc heat and humidity.

I've gotten amazing results again with the BB - but this time, my scalp seems to be a little dry and flaky. I'm not sure why..maybe my scalp is irritated?
 
#535
i<3handbags said:
I'd love to get this done, but I don't want my hair to change too much. I have naturally curly hair, but I would like to keep it that way. I don't want it to straighten out.
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The straightening will happen depending on the number of BBs you get and the time you wait between them.

I had three coppola BKTs and have had three brazilian blowouts after, and my hair is absolutely nowhere near it was before. it has definitely straightened out significantly and when I tell people what my hair used to be like, they don't believe me.

I posted pics in the OP but I'll post some more I have found lately, plus some updates. the "after" pics in the OP were after my first brazilian blowout, fourth treatment.

here's how frizzy it was before:
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at the end of treatment #5 (second BB), before #6 (third BB)
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taken right after treatment #6 (third BB)
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taken 2-3 weeks after treatment #6 (third BB)
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taken today, about 1 month after treatment #6 (third BB)
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so as you can see, for the first few weeks after my sixth treatment, my hair was VERY straight. to avoid this, I'd suggest waiting for a longer period of time in between each treatment so that you don't get this build up of product. I have essentially put MORE keratin on top of a little bit of keratin that's left, which I guess leaves my hair super straight! I love how it looks right now, there's enough wave but zero frizz
 
#536
amazing! :nuts: thanks for sharing!

methcat said:
The straightening will happen depending on the number of BBs you get and the time you wait between them.

I had three coppola BKTs and have had three brazilian blowouts after, and my hair is absolutely nowhere near it was before. it has definitely straightened out significantly and when I tell people what my hair used to be like, they don't believe me.

I posted pics in the OP but I'll post some more I have found lately, plus some updates. the "after" pics in the OP were after my first brazilian blowout, fourth treatment.

here's how frizzy it was before:
bf2yb5.jpg


23qzhd.jpg



at the end of treatment #5 (second BB), before #6 (third BB)
abti6h.jpg


taken right after treatment #6 (third BB)
11rx4ds.jpg


taken 2-3 weeks after treatment #6 (third BB)
apah4w.jpg


taken today, about 1 month after treatment #6 (third BB)
axzomx.jpg


so as you can see, for the first few weeks after my sixth treatment, my hair was VERY straight. to avoid this, I'd suggest waiting for a longer period of time in between each treatment so that you don't get this build up of product. I have essentially put MORE keratin on top of a little bit of keratin that's left, which I guess leaves my hair super straight! I love how it looks right now, there's enough wave but zero frizz
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#538
another Salon in NoVA (Salon Tony in McLean) is offering BB for $150 via Living Social:

We say, fight that urge with today's deal from Salon Tony. Choose from three packages: a shampoo, cut, and style for $35 (regularly $90); full highlights, shampoo, cut, and style for $80 (regularly $235); or a Brazilian keratin treatment for $150 (regularly $400).

http://livingsocial.com/deals/8303-brazilian-keratin-treatment-for-150
 
#539
Has anyone that has gotten the BB treatment broken out on their face as a result? I had the treatment done about a month ago, and within the last week have broken out with about 5 pretty large zits on one side of my face, and a huge one behind my ear (ouch!). I don't ever break out and am trying to figure out what caused it, and that is the only thing I can come up with. Nothing else in my routine has changed, but the treatment itself and the products I am now using on my hair. I am using the BB products, wondering if maybe they are too rich in oils of some kind and are causing it.
 
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