@vanray,
Thanks for responding! One more question. There are several products in that line.
Which product specifically are you referencing? I see two products mentioned in LHCF threads: (1) Design Essential Strengthening Therapy Transitioning Mousse and the (2) Strengthening Therapy Silkening Spray:
Mousse:
Deionized water, polyquaternium-55, cocomidapropyl tremethyl ammonium, chloride and peg-8 dimethicone succinate, decyl glucoside, cetrimonium chloride, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, peg-75 lanolin, hydrolyzed wheat protein, panthenol, polysorbate 20, perfume/fragrance, dimethicone copolyol, citric acid.
[Silkening ] Spray:
Water, cystin Bis-pg-propyl silanetriaol, polyquaternium 11, hydrolyzed vegetable protein pg-proyl silanetriol, silanetriol and panthenol, hydrolyzed silk, hydrolyzed wheat protein and hydrolyzed wheat starch, dimethicone copolyol, cetyl treithylmonium olivate dimethicone peg-8 succinate, fragrance, methcholroisothiazolinone and methyllisthiazolinone.
I ask because I want to look up the ingredients. Here is the thread from where I got the above two products and their ingredients.
https://longhaircareforum.com/threads/design-essentials-strengthening-therapy-system.624891/
Detailed post of
@Dove56 gorgeous results with photos using the Design Essential products, are in this thread below, at post
#44
https://longhaircareforum.com/threa...-please-help-the-rest-of-us-out.690703/page-2
Somebody asked me if one of my DIY products were comparable to this product. I got the question a few years back. Your mention of it brought it back to me. For my my product, I mix cystine, methionine and cysteine in a fatty acid base, which is tofu, and use it as a protein treatment. I got the original recipe from an Aubrey Organics book, and I modified the recipe to fit afro-textured hair. He recommended it for porous hair that got that way from bleaching/color treating it/relaxing. My recipe makes the hair strong and fortified. I would assume that is what the Design Essential Strengthening Therapy System is doing.
@yodie and
@Dove56, do you both still use the Design Essential Strengthening Therapy System?
Sorry about the Design Essential digression! I can easily get this product in France and I am selfishly thinking of only myself right now! I am on the hunt for proven products i can use to get my hair silky straight when I do it myself.
Edit to say:
Found the link of the product along with demonstration video of the brand by the maker:
http://info.designessentials.com/new-sts-express-system-1
There are three (3) products in the system:
- Cleanse (Sulfate Free Shampoo)- in video person uses gloves to apply this
- Smoothing mousse (2 levels: Gentle or Max Smoothing) -in video person uses gloves to apply this (Couldn't find the ingredients list for this one)
- Thermal Therapy Leave in Sealant- in video person uses no gloves apply this
Lastly, this treatment looks like you have to get it done in a salon. Aww...can't do it myself.