Absolutely I am using both the bb shampoo and conditioner. After spending this much i am going to make sure it lasts as long as it can. I also am using the hair mask once a week.
BRAZILIAN BLOWOUT: before and after
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Absolutely I am using both the bb shampoo and conditioner. After spending this much i am going to make sure it lasts as long as it can. I also am using the hair mask once a week.
I have an appointment for a BB and haircut on the 4th. I have naturally straight long Asian hair. My expectations aren't too high because I know it wont be a dramatic change, but I'm hoping to restore shine and make my hair lay differently (I hate how it lays right now). Also, can the stylist make my hair have more volume and body? My hair is quite flat right now 
I have an appointment for a BB and haircut on the 4th. I have naturally straight long Asian hair. My expectations aren't too high because I know it wont be a dramatic change, but I'm hoping to restore shine and make my hair lay differently (I hate how it lays right now). Also, can the stylist make my hair have more volume and body? My hair is quite flat right now
It will lay even flatter...I have naturally straight hair and the bb took away all the frizz and it lays flat and stick straight now...before I could only get it stick straight with a flat iron.
Update:
So I'm on week 8 of my first BB. I can tell that it's starting to wearing off a little. I wash my hair once a week with BB products and then use the BB serum. Theses have been the best 8 weeks for doing my hair.
I spend 20 minutes blowing out my hair and that's it. It's straight and awesome. I could go back in with the flat iron and get it super flat but I'm far too lazy. I'm definitely having it done again at the end of the month.
So I'm on week 8 of my first BB. I can tell that it's starting to wearing off a little. I wash my hair once a week with BB products and then use the BB serum. Theses have been the best 8 weeks for doing my hair.
I spend 20 minutes blowing out my hair and that's it. It's straight and awesome. I could go back in with the flat iron and get it super flat but I'm far too lazy. I'm definitely having it done again at the end of the month.
I found someone who does BB much closer to my house!! The salon is litterally minutes away. BB round 2, coming soon!!
I just wanted to resurrect this thread to say that I have had this done 3 times now.
Like others have said, it does not straighten your hair. I still feel like my hair is not socially acceptable just air dried. However, my blow-dry time is greatly reduced and it looks good all day after being blown out...as opposed to before when it started to frizz up after a couple hours.
I go to a place in Chicago and it only costs $250. It depends on the neighborhood because the first place I went to was around $350. You just have to call around.
I will continue to do it as long as I have the disposable income. Nothing I have ever done or tried as been as effective as this. I also almost never have to flat iron anymore either.
Like others have said, it does not straighten your hair. I still feel like my hair is not socially acceptable just air dried. However, my blow-dry time is greatly reduced and it looks good all day after being blown out...as opposed to before when it started to frizz up after a couple hours.
I go to a place in Chicago and it only costs $250. It depends on the neighborhood because the first place I went to was around $350. You just have to call around.
I will continue to do it as long as I have the disposable income. Nothing I have ever done or tried as been as effective as this. I also almost never have to flat iron anymore either.
Update on my BB. I got mine done around November 11. I still had to flat iron my hair but it went really, really fast (7ish minutes for waist length hair) for the first few weeks and one flat iron was all I needed until my next wash. Before the BB when I slept my hair got wavy and I had to flat iron again in the morning. Also, after washing my hair had no curl, only waves even if I tried to encourage the curl.
I would say the BB lasted about 4 weeks before it started fading just a little. I had to spend a little more time after the 4 week mark flat ironing. At the 10 week mark it was almost all gone. It's sort of in the in between stage. It takes too much time to flat iron but it's not as curly as it was before the BB even with curl creme and drying my hair upside down while scrunching with a diffuser.
Since my first BB I washed my hair only 3-4 times a week. I alternated with Pravana and Pureology shampoo and conditioner. I liked the BB. I'm going to do it one more time next week since I already paid for it through Groupon but I don't think I'll do it again after that. I cannot imagine flat ironing my hair in the summer. I'll just wear it curly. Plus the flat ironing has damaged my ends. It was fun having straight hair though!
I would say the BB lasted about 4 weeks before it started fading just a little. I had to spend a little more time after the 4 week mark flat ironing. At the 10 week mark it was almost all gone. It's sort of in the in between stage. It takes too much time to flat iron but it's not as curly as it was before the BB even with curl creme and drying my hair upside down while scrunching with a diffuser.
Since my first BB I washed my hair only 3-4 times a week. I alternated with Pravana and Pureology shampoo and conditioner. I liked the BB. I'm going to do it one more time next week since I already paid for it through Groupon but I don't think I'll do it again after that. I cannot imagine flat ironing my hair in the summer. I'll just wear it curly. Plus the flat ironing has damaged my ends. It was fun having straight hair though!
I've had mine now for 6 weeks now and am so happy with the results - I never flat iron, and even walking in the rain my hair does not frizz at all. My hair was straight to begin with, so it really did well with the blowout. My hair has grown about a half inch, and since that half inch doesnt have the treatment, it lifts my hair up away from my scalp, whereas right after the blowout my hair was so stick straight that it was flat against my head. I'm loving it now even more than before. I need to get my roots colored in the next two weeks, I'm nervous it will affect the blowout, but we'll see. I will for sure be getting the BB again as needed, its completely changed how I feel about my hair.
My only question is...why did I wait so long for this? I'm not even going to tell you guys how much it is out here in the west...it's really reasonable. I'm about 6 weeks in, and this is the first time I've worn my hair down in years. Yes, there are levels of formaldehyde in all these treatments, but the levels do fall below those considered toxic.
My question is...Can I just redo this at 10 weeks or so? For you ladies who've had this done multiple times, is there any build-up/breakage?
If the FDA takes this off the market, I'm moving to another country.
My question is...Can I just redo this at 10 weeks or so? For you ladies who've had this done multiple times, is there any build-up/breakage?
If the FDA takes this off the market, I'm moving to another country.